There are hopeful signs that the Common Council may vote on the proposed Food Truck licensing legislation as early as January 24th. The WNY Food Truck Association recently met to back the current proposal as written. Although its language is somewhat vague and, in my opinion, incomplete, the trucks are eager to get on the [...]

Peace Bridge Night – Old Lights by tark9.   www.flickr.com More in Buffalopundit: AV Photo Daily pool  

I’ve censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/42152/uncensor █████ ████████ ██████ is a ████ ███████, the ████████ is not to ██████ the [...]

Only one piece of news for you to consume during your morning grumpy today. 1. Today, Reddit, Wikipedia, and hundreds of other large websites will go dark in protest of two proposed laws making their way through the halls of Congress. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the PROTECT [...]

When they’re not insulting our NATO allies, the Republican “candidates” for President accuse Democrats of waging “class warfare”, and equate criticism of the vulture capitalist superwealthy with assault on free-market capitalism itself. They think that if they keep yelling “socialism” – an untrue charge that hasn’t stuck – that they can find electoral success, enabling [...]

Although it’s difficult to tell from this photo, this 1971 Chevy Chevelle Concours station wagon sat near the top of the heap of Chevelle wagons for the model year. This green example looks as though it’s slowly morphing into a shade of brown as it sits in a Niagara Falls parking lot. Nice use of [...]

It’s become the Valenti’s Restaurant Massacree. Arlo Guthrie could do a 30 minute monologue about it in talking blues style, if there was an underlying anti-war theme to be had. If you missed it, I spoke with Shredd and Ragan from WEDG 103.3-FM on Tuesday morning to talk about Janice Okun, restaurant reviews, the Buffalo [...]

Untitled by fixBuffalo.   www.flickr.com More in Buffalopundit: AV Photo Daily pool  

All the news and views fit to consume during your morning grumpy. 1. The votes are in, and the big banks have picked their Presidential candidate. Not surprisingly, it’s Mitt Romney. Employees at the five largest U.S. banks by assets, including Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co., had given Romney about $600,000 [...]

Mopar compacts were always good sellers thru the 60s and 70s. This 1972 Plymouth Valiant Scamp was spotted sitting outside a Sanborn garage, wearing Ohio tags and a For Sale sign. The Scamp was Plymouth’s version of the popular Dodge Dart Swinger hardtop. Up to that point, since 1967 the Valiant had only been available [...]

Stormy Evening on the Break Wall by tark9.   www.flickr.com More in Buffalopundit: AV Photo Daily pool  

The Republicans don’t really realize how much of a problem they have on their hands with Mitt Romney, income inequality, the rise of the superwealthy at the expense of the middle class, and other consequences of its Reaganite trickle-down, supply-side voodoo economic religion. This article detailing Bain Capital’s business dealings under Mitt Romney makes for [...]

Bill Moyers, also known as “America’s Conscience” , returned to the public airwaves this week with his new show, Moyers & Company. Moyers & Company Generic Promo from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. He came back with a progressive bang; airing segments on engineered income inequality, Occupy Wall Street, and the political system that birthed both of [...]

Downsizing finally caught up with a once very popular but fading personal luxury coupe when this 1977 Ford Thunderbird hit the showroom. A car almost a foot shorter and almost a half-ton lighter than its predecessor made for a hefty sales increase: 1976 sales were just shy of 53,000 units, while the new 1977 coupe and [...]

The corruption lawsuit brought by NRP, a Cleveland developer, against some city bigshots just got itself an empty chair to which the other defendants can point. It’s alleged that the Rev. Richard Stenhouse and his Jeremiah Partnership conspired with Byron Brown, Steve Casey, and others to shut NRP out of a proposed east side housing [...]