send this to your dad

A new poll by Quinnipiac University suggests that the city's voters have seen through the police union's tactics, and that its temper tantrum will cost it political support.
Consider the following findings:

"Police union leader Patrick Lynch's comments that the mayor's office had blood on its hands are 'too extreme,' voters say 77 - 17 percent, the independent Quinnipiac University Poll finds. There is no party, gender, racial, borough or age group which finds the comments 'appropriate.'"

"Voters say 47 to 37 percent that Mayor de Blasio's statements and actions during his 2013 campaign and during his first year in office show he does support police."

"The recent slowdown in police activity is more of a protest, 56 percent of voters say, while 27 percent say it is because police officers fear for their safety."

"Voters say 57 to 34 percent that officers should be disciplined if they deliberately are making fewer arrests or writing fewer tickets. Black, white and Hispanic voters all agree."

" Voters give Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. President Patrick Lynch a negative 18 to 39 percent favorability rating and say 43 to 27 percent that he is a mostly negative force in the city."

50 percent of voters approve and 41 percent disapprove of the way Mayor de Blasio is handling crime.

Just 41 percent approach and 52 percent disapprove of the way de Blasio is handling relations between police and the community (a number that presumably includes people who think he is too pro-police and too anti-police.)

56 percent approve of the way the NYPD is doing its job. (via)

what if the matrix was about scarlett johansson

hey, did you read that scientology story in the new yorker?

in the latest issue, there is a 28-page-long expose, inspired by director paul haggis's 30+ year involvement in the church, which ultimately ended in his leaving. it took me about 3 hours to read, but it really is quite riveting. it even made the approval matrix! i really liked the end of it.



above is an interview with the author on npr's fresh air, detailing the incredible amount of fact-checking that accompanied the publishing of the article.

blusssshhhhh!!!

the approval matrix told me to look at this youtube video, in which trey songz mimes a sex act or two on stage. i always got a little bit of a gay vibe from him, but he's convinced me! NSFANYWHERE!!!

approval matrix on tv!

c2e.

in the early days of this blog, we measured our handle on the cultural pulse of the nation by how many of our post topics made new york magazine's approval matrix. literally YEARS later, bravo tv has also recognized the significance of the approval matrix, and are adapting the format for a weekly roundup-style show, further solidifying the 2Pz writing staff as international tastemakers.

i hope you don't mind me saying so.

twitter approval matrix

nymag has broken down for everyone whose twats are worth following and whose aren't, in approval matrix format!

approval matrix test

pretty good this week!

red = things we covered
yellow = things we almost covered
brown = things we encouraged j.midget to cover but he blew it

we appear to be honing in on a territory...brilliant, halfway between high-brow and low-brow. and that's right where we always wanted to be.

doubt

we didn't do so well this week on the approval matrix test. only 3 hits (shown in red). however, upon further inspection, we discovered that there were literally millions of things on the matrix that we had noticed, considered blogging, and for some reason didn't (shown in yellow). but rest assured, we've learned our lesson. there will be no more doubt from 2Pz. we will blog at will when something peaks our interest, and trust that it will peak yours as well. (nymag)

the approval matrix test

anyone who reads ny magazine knows that the approval matrix is an excellent indicator of how in-the-loop one is. each week, they place a selection of water-cooler-esque topics along a matrix according to the subject's taste-level and cultural significance. when i received my issue this week, i was pleasantly surprised to see that this blog had covered a number of approval matrix topics, mostly on the 'brillant' side.