I wrote in my first posting on this topic that Naomi Campbell dug herself in to a deep hole and a reminder she is not in NYC anymore but apparently the Hague is more than likely to let her walk rather than take responsibility, business as usual. Naomi will likely walk back to the cat walk rather than serve time. After being forced to testify and allegedly perjuring her self she went to an exclusive decadent party in Italy. I would not trade places with her for 10 billion dollars.
According to The New York Post the powers that be trying Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity have bigger fish to fry.
Mia Farrow and Naomi's ex-agent both have testified that Naomi has perjured herself. Charles Taylor's defense attorney's went on the attack trying to discredit Naomi's ex-agent, one of a long list of people that have lived to regret working for Campbell but perjury by a super model doesn't hold a candle to orchestrating mass murder, torture and gang rapes.
Rewind to NYC where Naomi Campbell had to do some community service and an embarrassing photo surfaced of an NYPD officer carrying her bag for her.
If she was a "real person" she could go to jail for perjury but she is "not real". Naomi Campbell apparently is like an endangered animal some how she is protected; super models do not go to jail.
Again the global community owes this super model a great debt of thanks for perjuring herself and accepting Blood Diamonds from a ex-dictator, Charles Taylor accused of using Blood Diamonds to fund murderous wars that included rape, torture and mass murder. Poor Naomi pleaded ignorance and let her world audience know that she gets presents like this delivered to her all the time.
She excitedly bragged about getting diamonds from Taylor and also let anyone who would listen know that she was disappointed in the blood diamonds -- dirty -- not by having funded atrocities but for their lack of luster and size.
To read more please go to my original posting. If you are too busy than read this link that will take you to a powerful brilliant report by NPR with interviews that will give you a view in to Charles Taylor's atrocious both in Liberia and Sierra Leone. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10694264
You will learn about one ray of light in the NPR interview -- Liberia now has a woman president.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first woman president for Liberia and for all of Africa.
Can someone please explain why Nelson Mandela even invited Taylor a monstrous dictator to a function of his in the first place. Read my original post to see photographs, video tape and more information on Taylor accused of funding terrorist group Al-Qadea.
Naomi Campbell is living proof ignorance is bliss and super models do not go to jail but what will she do when her beauty fades unlike diamonds, super models have a short shelf life and this latest Naomi bad exposure is not a pretty picture.
Her celebrity has brought attention to an alleged dictator accused of heinous crimes against humanity so well done Naomi even gross stupidity and vanity have their good points when you are super model.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Teen Choice Awards: Kim Kardashian, Megan Fox, Levi Johnston
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LL Cool J's in his 40s as are people like P Diddy, and of course the incomparable Betty White, who's 88 years old.
Age is just a number, but the number of hot women was so high it made this blogger's ears pop.
Where else can you see Kim Kardashian tell Megan Fox that Fox is more beautiful than she is! And who let Sarah Palin's almost son-in-law Levi Johnston into the Teen Choice Awards?
How random is that?
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| Megan Fox! |
The one thing missing was a Miley Cyrus song or dance number. We've got so much publicist from her machine, it seems the Teen Choice Awards is missing something without Miley Cyrus.
Oh, and her pole dance number!
Lastly, a big congrats to YouTube Partner Michael Buckley of The What The Buck Show for co-hosting the live stream of the Teen Choice Awards Red Carpet Show!
Monday, August 09, 2010
Sarah Palin soundly attacked on Twitter
In the wake of her classic diss of Karen Gustafson, the Alaska Teacher who got after Governor Palin for quitting her job as the top politco in the state, Sarah Palin has been getting skewered on Twitter on Monday night.
Wow. Take a look at some of the tweets found just via a search for "Sarah Palin."
