On The Beat- Monday, June 4, 2026 - From Broadway to Biscayne Boulevard, from the Bird Streets to Euclid Avenue to Lark Street- Any Topic is Fair Game Until it is a Bore…
By Mr. Curmudgeon
The New York Knicks win Game One and it wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take it. Imagine it was pretty, they’d have won by 25 or 30… San Antonio fan posts on Reddit, “Whoever decided on New York Knicks-colored free T-shirts for the Spurs home area should be fired. You better believe he’s scrolling Indeed tonight… Aaron Judge sidelined with bruised ribs, listed day-to-day. After tonights NBA Finals game every Knick player probably has bruised ribs… Kalshi is now live, the exchange & prediction market that allows you to bet on world events, including the weather. Maybe they’ll put out their own cigarette brand next… In New York City, 311 calls are soaring as grocery store and eatery customers battle dogs for products. Leave the dogs alone already… New photos taken of the Red planet (Mars) by NASA’s Perseverance Rover, show brown dirt and blue skies which scientists say is an illusion, or is it?… Man gets trapped in a cave for 7 hours. And you wonder why some people get elected into certain seats of government. There is your answer… NYC penthouse with a four-story spiraling slide goes under contract. So much for getting your steps in… Faculty at the University of California vote to unionize. That’s all we need, more unions. Really did a swell job on Detroit… Venice, CA, seafood restaurant under investigation over illegal-fishing practices. And you wonder why there are ao many vegan and vegey restaurants on Abbott Kinney Boulevard. Fresh neon L.A. canal fish, market price… U.S. Representative Primilia Jayapal leads the push for “The Ultra-Millionaire and Billionaire Tax Act,” to be passed. Who gets the money? You, and your lazy friends, Primilia? Why don’t you give up half your salary.… Trade talks might send Kawhi Leonard to the Pistons. Should have stayed in Toronto… Cleveland, OH, home prices rank 2nd most affordable in metro-areas in the U.S. Not a single resident, aside from sleazy developers, is celebrating that news… Eight bottles of 130-year-old French wine found under the floor of an old castle have been restored. The question is, is wine vinegar, or velvety bliss?…