If you have to crash in to a river...

 
It helps to be in a plane that floats. Wild video captured the moment a seaplane carrying eight people hit the choppy waters of New York City’s East River in a hard landing that left the aircraft partially submerged. Footage from inside the plane shared with The Post captured the moment the Kodiak 100 hit the East River as it approached the Skyport terminal along 23rd Street and FDR Drive.

 

Think about that. Guy - or a woman - is in a plane that's gonna crash and maybe kill them and they've got their fucking phone camera rolling? What kinda truly demented shit is that? Juss' sayin'...

Hey - that's pretty damn good money...

That paycheck has a lot of zeros in it. Pilots’ paychecks vary depending on the airline they work for and the hours they’ve flown in a given year. According to an American Airlines captain’s paystub that was shared on X, pilots’ earning potential is so high, it’ll cause most people to rethink their career paths.

Supposedly, the screenshotted paystub was of a Miami-based American Airlines Boeing 737 captain. If you look closely, you can see that the pilot’s yearly salary is a jaw-dropping $458,000. Part of the reason this pilot probably earns as much as they do is because of their high hourly wage, around $360, which isn’t even the highest tier for pilots.

 

Captains of planes as massive as Boeing 777 or Airbus A350 can earn up to $450 per hour. Considering the average pilot flies around 900 hours per year, 75 hours per month, according to Flying, do the math — and that’s one fat paycheck they earn.

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Okay - moving on from all the hullabaloo...

 
Okay - all the fireworks have been fired, all the barbecues barbied and all the hoopla hooped, what's next? Personally, I wasn't that invested in the whole thing in the first place, not only because the word was so unpronouncable -  Semiquincentennial or a Sestercentennial - whatever. Bicentennial was so much easier to deal with just a short fifty years ago, and, as I remember, I didn't get all jacked up about that one, either. Maybe I'm just not the sentimental old fool people think I am - although I do cry any time a soldier comes home from war in a movie...

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Buddy of mine who still lives out on Long Island sent me this yesterday. Says it's his pet named 'Rocky" (of course) teaching him how to handle firearms. I kinda believe it, too. Ole' Stevie never was the sharpest pencil in the desk drawer.

The only reason I mention that he still lives out on the island is that, aside from going in to Manhattan or Brooklyn for work - he's an A-plus graphic artist/illustrator - I don't think he's ever travelled farther than an ocassional jaunt to Foxwoods or AC. That would be the extent of his lifelong travels...

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Mamdani the commie just pushed through a two-year rent freeze for all the 200k rent-controlled apartments in NYC. While that's all well and good for the existing tenants,  it's brutal to the ladlords. That means, no matter what happens on the economy, they have to suck up and eat whatever cost increases come down the pike. 

Overall maintainence on the properties always suffers during these freezes as the ladlord's cut back on basic systems and programs to protect their already slim margins. 

The problem  on the other side of the equation is that no new renters will come in to the market while the rent-frozen tenants stay put.

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Victor Willis, the original lead singer and co-founder of the disco group Village People who famously co-wrote and sang "Y.M.C.A.", died on June 30, 2026, at the age of 74. His death was announced by his bandmates and his wife, Karen Huff Willis, following a short but aggressive illness.

Willis was the band's frontman and donned the iconic policeman and naval officer outfits during performances. Alongside "Y.M.C.A.", he co-wrote many of their greatest disco-era hits, including "Macho Man" and "In the Navy". Yeah - they were silly, but they were also fun to see and hear during otherwise difficult times.

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Now THAT was really impressive.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refused Trump's offer to help after the city's bloody holiday weekend. TDS is more difficult to quit than nicotine or heroin. 

Over the 3-day Juneteenth celebration, 40 Chicagoans were shot and 6 people killed in gang wars on the Southside. To honor Pride Month the Chicago White Sox wore rainbow Kevlar. 

