tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327665169868891682024-02-19T05:25:23.855-05:00KillswitchPolitick<b><i>Electro Therapy</i><br><br> Gossip, Spin, and Buzz</b>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-64262278408586005722010-08-16T08:00:00.004-04:002010-08-16T08:00:04.544-04:00 Steve Slater’s vicarious outburst Who doesn’t what to tell their boss off or give some rude SOB the business?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpJxiokOECN5H0XQY4mEDzXKLQez4AeYQq50QxyquYM6U3vrODOT24GTd9Ap0QvPifjpA1qF-_r77832DSCoZBaPnh3BDhpg-Toxwmudya3wZ3YBltq6cLRL_mxOzd0uvzD2sLxFyRhTC/s1600/Steven+Slater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpJxiokOECN5H0XQY4mEDzXKLQez4AeYQq50QxyquYM6U3vrODOT24GTd9Ap0QvPifjpA1qF-_r77832DSCoZBaPnh3BDhpg-Toxwmudya3wZ3YBltq6cLRL_mxOzd0uvzD2sLxFyRhTC/s320/Steven+Slater.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">QUEENS, NY—Flight attendant Steven Slater has made more than headlines with his </span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/11/2010-08-11_steven_slater_ponders_next_move_as_jetblue_flight_attendant_basks_in_glow_of_new.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">outburst at unruly passengers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; he’s made himself into a sort of public folk hero—but one that could face criminal charges. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Slater, a former JetBlue flight attendant was attempting to deal with a disgruntled passenger when he was struck over the head with a piece of luggage. The passenger refused to yield or apologize, and instead of telling the pilot of the fiasco, Mr. Slater chose to take to the plane’s public address system a give every passenger a piece of his mind. He then proclaimed, “It’s been great!” and deployed the emergency chute and slid down to the runway, with a couple of beers to go. The police found him in his home later that afternoon and placed him under arrest. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forgive us for not calling him Robin Hood, but he certainly has captured the attention of media consumers in a big way by doing what we all feel like doing from time to time—telling someone to take this job and shove it. We hope this incident serves to remind passengers of the strain airline employee endure but certainly do not hope his example will be followed by other airline employees. </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-30138841797304948902010-08-10T09:09:00.005-04:002010-08-10T09:09:00.439-04:00 Chelsea Clinton’s day Estimates for her wedding range upward of $2 to $3 million—so what?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place><st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RHINEBECK</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NY</span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton wed her beau, </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marc Mezvinsky on July 31</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The press couldn’t get enough of the event, the Obama and Gore snub, and the cost. Reports estimate the wedding costs anywhere from $2 million to $3 million dollars—we at KP ask, so what?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54hVbrMrE5SEuA85axLvSGNkdfeN-aLqqsK4-cPIA9WHOlM5QqEqS95LfaoefNmfS4PSbbFj__zpOQgfAsbW2B4Vg40TspN66Ku61beTAWCdmD3w1YcldcwwBeoADJmeTDnMm4cbXVo1d/s1600/Chelsea+Clinton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54hVbrMrE5SEuA85axLvSGNkdfeN-aLqqsK4-cPIA9WHOlM5QqEqS95LfaoefNmfS4PSbbFj__zpOQgfAsbW2B4Vg40TspN66Ku61beTAWCdmD3w1YcldcwwBeoADJmeTDnMm4cbXVo1d/s1600/Chelsea+Clinton.jpg" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We get the celebrity factor here; the need to be in the know. But what have we heard about </span></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chelsea</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> up until the wedding was announced…..bupkis, nada. Put numbers to the event and it becomes an event—a media event where speculation reins supreme. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what if the shindig costs a couple million? The bride and groom are private citizens and can do (within the means of the law) as they please. Compare it to Michelle Obama’s trip to </span></span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spain</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">—unemployment near 10 percent, foreclosures at an all time high. Making the tax payer funded Air Force 2 vacation wholly inappropriate and in poor taste—a trip along the shores of the </span></span></span><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gulf of Mexico</span></span></span></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> might have been nice but we know the Obama’s affinity for suffering—let them eat cake. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dQIKLWrclcKnfaqc8HkEN2BqA74UjT_0n3gEBx9xHoA1N7JWFyYWijFzszF9s-gcXSHrsHxCki7ReJhRIOESVwX9C23RSsKvr6TSnJ1oofwE9LoHNH6F1EKxMYiSXBRAcavPpUDCs9fR/s1600/Snooki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dQIKLWrclcKnfaqc8HkEN2BqA74UjT_0n3gEBx9xHoA1N7JWFyYWijFzszF9s-gcXSHrsHxCki7ReJhRIOESVwX9C23RSsKvr6TSnJ1oofwE9LoHNH6F1EKxMYiSXBRAcavPpUDCs9fR/s200/Snooki.jpg" width="123" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #171717;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I don’t go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. [Sen. John] McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning. Because he’s pale and would probably want to be tan. Obama doesn’t have that problem. Obviously.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not one contributing member of KP has seen a single episode of </span><st1:place><st1:placename><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jersey</span></i></st1:placename><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></i><st1:placetype><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shore</span></i></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but the sound bite made its way virally through the Internet for all to see. It showcases the sad state of reality television as well as the sad reality of unintended consequences of bad legislation. Perhaps it will shine a light bulb over the dim heads of MTV reality junkies—when you regulate something more, you get less of it. But then again, if you so recall, </span><a href="http://killswitchpolitickcurrents.blogspot.com/2010/06/are-you-dumber-than-fifth-grader.