Today’s end-of-day links, including Sh*t Occupiers Say, Iran wanting to attack the U.S., Barnes & Nobles doesn’t want Amazon books, Christine Quinn’s Massachusetts doppelganger and more. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: Yes, Now There’s A Sh*t Occupiers Say
Besides wanting cops to, you know, do their jobs , Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has demanded that all police officers give up their habits of wearing NYPD merchandise (like a NYPD hat ) or flaunting NYPD knick-knacks (like Officer Bear ). Well, maybe they could have Officer Bear… if they get permission. [ more › ]
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Ray Kelly: Cops Can’t Have, Wear NYPD Merchandise
Click here to view the full photogallery. Known best for their domination on the field, the following NFL stars also attempted to master the world of real estate, building elaborate personal palaces that match their stardom. Then, of course, as the contracts and salaries run dry—or they leave to build another luxurious spread—the opulent houses are tossed onto the market with some jaw-dropping price tags. This one, the extravagant Texas home of former NFL cornerback and current NFL commentator Deion Sanders, sits on 109 acres and includes a private football field and a lake. Sanders first listed it for $21M in 2009, but pulled it off the market following some extreme water damage in the media room last February. Perhaps he’s fixing it up, or maybe he’s just waiting for the photos of the carnage to work their way down his Twitter feed. ↑ Not to be outdone by his younger brethren, legendary Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman has listed Texas’s most expensive house, a $24M mansion in Dallas that measures 10,500 square feet and includes five bedrooms, eight total bathrooms, a swimming pool, and tennis court. Rumor has it he’s got his sights set on a smaller house next door. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Another Cowboy, this one the currently active, highest-paid-ever DeMarcus Ware, lives in a much more modestly priced house near Dallas in Coreyville, Texas. Then again, he might be looking to trade up soon, as he’s got the decked-out 9,300-square-foot mansion listed for $2.2M. It’ll be hard to top these amenities though: “seven fireplaces, a trophy-stocked billiards room, and a wine porch, not to mention a dedicated turf practice area, a putting green, a pool/spa, pavilion, and a trampoline on the grounds.” Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Out in Calistoga, Calif., near the city that gained him so much fame, iconic San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana has built an absurdly over-the-top estate for himself and his family. Set on 500 acres of Napa Valley, the 9,700-square-foot main house with “full equestrian facilities, a skeet shooting station, an olive farm, a swimming pool and spa, a private pond, a basketball court, and a bocce ball court” was previously listed for $49M, but was recently chopped down to a much more reasonable $35M. ↑ New England Patriots QB Tom Brady might not yet be retired, but he’s certainly planning ahead for cushy twilight years. He and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen—who reportedly pulls down more moolah each year than he does—decided to build a $20M megamanse in the hills of Los Angeles, despite making no public plans to leave New England any time soon. To help pay for the SoCal boondoggle Brady and Bundchen have their three-bed Boston duplex penthouse up for sale for the locally-almost-unheard-of price of $10.5M. The listing is lacking in interior photos, but at this price point, who needs ‘em. · Deion Sanders Takes $21 Million, 29,000 Square Foot Mansion OFF Market [Candy's Dirt] · Troy Aikman Punts on His Palatial Digs, Now Texas’s Priciest [Curbed National] · Inside Cowboy DeMarcus Ware’s Over-the-Top Texan Manse [Curbed National] · 49ers Legend Joe Montana’s Outlandish Napa Estate Chopped [Curbed National] · Will Tom Brady’s L.A. Plans Spur Back Bay PH Sale? [Curbed Boston]
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Celebrity Real Estate: NFL Stars Hope for Hail Mary Sale with Over-The-Top Digs
David Lynch is obsessed with coffee—forget about his 20 cup a day habit (which he had for some time), he also created his own signature blend, called the David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee. We saw one commercial for the caffeinated blends not too long ago , and now he’s wrapped shooting on a new one. It’s very Lynch… but we’re still holding out for a ” fish in the percolator ” ad. [ more › ]
