• Anthony Weiner

    Updated: Rep. Anthony Weiner is in Trouble With the Wife – Weiner Admits to Posting Lewd Photos to Twitter

    June 6, 2011 /
    *****Update*****

    Well, the truth is out on Weinergate.

    Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted to posting lewd photos of himself on Twitter at a Monday afternoon press conference.

    While addressing the media at the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, Weiner made the following statement: “Last Friday night I tweeted a photograph of myself that I intended to send as direct message as part of a joke to a woman in Seattle. Once I realized I posted it to Twitter, I panicked, I  took it down and said that I had been hacked. I then continued with that story to stick to that story which was a hugely regrettable mistake.”

    “I am so sorry to have disrupted her life in this way. To be clear, the picture was of me and I sent it. I am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife Huma and our family, and my constituents, my friends, supporters and staff,” Weiner said.

    In addition, the congressman said that “over the past few years I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over Twitter, Facebook, email, and occasionally on the phone with women I have met online.”

    Well, if last week’s Twitter #Weinergate wasn’t enough now there is more:

    Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account

    Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger.

    Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner.

    The woman says she has 200 sexually explicit messages from Weiner from a Facebook account the Democratic politician no longer uses.

    RadarOnline.com and Star magazine verified that the account where the messages originated does belong to Weiner (see below).

    He told the woman he had a “ridiculous bulge” in his shorts and asked if she “wanna see” it — almost three months before a photo of an erect penis in tight fitting briefs appeared in the pol’s Twitter stream.

    It’s a sensational twist to the scandal plaguing the embattled New York congressman. This new woman is middle-aged  and from Nevada.

    And, Andrew Breitbart has a photo of Rep. Weiner ala resigned GOP Rep. Chris Lee – shirtless.

    BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com have reported throughout the morning about the emergence of new details in the Weinergate saga, after a young woman came forward with new information that tends to undermine severely the theory that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was the victim of a “prank” or a “hack.”

    The following photograph, reminiscent of that posted by former Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) on Craigslist earlier this year, was allegedly sent to the young woman on Friday, May 20, 2011 via a Yahoo! email address that she claims was an alternate alias for Rep. Weiner:….

    OOPS……

    Now, will the MSM cover this story?

    And, what will the good Congressman have to say to the wife?

  • Pinboard Links

    Flap’s Links and Comments for June 6th on 11:24

    June 6, 2011 /

    These are my links for June 6th from 11:24 to 11:39:

    • Vitamin D levels should be higher in people taking certain osteoporosis drugs, experts say – Vitamin D works with calcium to strengthen bones. But adequate levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream also appear to boost the power of bisphosphonates, medications used to treat osteoporosis, according to research presented Monday.

      The study adds to the evidence that the current recommendations for vitamin D may be too low. Late last year, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that declined to make changes to the recommendation — despite many new studies supporting the need for more vitamin D than is typically consumed.

      In the new study, presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, researchers found that having a circulating vitamin D level greater than 33 nanograms per milliliter was linked to a seven times greater likelihood of having a good response to bisphosphonates.

      Bisphosphonates include medications such as Fosamax, Boniva and Actonel. The standard vitamin D blood test measures a component called 25-hydroxy vitamin D.

      According to the IOM report, levels of 20 ng/ml to 30 ng/ml are adequate for most normal, healthy adults.

    • Illegal immigrants: Supreme Court allows California tuition policy for immigrants – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to California's policy of granting reduced, in-state tuition at its colleges and universities to graduates of its high schools who are illegal immigrants.

      The justices turned down an appeal from lawyers for a conservative immigration-law group that contended "preferential treatment" for illegal immigrants violated federal immigration law. They cited a little-known provision in a 1986 law that barred states from giving "any postsecondary benefit" to an "alien who is not lawfully present in the United States ? on the basis of residence within a state."

      But last year, in the first ruling of its kind, the California Supreme Court said the state's policy did not conflict with federal law because the tuition benefit turned on a student's high school graduation, not his or her residency. In the 2001 law, the state said it would give in-state tuition to a qualified student who attended a high school in California for three years and graduated.

      Under this interpretation, a student from Oregon who graduates from a high school in California could obtain in-state tuition in the University of California system. In defense of its law, California education officials said that many of those who took advantage of its in-state tuition policy were U.S. citizens who hailed from other states.

      Overall, the state said about 41,000 students last year took advantage of this special tuition rule, but the vast majority of those were students at a community college. In 2009, the 10-campus UC system said 2,019 students paid in-state tuition under the terms of the state law. Of these, about 600 were believed to be illegal immigrants.