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">liberal minds don’t reconcile basic economics</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-59551809396144548542010-07-27T10:13:00.001-04:002010-07-27T10:19:26.320-04:00“Barefoot Bandit” returns home to face criminal charges Teen thief and police taunt Harris-Moore begins his ride through the criminal justice system <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The barefoot bandit comes home. 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore steps from a plane in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to face a blizzard of criminal charges. And his defense attorney says the teenager has a message for the 90,000 fans who followed his escapades on his </span><a href="http://insideedition.com/news/4787/barefoot-bandit-returns-to-seattle-to-face-criminal-charges.aspx##" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> page.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attorney John Henry Browne said, "He actually gave us a message to give you and the public and that is for any of the kids out there than think this is fun it is not. And that he was scared to death most of the time he was on his lark."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But his mother, Pam Kohler was a no-show at his brief arraignment and she has not visited him behind bars.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC_QGfu5nWmvSqjr6qWiqJpRj3MrLXvAO34KvLwescCa_ytOCf9p5FB6iEf1dSDZC5Wl2UMtzONwAC1QCWZO4xqyQLCjTceR5_pto9Xb3GGed3iC5KDYWnarkSlQigoflzYBp2_xcf8bn/s1600/Colton+Harris-Moore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC_QGfu5nWmvSqjr6qWiqJpRj3MrLXvAO34KvLwescCa_ytOCf9p5FB6iEf1dSDZC5Wl2UMtzONwAC1QCWZO4xqyQLCjTceR5_pto9Xb3GGed3iC5KDYWnarkSlQigoflzYBp2_xcf8bn/s200/Colton+Harris-Moore.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She missed her ride this morning, with me actually, and I just couldn't wait for her any longer. So she wasn't able to make it," said Browne.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're learning about </span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colton</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s difficult childhood. A social worker's report filed when he was 12 said, "</span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colton</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wants mom to stop drinking and smoking, get a job and have food in the house. Mom refuses."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no welcome mat outside his mother's home near </span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The sign says, "If you go past this sign you will be shot."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is what happened when </span><a href="http://insideedition.com/news/4787/barefoot-bandit-returns-to-seattle-to-face-criminal-charges.aspx##" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABC news</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> reporter Neal Karlinksy tried to talk with her.<br />
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A man came out of the trailer and said, "The lady tells me you people need to leave. Period. Goodbye."</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Just give us a second," said Karlinksy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Goodbye! Going inside, I'm coming back with a gun. You better be gone! Period!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harris-Moore is being hailed as a cult hero by some. But in court, his attorney says Harris-Moore doesn't think that's appropriate and is worried others will try to copy him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-19891344960886558322010-07-20T10:07:00.002-04:002010-07-20T10:37:42.863-04:00 Lindsey Lohan and Tiger Woods send Mel Gibson flower bouquet More proof that there is no such thing as good press <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">BEVERLY HILLS, CA—Profanity laced, anger-dripping audio bites of Mel Gibson shouting and emotionally abusing his girlfriend, </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Oksana Griorieva, have been making their way around every conceivable media outlet and blog on the Internet. Not wanting to be left out, KP is taking advantage of the opportunity the latest celebrity schadenfreude.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefC7L0lxFL1hqDZI0fCtoYdIydqvR4JCiqd-H0bLXH98mygmF5GITPIsGrvrazfQSim6NfUBi4I_7_6nveZhPgj_vG-vCQBvnFNcl0To9r6glE7PUPlix_kGkdgu1kNlBDDGe_u2xef1q/s1600/Mel+Gibson+Oksana+Grigorieva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefC7L0lxFL1hqDZI0fCtoYdIydqvR4JCiqd-H0bLXH98mygmF5GITPIsGrvrazfQSim6NfUBi4I_7_6nveZhPgj_vG-vCQBvnFNcl0To9r6glE7PUPlix_kGkdgu1kNlBDDGe_u2xef1q/s200/Mel+Gibson+Oksana+Grigorieva.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Aside from the unbelievable theater this gives gossip hungry Americans, Brits, and Aussies, is the sad tragedy we here at KP have long railed about—the sensationalizing of a tragedy such as this. Mr. Gibson needs serious help and owes more than an apology to his fans, his children, and Oksana. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lohan is the epitome of what has gone awry in American pop culture, celebrities at one time were decent persons and their station was reflective of admiration. Today, </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hollywood</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> takes a couple with a precarious marriage and eight children, shoves them in a house, scripts the entire fiasco and then calls it “reality television”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The former Vice President admits that he was in contact with the masseuse but adamantly denies her account of trying to proposition her for sex. A spokeswoman for the Gores released a statement saying, </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">"The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial"<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> and went on to say the reopening of the investigation will “only benefit Mr. Gore.