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Rielle Hunter’s Tell All Book About John Edwards Coming Out in June
Source: people.com via Gregory Flap on Pinterest
At least Rielle Hunter won’t have to visit John Edwards in the pokie – unless the feds decide to retry him.
But, you know, who really cares?
I imagine the book will sell well.
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CA-25: FEC Complaint Filed over Buck and Patricia McKeon Mailer
Rep. Buck McKeon and his wife, Patricia McKeon, a candidate for California Assembly with House Speaker Boehner
Dr. Lee Rogers, who is running for Congress in California’s 25th District, filed a complaint and supporting documentation with the Federal Elections Commission today about the use of a Buck McKeon for Congress campaign mailer to benefit his wife and Campaign Treasurer, Patricia McKeon, a State Assembly candidate.
Lee Rogers released the following statement:
“Rep. McKeon violated the law by sending out a campaign mailer warning voters that Paul Strickland – one of Patricia’s opponents in the State Assembly race – is not related to State Senator Tony Strickland. Rep. McKeon is not running against a Strickland and such a clarification is unnecessary for his Congressional campaign. The purpose of this communication was to help Patricia’s Assembly race since Paul Strickland is the fortunate recipient of some name-misidentification. It is improper and the complaint we filed this morning brings that to light.
“Congressman McKeon can’t use funds raised for his federal campaign for communications to benefit his wife’s Assembly run specifically because she is an agent of his campaign committee and the expenditure would not be “independent” as required by campaign finance law.
“Because Patricia McKeon serves as her husband’s Campaign Treasurer, she can’t receive any beneficial communication for her State Assembly race from Buck McKeon for Congress. The two roles have to be completely separate.
“Buck and Patricia McKeon need to play by the same rules as everyone else.”
Dr. Roger’s has a good point, but ethics has never stepped in the way of a McKeon campaign.
The ethics of the entire Team McKeon WILL be an issue going into the November general elections, particularly if Patricia McKeon wins a spot in the top two next Tuesday.
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The Morning Flap: June 1, 2012
These are my links for May 31st through June 1st:
- Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed– Job growth braked sharply in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time since June, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy further to shore up the sputtering recovery.The Labor Department report on Friday, which showed employers added a paltry 69,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the fewest since May last year, is also troubling news for President Barack Obama ahead of November’s elections.The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent partly because people flocked into the labor market.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected nonfarm payrolls to increase 150,000 and the jobless rate to hold steady at 8.1 percent.
While unseasonably warm weather, which brought forward hiring into the winter months, has been blamed for the step back in March and April, the latest report hinted at more fundamental weakness in the economy.
“Some had believed that we had decoupled from China slowing and all the problems in Europe, but that seems to be short-sighted,” said Malcolm Polley, president and chief investment officer of Stewart Capital Advisors in Indiana, Pennsylvania. “We’re slowing alongside the rest of the world.”
Employers added 49,000 fewer jobs than previously estimated in March and April. The report further eroded confidence, coming on the back of a raft of soft regional factory surveys and a worsening of the debt crisis in Europe.
- US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year– The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up.The dismal jobs data will fan fears that the economy is sputtering. It could also damage President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects. And it could lead the Federal Reserve to take further steps to help the economy.
The Labor Department also said Friday that the economy created far fewer jobs in the previous two months than first thought. It revised those figures down to show 49,000 fewer jobs created. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent in April, the first increase in 11 months.
Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were already down 100 points before the report, fell an additional 100 points within minutes of its release.
- Terrible job numbers for May – Spring Slowdown– Only 69,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent the previous month. Not only that, the gains from the previous two months were revised downward, by a net 49,000.It was the third straight month of weak job growth, and it’s sure to raise doubts about the slow-moving recovery.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-01 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-01
- Health – Hans Villarica – Study: We’re Biased Against Obese People—Even If They Get Thin – The Atlantic – RT @TheAtlanticHLTH Obesity discrimination endures even after significant weight loss:
- Wisconsin Unions See Ranks Drop Ahead of Recall Vote– Public-employee unions in Wisconsin have experienced a dramatic drop in membership—by more than half for the second-biggest union—since a law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker sharply curtailed their ability to bargain over wages and working conditions.Now with Mr. Walker facing a recall vote Tuesday, voters will decide whether his policies in the centrist state should continue—or whether they have gone too far.The election could mark a pivot point for organized labor.
Mr. Walker’s ouster would derail the political career of a rising Republican star and send a warning to other elected officials who are battling unions.
