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   Retirednoguilt to Ketanji Kornrows   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Mounds_of_Snow_and_Trash   
   09 Feb 26 10:33:17   
   
   From: HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com   
      
   On 2/8/2026 7:06 PM, Ketanji Kornrows wrote:   
   > Images out of New York City this week have gone viral, and they are doing   
   more to project the city’s future than any campaign speech ever could.   
   >   
   > They show piles of trash sitting curbside and piles of snow still frozen   
   nearly two weeks after a storm. They show a city struggling with   
   > completing tasks that should be routine.   
   >   
   > This is what New Yorkers are seeing as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to warm   
   his seat in City Hall.   
   >   
   > According to WABC-TV in New York, sanitation crews fell behind after heavy   
   snow and deep cold slowed cleanup efforts across the city. Trash   
   > piled up in multiple neighborhoods.   
   >   
   > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/mounds-snow-trash-jus   
   -opening-act-mamdanis-collectivist/   
   >   
      
   Nothing new under the sun.  Those of us who grew up in NYC remember the   
   blizzard of Feb, 1969 that badly damaged the career of then mayor John   
   Lindsay.  See:   
      
   https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/1   
   /remembering-a-snowstorm-that-paralyzed-the-city/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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