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Al Gore has largely been out of the spotlight since the <a href="http://killswitchpolitick.blogspot.com/2009/12/climategate-beginning-of-end-of.html">Climategate scandal</a> first broke. Gore and his wife Tipper separated after 40 years of marriage and an affair was rumored. This investigation is not Gore’s only public dilemma, last week; </span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">New Hampshire</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #111111; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/07/july_snow_falls.html">recorded a July snowfall</a> and Dr. Michael Mann said his hockey stick graph <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/30/michael-mann-says-hockey-stick-should-not-have-become-climate-change-icon/">should not have become the icon of global warming</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-74560716907890985502010-06-22T11:43:00.000-04:002010-06-22T11:43:11.023-04:00 Al Gore reportedly had an affair Star magazine says the former VP was involved in an extramarital relation with Laurie David<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FoxPNf-AFnPCC758mVjigLOqw3xuz4mRmsrcX1ptejlENfanHshfQPVzZUr-ductM7d1Uhi28NkkS0lRbwevFZtwjYsG2tLAHlzJulo82_et_Z1NIsrMpntdRHJMnEsVqpH5OveXTpQQ/s1600/Gores+and+Davids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FoxPNf-AFnPCC758mVjigLOqw3xuz4mRmsrcX1ptejlENfanHshfQPVzZUr-ductM7d1Uhi28NkkS0lRbwevFZtwjYsG2tLAHlzJulo82_et_Z1NIsrMpntdRHJMnEsVqpH5OveXTpQQ/s200/Gores+and+Davids.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">After being questioned about the relationship, Laurie said the allegations were untrue and denies that any such affair occurred. Ms. David was the producer of the propaganda, court adjudicated, junk science movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An Inconvenient Truth</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">If the allegation is true it would be great for the environment, these two do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do environmental alarmists would reduce their carbon footprint. Each live in mammoth 14,000 square foot houses that use over twenty times the energy of an average home and chem-trail their carbon footprint all over the sky flying in private jets while telling everyone else to cut back their lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-22089004261425552922010-06-15T10:56:00.000-04:002010-06-15T10:56:48.314-04:00 Piers Morgan replacing Larry King? Slumping ratings are forcing a change at CNN <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">ATLANTA</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span></span><st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">GA</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">—The headline says it all and apparently its all but a done deal, Larry King is out, Piers Morgan is in. The </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Britain</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">’s Got Talent judge is <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7824989/Piers-Morgan-to-replace-Larry-King-in-CNN-deal.html">about to ink a £5.5 million ($8,129,177) deal</a> with CNN to replace Mr. King.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRvCSZFEfxJssQ9QrX10Es0pH5lk2OO_7Cr1eXR4I8T4RVeX0zn8XuxNeKVOQ7BVVo0Nck4svAXp09Ev4cK_1Z2RrPjg9YbBvsPcIxLXYvdcwKA8MlhR7SVstFLnyyHURWBIjtfV1WaJ7/s1600/Piers+Morgan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRvCSZFEfxJssQ9QrX10Es0pH5lk2OO_7Cr1eXR4I8T4RVeX0zn8XuxNeKVOQ7BVVo0Nck4svAXp09Ev4cK_1Z2RrPjg9YbBvsPcIxLXYvdcwKA8MlhR7SVstFLnyyHURWBIjtfV1WaJ7/s200/Piers+Morgan.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">The former newspaper editor caught the interest of CNN executives with his talk show, </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Piers Morgan's Life Stories when he interviewed former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The host switch is supposed to occur in the fall (likely before fall sweepstakes) and CNN execs are hoping to rescue the time slot as ratings have fallen a full 3 percent since just last year alone. From January to March of this year, Mr. King’s viewership reached an all time low, with only 771,000 viewers tuning in; by contrast, The O’Reilly Factor garners well over 3 million viewers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mr. King, 76, has been on the air since 1985 and was a dominant force for years, but when competition showed up, Mr. King began to lose some of his audience. In part, his interview style morphed into something all but unrecognizable and currently is thoroughly uninteresting. Mr. King has no doubt secured a place in the television host’s hall of fame but he might well find himself with a plaque hanging across the street in the television host’s hall of shame.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-31239469583686215472010-06-08T14:22:00.000-04:002010-06-08T14:22:37.002-04:00 A perfect game, imperfectly called Umpire Jim Joyce’s error deprives Armando Galarraga of a record <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuJFZf1GXtQ3hNzT1WmpMfbLSA1QkbQbDpoz8647wfwTGsI93_Iy1bfLDZVhTviQ73-MEoBCr44IjEbdb3Jn-gudkuw8-OtruAYa0K0c5qwCwbzcHckqc2Ut7DrNonscrOOdmpdaCfwqw/s1600/perfect+game+blown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuJFZf1GXtQ3hNzT1WmpMfbLSA1QkbQbDpoz8647wfwTGsI93_Iy1bfLDZVhTviQ73-MEoBCr44IjEbdb3Jn-gudkuw8-OtruAYa0K0c5qwCwbzcHckqc2Ut7DrNonscrOOdmpdaCfwqw/s200/perfect+game+blown.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">DETROIT, MI—Umpire Jim Joyce blew a call in the ninth inning with two outs and a batter behind the count as Tiger’s pitcher Armando Galarraga had what would otherwise be a perfect game at home in Comerica Park. “Would” being the operative word in the previous sentence as many of you know, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ump-admits-blowing-perfect-game/story?id=10811914">Joyce called Jason Donald safe</a> after his ground ball it was fielded by first baseman </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Miguel Cabrera</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #363636; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">and relayed to Galarraga, covering first.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">The call came with disbelief and Tiger’s manager Jim Leyland</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> argued the safe call with Joyce but to no avail. The fans were left to boo and watch helplessly the replay over and over again, but reality had no intervention into history, though it occurred only seconds before. What’s more, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has stated he will not overturn the call, even though it is clear the official was in error. