This morning, on the way to the slowly-unwinding J train in Brooklyn, Jonny ran into a random bag search station. They went for him and an old lady.
Jonny said he was sweating bullets, but police didn’t find any contraband, and let him go on his way.
The whole encounter got us thinking about what our rights actually are at one of those random search stations. NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said that you are free to “turn around and leave” any subway system where police are conducting random…
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We fashion aficionados here at LVHRD are always looking for the latest trends, the cheapest finds, and the best fits. What we try to avoid are things like lawsuits. We like to keep all our designer LVHRD members working within the fashion field well informed on what is going on in mainstream fashion.
For example, in the latest edition of the New York Times, Levi’s is reported to be going mad, suing their competition left and right and with good reason. Levi’s is suing other denim companies including VonDutch and…
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Remember that scene in Goodfellas (or any mobster movie, for that matter) when Robert DeNiro talks on the pay phone down the street so the FBI can’t track his felonious conversations? Well, in this day and age, that scene wouldn’t fly, not with cell phones and all.
Or maybe it would. In recent news, it turns out that the FBI can now listen to conversations on your cell phone using the microphone inside the device. And if that weren’t enough, they can even listen in when the phone is turned off. Looks like the…
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Most people, if they can’t stand their spouse or life partner, get a divorce or take up the quiet game until the other person finally decides to leave. But what if you’re rich and have money to burn? You build a wall in the middle of your house, of course! Or at least, that’s what one couple in Brooklyn did anyway.
Simon Taub and his wife, Chauna, both 57, had a white partition wall built right in middle of their house to separate themselves from each other while divorce papers…
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