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It would be a great thing if all federal officials - that is to say elected ones - were precluded from handling their own finances during their tenure. Sadsdly, though, it will never, ever happen. And the rich get richer...

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The Weather Channel reports Europeans are sweltering this week in record-high week-long 100-degree heat. This comes after the EU outlawed air conditioners to placate climate change warriors. 

It's so hot in Paris that American tourists are asking the French for directions just so they can get the typical cold shoulder from the frogs. 

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When my grandfather Angelo got a little too frail to drive himself, I would go up to their house in Belleville and pick him up and bring him to the field house in Branch Brook Park, where he could spend the day bullshitting with his goombahs from the other side who'd also hang around there all day. The bocce courts were the central attractions, and to listen to the old guys cursing and arguing in Italian was like music to my ears - like some kinda angry aria from a Tosca opera. Most of the men there wore shirts and ties, and almost all of them had really nice Stetson hats - hats they had had for 40 or more years. What a great mental picture that is - and a great memory for me.

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Sunrise at Paradise Park...

 

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Fat Freddy is depressed, so...

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I don't know what the probem is - she looks exactly like him...

 Philadelphia turned Independence Mall into a sea of powdered wigs on Friday, and one woman walked away the winner.

Kiya Burgess, 25 and from Philly, beat more than 30 other Ben Franklin look-alikes with a costume she made herself. Kite in hand, bifocals on, she stole the show right by the Liberty Bell. Burgess said she already loved cosplay and had the costume ready, so she figured why not show it off. Turns out sewing skills and Founding Father energy make a winning combo.

The crowd loved it so much they kept chanting for more contestants even after the contest was supposed to wrap. Dozens of Bens kept strolling through just to hear one more round of cheers.

Would you ever enter a look-alike contest for a historical figure? Especially if it was as rigged as this one seems to have been? Well, it is Filthadefia - the City of Brutha-ly love, after all.

Oh, and by the way, it was another typically violent Fourth of July holiday across Philadelphia that left one man dead and four others injured in a series of separate shootings. City of brotherly love, my ass..

A usual suspect doing usual suspect stuff. Like shooting a cop. Jeez...

Video footage captured the moment a deranged teenage gunman racks a round into the chamber of a 9mm handgun before running up to an NYPD vehicle and opening fire - leaving a veteran detective shot in the back.

The 18-year-old shooter is seen flashing the weapon as he walks back and forth on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, just a half block from an unmarked police cruiser, surveillance video shows.

 

The suspect, who has not been identified, walks back and forth along the sidewalk – at one point seen pulling back the slide of the pistol before dashing up the street to the unmarked police vehicle.

Alert cops, part of a sex-offender monitoring unit, saw the nut approaching with the semi-automatic weapon and jumped out – sparking a shootout.

 

NYPD Detective Robert Karroll was shot in the back in the exchange, with his life likely saved by his bulletproof vest before his partner, who suffered minor injuries, subdued the gunman. 18 years old and on teh streets with a loading gun at 4:30 in the morning.

 

 Somebody - maybe one of the four or five baby Daddies his mother had - has definitely dropped the ball on this kid. Hopefully, a judge'll drop the hammer on this little fuck weazel. Also hopefully he'll be taking it up the poop chute for a long, long time...

Curbside cocktails for this HillBetty...

Ya know, they have 'Florida Men' in Australia, too...

This jackass shot a rocket directly into a packed pub during a celebration of some sort, sending customers ducking for cover as the rocket exploded among the crowd. Footage shows a man holding a large firework at a horizontal angle before firing it straight towards a busy venue in Australia.

The explosive then detonates in the direction of people enjoying the night’s festivities.

A clip shows the firework launching towards an Irish pub before erupting into a fireball as people inside and outside scramble for safety.

 

The pair then run from the scene as locals are seen diving for cover amid the blast. It is not yet known if anyone inside the pub, named Shenannigans, was injured, and no arrests have been confirmed.

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He's not a rabbit. He's a baby boy!

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