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-19609390376820189732010-06-01T10:14:00.000-04:002010-06-01T10:14:57.268-04:00 Simon Cowell departs from American Idol The show’s creator is on to his next concept, The X Factor <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">LOS ANGELES, CA—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Idol</i> creator and music executive Simon Cowell sat in his judge’s seat for the final time last week, ending nine seasons of recording breaking TV ratings. The British music mogul and entrepreneur has found enormous success in his brutally honest repertoire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNVab7uHYTSezkARMivCL0WyApBNTIrBL2Voh1RftoaWIwbAeoHvD6gIqef_25RRPA-MgfeuoeflHv8oJF3g-hTi80TKYJGMp8xc5A4NTL74y52dVHdKhNRaJ15y4dMpj_Q_zfc9eXv_P/s1600/Simon+Cowell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNVab7uHYTSezkARMivCL0WyApBNTIrBL2Voh1RftoaWIwbAeoHvD6gIqef_25RRPA-MgfeuoeflHv8oJF3g-hTi80TKYJGMp8xc5A4NTL74y52dVHdKhNRaJ15y4dMpj_Q_zfc9eXv_P/s320/Simon+Cowell.jpg" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Clearly a man whom knows how to market himself and his concepts, Mr. Cowell has set a new standard for reality television and hopes his newest venture, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The X Factor</i> will outdo American Idol and has amassed a net worth of over $170 million. Cowell’s brilliance comes from bringing to the public what is not seen in music videos: the arduous task of shaping young talent with no direction and prima-donna instincts. His shows reveal what managers and producers have long been yelling from the recording studio. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">We wish Mr. Cowell much success in his venture and its short history already has a proven track record for such success; as for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Idol</i>, we believe the best course of action is to re-brand and re-vamp the entire show because you wouldn’t continue to call a show <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seinfeld</i> if Jerry Seinfeld had left before the franchise ended.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-56158489764700105072010-05-25T11:14:00.000-04:002010-05-25T11:14:02.403-04:00 No talent required: fame from infamy Lindsay Lohan’s name stays in the news because she makes the news <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0ewNI3f9bmLgTZMOS6UOCxiypoyPtxKaKSsaOBE0Hf_d71glq5d01_VAbyEHjJ50gr3VfSZ-gfocx86jbCvR0-HA8zkQbsiLv7avGSPR8Ql-Dk0wlZXJzBh4B4s6ZGlIIkkZQL8xDjag/s1600/Lindsay+Lohan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0ewNI3f9bmLgTZMOS6UOCxiypoyPtxKaKSsaOBE0Hf_d71glq5d01_VAbyEHjJ50gr3VfSZ-gfocx86jbCvR0-HA8zkQbsiLv7avGSPR8Ql-Dk0wlZXJzBh4B4s6ZGlIIkkZQL8xDjag/s200/Lindsay+Lohan.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">LOS ANGELES, CA—Lindsay Lohan posted $100,000 after a </span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">California</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> judge issued a warrant for her arrest after missing a May 20<sup>th</sup> court hearing. Lohan claims her passport had been stolen while in </span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cannes</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span></span><st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">France</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;"> but had been photographed on the French Rivera lounging on a yacht the day of the hearing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">The 23 year old pop star and actress has been arrested for DUI and drug charges on different occasions and according to close friends is unable to control her addictions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">So why write about Miss Lohan? Well, because she’s in the news. No, we don’t know what Miss Lohan is famous for, only that she seems to be famous for her infamous behavior—her shenanigans keep her name circulating in the news. And that is precisely what’s most curious about western pop culture: giving someone face-time and name recognition not because of great talent, but bad behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">When new users register an account with a social networking site like Twitter, they are typically asked to enter their email address, name, location, and create a username. This is familiar to anyone that has accessed their checking account online, paid bills online, or started a blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Perhaps what is most curious is why are there concerns by users? In law, one would certainly not cite logging onto Internet sites as extending a “reasonable expectation of privacy”. After all, is that not what the Internet is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">for</i>? Sharing information? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Consumers would think their financial institution would keep any and all personal information private, but a site that users voluntarily post personal information? If a social networking site user posts information about their favorite places to shop or favorite spot to eat on MySpace for dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of others to see, what privacy do they expect?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-40577871783742633912010-05-11T10:59:00.000-04:002010-05-11T10:59:57.704-04:00You give tasers a bad name In a nation obsessed with pop culture and political correctness, we overlook substance<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">CITIZENS BANK PARK</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span></span><st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">PA</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">—Tasers made their Major League Baseball debut during a <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100504_Fan_on_Phils__field_subdued_with_Taser.html">May 3<sup>rd</sup> game</a> when a 17 year-old male wearing a red Phillies shirt and khaki shorts ran into the outfield looping about.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynlSLJBCXGdfs4FXFuNYI8GCo2pUBaDO4Mh70Bn1VnsLTn9e6x4q4HwF4SIDgxThDLYEWUxWiOUz7wtf05yb_S7KX11s4eFeZn7aaHv1-pUcqrzNjgN23RNqo8bb31xVZDAaDhYgv7Rzt/s1600/Phillie's+fan+tasered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynlSLJBCXGdfs4FXFuNYI8GCo2pUBaDO4Mh70Bn1VnsLTn9e6x4q4HwF4SIDgxThDLYEWUxWiOUz7wtf05yb_S7KX11s4eFeZn7aaHv1-pUcqrzNjgN23RNqo8bb31xVZDAaDhYgv7Rzt/s320/Phillie's+fan+tasered.