  • Michele Bachmann,  President 2012

    President 2012: Michele Bachmann Selects Former Reagan and Huckabee Campaign Manager Ed Rollins

    June 6, 2011 /

    And, pundits have been focusing on Sarah Palin? Michele Bachmann IS going to run and is seriously staffing up.

    As she prepares to enter the race in Iowa later this month, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins to run her presidential campaign, according to two sources close to Bachmann. Rollins, who was Mike Huckabee’s national campaign director in the 2008 campaign, is an experienced political operative with a well-earned reputation for his tough tactics and willingness to play hardball. He’s probably best known for running the 1984 Reagan-Bush reelection campaign, which Reagan won in a landslide.

    Rollins will run a campaign that already has a number of experienced advisors on board, including Brett O’Donnell, who advised George W. Bush and John McCain and is considered the best debate coach in politics. Bachmann also has brought on Bob Heckman, who is prominent in the conservative movement.

    I don’t think Bachmann has been getting as much attention as an anti-Romney candidate. She can easily beat Mitt in Iowa and then continue the momentum with her Tea Party base into South Carolina.

    I would not underestimate this Minnesota Congresswoman and former federal tax lawyer.

  • Anthony Weiner

    Rep. Anthony Weiner is in Trouble With the Wife

    June 6, 2011 /

    Well, if last week’s Twitter #Weinergate wasn’t enough now there is more:

    Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account

    Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger.
    Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner.
    The woman says she has 200 sexually explicit messages from Weiner from a Facebook account the Democratic politician no longer uses.
    RadarOnline.com and Star magazine verified that the account where the messages originated does belong to Weiner (see below).
    He told the woman he had a “ridiculous bulge” in his shorts and asked if she “wanna see” it — almost three months before a photo of an erect penis in tight fitting briefs appeared in the pol’s Twitter stream.
    It’s a sensational twist to the scandal plaguing the embattled New York congressman. This new woman is middle-aged  and from Nevada.

    And, Andrew Breitbart has a photo of Rep. Weiner ala resigned GOP Rep. Chris Lee – shirtless.

    BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com have reported throughout the morning about the emergence of new details in the Weinergate saga, after a young woman came forward with new information that tends to undermine severely the theory that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was the victim of a “prank” or a “hack.”

    The following photograph, reminiscent of that posted by former Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) on Craigslist earlier this year, was allegedly sent to the young woman on Friday, May 20, 2011 via a Yahoo! email address that she claims was an alternate alias for Rep. Weiner:….

    OOPS……

    Now, will the MSM cover this story?

    And, what will the good Congressman have to say to the wife?

  • American Economy,  President 2012,  Unemployment Rate

    President 2012: Chronic Unemployment Worse Than Great Depression

    June 6, 2011 /

    This will be the number one issue in the Presidential race of 2012 – unemployment.

    About 6.2 million Americans, 45.1 percent of all unemployed workers in this country, have been jobless for more than six months – a higher percentage than during the Great Depression.

    The bigger the gap on someone’s resume, the more questions employers have.

    “(Employers) think: ‘Oh, well, there must be something really wrong with them because they haven’t gotten a job in 6 months, a year, 2 years.’ But that’s not necessarily the case,” said Marjorie Gardner-Cruse with the Hollywood Worksource Center.

    The problem of course is the economy, but some industries, especially certain manufacturing jobs, are not ever expected to come back. Experts say unemployed workers need to be prepared to change careers.

    “That person has to realize that, discover what field they want to work in, become trained and find a job in that field,” said Jerry Nickelsburg, Sr., an economist at UCLA.

    Here’s another problem: more than 1 million of the long-term unemployed have run out of unemployment benefits, leaving them without the money to get new training, buy new clothes, or even get to job interviews.

    If the GOP nominates a half-way decent candidate, President Obama will have a hard time persuading voters that he has done a job deserving re-election.

  • Pinboard Links

    Flap’s Links and Comments for June 6th on 01:50

    June 6, 2011 /

    These are my links for June 6th from 01:50 to 09:17:

  • California,  Flap's California Morning Collection

    Flap’s California Morning Collection: June 6, 2011

    June 6, 2011 /

    A morning collection of links and comments about my home, California.

    California controller says lawmakers won’t get paid without budget deal

    California’s controller told lawmakers Thursday that he won’t pay them if a budget deal isn’t reached by midmonth, while Gov. Jerry Brown said talks are at a critical point.

    Brown’s negotiations with Republican lawmakers, though sputtering for months, appear to have picked up in recent weeks, with the rarely met constitutional deadline looming June 15.

