Watch a Raytheon laser on a US Navy ship shoot down a drone fighter jet!

My favorite blog EV Grieve posts that we are getting a new bagel store on my block – bagels are back in the East Village. Not like I’ve missed them – I’ve never had a bagel, so this will be my first one! Let’s all support this guy – he has to pay $9,000 a month in rent!

If you’ve been on Ebay you’ll no doubt find some bargains, including this three bedroom Flint home for $600 bucks. Today Flint Congressman Dale Kildee announced a $2.8 million HUD grant. Quick number crunching means that could buy 4,666 of these homes!

Here’s the press release:

Kildee Announces Nearly $2.8 Million in Housing Grants for Genesee County

CDBG and Home grants will help revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable housing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) today announced $2,764,797 in funding for Genesee County through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The County has been awarded $1,925,896 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and $838,901 in HOME grants, both of which work primarily to provide decent housing to low income individuals. “This is very good news for our area and for families in Genesee County.  This funding will help revitalize our communities and ensure that families, regardless of income, are able to obtain decent, affordable housing,” said Congressman Kildee. The HOME program funds a wide range of activities that build, buy, and/or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to low-income people. CDBG funds a wide range of programs, focusing primarily on the rehabilitation of affordable housing and the construction and improvement of public facilities. These projects also provide economic opportunities for local residents.

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Grabbed this off someone’s Wall on Facebook. This guy went to Marvin Gaye (1976), Supremes (1976), CHIC (1979), Kool & The Gang (1976) (back when they were a super filthy funk band).

Excellent article in today’s Travel section of the New York Times about how airlines have to – by law – compensate you when you are delayed or your flight is canceled.

For example, if you’re on a flight from Paris to New York that is canceled because of engine trouble and you’re put on another flight that lands more than four hours after your original arrival time, your compensation would be 600 euros ($700 bucks!)

Wow.

Grady from Sanford & Son is back in an iPhone 4 Facetime commercial!

(P.S. Not the real Grady but sure does remind me of him!

In my 13 years of riding the MTA NYC subway system, I have never seen two trains this close. A near miss this morning!

Quite a 24 hours I’m having… my nerves, my nerves!

Believe it or not this is not the biggest fire I’ve seen on my street. They had 188 firemen from 33 divisions fighting this. It was 90 degrees out as well – imagine just how hot it was near this. No word on the cause but word on the street is that the building did not have permits for construction – you know what that means. Reports of 8 firefighters injured. Hope you’re OK guys.

EV Grieve, one of the best blogs in the LES/EV/Alphabet City covered it best.

Great job FDNY putting this fire out quickly. Fires can spread super fast in NY, which is why this went to a four alarm fire pretty quickly.