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">It is presumably the first time a taser has been used during an MLB game but not the first time a taser has been used to subdue someone perpetrating a criminal act (it is against the law to run onto a field during play of a game and the youth will be charged with criminal trespass).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Tasers are an alternative to much more brutal force, yet they have a stigma attached to them as being cruel or unnecessary. What seems to be overlooked is the actually totality of events—if the seventeen year old had run onto the field and was pepper-sprayed, would the tone of reporting be different? Or is he was piled-on and put into a choke hold?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Its an interesting thing to see how the story is reported, the focus put on the instrument rather than the criminal behavior. Of course bad behavior makes for good copy and tasering a hell of an image—especially when there is video footage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">In an <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/03/conan-obrien-60-minutes/?ncid=webmaildl2">interview with 60 Minute’s Steve Kroft</a>, former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien speaks about NBC’s decision to replace him with the host he replaced, Jay Leno and moved his spot back to 11:35 EST. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Though we here at <a href="http://killswitchpolitick.blogspot.com/">KP</a> are not big fans of Mr. O’Brien’s humor, we certainly know the comedian was treated poorly—and what’s more, his audience. After just six months of hosting the Tonight Show, NBC yanked the rug from under Conan, announcing Jay Leno would return as host; the reason? NBC claimed it was losing money for the first time broadcasting The Tonight Show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFCd-VwKfhr1fKrrFtWAXtw7e_phq6DGiSkQWia08OIUbtfYPvmZM6tThZ9nHu80ixNCOwtgaat9Cst6VWolHiq4S71qNBdvoMpKFimUx60ej9p0nxzNZXe2CgVCBkKUU5xaArfjJJ8MG/s1600/Steve+Kroft+and+Conan+OBrien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFCd-VwKfhr1fKrrFtWAXtw7e_phq6DGiSkQWia08OIUbtfYPvmZM6tThZ9nHu80ixNCOwtgaat9Cst6VWolHiq4S71qNBdvoMpKFimUx60ej9p0nxzNZXe2CgVCBkKUU5xaArfjJJ8MG/s320/Steve+Kroft+and+Conan+OBrien.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. O’Brien doubts this assertion as would anyone skeptical to NBC’s motives and its handling of the whole affair which put Leno in his own disastrous </span></span><st1:time hour="22" minute="0"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">10pm</span></span></st1:time><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> timeslot only to heave O’Brien in and out of the Tonight Show’s host seat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">GE, NBC’s parent company has had its share of missteps, doing business with </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> among the most notable. And NBC’s programming under Jeff Zucker hasn’t kept up with the competition. NBC’s green programming format hasn’t garnered more audience; in fact, NBC continues to lose market share.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">We wish Mr. O’Brien well and hope his new cable show on TBS will find success far beyond what NBC did not give him a chance to earn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-86826575138383865172010-04-27T09:27:00.001-04:002010-04-27T09:36:42.409-04:00Is Kim Kardashian an animal abuser? PETA doesn’t like Ms. Kardashian’s photo-op, we don’t like the pop culture<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Socialite Kim Kardashian got PETA and other animal rights groups’ collective attention when she posted a picture of herself holding a kitten by its scruff. On her Twitter page, the reality television star sent out the tweet</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">, “Pic from my shoot yesterday...good kitty cat!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYozAPB4r-r37lOzwRNJ3qm3vnJarG_hWVCyZXtKbvxw1H5F6z6nTbqI1XwPri655mQicZV06T0zDJEptcttP2BIOJeZ-05yCMVGkR0rdVcJi4uxkEAklQBwFbhdTLDqleLRUhQrjOSkf9/s1600/Kim+Kardashian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYozAPB4r-r37lOzwRNJ3qm3vnJarG_hWVCyZXtKbvxw1H5F6z6nTbqI1XwPri655mQicZV06T0zDJEptcttP2BIOJeZ-05yCMVGkR0rdVcJi4uxkEAklQBwFbhdTLDqleLRUhQrjOSkf9/s200/Kim+Kardashian.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">For those new to this section of <a href="http://killswitchpolitick.blogspot.com/">KP</a>, this is our contribution to American pop culture and the ridiculous nature that has overcome it. No more are celebrities those with genuine talent, an ability to invoke laughter, to entertain with song-and-dance; they are now given notoriety for reasons altogether different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Kim Kardashian is indeed a very beautiful young woman, but her fame was gotten through her father, a member of the OJ Simpson defense “Dream Team”. The defense attorney passed away some time ago, but through his public performance, Kim and her sisters have become celebrities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Celebrities without the grueling comeuppance the Rat Pack had to endure. PETA’s outrage at Ms. Kardashian’s photo only lends her more undeserved publicity. But in an age where reality programming exists, one can only expect more of the same insanity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Author Kitty Kelley has written a tell-all book about the most recognized media figure in </span></span><country-region><place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">America</span></span></place></country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">, Oprah Winfrey. The unauthorized biography, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oprah: A biography</i> by all accounts only lends to what most of the talk-show diva’s fans and </span></span><city><place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Hollywood</span></span></place></city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> knows, from here humble beginnings, to a teenage pregnancy, peppered with allegations about considering prostitution at a young age and speculation about her sexual orientation.