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NEWS1 According to Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), if you do not read the news, you will be uninformed, but if you do read the news, you will be misinformed. "The government that governs best, governs least"-- Thomas Jefferson, third president and an original founding father of the United States.
Bicycle Lanes favors the young and healthy, while inconveniencing older citizens, drivers and delivery trucks. Further, for the most part, they are rarely utilized during the winter months... read more
Time
to start enforcing the laws covering motorcycles,
powered bicycles and powered scooters: Helicopters It is time to reconsider private helicopters flying into and out of Manhattan and certain areas of Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. The take off and fly over noise of these aircraft often disrupts the entire community. This is clearly apparent in communities such as Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park and elsewhere. Why should the convenience of a few, disrupt the lives of an entire community? DNA to enter the USA? What is happening to this country? Is it a country of the people, by the people and for the people? Extra judicial killings, without an indictment, trial by ones peers? Has the USA become a dictatorship? The USA was for over 200 years, the symbol of freedom and justice. Have we lost this? The United States State Department has published for opinion a desire to take DNA samples from all visitors to the United States. This would include those who are simply in the United States to catch a connecting flight to another destination. Often foreign countries copy American directives and it is highly probable that other countries will start doing the same including taking DNA samples from Americans. Foreign counties often share their information with other countries, including the United States. Many people have already expressed that taking DNA samples from citizens or anyone is an invasion of privacy. Further, it is not clear what will happen to the DNA information. For example, will it be sold or given freely to private companies such as insurance companies? In the future, will Americans be required to give DNA samples to get a passport or a federal ID card? Will providing a DNA sample become standard policy by companies in order to get a job? Many questions and concerns surround this very possible new policy. What is happening to this country?
Freedom
of the Press AI will kill innovation If people begin to completely rely on "Artificial Intelligence" or ÄI", and not rely on their own intelligence and intuition, society will stagnate and not move ahead. People will not innovate and create new ideas, technologies and inventions. To rely on AI will bring society to a new non innovative dark ages with a stagnated society. Is it any wonder why Mr. Zohran Mamdani has won the NYC mayoral election? Mr. Mamdani is a handsome, well spoken, clean cut individual and has promised the struggling people hope for the future. The collapse in the standard of living in the United States has been massive over the past 60 years. In 1963, the average man with a high school diploma at age 39 could afford a wife who did not work, a house in the suburbs, a car for himself and a car for his wife, three or four children and have enough money left over for a family vacation or perhaps a cabin in the country or a boat. Today, two highly educated people with advanced college degrees, can perhaps afford a one or two bedroom apartment, one child, no cars and both people must work. Further, many people with college degrees are burdened by student debt, can not find jobs or often work in jobs below their educational level, such as grocery stores, coffee shops and similar basic work. Often people in their mid 30's live in shared apartments and have barely enough money to make ends meet. Mr. Mamdani has said things that most young people wanted to hear such as free buses, a freeze in rent and much more. Of course this shifts the cost to established blue collar workers and the middle class. It remains to be seen if Mr. Mamdani's vision will be successful. Against all odds, Mr. Zohran Mamdani has won the NYC mayoral election by a majority of 50.4% of the voters. Mr. Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist and has promised free buses, free child day care, to freeze the rents, encourage and protect trans-gender individuals and to increase the taxes of "wealthy people "to pay for his proposed programs, which could amount to billions of dollars. These proposals by Mr. Mamdani is very appealing to struggling young people who are burdened by high student debt, unaffordable housing and the sense that they do not have much of a future. On the other hand, many middle class people feel that an increased tax burden will fall upon them to pay for what they perceive as a wealth redistribution to help, as they see it, less productive people. Mr. Mamdani has also stated that he wants to increase real estate taxes on properties in some areas that have gone up in value, but may have been bought years ago by blue collar and middle class people. Mr. Mamdani has also declared solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza for their ordeal under constant Israeli bombardment. This has angered some Jewish people, however it would seem that many Jewish voters voted for Mr. Mamdani. Mr. Mamdani is 34 years old and is the second youngest person to be elected mayor of New York City. Other viewpoints and perspectives
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NEWS1
In
1826, John Quinsy Adams, the president of the United States, was
asked about the freedom of
Subway
barriers: New
York, NY January 21, 2022 With falling and being pushed onto the
subway tracks becoming a daily occurrence, it is time to promptly
install subway barriers / gates on all 480 subway and elevated
stations. Frank Didik, who has been desperately pushing subway gates
to the MTA and other agencies since over a decade points out that
hundreds of people could have been saved over this period of time.
