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Like other so-called “glamping” sites, Camp Rockaway offers an outdoor experience with some luxuries you don’t expect while sleeping under the stars. |
The 10-foot-by-12-foot canvas tents are mounted on raised wooden platforms. Inside is a queen-sized bed with fresh linens, towels, a locked box for valuables, two solar-powered fans and an overhead light. A small outside deck features two canvas lounge chairs. |
Hammocks are available for the ultimate beach lounging experience, while another area of the campsite offers games and books to borrow along with unlimited coffee in the morning hours. A fire pit is ready to roast s’mores and a solar-powered battery is available to keep electronic devices boosted. |
Rates are $195 a night Sunday through Thursday and $249 a night for Friday and Saturday. |
Former city Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who oversaw the massive expansion of city and state beaches during his controversial career, designed Riis in the image of Jones Beach on Long Island as a getaway for the working people of the five boroughs. It was named for crusading journalist and social reformer Jacob Rii... |
Riis Park, originally a city park, became part of the National Park Service’s Gateway National Recreation Area in 1972. It is well-known as a popular gathering spot for the LGBTQ community, especially the western portion of the sprawling beach. |
At one point, the Bathhouse had thousands of lockers, restaurants and other facilities, including a Howard Johnson’s eatery, according to Daphne Yun of the National Park Service. |
“The Bathhouse did not have any food or beverage services between Hurricane Sandy and this summer,” she said. |
Earlier this year, the National Park Service signed an agreement with Brooklyn Bazaar to use the Bathhouse. The company has brought food trucks and live entertainment to Riis Park since 2015, setting up in parking lots and areas adjacent to the building. |
Camp Rockaway has an agreement with Brooklyn Bazaar to operate 12 tents in the Bathhouse courtyard. So far, more than 300 people have camped at the site since it opened on July 4. Camp Rockaway runs through Oct. 31. |
Xiomara Luna of the Bronx learned about Camp Rockaway through Instagram and convinced Jadi Tention to give it a try. |
Chicago man accused of selling the drug to undercover law enforcement. |
CHARLES CITY, Iowa – A Chicago man has been accused of selling heroin in Floyd County. |
22-year-old Lilshawon Phillip Stewart has been charged with a controlled substance violation. Authorities say he sold heroin to law enforcement personnel at a home in the 300 block of 4th Avenue in Charles City on January 16 and 17. |
Charges were filed against Stewart on Monday and he was booked into the Floyd County Jail. |
It is a sober day indeed in which Robert Stacy McCain, he of the Front Page fedora and vulpine grin (where’s Lee Tracy when we need him?), sounds like the Voice of Reason. |
But in the baby alligator pool of postmodern conservatism, any glimmer of common sense and rational analysis seems like an intruder, and so it is with McCain’s objection to Sarah Palin stringing her fans along and stoking them into a frustrated frenzy like Madeleine Kahn working the stage in Blazing Saddles. |
This reality — that the clock has run out on any realistic prospect of a Palin 2012 campaign – is one I hesitate to mention, for fear of offending those of her supporters who continue to hold out hope that Palin will mount a last-minute blitz campaign for the White House. While I don’t doubt that Mama Grizzly could do ... |
Consider this: With all the assets at his disposal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent more than two months building the campaign machinery necessary to officially launch his presidential campaign in mid-August. So if Palin were to begin such an effort tomorrow — and there is no tangible evidence she’s planning anything of th... |
By continuing to keep alive a tiny glimmering hope of her 2012 candidacy, long after the point when the whole “testing the waters” time-frame has passed its sell-by date, Palin is setting up her True Believers for a bitter disillusionment whenever the time comes for her to officially admit that she’s not running[my bol... |
Palin is unlike any political personality ever to exist. She doesn't need the months of putting together a political organization others do. Between her own followers (Organized and otherwise) and Tea Party Groups (Organized and otherwise), she has hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of ready-made "boots on th... |
When has Palin ever told us anything which has proven untrue about her intentions? She said , when she resigned, that she was going to keep fighting and bring that fight to the lower 48. She has done so. She said that she woul no longer give interviews to the LSM. [LSM: Lame-Stream Media, for those who don’t speak Pali... |