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Forgive us for again writing about Tiger Woods, but the latest news is a chance to say, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">we told you so</i>! Last week, this publication asked a question about to which end the golfer is asking for the public’s forgiveness, <a href="http://killswitchpolitickelectrotherapy.blogspot.com/2010/04/tale-of-two-tigers.html">“To rebuild a brand for the financial gain of one individual at the expense of the public trust?”</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">With the release of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYejgkqd0o">new Nike ad</a>, we apparently now have the answer to the question—yes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mr. Woods has a phenomenal talent and work ethic. The public was sold this image over and over again, by Mr. Woods himself, the </span></span><st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">PGA</span></span></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">, and his sponsors. But since the truth of the real man has come to light, we know the reputation/his brand, to be a complete lie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt;">While it certainly does not mean he has no talent, it does mean that he has the will to perpetrate an image fabrication for the express purpose of professional and financial gain. In the wake of one of the hugest scandals in sports history, the golfer is asking for the public’s forgiveness so that he may return to his family and to the sport in a commercial designed to guilt consumers into granting their forgiveness and then go buy the products he endorses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">The week of April 5<sup>th</sup> will certainly be an exciting one for the world of golf. The </span></span><st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">PGA</span></span></st1:stockticker><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">’s Progidal Son, Tiger Woods will return to compete at The Masters in </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Augusta</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">. Ratings will surely burst at Nielsen’s seems with curious viewers wishing to see a car-wreck in slow motion. Will Tiger perform well? Will he suffer heckles that break his famed concentration? Will his return be overshadowed by some new bombshell?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">But what is most interesting is the phenomenon of building up a celebrity, then gleefully tearing their brand apart with sordid details, innuendo, and voyeurism. Mr. Woods was presented to the public by way of his marvelous talent and by extension, so too must be his personal life (and we all know what an assumptution makes of you and me).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">But over the 2009 Thanksgiving weekend, that façade was shattered by an early morning auto collision—the image of a superstar in a mortal predicament. Following the exposition of several extra martial affairs was the predictable <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">forgive me for my transgressions</i> speech. And now begins that rehabilitation tour—but for what purpose? To rebuild a brand for the financial gain of one individual at the expense of the public trust?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-16726167767697579302009-12-15T16:23:00.001-05:002009-12-15T16:23:39.405-05:00Tiger Woods: the man, not the image<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">The revelation that pro golfer Tiger Woods had extramarital affairs strikes this publication as not only unfortunate, but tragic.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There is no doubt the famed athlete brought this scandal upon himself, but it is perturbing none-the-less.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Among the facts known still swirl countless speculations and allegations, some of which will never be proven yet still assumed true or accurate given the totality of the circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">We can now count Tiger among a long list of celebrities who have “fallen short” or “regret” contravention of their marital vows and societal mores. Among this publication, the feeling is mutual, a man whom so many looked-up to and garnered genuine respect, a man that has done more for his sport and arrived to be the most recognizable athletic ambassador the world over is now sadly a sinful individual.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">We don’t wish Mr. Woods ill, but his wife, Elin Nordegren is well within her right to leave the marriage, though as of this writing, she and Tiger are (or have) renegotiated their prenuptial agreement – a sad fact indeed, reflecting on our society choosing to place a monetary value on the institution of marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Among his other concerns are now fleeing sponsors, which have contributed much to his station and to his image, an image that will forever carry a blemish no amount of money or obscurity can remove.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Now in full doubt will be the golfer’s ability to retain his sponsors, but it will take a sincere effort and a suave public relations motif. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">One wonders why a person whom is so gifted, adored, famous, and wealthy could risk his reputation for sex.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And that is precisely what has been bargained.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>With time, there will be healing and a forgiving public but for his family the betrayal will always be in the public’s mind and we as the public will probably forgive but not forget.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For it was in his inspiring story, his pristine image that we trusted and now we must face the fact yet again that our heroes are all too human and falter like any other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">-- The Editors, Killswitch Politick</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 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it would become exponentially larger than Donahue, Sally Jessy and a litany of others combined. Currently, Oprah’s show airs in 145 countries, and commands a weekly average of 42 million US viewers.