De Blasio mocked after video malfunction at labor forum: Voice 'higher than his poll numbers'

Foxnews ^ | 8/20/19 | Sam Dorman

[dp0622]

Thanks for straightening that out.

SMH

Liberals.

I DO know that it wasn’t uncommon the.

Hell when me and one friend went on one of our dirt poor vacations, if they king bed was 10 bucks cheaper that’s what we got!!!

Granted, there was a lot of room between us but still.

That doesn’t make someone gay.

Sure we held hands the rest of the trip after that first night but that was just...friendship!! :) JK!!

Honest, being second generation Italian, men DO hold hands in Italy still and the VERY old fashioned Italian men here kiss men that they respect on the lips.

It WAS/IS also a mafia thing.

2 of my uncle still give the hug and kiss of death!!

It’s hard being Italian smh

[RedMonqey]

"Sure we held hands the rest of the trip after that first night but that was just...friendship!! :) JK!!"

(Snicker, snicker)

[dp0622]

The old world Mafia “men of respect” guinea WOP Dago kissing on the lips DIES with my uncles, the last two of which are in their 90s.

I have no choice because I want to be left some money and maybe they’ll whack me if i don’t show disrespect.

But look what happened when Michael kissed Fredo on the lips!!

Old worlds Italians will do that if they hate you or if they love you.

SMH No wonder why pop’s pop moved her with him.

[RedMonqey]

Never would believe Southerners and Italians had so much in common. Our family is close and we kiss each other when we met. Hugs too. (Insert incest joke here)(Snicker, snicker) Never understood the problem with Sleepy Joe embracing women and kids. Maybe because he wasn’t related.

[dp0622]

WOW.

Well they’re two groups of warm hearted and good people that understand how important family is.

If I didn’t hate anything above 76 degree i would have followed my boss down there when he asked me to come all those years ago and I said no and passed up the likely opportunity of a lifetime and doomed myself to utter..

ER, GOT OFF TOPIC. Sorry!!! :)

And anyone who still thinks that way about southerners (incest) is a moron.

It was cousins. not brothers and sisters. And they didn’t know of a possible higher risk of birth defects or else why is it so wrong to marry a cousin you love??

[dp0622]

WOW.

Well they’re two groups of warm hearted and good people that understand how important family is.

If I didn’t hate anything above 76 degree i would have followed my boss down there when he asked me to come all those years ago and I said no and passed up the likely opportunity of a lifetime and doomed myself to utter..

ER, GOT OFF TOPIC. Sorry!!! :)

And anyone who still thinks that way about southerners (incest) is a moron.

It was cousins. not brothers and sisters. And they didn’t know of a possible higher risk of birth defects or else why is it so wrong to marry a cousin you love??

[RedMonqey]

Exactly.

Southerners are a warm and gracious people.... just don’t insult them and get in their face.

Maybe because both Italians and Southerners were born in poverty (well, most of them)and wealth has only appeared in their family story in the past few generations so family was the “First Responders’ and both had a healthy disregard for the central government. Plus we both love to eat, albeit a slightly different menu.

As for the temps, it’s the humidity, not the temps that keep lots of Northerner away. But with the advent of the air conditioner, the weather doesn’t keep our Yankee cousins from Dixie like it used to(grins)

As for the inbreeding, most people don’t realize that every family has some inbreeding as when we were a agricultural nation, most people didn’t travel more than 15 miles outside the place they were born. That lead to a certain amount of inbreeding as cousins married cousins. Iceland has discovered as DNA testing has found this out. Even when in more populated areas, social circles determine who marries who. The British Royals and the Roosevelts come to mind.

But as I like to joke, let non Southerners believe we are a violent, inbred racist, hicks who love their shotguns sisters, and moonshine and want to get to know our Yankee cousins.... “Deliverance” style. It tends keeps the liberal riffraff out of our states! So keep out little secret! (Snicker, snicker)

[dp0622]

lol

I must admit i am guilty of using some of those terms when someone sends me a nasty post :)

I figure many are from the south here so i might get lucky :)

Yes, family did come wayyy before government to Italians in the old days. The country you were in was just a place to live and family mattered.

