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Brooks wasn't at this dinner as a reporter. He's not breaking news. What the NYT means is something like "part of our columns' value is that our columnists are embedded in circles of wealth and power, and this was a place rich and powerful people hang out, so he went."

The vote was not unanimous. A trustee came out and said she was muted during the vote.

Correct. The math isn't mathing here. She was 12.

Critics can fuck allllll the way off

You are simply stunning.

The champagne is in the fridge, is all I’m saying.

I feel safer in NYC than any other place in the country.

Shit

Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.

I have lived in CA for over two decades, and I truly love it, but...I am convinced I will never love any place on earth like I love NYC. I love it like a person.

I need the rest of the country to believe us when we Californians say: that dude sucks.

He sucks.

What fucking ghouls these people are

My cat used to love to go underneath the bed and howl at 3am. The market for such behavior was slim to none.