Friday, August 5, 2016

Linda Sarsour was talkin’ “Muslim” when she came in to speak to the “Brooklyn Paper” --- And then she started talkin’ “Arab” about the “… soon-to-be-open Council seat….”


I don’t know how I missed all this the first time around, a couple/few weeks ago, but  >>>>  not really very long ago, Linda Sarsour probably made her most insular and inflammatory remarks yet  --- when Ms. Sarsour expressed her particular version/vision of “OUR COMMUNITY”;  gave everybody some insight into how she probably perceives her constituency; and clearly indicated her latest unique approach to the local politics and politicians operating in, for and on Bay Ridge 


BTW,  judging from the comments following what appeared in the “Brooklyn Paper” (the article quoted & cited below) >>>>  quite a few people don’t seem to have liked what Sarsour had to say one bit


In a recent edition of the “Brooklyn Paper,”  Vince Dimiceli did his own text report about “Brooklyn Paper Radio”;  and he led off with this rundown of his and Gersch Kuntzman’s interview of Linda Sarsour  --  “An Arab-American will run for Bay Ridge’s soon-to-be-open Council seat, Muslim activist Linda Sarsour revealed to hosts Gersh Kuntman and Vince DiMiceli during the latest edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio….  Sarsour, who is rumored to be running for the seat, said she is yet to decide if she will go for it herself, but claimed that one member of the growing population in the neighborhood would step up to the plate….  ‘Our community is having our own personal conversation about it,’ she said of the seat that will be vacated by Vincent Gentile. ‘Someone who is Arab-American is definitely running in 2017. That is a fact.’ …  No Arab America has ever sat on the Council….”  (See “Sarsour on Radio: An Arab American will run for open Bay Ridge Council seat!” by Vince  Dimiceli, dateline “7/18/16” [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/30/bpr-linda-sarsour-2016-07-23-bk.html]).
Sarsour had supposedly come into to talk to the folks at the “Brooklyn Paper” about how Muslim women aren’t foced to wear veils and other strange garb ---  but instead, that they “choose” to do so.  According Mr. Dimiceli, the discussion was as a result of and in response to what   Dimiceli referred to as,  “…  a story The Paper broke about a Bay Ridge Muslim woman’s line of “modest” clothing that some commentators claimed was the sign of the oppression of Muslim women….” 
Be that as it may….   However, if one is to judge by the variety and calorie level of the comments following the article in the “Brooklyn Paper,” referred to above  ---  there plenty of people that are unhappy with Ms. Sarsour and/or what she had to say.
For my part, I would like a clarification of what  LS meant when she said “Our community is having our own personal conversation about it….”   Or to put it another way, who is Sarsour talking about when she says “….  [o]ur community is having our own personal conversation….”  ?????

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just got a mailing from bob capano about linda sarsour

Anonymous said...

Bob get over it you are not running against Linda Sarsour you may not even get past the Primary.

Anonymous said...

Capano vs. Sarsour thats what the press is running with and they are the only two making news.

Anonymous said...

Gail, you've been all screwed up for months and I do hope your over it! Until today, it's been over three weeks since you said anything about Capano. I'm hope that you stay back on track.
What was up with all your coverage about the Khans, Trump and Hillary, and your nonsense about Trump needing to get even with people like Paul Ryan and John McCain?
The handful of people that follow your blog are interested only in local politics and some of the inside Republican stuff.
Use your head, keep covering Golden, Eaton, Kassar, Capano, McCabe, Quaglione and whoever is working Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights for the Democrats.

Anonymous said...

Good point 941pm

Anonymous said...

in 2017 McCabe wins

Anonymous said...

Will be some great news stories negative mailings on McCabe of he runs..
Mccabe still hasnt answered does he run if Golden runs??? How do McCabe and Quaglione both run with the same "Godfathers" in kassar and Golden????