Further, thousands of people could have been spared hideous, life
transforming injuries, including by MTA workers. Further, the MTA
could have avoided paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in
liability, that could have already paid for the entire subway gate system.
Greatly reduce train noise A significant amount of train noise is caused by the train wheels rolling over the expansion joint of the tracks. This vibration creates noise, vibrations, an less pleasant ride and also reduces the life cycle of the train. The solution is relatively simple and cost effective..read more
Film
Vs Digital
A Fuji 6x9 (2 1/4 x 3 x 1/4) film camera with many
rolls of Fuji Velvia 50 film, which sadly is very hard to buy today. Fuji
Cell
Phone Etiquette
Time
to Rethink Bike Lanes Congestion Pricing favors the upper income people and has reduced local business, while pushing middle class drivers to shop elsewhere that does not have this burdensome tax. Ultimately this will work against the city. New York City has 25% less cars than ten years ago. This is partly do to a decline in real income but also because bike lanes, which are under-utilized in the winter and bad weather, has made driving in NYC slower because of the reduced number of lanes. The sensors that bill vehicles, are only at the entrance points in Manhattan and thus can only bill incoming cars, not cars already in Manhattan. Thus, presently, only outsiders will be billed for tolls. New York City is ONE CITY, consisting of Manhattan (Borough of New York), Brooklyn (Kings), Queens, Staten Island (Richmond) and the Bronx. Shouldn't every New Yorker have free access to all parts of the city? Didn't the unification of Brooklyn with Manhattan in 1897 specify this as being one city? It is time for the New York City to take action to control bicycles Lets face it, the quality of life in New York City is suffering from bicycles, electric powered bikes and scooters. The riders feel that they are above the law or don't even know the law. These vehicle almost without exception, never obey traffic laws, go through red lights and even go through crosswalks while people are crossing. It is time to start requiring all bicycles to have registration, and clearly visible license plates, and insurance. If cars and trucks have to "share the road" with bicycles, bicycles must also pay their fair share and obey the law. read more
App based taxi ride services often block traffic traffic while picking up customers. read more Vision Zero is without vision. Is the well intended Vision Zero New York City program started under former Mayor DeBlasio to reduce pedestrian deaths from vehicles working? Some of the actions taken was to reduce the speed limit in NYC from 30 miles per hour to only 25 miles per hour. In addition, when the cross walk light says walk, the traffic light for cars changes a few seconds later, allowing pedestrians to start to cross before cars start. In some areas, there has also been guides put on streets so that cars must make a larger diameter turn. Has these measures work? Actually these measures have not helped at all. Our speculation as to why these measures have not worked are as follows. The crossing pedestrians have come to take it for granted that the cars will always allow them to cross and unfortunately, the pedestrians do not look both ways. Further, many pedestrians are oblivious to their surroundings because they are staring at their smart phones and do not take a moment to carefully look to see if all is clear to cross and also many pedestrians wear ear buds playing music or talking on the phone that further reduces their attention to traffic. It should be noted that many years ago, the brother of this writer was hit and killed by a car. Fact Checkers "Fact Checkers" present an opinion rather than absolute fact. Further, who will fact check the fact checkers"? Recently read more
Sunglasses
Dangerous? Digital Currency will represent a loss of freedom and privacy. Digital Currency will mean the total control of your money by the government. Thus what you (are permitted to) buy will be under the complete control of the government. Further, everything you do and buy will be known to the government and anyone who has access to this information. Thus everything that you buy or sell or are permitted to buy or sell will be known and potentially controlled. -April 11, 2023
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Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
Mayor Eric Adams, who himself was succeeded as mayor by Zohan
Mamdani,wo became New York City's 111 mayor.