<br /><br />In perhaps the most memorable show, Ms. Winfrey stunned viewers and her audience alike by gifting 300 studio audience members with a brand-new Pontiac G-Six, which carried a sticker price of $28,500 and cost the talk show host $7 million. "You get a car! You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car!" Oprah shouted as her studio audience opened gift boxes containg car keys given to them before the show.<br /><br />The show transformed from quasi-ambush interviews to current event topics, big celebrity interviews, personal stories and Oprah’s own struggles with weight loss. Eventually, the show became a New York Times best-seller launcher vis-à-vis Oprah's Book Club. Perhaps the most infamous came in the fall of 2005 when author James Frey’s "A Million Little Pieces" exploded in sales after appearing on Winfrey’s show. Shortly after, it was discovered key elements of the addiction and recovery memoirs were a fabricated tale and Ms. Winfrey later vituperated Frey on a later show. The revelations of the book caused Frey’s literary agent to drop him.<br /><br />Ms. Winfrey has had a stellar career and has announced plans to begin her own cable network, perhaps one that will air her own show. Oprah has long been philanthropic and has built girl's schools in South Africa as well as establishing her own charity in 1998, Oprah's Angel Network.<br /><br />Ms. Winfrey has proved herself to be a capable, astute business woman and media mogul, may she have the best of luck in her future endeavors.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><strong><em>-- Killswitch Politick<br /></em></strong><br /></span><a href="mailto:killswitchpolitick@gmail.com?subject=Subscribe"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Click here to subscribe</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="mailto:killswitchpolitick@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Click here to contact</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div>Killswitch Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-88157834689919490832009-11-16T10:16:00.001-05:002009-11-16T10:19:32.472-05:00Triumph and tragedy, the life and death of Michael Jackson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDclZ43uzf8LqYG9vJ7GwxcVjPObhmcHHj48Vuz53dgAGYnjlf4E59peDIifoKxQcCe6xE4cTfPsumpzAQQKtXCMFMYmP-fzpYGDXeMbRmqh0E9fv4tbivGcLpeU_gbo2eydMma7iXedG/s1600/Joe+Jackson.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDclZ43uzf8LqYG9vJ7GwxcVjPObhmcHHj48Vuz53dgAGYnjlf4E59peDIifoKxQcCe6xE4cTfPsumpzAQQKtXCMFMYmP-fzpYGDXeMbRmqh0E9fv4tbivGcLpeU_gbo2eydMma7iXedG/s200/Joe+Jackson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404721378365142018" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A comment on western pop culture, Michael Jackson’s death has proved just as bizarre as his life.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">British cable’s </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Sky 1 broadcasted a live seance with psychic Derek Acorah, who attempted to contact the deceased King of Pop, enjoyed more than 600,000</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> viewers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Michael Jackson was a microcosm of western, particularly American, pop culture.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rising to fame in the early 1980’s, the King of Pop smashed records with his records and was a triumphant figure, coming from a working-class family in an industrial neighborhood of Indiana, evolving into one of the most diverse and talented superstars the world has ever known. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But as his popularity and wealth grew, so his appearance changed, along with his behavior.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The pop star would over the years make a number of bizarre moves, from his marriages to dangling an infant over a balcony.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And in the midst of these public displays came allegations of sexual perversions, followed by law suits.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The pop star would never be found guilty of criminal behavior but did pay dearly through civil actions. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">All the while, his family hung like a noose around his neck, most notably, his father, Joe, who was seen by the public as the epitome of dysfunctional bad penny that popped-up again and again.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">And in the wake of his son’s death, has filed a 60 page motion to get what his son’s will cut him out of, money.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Joe Jackson has leveled fraud accusations and claimed conflict-of-interests against John Branca and John McClain, the executor’s of Michael Jackson’s Trust Fund. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">But Judge Mitchell Beckloff dismissed Joe Jackson's motion saying, "Joe Jackson takes none of this estate. This is a decision his son made", in effect shutting down </span></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Jackson</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">’s challenge.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Michael cut his father out of his will and bequeathed </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">all his assets to his mother Katherine, his children and various charities.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.25pt"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">As with so many celebrities that have found they’re way to the top, the same media that celebrated they’re triumphs, likewise championed any hint of scandal and exploited any personal tragedy.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Michael Jackson was truly a very talented entertainer, singer, songwriter, and choreographer; he was also a troubled, erratic, strange, tragic clown.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Sadly, he will likely more be remembered for the latter more than the former.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" 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agony<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghRY423SYO2V371EqDSjQfu0pyidcfVq2TyLV09eiiMbMmxDvMgoFbVT0C3msxKayvbkZ98HklOqW0dBZNHZkSrFnBsXUkOvEbiLTKTyFKWK-65bNza66tq0LE420MyorleIMFj0b3FhS/s1600-h/Andre+Agassi.