Film Critic Roger Ebert calls the Palin Teacher Diss Video a "defining moment:"
ebertchicago - A Sarah Palin Defining Moment. Note the personality change when she realizes a video really is being made. http://j.mp/bOX3VV
Others have less intelligent, but totally funny takes:
OTOOLEFAN - So, Sarah Palin laughs at teachers? I'm sure the feeling is mutual.
about 11 hours ago via mobile web
Top Tweet 36 Retweets
ChrisKairo - @713punky RT @seankent: Sarah Palin, acting like a twat when she finds out she's talking to a teacher. Classy. http://bit.ly/a63pft
3 minutes ago via HootSuite
barngrl80 - Not sure what this is about: Is Levi Johnston preparing to follow in Sarah Palin's footsteps? More here: http://yhoo.it/98GGlo
3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
cheetapizza
As long as you don't get Sarah Palin's endorsement..GREAT RT: @GavinNewsom Proud to earn endorsement of CA’s largest law enforcement assoc
5 minutes ago via web
And so it goes. The vast majority of tweets are not favorable to Palin here, and Palin's got to be concerned about her public persona in the wake of this video, not to mention all of the other small self-inflicted Palin wounds of 2010 that seem to be adding up and not in a good way.
Palin's starting to look like someone who enjoys the limelight, but doesn't shine in it. That wasn't true when she was Governor and makes me think Karen Gustafson was right.
Sarah Palin teacher diss starts war on Palin's Facebook page
Former Governor Sarah Palin's apparent diss of Alaska Teacher Karen Gustafson's profession of teacher, has stirred emotions around America, and now where is this more true than Sarah Palin's own Facebook page.
But first, here's a video recap:
And a note, the woman next to Palin was her daughter Bristol Palin, and not an aide to Palin.
The apparent diss-Palin-says-wasn't-a-diss caused Palin to turn to her Facebook page to give a response, thus causing over 1,000 comments, and not all of them nice. Indeed, a debate's broken out over at cyber chez Palin. Here's a sample of the exchange:
Also, it's not as if Governor Palin has a totally thick skin; many posts were removed, well, the one's from liberals.
No, I didn't post anything.
But first, here's a video recap:
And a note, the woman next to Palin was her daughter Bristol Palin, and not an aide to Palin.
The apparent diss-Palin-says-wasn't-a-diss caused Palin to turn to her Facebook page to give a response, thus causing over 1,000 comments, and not all of them nice. Indeed, a debate's broken out over at cyber chez Palin. Here's a sample of the exchange:
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Andy Shane OMG... Examine anything the GOP, Fox, Palin, Limbaugh, Beck write or say. They are all virtually incapable of using conventional names or nouns to describe anything or anyone that/who doesn't align with their views. Catch phrases designed to tell you how to think, eg "mainstream media," or Sarah's personal favorite "lamestream media" are Soviet-style elements of rhetoric NEVER absent from their speech. Plz, plz, plz wake up.
Billy Black Okay two things.
I wrote something very ambivalent earlier, but it was a comment critical of Sarah. In response my comment was deleted within ten minutes and I was banned from Sarah's profile.
It's great that Sarah supports the first amendment so much that her "people" remove any small criticism of her.
I also FULLY expect this comment to be deleted very shortly. And to whoever who deletes it, all I can say is "lol"
And second, @Peggy,
"Do you ever see conservatives call people names and use this kind of language?"
Seriously? Earlier someone referred to liberals as libturds. Liberals are consistently referred to as Nazis (although so are Conservatives, it sincerely makes no sense).
The hatred is incredibly prevalent on both sides. Conservatives use terrible language against liberals, just like liberals use terrible language against conservatives. So you just cannot say either side is innocent, EVER.
DeAnn Irby Um, Billy... it's a FB page. You usually have "friends" on your FB page. If she doesn't' want your tripe on her page, she can delete it. What is your problem? Don't you have any real friends? This is funny and sad at the same time. Maybe Steve Cotton will be your friend. He seems to be running a bit short as well.
Paulette Taylor After watching the video, I had to laugh! I think your "eyes rolling" & your eyebrows twitching may have had to do with the teacher not knowing where you go to represent America! It had nothing to do with her being a teacher! And she obviously doesn't know much about what ALL you did for AK as governor! Goooooo Sarah!
(What does Paulette know? She's in Atlanta!)
Joan Dailey Towles The downside of public life. An unplanned chance meeting on the street with a school teacher. Even Bristol looks flabergasted. Total stranger deranges you in front of your family. Expressions of personal opinion unsolicited and, your actions misconstrued. Mean and unfair. I laugh at the absurdity. Rhinoceros stuff. Unbelievable. Only in America.
