Agenda...

Peaceful marches or marches of hate by some?

Who benefits out of the destruction of property?

Why are we letting the violence continue?

Who's agenda is it?   Just a thought.

Out on a limb...

I Owe...

The Bro..

Americans have spoken with their clickers and they’re sick of Chris and Andrew Cuomo show.

Chris Cuomo yuks it up with his governor bro during an almost daily “check-in” since the coronavirus started ravaging New York — and America wants it to stop. 

Chris Cuomo has particularly grated with his “frequently silly and un-substantive interviews” with his older brother  in which they have fought over who their mother loved more.

The segments have been panned as ratings stunts done for laughs while thousands of New Yorkers died of the coronavirus.

The Cuomos were slammed again last week by Queens lawmaker Eric Ulrich, who is demanding the City Council investigate Gov. Cuomo’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes, where over 5,800 elderly have perished.

Closed...

A chain drug store announced the closures in the wake of protests and looting that began last week. Amid the unrest, businesses in many cities have been broken into and looted.

CVS told USA TODAY it does not have a complete list of the closed stores, due to the developing nature of the situation.

The pharmacy chain confirmed while several stores have sustained damage, no employees were hurt during the protests.

Each closed pharmacy’s phone system has been rerouted to a nearby CVS Pharmacy that is open so all patients will continue to have access to pharmacy care.

Similarly, Amazon is limiting deliveries and shifting routes in some cities rocked by protests.

Target also opted Sunday to close six locations until further notice to protect employees whose safety was compromised by demonstrations.

Shock...

What happens to all those offices sitting eerily empty? 

Covid 19 virus isn’t only a short-term problem. Even if we get a vaccine tomorrow, many commuters have found that they like staying home. JPMorgan Chase and Facebook both, prior to this, planning new Manhattan office towers  are now saying people can work closer to home or at home.

It has huge implications, too, for restaurants, stores, theater, hotels — all of which depend on business travel and on commuters spending a little extra time in Manhattan. Outer-borough restaurant and retail also depends on residents’ wealth — earned in Manhattan.

Any big change is a shock to the city’s tax system well beyond a few months. For its annual $66 billion in tax revenues, New York depends on high, and high-volume, property, income and sales taxes, all now imperiled. It could see double-digit adjustments, beyond what any one-year federal rescue can cushion.

It’s a shock to the region’s tax system.  Just a thought.

Walking...

A white dog-walker, who called 911 on a black man when he asked her to leash her cocker spaniel in Central Park, allegedly stalked a former love interest and chided him for voting for President Barack Obama, The Post has learned.

Martin Priest claimed the asset manager developed romantic feelings for him and began “stalking” and “harassing” him when those feelings went unrequited, leading him to report her to the police twice, once in New Jersey and once in New York City. The Post confirmed that reports were made in both jurisdictions.

Amy Cooper eventually filed a lawsuit, which has since been dismissed, against Priest back in 2015 alleging he was an ex-boyfriend who bilked her out of $65,000 after an alleged torrid love affair with her and two other women. 

Too much dog walking.          Just a thought.

Looting...

Minneapolis residents woke Friday to smoke-filled skies and the sounds of sirens. Rioting in south Minneapolis overnight delved deeper into the neighborhoods of the city’s south side, with fires gutting businesses before firefighters could quench them.

Firefighters worked through the morning to control the fires set at Ivy Building for the Arts in the city’s Seward neighborhood. The historic building housed artists and craftspeople. Regina Marie Williams and her husband had space in the building. 

Clash...

 

A  clash of the social network titans is taking shape after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called out Twitter for adding a fact-check to a tweet from President Trump. On Tuesday, Twitter added a fact-check label to Mr. Trump's tweet about mail-in voting, along with a link directing users to information debunking the president's false claims about mail-in voting fraud.  

In an interview with Fox News' Dana Perino, Zuckerberg differed with Twitter's approach, saying "I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online," and neither should other private companies.

Zuckerberg's reaction to the situation comes after President Trump threatened to "strongly regulate" or even shut down social media companies. "Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.

No one is making the social media a guardian of the truth. Just a thought.

Landscaping...