- John Edwards acquitted on one count as jury deadlocks on five others and judge declares mistrial– Johnny Reid Edwards, a honey-voiced North Carolina lawyer who parlayed his boyish good looks and inspiring personal history as the son of a mill-worker into a meteoric political rise, was acquitted of one count Thursday in a corruption case, as the judge declared a mistrial on five other charges on which the jury was deadlocked.The mixed result in a trial that laid bare Edwards’s sexual indiscretions and serial deceptions came after nine days of jury deliberations.
- Romney supporters shout down Axelrod at Obama event in Boston – The Hill’s Video – Chant: where are the jobs? | Romney supporters shout down Axelrod at Obama event in Boston
- Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record – ABC News – Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record #tcot
- Twice as many adults using Twitter daily – latimes.com – RT @latimes: Daily Twitter use among adults doubles in the past year, survey finds
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Gallup: May Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.0% – Gallup: May Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.0%
- Report: Obama Flies Special Barber To WH Every Two Weeks – Barack Obama – Fox Nation – Report: Obama Flies Special Barber To WH Every Two Weeks #tcot
- Sports / My Great Aunt Babe Didrikson winning the hurdles in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics – My Great Aunt Babe Didrikson winning the hurdles in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
- Destinations / Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. – Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
- Political History / Showing defiance to the Nazis… – Showing defiance to the Nazis…
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Will Jess Herrera Play Spoiler to Democrat Julia Brownley? – CA-26: Will Jess Herrera Play Spoiler to Democrat Julia Brownley? #catcot #tcot
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: May 31, 2012 – The Morning Flap: May 31, 2012
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: May 31, 2012 – The Morning Drill: May 31, 2012
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Nanny State: NYC Bans “BIG” Soda – Nanny State: NYC Bans “BIG” Soda
- Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed– Job growth braked sharply in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time since June, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy further to shore up the sputtering recovery.The Labor Department report on Friday, which showed employers added a paltry 69,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the fewest since May last year, is also troubling news for President Barack Obama ahead of November’s elections.The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent partly because people flocked into the labor market.
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Mitt Romney Hits President Obama on Solyndra
Mitt Romney’s new web video: Symbol of Failure
Mitt Romney has seems to have struck a cord in highlighting the President’s economic failures.
And, Solyndra and Obama’s crony capitalism is certainly a symbol.
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CA-25: Buck McKeon and the Family Feud Campaign
Rep. Buck McKeon is featured in a Los Angeles KCAL 9 video.
With less than a week to go in the California primary, a powerful Southern California congressman finds himself facing his toughest test in more than a decade.
Political reporter Dave Bryan said Republican Howard “Buck” McKeon has spent much of his campaign deflecting charges, not just from the Democrats, but from his fellow Republicans as well.
The election should be a cakewalk, but by all accounts it might be close.
Says Bryan, charges of nepotism, sweetheart deals, and a nasty war of words with his former district director have made the once-solid-red 25th district anyone’s game.
The 25th district stretches from Simi Valley to Mammoth Mountain. It includes parts of Lancaster, Thousand Oaks, Santa Clarita and Palmdale.
After two decades on Capitol Hill, Santa Clarita’s first Mayor, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon is an institution in California’s 25th congressional district. Now he’s risen to become chair of the House Armed Services Committee, one of the most powerful positions in Washington.
McKeon is so well known and liked in this district, he hasn’t had a tough race for Congress since his very first in 1992.
“Some I have had very little competition,” McKeon says, “this one there’s a lot more competition.
In fact this year’s election may be a referendum on McKeon himself. He’s been hounded by reports that he took a sweetheart deal on a mortgate refi in 1998 from Countrywide Financial. He flatly denies the charges, and says he’s not being investigated by the House Ethics committee.
Podiatrist and surgeon Lee Rogers, a Democrat who’s running against McKeon, has a different take on the Countrywide deal..
“People look at that and they say there’s two sets of rules. There’s the rules that they’re operating by and there’s the rules that the rest of us operate by.”
Is McKeon worried his opponent’s damaging words are landing? “We’ll find out next week,” he says, “I don’t believe most people believe what’s being said.”
McKeon’s wife Patricia, who, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington — a campaign watchdog group — made hundreds of thousands of dollars as her husband’s campaign treasurer over the years, is also running for office this year..
“She’s running for the State Assembly and she’s a hard worker,” says McKeon.
McKeon’s former district director Scott Wilk, doesn’t go along with that and he is her opponent.
They’re calling it the “Family Feud.”