Also, it's not as if Governor Palin has a totally thick skin; many posts were removed, well, the one's from liberals.
No, I didn't post anything.
Sarah Palin disses teachers; Michele Bachmann's tele-townhall
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First Sarah Palin
In Homer, Alaska to film a segment for her TLC television show, Governor Palin, opps, Former Governor Sarah Palin saw a sign that read "WORST GOVERNOR EVER," and, assuming that the protester was referring to her, Governor Palin walked over for a little chat.
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| Looks like Sarah Palin's frowning |
Sarah Palin can kiss her political aspirations goodbye.
Why Sarah Palin took that position is a wonder. You can't tell why from her Facebook page, where she posted this message:
While filming the Alaska documentary in Homer, I had a brief discussion with a local lady who, in typical Alaska style, decided to give me her two cents worth about my political leanings, American politics in general, and much else besides. It’s what makes our politics so uniquely democratic: two people discussing the things they care about, even though they respectfully disagree about just about everything (you can watch a brief video of the encounter here).
Sarah Palin takes pity on Karen Gustafson
The LSM has now decided to use this brief encounter for another one of their spin operations. They claim I – wait for it – “appear to roll my eyes” when the lady tells me she’s a teacher. Yes, it’s come to this: the media is now trying to turn my eyebrow movements into story lines. (Maybe that’s why Botox is all the rage – if you can’t move your eyebrows, your “eye rolling” can’t be misinterpreted!) If they had checked their facts first, they would have known that I come from a family of teachers; my grandparents were teachers, my father was a teacher, my brother is a teacher, my sister works in Special Needs classrooms, my aunt is a school nurse, my mom worked as a school secretary for much of her professional life, we all volunteer in classrooms, etc., etc., etc. Given that family history, how likely is it that I would “roll my eyes” at someone telling me that they too work in that honorable profession? Stay classy, LSM.
One good thing to come out of this little episode, though, is that it helps to remind people once again that Alaska is a great state full of independent-minded people. I look forward to introducing you to some of them in the forthcoming documentary series on life in Alaska! The show will remind you to get outdoors, breathe in God’s creation, and taste the freedom!
- Sarah Palin
The problem that Palin doesn't get is people are upset because of her background, and then what she did. Regardless of words, video doesn't lie. Palin's expression was one of pity for the Alaska Teacher rather than pride. Palin still doesn't explain what she was really thinking, even on her Facebook page.
Was Michelle Bachmann thinking?
Michelle Bachmann took to the Internet to blast the "Tele-Townhall" meeting she was holding Monday night. This blogger visited Michelle Bachmann's website to get a look at what she was trying to do and saw just a giant sign up sheet, then thought because it told nothing, only a fool would blindly sign up for it.
Well, according to Congresswoman Bachmann there are a million fools out there who went to her "Tele-Townhall" meeting via phone. Ah, well, let's adjust that via Wonkette, which informs that Bachmann's people made calls to a million people, or a million were invited.
This blogger's knowledge of that online process bets the actual numbers for that deal were far less than the Congresswoman reported.
And Michelle Bachmann was doing this to show she's on the wrong side of a much needed and too small $26 billion stimulus package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is touting and that really needs an extra zero behind it.
The new stimulus would help people keep their jobs, something Congresswoman Bachmann in no way really understands the need to do. If she did, the Tea Party Movement candidate would get beyond that level of non-think and become a cheerleader of government investment where it's need most to create jobs.
Honda Recalls Accords, Civics, Elements due to ignition switch
Image via WikipediaThat can be a particularly vexing and dangerous problem in the San Francisco Bay Area and especially hilly San Francisco.
Apparently when the ignition switch becomes worn it's a candidate for the problem.
Here's the statement below and on the Honda website, but hard to locate. One has to know to go to the "News" section of the website.
