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‘Don’t even attempt to come and watch it’: NYC’s Times Square ball drop will be closed to the public on New Year’s Eve
NY Daily News ^
| 30 Dec 2020
| Thomas Tracy
Posted on 12/30/2020 7:41:15 PM PST by blueplum
The crystal orb that normally draws millions of visitors to Midtown will still make its famous descent down the flagpole — but don’t bother trying to sneak a peek in person, says the NYPD.
“Next year we will all gather and fill Times Square,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan told reporters Wednesday. “This year, don’t even attempt to come and watch it.”...
[BUT] ...First responders and other essential workers will be allowed to watch the ball drop from a private spot...
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; lockdowns; newyears; newyork
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stay home peasants, you're not essential
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:41:15 PM PST
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:42:49 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: blueplum
If a ball drops and there’s no one there to see it...
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:43:49 PM PST
by
adorno
To: blueplum
I will bet that there will be a lot fewer watching it this year. Advertisers beware.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:46:04 PM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
To: blueplum
Might as well not even have then, if all you’re going to do is shoo people away. It’s supposed to be fun, remember?
To: blueplum
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:46:40 PM PST
by
madison10
(Maranatha!)
To: blueplum
Not even as a mostly peaceful protest?
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:47:23 PM PST
by
2banana
(Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
To: blueplum
De Blasio & Cuomo (Caligula & Nero) have systematically turned NYC into a 3rd world country.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:47:32 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: adorno
[If a ball drops and there’s no one there to see it...]
Then it’s never 2021!!! Whoopee!!
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:50:50 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: adorno
[If a ball drops and there’s no one there to see it...]
Then it’s never 2021!!! Whoopee!!
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:50:50 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Roman_War_Criminal
They don’t want 2020 to end
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:50:50 PM PST
by
xp38
To: xp38; dfwgator
[They don’t want 2020 to end]
Don’t let it end... /Styx
I hope 2021 doesn’t have us wishing for the good old days of 2020.
Not saying 2020 has been good, mind you.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:52:37 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: xp38; dfwgator
[They don’t want 2020 to end]
Don’t let it end... /Styx
I hope 2021 doesn’t have us wishing for the good old days of 2020.
Not saying 2020 has been good, mind you.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:52:37 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: adorno
If a ball doesn’t drop, is it considered an undescended testicle?
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:52:41 PM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: blueplum
Just cancel the whole event.
In fact, just cancel 2021.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:52:52 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: blueplum
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:54:01 PM PST
by
teletech
(you)
To: ClearCase_guy
The moose out front should have told you.
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posted on
12/30/2020 7:56:59 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: blueplum
Dang, I was all juiced to stand out in the cold for 8 hours without a bathroom break, just to see some stupid ball!
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posted on
12/30/2020 8:00:40 PM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
To: Repeal The 17th
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posted on
12/30/2020 8:01:53 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you ammo. That's pretty much the same thing.)
To: madison10
They are letting special selected groups, view it privately.
Socialists are just so historically predictable.
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posted on
12/30/2020 8:02:39 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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