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Video: David Lynch Serves Up A Piping Hot New Coffee Commercial
Since the cast was first announced we’ve been pretty eager to check out HBO’s made-for-TV movie about the 2008 election, Game Change . But after the teaser trailer we thought we’d be done talking about it until it hit the boob tube in March. And then the full trailer dropped today and, well, this is going to be interesting : [ more › ]
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Video: Game Change’s Sarah Palin Is An "American Woman"
Newt Gingrich is well behind Mitt Romney in the polls for tonight’s Florida primary, so the former Speaker has an ingenious method of invoking Godwin’s law, politics-style. Robo-calls paid for by Gingrich’s campaign have been calling voters and telling them that Romney axed Kosher meals for Holocaust victims during his tenure has Massachusetts’ governor. [ more › ]
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Gingrich Ad Says Mitt Romney Deprived Holocaust Survivors Of Kosher Meals
Tonight Bill Murray will appear on David Letterman’s show , on the eve of Dave’s 30th anniversary as a late night host. Murray’s been known to go all out on Letterman’s show , and to get warmed up, please to enjoy this vintage video of Bill Murray riffing on the foolishness of all this “high tech stuff” way back in 1982: [ more › ]
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Watch 1982 Bill Murray Trash-Talk Technology
Photo via the Los Angeles Times Protests against gentrification and pleas of “there-goes-the-neighborhood” can take many forms, but here’s one not oft seen—OK, never seen: a Seattle woman has wed herself to a warehouse as a show of support for the abandoned building, which will be demolished and soon replaced with a new housing complex. At the wedding ceremony, the song “Lean on Me” played in the background and Baylonia Aivaz remarked, “I’m doing this to show the building how much I love it, how much I love community space and how much I love this neighborhood. And I want to stop it from gentrification.” Some ceremony details: “The wedding was held outdoors in the rain, in front of the old warehouse’s fenced-off entrance with a small crowd—and idled demolition machinery—looking on. There was a minister present, and a few Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were there to bless the ceremony. The minister read a few passages and orchestrated the exchange of vows between Babylonia and the warehouse.” Later, in an interview with local station KOMO-TV, Aivaz elaborated: “If corporations can have the [same] rights as people, so can buildings.” In recent weeks, Occupy Seattle protesters have set up shop in the warehouse, which is more than a century old, claiming that the space might have more valuable purposes than fancy new residences (a community or art center, for instance). Despite the effort—Aivaz’s insistence that “[t]he moment we entered the warehouse we became a true community. We became self-motivated. We worked co-operatively”—the building will be razed. If nothing else, gotta give her an A for effort. · A vow against gentrification: Seattle woman ‘marries’ a warehouse [Los Angeles Times via NBC Bay Area ] · CHS *Wedding* Pics | To have and to hold until the backhoes knock her down [Capitol Hill Seattle]
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‘Til Death Do Us Part: Woman Marries Warehouse to Protest New Apartment Complex
Add another headache to NYPD spin doctor Paul Browne ‘s plate. Yesterday a 39-year-old police officer was arrested for stealing iPads from a perp he was arresting . Anthony Rivera of the 123rd Precinct now faces charges of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and official misconduct. [ more › ]
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NYPD Arrests NYPD Officer For Stealing iPads From iPad Thief
Photo via Apartment Therapy PORTUGAL —Designers Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soars have re-envisioned an empty urban space into a hybrid of Le Corbusier’s Maison Dom-ino, Japanese modernism, and pods sold through Ikea. Architizer has more on this wacky architectural concept. [Architizer] WORLDWIDE —Interior designer and ceramicist Jonathan Adler has teamed with WallPops wall-decals company on a line of mix-and-match trim. [Child Mode] HOBOKEN, N.J. — Jon Corzine, the former governor of New Jersey and the former chief executive of MF Global, has put his Hoboken condominium up for sale. It’s listed for $2.9M. [CNBC]
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CurbedWire: Le Corbusier Meets Ikea in Portugal; Jon Corzine Lists