Statement by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Regarding Ignition Switch Interlock Mechanism Recall: 2003 Accord, Civic, 2003/2004 Element Vehicles
August 09 2010
Honda will recall approximately 197,000 Accord and 117,000 Civic vehicles from the 2003 model year and roughly 69,000 Element vehicles from the 2003 and 2004 model years in the U.S. to prevent a malfunction of the ignition interlock feature of these vehicles. Honda has received several complaints about such failures in these vehicles and is aware of a small number of related incidents, including one that resulted in a minor injury.
The ignition interlock mechanism can be damaged or worn during use. If this happens, it may become possible to remove the ignition key when the shift lever is not in Park. If the transmission is not in Park and the parking brake is not set, the vehicle could roll away, and a crash could occur.
Honda is announcing this recall to encourage all owners of affected vehicles to take their vehicle to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification from Honda that their vehicle requires repair. Notification to customers will start in late September, 2010.
When Honda identifies concerns of this nature, nothing is more important to the company than fulfilling our obligation and responsibility to alert our customers. To this end, in addition to contacting customers by mail, after Sept. 20, 2010, owners of these vehicles will be able to determine if their vehicle requires repair by going on-line or calling Honda. Honda owners can go to www.recalls.honda.com or call (800) 999-1009, and select option 4.
Stay tuned.
Ramon Ayala out of jail, rushed to hospital
Ramon Ayala via last.fmKing of The Accordion.
Ramon Ayala is called the King of The Accordion. Ayala's been in 13 movies, won a Grammy four times, and recorded 105 albums, but for all of that, is still known as a person with a big heart who gives an annual Christmas party at his home in "Rinconcito en el Cielo" (or "A Rinconcito or corner or nook in the sky") located in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Ramon Ayala is the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, nothing more. He was arrested during a raid and while playing for what turned out to be a member of a drug cartel in Tepoztlan, Mexico.
Reportedly, for Ramon Ayala, as with most musicians, a gig is a gig. Ayala did not know his customers were drug runners.
Released for Medical Reasons
Ramon Ayala was released from prison due to undisclosed health problems, and returned to the United States.
Jim Edmonds traded from Brewers to Reds
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| Jim Edmonds |
The Milwaukee Brewers get the younger Chris Dickerson and think he can contribute, even though he's missed much of the season due to hand injury.
Dickerson's "On-base Plus Slugging" or OPS percentage is .789 and was .853 in AAA ball; a rate over .900 is considered the range for elite players.
The Reds reportedly think Jim Edmonds's experience can help them more than Dickerson's athleticism.
Will Tron Legacy be the 2001: A Space Odyssey of the 21st Century?
Image via Wikipedia2001: A Space Odyssey was not just the first movie to effectively give an idea of what it would be like to live and work in space, it was also a colorful, confusing mental trip. It was the focus of books and websites on its meaning and to this day commands the attention of a new generation of science fiction fans. The bet here is that the stylistic Tron could have almost the same impact, but not quite there.
The reason is where 2001: A Space Odyssey was grounded in a possible reality, Tron and Tron Legacy are part of a fantasy World that no one knows really exists at all. Who knows what it means to be digitized? Do you live? But even with that, Tron presents a World detailed enough for fans to want to learn more about.
While it may not reach the status of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tron Legacy will come close. That's the prediction here.
Oakland Mayor's Race: Rebecca Kaplan interview first take
Last week, Friday morning, Oakland Councilmember (At-Large) and Oakland Mayor's Race candidate Rebecca Kaplan met this video-blogger at an appropriately Oakland location, The Merritt Cafe and Bakery.
There, we were warmly greeted by Merritt Bakery Owner Charles Griffith, and sat down to a brunch of excellent chicken and waffles for Kaplan, and eggs, corned beef and hash for this video-blogger.
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| Rebecca Kaplan at The Oscar Grant Protest |
This is not the full blog about the interview, but an introduction. Kaplan and I talked about the issue of earlier this year and got that out of the way off camera.
On camera, we talked about the impact of the Federal Court decision to declare Proposition 8 (or Prop 8) unconstitutional, Kaplan's take on Oakland's police cost problem, how the Oakland Mayor's Race was going for her, and how she would handle a range of issues if she was elected Mayor of Oakland.