She is aware that she is a polarizing figure. My God, how could she not? She knows that it will be difficult for her to win the general election - even against Obama/Carter. What she doesn't know is whether Mitt or Rick can - or Michelle, for that matter - and, of them, whom will jump to the front of the primary p... |
And then she’ll strike! Like a cobra on a mission from God! |
Jon Huntsman hasn’t gained any traction for many reasons, but it didn’t help that he had to throw together a campaign at the last minute after he returned from China. It would be even more difficult for Christie or Ryan to pull together an organization on such short notice. The organizational challenges for any candida... |
Ross [Douhat] challenges critics of Christie and Ryan boosters to offer an alternative, but what I am saying is that there is no more time for an alternative to emerge. More to the point, both Christie and Ryan would disappoint their former boosters almost as soon as they entered, and in another few weeks we would be t... |
369 registered dogs have this name, making it the 227th most common. |
Comments about dogs named Rocco. |
Rocco was the size of my hand when we picked him up in Downey. We were told his mom was a minature pincher and his dad a chihuahua - I knew he was going to be a pretty interesting little dog. I wanted a name he could grow into - he definitely owns his name. |
August 3, 2008 at 12:53 p.m. |
This week, just prior to the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, and an anticipated “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington, D.C. this Sunday, PBS Frontline and ProPublica premiered the first installment of their two-part series, Documenting Hate: Charlottesville. In the documentary, the f... |
The Progressive spoke with Documenting Hate producer Karim Hajj about the investigation, and what we can expect in part two. Part one is now streaming online. |
Q: Given the lack of action by the FBI and local police in the aftermath of events in Charlottesville do you think there’s a case to be made that white supremacist’s activity is in some ways state sanctioned? At least one of the white supremacists you tracked down was active-duty military, and we’ve subsequently seen o... |
Karim Hajj: There’s a strong case to be made that the white supremacists who engaged in violence last August felt that they would not face serious consequences for their actions. Taken in combination with the FBI’s public statements about the agency’s enforcement priorities and the high-profile political cover these gr... |
Q: The film shows a number of violent white supremacist activities in southern California leading up to Charlottesville. That was surprising to me. Is California a hotbed for these groups? |
KH: In the early 1920s, the KKK was the dominant political force in Anaheim, and those same political players helped shape the establishment of Orange County as a whole. That history, combined with pretty rapid demographic change, has made Orange County an appealing location for white supremacist organizing. |
Q: In the film you talk to a probation officer who has worked with members of white supremacist groups and who says they are more active now than they’ve ever been. Why do you think that is? |
KH: The experts in the film attribute the rise in white supremacist activity to a perceived ideological affinity with more mainstream rightwing politics. Some of that is probably attributable to the strong current of nativist sentiment in the United States and across Europe as well. |
I was most surprised by their reluctance to admit to their politics. They would frequently stop short of fascist or explicitly neo-Nazi position. |
Q: Another installment of this documentary is coming out in the fall. Anything you can tell us about what to expect next? |
KH: We’re particularly interested in members of white supremacist groups who are current or former members of the armed services. We’ll also be taking a closer look at the neo-Nazi terrorist group, Atomwaffen, who we introduce in the first film. |
Q: What’s the major lesson learned after your team’s investigation? |
KH: These new white-supremacist formations tend not to be organized along class lines. [And] while the more extreme groups are interested in keeping their identities hidden, others have begun to operate out in the open. Most importantly, they all feel as if this political moment is an opportunity for them to make some ... |
Yeah, I watched the Saints get pulverized Sunday by Tulane – or was it Nicholls? - but I wasn’t devastated. Why? Two reasons. Reason One, it was the first game of a long season, and how many times have we seen the better teams at the end of the season sleepwalking in September? In fact, last year the Saints lost their ... |
In a bid to improve the Congress' position in south India, party president Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala besides his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. |