Watch the video report here.
The sorry fact is that Rep. Buck McKeon will win a top two spot in the November general election just on pure political power. Buck has the campaign cash and the organization that far surpasses any of his opponents. Plus, the CA-25 Congressional District is solidly Republican in registration.
But, now the race to watch is his wife’s, Patricia McKeon’s California Assembly one.
It is not so certain that she will be able to win a top two spot in AD-38.
And, if Patricia falls, will the GOP split be so great as to imperil Buck’s campaign in the general election?
Stay tuned….
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-01
- RT @TheAtlanticHLTH Obesity discrimination endures even after significant weight loss: http://t.co/gcBDWvJq #
- Wisconsin Unions See Ranks Drop Ahead of Recall Vote http://t.co/M8MnK0Vx #
- John Edwards acquitted on one count as jury deadlocks on five others and judge declares mistrial http://t.co/QOthL6o3 #
- Romney supporters shout down Axelrod at Obama event in Boston – The Hill's Video http://t.co/cBIhNNMe #
- Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record – ABC News http://t.co/cqDjiN1Y #
- Twice as many adults using Twitter daily – http://t.co/5MtdTc2x http://t.co/FtJvZQRn #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » Gallup: May Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.0% http://t.co/U9iXNIyC #
- Anyone want to bet that John Edwards gets a slap on the wrist? Isn;t living with his sleeze and Rielle Hunter enough? #
- Chant: where are the jobs? | Romney supporters shout down Axelrod at Obama event in Boston http://t.co/aauFp2Qk #
- Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record http://t.co/QqjGJ9IK #tcot #
- John Edwards verdict is in and will be read in fifteen minutes. Jail for Edwards? #
- Gallup: May Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.0% http://t.co/5D7kFF3i #
- CA-26: Will Jess Herrera Play Spoiler to Democrat Julia Brownley? http://t.co/PmvFwN8l #
- Report: Obama Flies Special Barber To WH Every Two Weeks – Barack Obama – Fox Nation http://t.co/YOY5QGiI #
- Sports / My Great Aunt Babe Didrikson winning the hurdles in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics http://t.co/mXWaoeTe #
- Destinations / Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. http://t.co/a7qf07oG #
- Political History / Showing defiance to the Nazis… http://t.co/jWmaEYQV #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » CA-26: Will Jess Herrera Play Spoiler to Democrat Julia Brownley? http://t.co/fe7cKtJs #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: May 31, 2012 http://t.co/JzJR6yQJ #
- Report: Obama Flies Special Barber To WH Every Two Weeks http://t.co/JPTQLmmb #tcot #
- My Great Aunt Babe Didrikson winning the hurdles in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics http://t.co/CFVsGQnw #
- Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. http://t.co/4ujUF7d7 #
- Showing defiance to the Nazis… http://t.co/nMDQlKJV #
- CA-26: Will Jess Herrera Play Spoiler to Democrat Julia Brownley? http://t.co/QEceMge6 #catcot #tcot #
- Obama and Romney Neck and Neck in Nevada http://t.co/YuRbfEzA #
- Obama and Romney Tied in Iowa http://t.co/Uu35kAGk #
- Obama and Romney Vie for Lead in Colorado http://t.co/WMjr4kFV #
- The Morning Flap: May 31, 2012 http://t.co/L4fxdFx4 #
- The Morning Drill: May 31, 2012 http://t.co/CFi46VYY #
- Nanny State: NYC Bans “BIG” Soda http://t.co/SqVivT0i #
- The Blame game…. http://t.co/60LBvGSQ #
- NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans "Big" Soda http://t.co/JHfzT6Fd #
- Historical photo: John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father's coffin along with the honor guard. http://t.co/Ah1bHPon #
- RT @HotlineReid NV SEN: Heller (R) 46, Berkley (D) 44. Berkley only up 6 in Clark Co., Heller up 12 in Washoe http://t.co/jjRjEdfK #tcot #
- Nanny State RT @AP Don't supersize that: NYC wants to ban sale of extra-large sodas and other sugary drinks: http://t.co/9dCpuXZu -ldh #
- RT @HotlineJosh New NBC/Marist polls: Romney 44, Obama 44 (IA); Obama 46, Romney 45 (CO), Obama 48, Romney 46 (NV) http://t.co/Ip8VZTcs #
- The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
– Arthur C. Clarke
Happy Thursday! #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-05-31 http://t.co/ZEZFwY0S #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-05-31 http://t.co/59XdZz8R #
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