But that changed with the folks who came to Ellis.

My pop and grandparents were so THRILLED to be here and be Americans and were so proud of it.

They didn’t say it in English lol but they were proud..

So now country IS right up there with family.

I had a cousin come from CA when i was 16 and she was 15. we FELL for each other so HARD.

then she went back and that was that.

i do not know what would have happened had she stayed because we were already fake “wrestling” and stuff.

She died at 18 of cancer. That was so bad.

And yes, many and most Italian were BROKE when they got here. And of course there was poverty in the south.

Now that we are both doing much better financially i hope it doesn’t detract from the REAL important things.

I dont think it will.

The thing with weather is i LOVE the cold. It makes me feel alive

i’m an oddball :)

buona notte

[RedMonqey]

Funny, I feel the same about hot, summer weather! I love a good thunderstorm, although it can be hell on the trees.(lightening, uprooting trees, etc.) It’s when the wind whistles under the eaves of the house at night is when I turn on the TV for tornado warnings(Been in a few but they weren’t like the big ‘uns they get out in Kansas, Oklahoma (((Thank God!)))
Guess it’s a case of loving what you know best!

As for certain terms, it doesn’t bother me in the least.

“Call me anything but don’t call me late for supper”

(Grins)

[RedMonqey]

And “Good Night” to you!

(Had to look it up) (Snicker, snicker!)

[dp0622]

lol

if a tornado came this way i’d go hide in the basement knocking people over along the way like George did with the fire on seinfeld :)

And this is not the “we are italians” board so sorry about the good night!

force of habit.

ciao

[Svartalfiar]

Campaign spokesman Olivia Lapeyrolerie blamed a "technical glitch" when reached by Fox News, writing in an email: "It was obviously a technical glitch. I cannot believe you a [sic] writing a story on this."

Huh. I work in corporate AV, and there's not many 'glitches' that will do that.. Either that's how the video was given to the crew (in which case they should have tested it beforehand, and caught the issue), or someone did that on purpose. The video guy might have sped up the video, but if his talking speed was normal, I'd guess the audio guy EQ'd the hell out of it.

Funny though

[RedMonqey]

"if a tornado came this way i’d go hide in the basement knocking people over along the way like George did with the fire on seinfeld :)"

The first tornado I was in we were just 8 and 10(my big brother.) We had just come in from the local burger joint and was enjoying our meal when our mother suggested we head to the hallway.

She took one of the mattresses and leaned it against the hallway wall, making a 'fort' We heard the booming and the wind but we boys were too interested in stealing each other's fries and eating our own to notice the trees swaying back and forth(We're talking 90 foot plus red oak trees) swaying like tall weeds in a stiff wind.

Well, Mom saw one going back and forth waaaaay too much and this heeded our hallway dinner. And sure enough it twisted around and fell.

My brother and I felt it hit the ground but to us it was just a thunder from lightning bolt hitting too close.

After the storm passed and we finished our meal, we headed out the back door to play in the rising creek. To our surprise the largest oak had twisted from it's base and tore it's roots out of the ground and twisted around another tree. Had it fell straight, it would have bifurcated out house and possible knocked into the chimney, which could have fell on us.

Fortunately, it laid down parallel to our house. It provided us kids a great playset as we could run from the turned up roots all the way to the fallen tree's canopy. Until Pop decided we needed firewood for the winter and, us kids were cheap labor, collect the limbs as he operated the chainsaw. We counted the rings and it had over two hundred rings.

Another time we were camping at Barren River Reservoir and were skiing with our cousins from Kentucky when a storm threatened. My brother went with our father and cousin to get the boat out of the water while I stayed with our mother and the cousin's wife back to camp and prepared supper, not knowing whether the storm would just blow over or not.