Veteran Congress leader from Kerala and former Defence Minister A K Antony made this announcement at a press conference here Sunday, saying Gandhi had consented to fighting from Wayanad following requests from the party's state unit. |
The decision is seen as an attempt by the Congress to consolidate its electoral base in south India, especially Kerala which has 20 Lok Sabha seats. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats and Karnataka has 28. |
"This is a message to the southern states that they are deeply valued and respected. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said he will represent Amethi but will also represent southern states as they are an important part of India's way of life,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. |
He said Gandhi has said Amethi is his 'karmabhoomi' and he will never leave it. |
The announcement evoked sharp reactions from both the Left and the Right of the political spectrum. |
Reacting to the development, CPI(M) Politbureau member Prakash Karat said that the decision of the Congress to field Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad shows that the party wants to take on the Left in Kerala. |
"Their priority now is to fight against the Left in Kerala. It goes against Congress' national commitment to fight BJP, as in Kerala it's LDF which is the main force fighting BJP there," he told reporters. The CPI(M) ex-General Secretary said his party will work to ensure the defeat of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad. |
BJP chief Amit Shah also took a sharp dig at Gandhi contesting from two seats at a rally in Uttar Pradesh. |
"Congress' votebank politics has worked on playing with the security of the country. It is the result of this that Rahul Gandhi has left Amethi and run away to Kerala because he knows that voters will seek account from him in Amethi this time," Shah said. |
Earlier, Surjewala said the state units of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had requested him to contest from south India at a time when there is attack on the language and culture from the Modi government, he said. |
"This is a fight to espouse the aspirations of south India. This is a fight to give a befitting reply to those forces that attack cultures, languages, way of life and also the deep connect between north and south India between which BJP has created a division," he said. |
On BJP's criticism that Gandhi's is "not very strong" in Amethi, Surjewala said: "Why doesn't BJP answer why Moddi ji left Gujarat and went to Varanasi. Does that mean that his condition was bad in Gujarat. Instead of discussing these type of immature things, they should discuss key political issues. Why is BJP so scar... |
Surjewala said the people of Amethi trust the fact that they are protected with Rahul Gandhi being there. "The BJP has the task of conspiracy while we have the task of construction," he said. |
He said Wayanad has a unique geographical feature as it links all the three states of Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri, Karnataka's Mysore and has the geographical and cultural representation of the three states. |
"That is why party decided that Gandhi will, in a way, represent the three states and strengthen the unity between north and south India. |
Senior Congress leader Antony said Wayanad is situated in Kerala, but also surrounded by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. |
"In a way it'll satisfy the requests of three southern states," he said. |
There were many requests from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the former defence minister said, adding that one of the major reasons for consideration was that it is a trijunction of the three southern states. |
"Amethi and Rahul do not have a political relationship. Amethi ke mann mein Rahul baste hain. It is a family relationship and cannot be broken by BJP's politics," Surjewala said. |
He said when the Congress government will be formed with the blessings of 130 crore Indians, Rahul Gandhi will represent every corner of the country in a bigger way. |
"We will discuss about the future slowly," he said in reply to a question on whether Gandhi will retain Amethi or Wayanad seat if he wins both. |
"Don't question Amethi's intelligence. Amethi has chosen Rajiv ji, Sonia ji and Rahul ji in difficult circumstances. They trust the fact that this country's management and Amethi is secure in the hands of Rahul Gandhi. Nobody can break the bond between Amethi and Rahul and least of all BJP," he said. |
Congress had won eight Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, besides two by its ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and one by Kerala Congress (Mani) and one by Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP). |
The party is hoping to further consolidate its position this time in the state. |
Wayanad district is in the north eastern part of Kerala and houses various tribal groups of the state. The area was badly affected due to last year's floods. |
