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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Aaron Schock Denies He Is Gay Again
Republican Congressman Aaron Schock of Illinois has been running away from rumors that he is gay ever since he took office in 2009, and last week he denounced new questions into his sexual orientation as “inappropriate and ridiculous” and not “worthy of further response,” the writer Michelangelo Signorile wrote in The Huffington Post.
Read more : GOP Rep. Aaron Schock Responds To Gay Rumors, Anti-Gay Voting Record
Never thought a pic of me w/ my shirt on would go viral.Learned my lesson and burned the belt.
— Aaron Schock (@repaaronschock) June 14, 2010
Monday, September 3, 2012
NYPD Cops secretly meet man with Assault Rifle !
From a video posted to YouTube by http://nycresistance.blogspot.com :
I come across what I thought was about to be a Stop and Frisk but turned out to be a secret meeting between a group of NYPD cops and a Latino male with an assault rifle.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims he wants to get guns off the street when NYC has sold 28,000 pounds of spent shell casings to a Georgia ammunition store to be turned into new bullets. The Mayor is a hypocrite and will do anything to disarm you and turn a profit for himself. ...
John Catsimatidis Supports Stop And Frisk
In video posted to YouTube by http://nycresistance.blogspot.com, John Catsimatidis is interviewed by Channel 7 Eyewitness News :
After just falling short of telling how much money current Mayor Michael Bloomberg was going to spend to usurp a 3rd term as mayor of New York City, Bloomberg's lackey John Catsimatidis chokes when Eyewitness News reporter asks him a question about Raymond Kelly's Stop & Frisk policy.
He desperately tries to defend the illegitimate policy as he fumbles with words to justify the unconstitutional and racist program that overwhelmingly targets young men of color and the poor. If all politicians were this stupid, America wouldn't be the fascist police state it is today.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
New e-Book Says Navy Seal Wrote "No Easy Day" Book After a Slight
Matt Bissonnette, who wrote about the military operation to assassinate Osama bin Laden in the book, “No Easy Day,” broke the commando "code of silence” because of “bad blood” with his former unit, according to a new e-book written by other Special Operations veterans. Mr. Bissonnette was a former member of the elite SEAL Team 6, was the object of retaliation and "effectively pushed out of SEAL Team 6 after he expressed interest last year in leaving the Navy and starting a business," reported The New York Times. Mr. Bissonnette's book has triggered a legal backlash from the Pentagon, which has threatened to take legal action against Mr. Bissonnette for writing "No Easy Day."
Related : NYTimes : Books of The Times Review : ‘No Easy Day’ (September 3, 2012
"Illusions" author Richard Bach Survives Airplane Crash
Richard Bach, author of bestselling books, has survived an airplane crash that took place last Friday, the Associated Press reported. Mr. Bach is recovering in a hospital in Seattle after his single-engine amphibian airplane clipped power lines Friday, according to the AP report. Mr. Bach's son, James, said that his father was improving, even though his medical condition is described as "serious." It was described that the elder Mr. Bach received a head injury and broken shoulder as a result of the airplane crash. Mr. Bach is the author of the novels Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a parable about a seagull, who makes his own way in life, and Illusions, another parable about a pair of biplane pilots.
Charlotte And Jonathan Best Audition Ever Britain's Got Talents 2012
Operatic duo Charlotte Jaconelli and Jonathan Antoine wows the judges on Britain's Gots Talent.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Will Betty White Be A Mystery Speaker At DNC ?
A Facebook page called Bring Betty White to the DNC is leading a social media campaign to recruit the lovable Hollywood comedian Betty White to be a "mystery speaker" at the Democratic National Convention in an effort to lampoon Clint Eastwood's controversial appearance at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Follow the social media campaign on Twitter with this hashtag : #BettyWhiteDNC and a you can sign a Change.org petition.
Betty White DNC Facebook Group Goes Viral
Yesterday, somebody created a Bring Betty White to the DNC group on Facebook in an effort to lampoon Clint Eastwood's controversial appearance at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Just a few minutes ago, the group had less than 4,000 "likes." As of this posting, the Facebook page is short a few more likes in order to hit 5,000 "likes." The page is going VIRAL.
Follow the social media campaign on Twitter with this hashtage : #BettyWhiteDNC and a Change.org petition.
Will Betty White Speak at DNC ?
In response to Clint Eastwood's controversial appearance at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, somebody -- presumably a Democratic Party loyalist -- has created a Bring Betty White to the DNC group on Facebook. As of this posting, there was about 4,000 "likes."
There's also a Twitter hashtage : #BettyWhiteDNC and a Change.org petition.
Pentagon Letter to Penguin Putnam regarding Bin Ladin Navy Seal Book
Friday, August 31, 2012
Bloomberg Thanks Quinn For Use Of Discretion Over Slush Funds
Chicago Teachers Union Closer To Going On Strike
From The Chicago Tribune :
The Chicago Teachers Union filed a 10-day strike notice on Wednesday in an attempt to put additional pressure on Chicago Public Schools negotiators in ongoing contract talks.
At a packed news conference Wednesday, CTU president Karen Lewis accused CPS leaders and the mayor of engaging in a "smear campaign" against teachers, raising the possibility for the city's first teachers' strike in 25 years. ...
Read more : Chicago Teachers Union files 10-day strike notice
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Great Aunt Ida Launches Canadian Tour To Support LP ''Nuclearize Me''
Folky Canadian artist Great Aunt Ida (aka Ida Nilsen) launches a Canadian tour next week.
Fake Shelly Silver Tweet About Shirley Huntley Arrest
Gotta hand it to
— Fake Sheldon Silver (@ShellySilver) August 29, 2012@agschneiderman: Taking down Shirley Huntley right before it's revealed that his office approved the secret Vito pay-out.