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghRY423SYO2V371EqDSjQfu0pyidcfVq2TyLV09eiiMbMmxDvMgoFbVT0C3msxKayvbkZ98HklOqW0dBZNHZkSrFnBsXUkOvEbiLTKTyFKWK-65bNza66tq0LE420MyorleIMFj0b3FhS/s320/Andre+Agassi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402125961302092946" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The World Anti-Doping Agency is seeking to probe whether any indictments can be brought against retired </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">U.S.</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> star Andre Agassi following his confession that he lied after failing a drug test in 1997 about taking crystal meth. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Agassi made the admissions in excerpts of his autobiography, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Open</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. WADA director general David Howman said no action could be taken for use of substances on the banned list since the eight-year statute of limitations had run out. Moreover, because the drug use was not performance-enhancing and since the tennis pro took it in 1997 when he wasn’t winning anything, it's difficult to prove it helped him reach achievements or cheated the competition. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Excerpts from </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Open</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> are stark and matter-of-fact. The former tennis champion is painfully honest about his painful life. Describing his body in a way that doesn’t mince words or leave any ambiguity about how much the demands of the sport continue to tax him long after retirement. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Any sort of pedestal fans may have placed him on is surely to be fractured by the reality Agassi describes. His childhood not a picture perfect storybook tale and his despair on what to do with his relationship with Brooke Shields. The book seems to be a reminder that fame and fortune don’t equal happiness and that no matter the social station a person may have, they are still human. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The hardcover of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Open</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> will be available November 9</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, but will not be available as an e-book as publisher Knopf has not set 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Politickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466372186686076282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032766516986889168.post-2948946733112084282009-11-03T14:40:00.001-05:002009-11-03T17:26:00.141-05:00Adam Lambert, a study in pop culture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIcBqKXZFhkeWJSOlAelhrd62Tt1a7Rlt2ScNl96VxpjlW1VxqmMbMlcFBibhVdNmTYHUKpsLFoRPQ154GN2XCg0VjaKSeTVttdXa4nBck9vG_BofYX6MtRyI7QaxcXroMy3NwRV_o_7I/s1600-h/adamlambertdebutalbum.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIcBqKXZFhkeWJSOlAelhrd62Tt1a7Rlt2ScNl96VxpjlW1VxqmMbMlcFBibhVdNmTYHUKpsLFoRPQ154GN2XCg0VjaKSeTVttdXa4nBck9vG_BofYX6MtRyI7QaxcXroMy3NwRV_o_7I/s200/adamlambertdebutalbum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400007204378435026" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">American Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert, released his debut album, For Your Entertainment.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For fans of 80’s hair metal/glam rock, the cover is reminiscent of Poison’s Look What the Cat Dragged In.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While the jury is still out on the actual tracks, fans certainly aren’t happy with the cover art as they posted mixed opinions about “Glambert’s” album cover art on various internet forums and blogs.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The 'American Idol' runner-up appears with blue hair, a gloved hand and heavy makeup in his CD artwork debut; ickey.org, a popular American Idol blogger, put up a poll to determine the public’s pulse.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As of October 30th, out of 1,300 total votes, 32% (421 votes) “love it!” while 68% (879 votes) find it “Ewww.” </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The artist described the album as, "…dance music with a glam-rock shuffle beat, in the style of T. Rex and 'Rock & Roll, Part 2,'" on KIIS-FM. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lambert has been no stranger to controversy and media buzz since he began appearing on American Idol Season 8, when scandalous pictures surfaced that suggested the contestant was gay.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Afterward, Lambert officially came out in a Rolling Stone cover story in June 2008, telling the music magazine, "I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay." </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Once revealed that he was gay, the singer enjoyed media-buzz galore which helped propel him to the finale of American Idol Season 8 where he would lose the reality contest to Kris Allen. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just last week, Lambert split from his interior designer boyfriend Drake LaBry.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">His first single, "Time for Miracles," will be released on the "2012" soundtrack on Nov. 10.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For Your Entertainment</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> album will be released on Nov. 23, but the first single debuted on “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest’s </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">L.A.</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> radio station and it’s now playable at Lambert’s official website. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While the album may not contain critically acclaimed music and is being panned on its cover alone, it is a testament to the popular culture of </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">America</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and the West abroad.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It reinforces the fact our youth are 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