In the wake of the killing of Al Qaeda operative Anwar Al-Awlaki, many have raised questions as to the legality of executive military actions against US citizens such as Al-Awlaki, who lived for most of his terrorist tenure in the Middle East. In discussing the killing of the Al Qaeda leader this morning, Chris Hayes a... |
Dougherty and Hayes were accompanied by Vince Warren, and attorney who had actually represented Al-Awlaki’s father. The Authorization for Use of Military Force statue, he noted, was “so broad that it is virtually undefinable,” and as such gave the President the permission to place American citizens (and otherwise) on a... |
That Dougherty did not agree with Gingrich is an understatement. Emphasizing how “unserious, ridiculous, and morally disgusting that response is,” Dougherty proposed a parallel in which American played the role of Yemen in this situation: “Imagine if King [Juan] Carlos of spain said ‘Well, there is a pro-Basque separat... |
Following that thread to its logical conclusion, however, Dougherty proposed that the President was, in fact, behaving as “a kind of monarchical entity when it comes to the War on Terror,” given the unilateral nature of the attacks and the fact that Congressional war authority was almost completely overlooked. Doughert... |
IN THE morning, Bruce Robertson and his family were facing a lawsuit from six state electricity giants. By early afternoon, they were fielding an apology. |
Bruce and Belinda Robertson with their family. |
Grid Australia, which represents the nation's $10 billion transmission industry, had threatened to sue the cattle farmer for defamation. |
As an outspoken critic of the power companies, Mr Robertson had exposed their inflated forecasts for electricity demand, and the ''gold-plating'', or excessive spending, which was a driving force behind the rise in bills. |
But after this week's revelations about the lawsuit, an outcry of public support for the New South Wales farmer forced a backdown. The chairman of Grid Australia, Peter McIntyre, wrote to Mr Robertson to "sincerely apologise". |
The threat of defamation proceedings had been withdrawn, he said, inviting Mr Robertson to meet and talk. |
The defamation threat had arrived at the Robertson property on November 5, and made demands that included that he pay the costs of the solicitor's letter. |
This drastic legal action - which amounted to government and multinational companies suing a citizen for free speech - had been sparked by Mr Robertson's submission to the Senate inquiry into electricity prices last month. |
In this, and in the press, he claimed Grid Australia was being dishonest in making out that rising "peak demand" was to blame for rising prices. |
Mr Robertson argued that peak demand had been falling for three years and should not be exploited for rising prices. |
Grid Australia's threat was unusual, as governments are not allowed to sue their citizens for defamation. |
The late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai’s mother, Lydia Zvaipa, was conspicuous by her absence at a memorial service for her son held at Mabelreign Methodist Fellowship Church in Harare yesterday, as tensions rise, following the death of the opposition leader. |
Tsvangirai’s mother had declared that she did not want to see acting MDC-T president, Nelson Chamisa and the late opposition leader’s wife, Elizabeth Macheka at the funeral, threatening to commit suicide if they attended. |
At yesterday’s service, the master of ceremonies called on Zvaipa to give a speech, but a family member said she was not present. |
A family spokesperson, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Tsvangirai’s mother failed to turn up for the service due to logistical problems. |
“The driver, who was supposed to pick her up, did not pitch up,” the relative said. |
The MDC-T seemed to be in the dark on Zvaipa’s non-attendance. |
“I do not know why she is not here, I left the president’s residence early and you can contact the Tsvangirai family, they will tell you,” MDC-T spokesman, Obert Gutu said. |
Macheka and Chamisa attended the memorial service and this could have triggered Zvaipa’s fury. |
Chamisa and his co-deputy presidents, Thokozani Khupe and Elias Mudzuri, who have also been at loggerheads, sat together near Tsvangirai’s coffin, while the MDC-T leader’s family was sat on the opposite side. |
The show of unity was only temporary, as only Chamisa appeared at Harvest House to address party supporters a few hours later. |
Methodist Church in Zimbabwe preacher, Jimmy Dube warned Tsvangirai’s family against washing their dirty linen in public. |
“I want to warn you, Tsvangirai’s family, not talk about your affairs in public,” he admonished. |
There have been reports of bad blood between Tsvangirai’s family on one hand and Macheka and Chamisa on the other. |
Macheka was reportedly, at some stage, barred from visiting the stricken Tsvangirai at his bedside. |
Among a slew of allegations, Macheka and Chamisa are alleged to have teamed up to launch an audacious power grab at MDC-T. |
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