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1 NannyState 403

...Saul Katz, co-owner of the Mets...Norman Braman, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles...Mort Zuckerman...Senator Frank Lautenberg...increasing chatter about Rush Limbaugh......

On December 14, 2008 11:00 PM in Madoff's Victims Range from Big Firms to Individuals
2 r1b2 334

Collect this money and put it towards MTA shortfall. Stop my fare increase....

On December 15, 2008 3:18 PM in Alleged Parking Ticket Scofflaw Owes $81,039!
3 Snoopy 275

Bike lanes discriminate against the very young, the old and the infirm. they should be abolished....

On December 15, 2008 11:45 AM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
4 ides_of_march 178

If a cable guy shows up at your door with an open shirt and bare-chested, I'd recommend calling the cops immediately....

On December 15, 2008 3:14 PM in Time Warner's Finest Pose for Calendar
5 babyhitler 154

As Baudelaire said, "Beauty is for those who only see. Real beauty is for those who feel." Now.. if you're a fat piece of stinking hog, you should like that one...

On December 15, 2008 10:31 AM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
6 felixthecat 144

Finally, Iraq gave up its weapons of destructions. Mission Accomplished...

On December 14, 2008 10:47 PM in Bush Makes Surprise Trip to Iraq, Gets Shoe Surprise
7 JacqueMehoff 136

how is this not a hedge fund? people give him money to invest, rich people, very rich people. isn't that a hedge fund. it's a money club for the rich. (that's what the lawyer said at opening)...

On December 15, 2008 10:27 AM in Madoff's Victims Range from Big Firms to Individuals
8 Spiritof76 133

I don't understand why people drink soda anyway. I'd rather have a good bottle of juice or milk....

On December 15, 2008 1:09 PM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
9 edgie 131

Desaturate + high pass (and judicious usage of dodge 'n burn) = win! Not....

On December 15, 2008 2:51 PM in Time Warner's Finest Pose for Calendar
10 whitecastlerock 113

This is shocking news. A professional athlete has been caught stepping out on his wife. I hope she soaks him in divorce court......

11 Wza 100

Psht..pop? It's soda. Get it right....

On December 15, 2008 10:50 AM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
12 thefacts 97

The spokesman for Transportation Alternatives has the temerity to tell people: "there’s going to be a learning curve for everybody." No, Mr. Norvell, the learning curve never is achieved because the...

On December 15, 2008 2:08 PM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
13 matty 96

oh defrauded them by giving them false information. gotcha. ...

14 edEx 95

this guy did what every American hasn't had the balls to do....

On December 15, 2008 10:52 AM in Bush's Iraq Trip is Shoe-Fire Fodder
15 Mr Mel 91

....contrast to Anna Nicole who was entitled to 0% Anna Nicole was entitled to something. Marshall chose her to be his wife, no matter what everyone else thought, and the inheritance becomes an autom...

On December 8, 2008 8:44 PM in The Rich Are...Different
16 zodak 84

is my smart & beautiful dana perino ok? ...

On December 15, 2008 11:19 AM in Bush's Iraq Trip is Shoe-Fire Fodder
17 Rocknrope 84

"We have the best-looking cable guys in the business." Is that like having the tallest midgets?...

On December 15, 2008 2:29 PM in Time Warner's Finest Pose for Calendar
18 HUGO_MEGO 83

Oh now everyone is pro gun. HYPOCRITES!...

On November 20, 2008 12:42 AM in Brooklyn Shopkeeper Wrestled Gun Away From Robbers
19 HowBoutDemCowboys 83

DMX crossed with Charles Manson? ...

On December 15, 2008 3:08 PM in Upper East Side Thief is a Bank Robbing Fiend
20 Kojak 77

"... Malkin looks like the bastard child of Steven Tyler and a Star Trek Romulan." lol ok, but she does look cute in SOME pictures. Photoshop perhaps...

On December 12, 2008 11:53 AM in Ann Coulter Bombs at NYU
21 robingee 73

That's amazing! Everyone wore so many layers of clothing....

On December 15, 2008 1:53 PM in Video of the Day: Subway Circa 1905
22 Felix Hoenikker 71

7 Ha! Only people in/from flyover call it 'pop'....

On December 15, 2008 10:41 AM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
23 jen 71

Paterson totally jokes about being blind: http://gothamist.com/2008/09/06/paterson_wrestles_with_state_budget.php ...

On December 14, 2008 2:32 PM in "Governor Paterson" on SNL's Weekend Update
24 nyc_toby 70

Why doesn't Patterson just impose an "obese sports salary tax" to get some money out of these goniffs? In the old days, stadiums were built with private money using private land. Now they just are a l...

On December 15, 2008 2:20 AM in Making The Call: Mets and Yankees Need to Give Back
25 west side Michael 66

My friend has bladder cancer his MD said it was from a combination of" Ciggie's and his drinking the Phosphoric acid in Coke" be forewarned this drink could be carcinogenic. It's 50/50 whether this m...