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE TO "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 9:41 PM": THE "BUT THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING" EDITION

MY "CONVENTION COVERAAGE" OF THE RNC & DNC AND RELATED POSTS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON & KHIZR KHAN GOT SEVERAL THOUSSAND ADDITIONAL HITS FROM BRAND NEW FOLLOWERS --- MOSTLY FROM RUSSIA

WHETHER IT'S LOCAL STUFF OR NATIONAL STUFF, IF I SEE A TOPIC GETTING AN UP-TICK IN HITS, THEN I WILL USUSALLY TRY TO FOLLOW IT UP WITH NEW POSTS ON SIMILAR OR RELATED MATERIAL --- AND, AS LONG AS THERE IS NEW MATERIAL, I'LL KEEP UP THAT PATTERN AS LONG AS IT ALL MAINTAINS THAT HIGHER FOLLOWER INTEREST

Galewyn Massey said...

ALSO IN RESPONSE TO "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 9:41 PM": THE "AND MY POST ABOVE DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BOB CAPANO" EDITION

"Anonymous said... at 9:41 PM" said, "... it's been over three weeks since you said anything about Capano...." There's only one problem with that. --- I DIDN'T MENTION BOB CAPANO IN MY MAIN POST ABOVE !!!!

Enough said.....

Anonymous said...

Good point gale, you did nor. It just goes to show Capano is on people's minds as the obvious front runner!

Anonymous said...

Both John Quaglione and Bob Capano have made a point of speaking out about the "Blue Lives Matter" bill.

What about Liam McCabe, has the cat got his tongue?

Anonymous said...

Liam id emceeing an animal costume contest again today i think..

Galewyn Massey said...

WARNING: THE "PRO-DEMOCRAT, PRO-HILLARY THOUGHT POLICE HAVE INVADED BAY RIDGE" EDITION

IT SEEMS THAT BAY RIDGE'S OWN SCHNOTZEL HAUS WAS HARASSED INTO REMOVEING A PICTURE OF DONALD TRUMP FROM IT'S WALL --- BECAUSE IT WAS SUGGESTIVE OF "HATE SPEECH" AND "ANTI-SEMITISM"

Don't be fooled by the friendly and conciliatory sounding title, take a good look at the smarmy and gloating coverage of this GREAT LIBERAL VICTORY over the first amendment published in the "Gothamist" (See "Brooklyn Restaurant Takes Down Trump Photo Following Backlash! Sad!" by Nell Casey, 8/3/16, The Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2016/08/03/bay_ridge_trump_not_good.php]).

The most hateful thing in the piece was that whoever runs this German-style restaurant was slandered by a not-very veiled suggestion that they are oblivious to the anti-Semitic connections of Trump and the Trump campaign --- and the mere showing of Trump's picture is upsetting to many people.

This only shows how hateful and despicable hard-core libs and other Hillarybots can be; and how the good American people have to pushback hard against them.

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE W/O BACKFILL: THE "THIS IS A BIGGER STORY THAN I THOUGHT" EDITION

IT SEEMS THAT THE SCHNITZEL HAUS WARS HAVE BEEN FULLY ENGAGED FOR A FEW DAYS NOW WITH ALL SORTS OF MEDIA CHIMING IN

All of it proves how right Trump is about America's slippage from greatness. To think that a few leftish whiners can win-out with a false narrative to beat down on the First Amendment rights of a good local restauranteur and have many media folks applaud that is nothing short of disgusting.

Anonymous said...

Cat got his tongue, you say.

McCabe is out helping constituents, building bridges and forming coalitions for 2017.

Anonymous said...

Will McCabe run if Golden runs..I think not....

How does mccabe expect to have support of Golden (if he does not run) and kassar when Quaglione is running and kassar and Golden work in same office, of course they will support him??

Anonymous said...

Why would anyone think Golden is going to run for City Council?
City Council is a bullshit job dealing with issues like street sweeping.
Golden got more legislation passed that he sponsored more than any other legislator. Golden is Kink of the hill.

