Archive for February 11th, 2010

Speaking of politicians in trouble…

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

“Politicians in Trouble!” Sounds like a great B-movie, doesn’t it?

Anyway, the NYT goes in search of the $177 bagel. Even in NYC, that’s hard to find.

The most expensive bagel at Norma’s, the restaurant at Le Parker Meridien Hotel on West 56th Street, has three layers, five ounces of smoked salmon and three kinds of caviar, for $23.

(The motivating factor for this story is the indictment of Larry Seabrook for money laundering, extortion, and fraud.

Mr. Seabrook, a Bronx Democrat and former assemblyman and former state senator, bought a bagel sandwich and diet soda for $7 one day and submitted a doctored receipt that inflated the cost to $177, according to the indictment.

So maybe the NYT needs to be looking for the $170 bagel, since I can easily see $7 for a diet soda in NYC. Especially with taxes.)

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Obit watch.

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

My apologies, folks. Due to some personal issues, I wasn’t able to supply the high quality content you’ve…<chuckle>…come to…<giggle>…expect…<convulsive laughter>.

Sorry, I’m better now.

Anyway, this has been noted elsewhere, but I did want to comment on the passing of Charlie Wilson.

I had a lot of time last night to watch CNN, and they kept referring to the film adaptation of Charlie Wilson’s War as “the hit movie”. Really? Rotten Tomatoes says that it took in about $66 million at the box office, spent three weeks in the top ten, and never got above 4th place. Strange definition of a hit. (I also don’t remember the reviews being that positive.)

I’ve read and recommend the book; the overwhelming impression that I was left with is that I’d really like to sit down with Charlie Wilson and have a few beers with him. Yes, he liked the booze, and the broads, and maybe the Bolivian marching powder. But he also did what he was supposed to for his district, he was liked by his people, and he made more of a contribution to bringing down the Soviet Union than any congressperson I can think of.

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