On December 14, 2008 11:24 PM in Suffocating Subway Ads Take Over Train
26 Steven 66

Why not tax the companies who put out garbage for food and drinks? Make them produce more healthy food for a cheaper price. I really was liking Paterson after he took office, but lately he is no dif...

On December 15, 2008 1:35 PM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
27 Future Taliban 65

"..while the true believers burrow further into the warm, velvety soft cocoon of their own assholes." Poetry. Pure fvckin', unadulterated sheer poetry....

On December 11, 2008 7:32 PM in Ann Coulter Bombs at NYU
28 SP 65

lol@ "thefacts"...

On December 15, 2008 2:27 PM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
29 RatherBe 64

I bet he'd love a bike lane on his block. I hope they put one on yours too. ...

On December 15, 2008 2:34 PM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
30 drewo 63

In a related story from yesterday's NY Times: New York City Grew, but Traffic Didn’t http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/nyregion/14traffic.html virtually the entire increase in New Yorkers’ means of t...

On December 15, 2008 1:31 PM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
31 blablanyc 63

All I want for Christmas is a new mayor....

32 Shinobi Shaw 62

It's going to be 'Change' alright ...... just not for the better....

On December 13, 2008 4:10 PM in Obama Taps NYC Housing Commish to Head HUD
33 JenChungsBra 60

I know I can hardly keep the chicks away after a a good lunch hour spent downing Whopper Jrs. (no mayo). ...

On December 15, 2008 2:42 PM in Smell Like Burger King With New Body Spray: "FLAME"
34 Dirk 60

WTF? A guy stabs a kid, the police find him, and they let him turn himself in later? What the hell were the cops thinking?...

On December 12, 2008 4:46 PM in Police Search for Teen's Stabber
35 Pull My Finger 60

Oh for crying out loud, just go away you worthless scragg!...

36 longacre 57

Just curious: How many of you anti-Kennedy commenters voted for Hillary either for Senate or President?...

37 Bottomless Chips 56

This country's headed down the wrong path. It's sad that taxes like these even have a whimper of support....

On December 15, 2008 1:55 PM in Paterson's "Obesity Tax" Would Raise Price of Pop
38 JMH 55

Every time I think NYC residents are among the smartest people in the USA, I go and read the comments to a Post article and I realize how stupid some of us are....

On December 15, 2008 12:54 PM in Video: Grand Street Bike Lane Becomes SUV Lane!
39 chris lee 54

They could be comin' in either on Path train or W4th street. My guess though is they have wheels for their getaway...

On December 14, 2008 1:47 PM in West Village on Alert as Muggers Remain At Large
40 tingo 52

The police are loathe to do anything about the obvious issues with Christopher street. Because of the Stonewall legacy with the street. But it's not about people expressing themselves, it's about the ...

41 Think twice 50

Yippeetahyay!! Ah reckon yah gotta be quick on tha draw 'foe you can git this old boid! Yeeeehaaaaw!!...

On December 15, 2008 12:50 PM in Bush's Iraq Trip is Shoe-Fire Fodder
42 jaycjay 47

Anyone who invested with him and thought that he was front-running got what they deserved. They thought they were profiting through cheating (without legal risk, which would really only be his), but g...

43 Rob T Firefly 46

Becasue the only conceivable "something to do" is drink booze. This message brought to you by the Booze Council....

On December 15, 2008 11:50 AM in Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory Denied Booze License
44 Outter Burrougher 44

no, but the woman's response to the wall street jackass was good....

On December 15, 2008 1:29 PM in Financial Crisis Through Metropolitan Diary Lens
45 Billiamsburg 44

Citizens on alert! Do not approach the dark skinned men in the village. If one approaches you, mace it or shoot in in the head as this is the only way to kill the dark skinned man. Lock your doors at ...

On December 14, 2008 3:52 PM in West Village on Alert as Muggers Remain At Large
46 Clarice City 43

Wonder how many people they helped to kill with thier coke pushing? Nothing to smile about. Those women are disgusting animals. ...

On December 12, 2008 1:04 PM in FIT Ladies Get a Kick Out of Their Own Drug Busts
47 dooWOP 42

Hey, if you're dumb enough to put all your eggs in one basket......

On December 14, 2008 10:11 PM in Madoff's Victims Range from Big Firms to Individuals
48 Tgirl 42

no experience necessary...

49 Brooklynbobby 41

"What's interesting to note is that Madoff's dealings affected the super-wealthy to the just plain-old mom-and-pop savers." That's what you call equal opportunity greed. What a bastard! ...

50 Amanda Harlech 41

the assholes were RACIST americans beating down an in deed "minding his own business" Equatorian immigrant...now, maybe you don't see the the relation between these racist attacker's understanding (l...

On December 14, 2008 9:53 PM in Brooklyn Hate Crime Victim Dies

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