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	<title>Observer &#187; The Madness at the McCarren Pool Is Now a Joke</title>
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		<title>The Madness at the McCarren Pool Is Now a Joke</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:24:55 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://observer.com/2012/07/the-madness-at-the-mccarren-pool-is-now-a-joke/fight27n-1-web/" rel="attachment wp-att-254526"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-254526" title="fight27n-1-web" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/fight27n-1-web.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>These posters were found around the Bedford L-stop recently, clearly lampooning the violence that has overtaken the bucolic neighborhood all because of a $50 million pool.<!--more--></p>
<p>According to the <em>Dail</em>y<em> News</em>, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-yanks-mccarren-park-pool-fight-club-posters-article-1.1122558">the MTA started pulling the posters down</a>, fearing real violence. That is, more real violence.</p>
<p>Just the other day, Christine Quinn stopped by to try and put a stop to it all. Now that this has officially reached real-life-meme proportions, maybe the pool won't be cool anymore and the madness will stop. Wouldn't that be some North Brooklyn post-irony for you?</p>
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<p>According to the <em>Dail</em>y<em> News</em>, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-yanks-mccarren-park-pool-fight-club-posters-article-1.1122558">the MTA started pulling the posters down</a>, fearing real violence. That is, more real violence.</p>
<p>Just the other day, Christine Quinn stopped by to try and put a stop to it all. Now that this has officially reached real-life-meme proportions, maybe the pool won't be cool anymore and the madness will stop. Wouldn't that be some North Brooklyn post-irony for you?</p>
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