    “We are at a critical moment in the next 10 days,” Brown told about 1,000 people Thursday morning at the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual Host Breakfast in Sacramento. “There’s compromises and discussion going on.”

    State Controller John Chiang added pressure in a written statement by announcing that lawmakers will forfeit salaries and per diem payments if they fail to approve a balanced budget by the deadline.

    REDISTRICTING: Remap panel strives to keep communities together

    Do Corona residents identify more with Orange County than with their Riverside County brethren? Do residents of the San Gorgonio Pass spend their recreation time in the mountains or the desert? And does Moreno Valley really belong in the same congressional district with Palm Springs?

    The independent panel tasked with drawing new political lines for California must answer these and other such questions as it sets out to create congressional districts that serve “communities of interest,” a vaguely defined designation that takes into consideration media markets, demographics and other variables.

    The 14-member Citizens Redistricting Commission — set to release draft statewide maps on Friday — has crisscrossed the state in recent months, collecting testimony from people with often opposing viewpoints about what the new districts should look like. The commissioners must digest all of the feedback and balance it against other priorities, including compliance with the federal Voters Rights Act and creating congressional districts that are as close as possible to 702,905 people each.

    Friday is the big day for California POLS as the first reapportionment maps are released. Everyone is on pins and needles until then. Their political fortunes hang in the balance of the census-driven redistricting.

    DeMaio, Fletcher jump in San Diego mayoral race

    After months of will-they-or-won’t-they speculation, San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio and state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher say they are each running for mayor of San Diego next year.

    The two Republicans join what could end up being a crowded field of contenders with no clear front-runner to replace Mayor Jerry Sanders, who is being forced out by term limits. The wide open race has already attracted District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis while a dozen others, from City Councilman Kevin Faulconer to Rep. Bob Filner to state Sen. Christine Kehoe, have expressed interest.

    The mayoral primary is exactly 12 months away — June 5, 2012 — and city campaign laws prevented candidates from collecting contributions until today, hence the decision by DeMaio and Fletcher to begin their official campaigns now.

    Enjoy your morning!

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  • Sarah Palin

    Video: Sarah Palin and Paul Revere – Palin Is Correct on American History

    June 6, 2011 /
    “Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that ‘hey, you’re not going to take American arms, you are not going to beat our own well-armed persons individual private militia that we have.'” She blamed her previous answer on the media, saying it was a “gotcha question.

    Sad to the left-wing media but Sarah Palin is ACTUALLY correct about American history and they are NOT.

    You may have heard recently something about that Sarah Palin telling a reporter that Paul Revere warned the British on his famous rousing revolutionary ride.

    Now, that so many Americans have wallowed in their smug confirmation that Palin is an idiot unqualified for anything but repeating sixth-grade history, how far, wide and fast do you think the contradictory news will spread that the former governor of Alaska was indeed correct?

    That the Republican non-candidate, in fact, knew more about the actual facts of Revere’s midnight ride than all those idiots unknowingly revealing their own ignorance by laughing at her faux faux pas? How secretly embarrassing this must be, to be forced to face that you’re dumber than the reputed dummy.

    As it happens, though, such phenomena are regular occurrences in American politics, reminding consumers of news to be wary when some fresh story seems to fit contemporary assumptions so absolutely perfectly.

    Ed has more here and the citations as to why Sarah Palin’s statement about American Paul Revere history is accurate.

    But, you know, with the American economy in stagnation (no growth), high unemployment and a further collapsing housing market, why is the media concentrating on a “supposed” American history mistake by Sarah Palin.

    Don’t they REALLY have something better to cover?

  • Anthony Weiner,  Day By Day

    Day By Day June 3, 2011 – Rack’em Up

    June 6, 2011 /

    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Yes, folks all it takes, is to forget to place the D in front of your Direct Message Tweet to send your private message out into the timeline for everyone to see. The same goes for included “nasty” photos.

    But, there appears MORE to the #Weinergate story.

    A new woman has come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). These appear to undermine severely Rep. Weiner’s explanations that he was the victim of  a “prank” or a “hack.”

    The detailed new information suggests that the Brooklyn- and Queens-based representative and the young woman in question were involved in an online, consensual relationship involving the mutual exchange of intimate photographs.

    BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com were approached regarding this information more than a week prior to the separate, independent event of Friday, May 27, 2011, when a link to the now-infamous “gray underwear” photograph appeared publicly on Rep. Weiner’s Twitter feed.

    Stay tuned on this one…..

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  • Twitter

    @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-06

    June 6, 2011 /

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