• LATEST INSANE NEW YORK EXECUTIVE OFF TO AUSPICIOUS START: Congratulations, failed state New York, you have a new Lieutenant Governor! And isn’t he the consummate professional? “Richard Ravitch, the kind of, sort of lieutenant governor, signed his oath of office at the Peter Luger Steak House in Williamsburg, Brooklyn … On Wednesday night, he spoke to a Times reporter from Peter Luger shortly before his swearing in at 8 p.m., in a brief conversation that was difficult to hear over the noise of the restaurant … Mr. Ravitch said, ‘This is my favorite restaurant, and I wouldn’t take the oath of office anywhere else.’” Uh huh. [NYT]

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