City council is small potatoes

Galewyn Massey said...

"...building bridges and forming coalitions..." Who the hell does McCabe think he is, Hillary Clinton?

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE: THE “TIT-FOR-TAT” EDITION

BROOKLYN CC CANDIDATES BOB CAPANO & JOHN QUAGLIONE EXCHANGE TWEETS ABOUT OTHER RACES & OTHER PEOPLE

FIRST:
Bob Capano @BobCapano Aug7
@JQuaglione candidate for GOP Prez John Kasich said on CNN yesterday he may not vote for @realDonaldTrump @BrooklynYR @BklynYRs

THEN:
John Quaglione @JQuaglione Aug 7
@BobCapano @realDonaldTrump @BrooklynYR @BklynYRs Your guy-John Cats never endorsed Joe Lhota in the 2013 Mayor's race- what's your point?

Are these the beginnings of a meaningful debate ???

I wonder if Will(Liam) McCabe will feel pressed to weigh-in on any of this ???

Galewyn Massey said...

BACKFILL: THE “MY DAY LATE - BUT - NOT A POUND OR EVEN AN OUNCE SHORT” EDITION

I AGAIN MUST CONFESS TO HAVING MISSED THE EARLY BOAT ON THIS --- BUT --- BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

SARSOUR GETS SLAMMED VERY HARD BY SHAVANA ABRUZZO OF THE COURIER LIFE'S BROOKLYN DAILY


Don’t hold back, Shavana !!!
What do you really think about Linda Sarsour ???


Shavana Abruzzo’s article opened with this: “Intolerant Islamo-pols just can’t hack it in free societies….”; and she closed with this: “…. Councilwoman Sarsour? Nah…. Brooklyn needs to squelch Linda’s political whims like the “bug” her last name denotes in Arabic, for her idea of public service makes decency’s skin crawl” (See “A Vote of no-confidence for ‘Cancelwoman’ Sarsour” by Shavana Abruzzo, 7/29/16, Courier Life/ Brooklyn Daily [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2016/31/all-britview-linda-sarsour-council-race-2016-07-29-bd.html]).

After introducing the subject of “Intolerant Ilamo-pols,” Ms. Abruzzo then went on to say this: “…. The Islamo-rampage on democracy must stop, especially if Western Muslims want a seat in government…. [The] Arab American Association of New York’s Linda Sarsour all-but declared her candidacy for Bay Ridge’s soon-to-be-open Council seat on Brooklyn Paper Radio, but any ballot of the cop-hating wacktivist should scream her terror ties, Islamo-supremacy, and anti-Americanism….”

Abruzzo then bullet-pointed these high/low points of Linda Sarsour’s public/political resume:

• Sarsour proudly informed the Columbia Journalism Review in 2004 that the men pictured on the front page of an Arab newspaper — bearing slogans soliciting suicide bombers — were her cousin and friend, serving 25 and 99 years in Israeli jails, and that her imprisoned brother-in-law was serving 12 years for being a Hamas cohort.

• She applauds Palestinian children hurling rocks at Jews as the “definition of courage” while trashing critics as “Zionist trolls.”

• She lies about Muslim “kids being executed” in America and invents hate crimes her neighbors debunk.

Abruzzo followed all that by hitting Sarsour with the following brickbat(s):
“…. Sarsour’s organization, which received $500,000 in city funding in April, is also troubling: NYPD’s counter-terrorism surveillance investigators named it a ‘terrorism enterprise,’ and it counts Qatar Foundation International — a group linked to the terror-lovin’ Qatari government and the Muslim Brotherhood — among its sponsors…. Sarsour’s hijab hardly covers her about-face. The self-professed feminist and civil rights tooter fiercely criticized ‘Honor Diaries’ — a documentary about violence against women in Muslim lands — and claimed, ‘Black lives don’t matter. But they do in Islam.’ Who is she kiddin’?... Authorities in Saudi Arabia — the birthplace of Islam — bury women up to their breasts and stone them to death in public, and trade castrated black slaves on Facebook….”

