Chris Collins

Holiday Weekend Open Thread

The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Much to discuss. A few headlines to get you started: Comptroller Bill Thompson declined to discuss a possible challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, saying he's "looking at a number of options." The White House has asked the Secret Service for a full review of the state dinner gate crashers . The United Homeless Organization isn't letting a little thing like a lawsuit from AG Andrew Cuomo...

SST Alumni Blogging

Tuttle SVC (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Chris Collins highlights the Maker/hardcore crossover : further SST lore SST Records has its roots in a small business called Solid State Tuners, owned and operated by Greg Ginn, which in the 1970s built equipment for amateur radio buffs. Black Flag/SST fan Jonathan Haynes , himself a radio operator and builder, had the savvy to snap these two shots of one tuner he encountered, the T-1. Other SST...

I told you Collins was a Liberal

Political Class Dismissed (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

PoliticsNY.Net: COUNTY EXECUTIVE COLLINS Erie County Executive Chris Collins Signs Anti-Texting Law Erie County Executive Chris Collins has signed into law the anti-texting measure passed by the Erie County Legislature in October.

Oh! Your anti-semitic "joke" really IS so much funnier once you've explained it

DovBear (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Erie County Executive Chris Collins who was once described as a "shining light of the Republican Party" told a joke the other day comparing Sheldon Silver, an Orthodox Jew, to both Hitler and the anti-Christ , but wait, wait, wait: Before you go all Irgun on the guy, give him a chance: It was just a joke, people! and BOY is it hysterical, once you hear the whole story: ...the county executive...

Down the Rabbit Hole With Slick Rick

Room Eight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Looks like Rick Lazio and Chris Collins are as good as it's going to get for NYS GOP in the 2010 gubernatorial race. That Lazio hasn't said or emoted anything remotely approaching the milieu of bizarro utterances from the Six Sigma Sertified Savant from Buffalo, probably makes Lazio the front runner. Word's already on the street that Collins is a real bozo. For his part, Lazio appears to think he...

Agendas Redux

BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Here’s audio of my call in to Hardline with Dave Debo yesterday during County Executive Chris Collins’ interview. Based on Collins’ answer, it seems to me that Dino Fudoli was as qualified, if not more so, than Kathy Konst to become head of the Department of Environment and Planning.

Agendas

BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Anyone else catch Chris Collins on WBEN’s Hardline on Sunday? It was easily some of the most disingenuously hilarious radio I’ve heard, at least since hyperemotionalist Palinist comedian Tom Bauerle last called for an armed revolution and librul cull. Some highlights: 1. He’s sorry for calling Shelly Silver an anti-Christ, but Shelly Silver’s really bad. Maybe [...]

Collins’ Election Night

BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Last night, legislative and sheriff’s candidates paid fealty to the lord of Erieshire Manor. But here’s a question: which do you think Chris Collins would prefer? a) a 15-member Democratic legislature; or b) Mark Poloncarz in a second term as Comptroller, poised to possibly challenge him for CE in 2011? I think Kadet’s loss was particularly bitter for [...]

Linden Lab launches enterprise version of Second Life virtual world

VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Second Life is going corporate. The virtual world already has more than 1,400 companies staging meetings and conferences inside its virtual landscapes. But Linden Lab is now taking Second Life into the companies themselves with an enterprise version of the virtual world that sits behind a firewall. Linden Lab is announcing the open beta of its Second Life Enterprise product today. Companies can buy...

• Linden Lab launches enterprise version of Second Life virtual world - The Industry Standard

Government School Gang Rape and “Hate Crime”

Political Class Dismissed (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

If I could have the attention of the people who are upset about Chris Collins’ bad joke about (Jewish) Sheldon Silver being the third Anti-Christ– There was a real hate crime on the premises of a government high school in Richmond CA after a homecoming dance the other night. As I document in my new [...]

Unscripted, Off-the-Cuff, Reductio ad Hitlerum?

BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

I tend to refer to Chris Collins’ leadership style as shtick. He’s a fantastic salesman, and there are a lot of suckers out there. Well, part of his shtick is to blame Albany for whatever might be convenient to blame Albany for. That’s why he’s busy comparing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to Hitler, Napoleon, and calling [...]

NY-Gov: Chris Collins manages to set his hair on fire twice in one week.

the albany project (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

I'm sure you remember a few days ago that state Republican committee golden boy, and likely 2010 candiate for Governor, Chris Collins got in some hot water with members of his own party over a joke equating Sheldon Silver to Hitler and the Antichrist. Not that Silver doesn't deserve to be beaten up, but from a guy who wants to run for Governor of New York, a Hitler/Antichrist joke about an orthodox...

SSP Daily Digest: 10/29

Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

? FL-Sen : Everything's coming up Milhous for Rep. Kendrick Meek these days: Rep. Corrine Brown decided not to challenge him in the primary, he's watching Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio go hammer and tongs at each other on the GOP side, and now he has the endorsement of Florida's currently most successful Democrat, Sen. Bill Nelson. ? NH-Sen : Oh please oh please ... the geniuses at the Club for Growth...

David Frum: Pissing on Catholics is still okay

Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

In last Sunday's Curb Your Enthusiasm , Larry David accidentally urinates on a picture of Jesus. One splash remains in the form of a tear under the image's eye. When the homeowners, devout believers, see the "tear," they imagine they have witnessed a miracle. Bill Donohue of the Catholic League understandably takes offense . Was Larry David always this crude? Would he think it comedic if...

Navy divers swap the depths of the sea for frontline Afghanistan

Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Four brave navy divers have swapped the ocean depths for the Afghan desert as they try to save soldiers' lives on the frontline. The bomb disposal experts – all based at Horsea Island in Portsmouth – will deal with hidden explosives meant to injure or kill British troops. Petty Officer Jai Gardner, Leading Seaman Ian Higgins as well as Able Seamen Chris Collins and Les Cockerton are part...