Belly up, fired, and retired

[Cock Van Der Palm]

I remember listening to his show on the radio as a kid.  "They're Coming to Tale Me Away".

Barret Hansen — better known as Dr. Demento — is retiring after 55 years in radio.

The 84-year-old broadcaster has introduced audiences to "comedy songs, parodies, and musical oddities" since 1970.

[Space Freely]

I remember listening to his show on the radio as a kid.  "They're Coming to Tale Me Away".

Barret Hansen — better known as Dr. Demento — is retiring after 55 years in radio.

The 84-year-old broadcaster has introduced audiences to "comedy songs, parodies, and musical oddities" since 1970.

I had you pegged as a Kinko fan.

[vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

the Strait of Hormuz

[bearman🐻]

World Cafe Live in Philly boycott:
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2025/06/23/world-cafe-live-boycott/

[vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

'Big Balls' has officially left the building. 19-year-old technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's DOGE who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED

Just found out he was being paid close to $200k a year!
ni June 4, Wired reported that Coristine has signed as a full-time General Services Administration employee, effective May 31, at a General Schedule grade of 15, the top grade.

[vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Andrew Cuomo

[nkotb]

As much as I'd love to, I'm not sure I'd count him out just yet: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election-november.html

“I said he won the primary election,” Mr. Cuomo said, referring to Mr. Mamdani. “I said I wanted to look at the numbers and the ranked-choice voting to decide about what to do in the future, because I’m also on an independent line. And that’s the decision, that’s what I was saying. I want to analyze and talk to some colleagues.”

Andrew Cuomo

[sweetcell]

As much as I'd love to, I'm not sure I'd count him out just yet: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election-november.html

“I said he won the primary election,” Mr. Cuomo said, referring to Mr. Mamdani. “I said I wanted to look at the numbers and the ranked-choice voting to decide about what to do in the future, because I’m also on an independent line. And that’s the decision, that’s what I was saying. I want to analyze and talk to some colleagues.”

Andrew Cuomo

lol.  TBD if he can get anyone to bankroll that vanity project.  he had a chance as the dem candidate but zero chance as an indy, IMO.  dems have made their choice.  he would need ALL the dems that didn't vote for amadani to vote for him... or does he think that republicans will defect from their party en masse and swing his way??

[hutch]

Wrong

Remember NYC republicans are not like other republicans…

I could totally see many of them voting for Cuomo to prevent a socialist from winning

[vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Dem Primary in DC is like the Dem Primary in NYC
that's the election
Unless something between now an Nov happens to Zohran, I think he'll be the next mayor

True that NY republicans are not the same as the rest, but the ones who live in NYC are different than the rest of the state (that have a Pennsyltucky lean)

Republicans make up only 10 % of the city’s 5.6 million voters

although this is typical for dems
Democrats dominate NYC’s rolls—roughly two-thirds of all registered voters—but only about one in four shows up for the general election.

I love this idea...not sure how well it would actually be implemented
Open a small, city-owned supermarket chain whose only mission is to sell staple foods at cost, not to turn a profit. Mamdani pitches it as a “public option for groceries,” the same way New York already runs libraries, the water supply, and (mostly) its buses and subways

[hutch]

Bloomberg and Giuliani were republicans so this idea that NYC is like DC is absolutely false!

Where do you come up with this stuff!!!???

[vinly-Hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Bloomberg and Giuliani were republicans so this idea that NYC is like DC is absolutely false!

Ok, that's fair and didn't really take that into account
My thing was in NY state wide races, the GOP contingent is a bigger factor because of heavy red lean in a lot of the state outside NYC

I do think he will be the next mayor tho

he generally seems like an honest dude unlike Adams

[hutch]

It’s tough to predict. Obviously Cuomo running as an independent would impact on race.

Iam not sure what’s happening on the Republican side? Do they have a candidate?


On the face of it I think the odds of a socialist Muslim born in Uganda 33 year old becoming mayor of NYC aren’t great….

But am not following this race and America is changing.

This is becoming a global thing though…the left is being pushed left by its voters….both parties or factions are becoming more extreme in response to events and countries are rapidly becoming more diverse.

This is why I been saying the democrats need to tack left…it’s not enough to say you are not the right wing…. But that’s not to say this guy will win….

Also, NKOTB supporting him is like the kiss of death…

[nkotb]

Now, now...plenty of NKOTB-backed candidates have won, just like a lot of hutch-backed candidates did not (and probably in WAAAAAY more impactful ways).

I will say, while i paid attention to Mamdani's race, I wasn't super optimistic.  Despite how grotesque Cuomo is, always hard to beat name recognition.  And even as Mamdani started surging late in the race, I think it's easier to beat the party machine when it's flying under the radar like AOC or India Walton.

And Walton is why I think everyone backing Mamdani should still be cautious.  A primary win isn't a general election win.  And while hutch is 100% right about NYC's history of ghoulish mayors, I think his Mamdani's biggest risk comes from a Democratic "independent" candidate rather than a republican.

Also, NKOTB supporting him is like the kiss of death…

Yeah, it's this nutjob: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa

Iam not sure what’s happening on the Republican side? Do they have a candidate?

[hutch]

Interesting. Yeah with so many candidates not sure what will happen….

Zoltar  might win or might not.