I think it’s fair to say that Shavana Abruzzo didn’t hold back much in telling us what she really thinks about Linda Sarsour ……

Anonymous said...

Wow !!!

Thats some background on Sarsour. Somehow, I get the feeling shes an FBI informant.

Anonymous said...

Regarding the comment above, Sarsour does know how to get government money.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't be surprised if Capano leaves GM hanging out to dry. All he remembers about Bay Ridge is Linda Sarsour--she is so 2010 but then again that's the last time Bob lived in Bay Ridge. He is getting no traction and almost no one remembers who he is.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "HE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST... OR WHO REALLY NEED(S) TO FEAR THE CLOTHESPINS" EDITION

TO: ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:08 AM

Certainly, Bob Capano or any other >>> candidate <<< can leave one "hanging out to dry," as you choose to say it. BUT >>> existentially, they are people living and working through a moment of hope and expectancy on so many things (and nobody around them can exist in any higher realm of expectation, except for paid consultants if-and-when they are paid-off) --- mere candidates are not the ones whose incumbency in their offices or positions can do the real job of "hanging [anybody] out to dry."

Real or actual "hanging out to dry" can only come from those that are in a position to actually do and deliver something -- to put some faces on it -- people like, let's say, Marty Golden, Mike Long and/or Jerry Kassar.

So when it comes to "hanging out to dry," the ones that must really live in fear of clothespins are the likes of John Quaglione (who seems to be a very slow learner on being left all alone by the telephone) and Will(Liam) McCabe (who's been to his fair share of rodeos and should know how the score is really kept on this stuff).

Anonymous said...

Clothspins !!

I left them in the ice box

Anonymous said...

GM I understand your fascination with Bob as his is the only faction that gives you information anymore but he has an uphill battle, no one really remembers him or knows who he is. He is stuck in the past so uncomfortable and unfamiliar with local topics that he runs away if you mention anything else besides Linda Sarsour and the bag tax...while that may not have been nearly as peripheral and tangential as some of your responses, I hope it helps you understand that your obsession with backing Capano may leave you holding the bag, high and dry,or an unsatisfied as a former Enron employee...While I'm possibly potentially perhaps not nearly as grandiloquent as some I hope you catch my meaning.

Anonymous said...

Bob Capano is the only one with a committee, a website, raising money, getting local press -- yes including about the bag tax and sarsour..NO other potential candidate is getting coverage on anything!

Anonymous said...

The other candidates get plenty of free press and exposure and believe it or not, some people actually recognize them, unlike what's going on with Bob when almost nobody knows who he is.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "WTF !!!" EDITION

TO: EVERYBODY WHO ISN'T "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 11:25 AM"

Is there anybody out there who thinks they can explain to me what the heck commenter, Anonymous said... at 11:25 PM, is getting at ???

Mr. Capano has spoken out on many issues that aren't connected to or even remotely related to the bag tax or Linda Sarsour - and - I think that some of those were even mentioned by me here on this blog [and, if not by me, certainly by a few of my comment makers].

But most of all I'd like to know what can this can possibly mean: "... backing Capano may leave you holding the bag, high and dry, or an unsatisfied as a former Enron employee...." ???

For the life of me --- irrespective of anybody's, "... possibly potentially perhaps not nearly as grandiloquent[ce] as some..." --- I don't think that I have any hope that I will catch the meaning of that jot by commenter, Anonymous said... at 11:25 PM.

Please, take a shot at this; is there anybody out there who can help me with ANY of what comment maker, Anonymous said... at 11:25 PM had to say ???

Anonymous said...

Capano and Quag are loserssssss

Anonymous said...

Seems that war has broken out already between quaglione and mccabe on who will be the "Golden Boy"!

Anonymous said...

Bob Capano already has realtors scouting out temporary apartments in Queens in case the Bay Ridge gig doesn't pan out.