Well, it didn't and as the wind blew hard enough to whistle through the trees, it also rattle the camper the adults were suppose to stay, bending the metal support rods and tearing the canvas, The large picnic basket tumbled off the table and rolled down the hill as the paper plates scattered. The wind got into the tent we kids were going to sleep in and blew it up like a hot air balloon and it went sailing into the nearest tree. We took shelter in the car as the wind howled and thunder and lightning made a terrible sound when a small tree broke and landed onto the back of the small car(a Pinto, I believe).

Just big enough to be impossible to remove by ourselves we sat there(possibly believing the tree "anchored" us against being blown away by the wind,tumbling down the hill like the picnic basket that sat at the edge of the lake, supper ruined by the lake water) till along came a "helpful" park ranger who told us we had to leave the park because a tornado had been sighted in the area.(No sh*t, Ranger Smith!!!)But despite seeing a couple of women with small children in distress, the ranger just drove off.

The men soon returned unfazed and missing the greater part of the storm, pulled the tree off and gathered what things they could, repaired the camper as best they could and we left.

Along with the rest of the damage caused the storm, they had heard a couple of girls were folding a large blanket when the wind picked them up fifteen feet or so then dropped them. They weren't seriously hurt, just a sprained ankle.

As we made our way back to our cousin's home outside Bowling Green, we saw the tornado's path of destruction as it not only hit building on top of the rolling hills along Cemetery Road (Yes, this is aa actual road) it went down in the valley and destroyed homes and barns as well. Leaving an clearly marked path of ruin.

This was during the Seventies tornado outbreak of 74

If this wasn't enough of a life shaking event, I forgot what happened earlier that day. One that was more important than losing camping gear and a delicious fried chicken supper.

A lot more important.

That morning we were swimming with a bunch of kids we met along the lake and, as usual when we went camping, made friends quickly as camping with just your brother can be kinda boring. We swan where the boats were beached near the camping area. The inlet was shallow but quickly dropped off to a very deep area. But unlike the other kids, we were made to swim with the cumbersome "Mae West" style life jackets.



We complained to our mother that we weren't babies, we knew how to swim, the jackets chafed and they didn't allow us to dive off the end of the boats. And the other kids didn't have to wear them, we whined.

To no avail.

We were swimming when we were called to lunch. We ate quickly hoping to return to the fun we were having with our new found friends and begged to be allowed to go back but we weren't allowed in the water. Not until a hour had passed.

During this time at camp we waited impatiently when we notice a gathering crowd on the other side of the inlet. And the two boats with men throwing treble hooks into the water. Eventually these men found what they were searching for and an ambulance backed down the other hill near the water. An stretcher quickly emerged and a blanket covered body was transferred from one of the boats. We asked one of the boys we were swimming with what was going on he sadly informed us that our mutual friend had disappeared swimming across the inlet in the deeper water between the boats.

He wasn't wearing a life jacket.

We were stunned. Never before had we known somebody who died in our presence

We felt scared and ashamed of the heedless pleading with our mother, seeing that we could have been the kid they ambulance crew was pulling from the water and the anguish the parents were feeling. We didn't complain about those jackets again. It was a terrible weekend. It's as though it happened yesterday and I think about that poor kid whose name I have forgot but not the short time we spent together playing. And even though I'm a adult and excellent swimmer, I don't hesitant to put on a life jacket when I get in the bass boat with my friend. I never will complain about wearing a life jacket.

Interesting the Northeast also has tornado activity, albeit not as often as the Great Plains or South.

Remember seeing a listy of the worst tornadoes in history and was surprised to see several list in Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Wish I could recall the site.

Sorry for the delayed response. Missed the notification, and as you can see, a bit long winded.

[dp0622]

I can’t believe the kid died while you were there. That’s sad.

As for the tornadoes, they sound as terrifying as I bet they are.

The 70s. Wow. Well I was born in ‘68 so not that far apart.

I enjoyed reading the post :)

Not the SAD parts but overall.