Thus far, Oakland Mayor's Race competitors Don Macleay, Don Perata, Councilmember Jean Quan, Greg Harland, Terrance Candell, Joe Tuman (two inteviews; one has appeared) and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan have been interviewed on video for this space. That's seven of the nine candidates with just Orlando Johnson and Larry Lionel Young Jr., a new comer, remaining.
But of all Oakland Mayor's Race candidates, only Terrance Candell and Larry Lionel Young Jr. have filed papers officially establishing his intention to run for Mayor of Oakland, according to The Oakland Tribune. Why Councilmember's Kaplan and Quan failed to file early is a question, as is the case for the other candidates. It sends a weak message of true interest in being Mayor of Oakland.
And on that note, Larry Lionel Young Jr. needs to get his campaign act together. Young has no search-visible website or blog post and other than newspaper mentions including (now) this space, and a YouTube-posted video of a home he's trying to sell where the video title mentions that he's running for mayor, has only issued a one-sheet a the last Oakland Mayor's Race candidates forum.
Larry Lionel Young Jr. must stop treating the run for Mayor of Oakland as an afterthought, and demonstrate some real interest in it by having some "online marker" about himself and how to contact him via email. Otherwise, the Internet void Young created for himself will be filled by someone else.
Stay tuned.
GSI Commerce losses become Internet news after Undercover Boss
Image via CrunchBaseThe TV exposure revealed some unfortunate news. According to The Wall Street Journal, GSI Commerce, which develops develops and operates e-commerce sporting goods businesses for retailers and other organizations stock shares dropped 5.8 percent after news of its losses.
Before Monday's news, GSI Commerce enjoyed stock gains of 65 percent over the past year. But GSI Commerce also posted overall losses in seven of its nine last quarters. Most recently it lost $25 million or about 41 cents a share and that was up from a $13 million loss or 27 cents a year before.
But for all of this, why is the GSI news number one on Google Trends, and without any one region dominating the search? Because its boss went on the TV show Undercover Boss. GSI Commerce President Michael Rubin appeared on the show, then told Leader Telegram Review he now requires corporate managers to spend time at their call centers.
But will that stem GSI Commerce losses? Time will tell.
Naomi Campbell perjury? Blood Diamonds Charles Taylor by Suzannah B. Troy
The global world owes Naomi Campbell a great thank you for bringing awareness to the Charles Taylor, an ex-Dictator, oops I meant to say ex-President of Liberia , and alleged war criminal. It takes a super model to do this even if it is for the wrong reasons and that is an understatement!
If it was not for Charles Taylor sending her a bag of "blood diamonds" most people would not know his name or even be aware of his monstrous acts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond. I recommend you take a look at his Wikipedia page but it won't give you enough information on the "blood" aspect of these diamonds but informs you of the Hague taking the amorous Charles Taylor to court for crimes against humanity. Naomi Campbell never imagined she would be a player in the actual trial and resisted testifying but unlike NYC, USA she couldn't wiggle her way out of this trial. Too see video footage of Campbell testifying click here.
Leave it to NPR to get right to the heart of the war crimes where almost every article and Wiki page sounds light.
If you have gotten this far and not read the brilliant reporting by NPR you need to stop and read the article. Zennie has an ad pop up and than you will read the most disturbing interview and a bit of optimism regarding the 1st African Woman President and she replaced Taylor. Below click on super model and you will see Nelson Mandela with Taylor. Please explain that photo op to me.
Not that a super model would let crimes against humanity get between her and diamonds and by the way after bragging to anyone who would listen, Naomi was very disappointed at the lack of size and beauty of these baubles but that is not her biggest problem.
Naomi Campbell's biggest problem is that she may have allegedly lied under oath about the diamonds and there is testimony by her former agent as well as Mia Farrow, a very talented actress and humanitarian. Click on the link for Mia Farrow and you can read her testimony which is straightforward as in Campbell was well aware she was getting a gift of diamonds from Charles Taylor.
If it is proven Campbell perjured herself she is in BIG, BIG trouble, bigger than the Hope Diamond. She is not in NYC anymore where the rich and connected can get away with almost everything and walk away...Yeah, I have to repeat this sentence because it just galls me.
Even driven by vanity and stupidity, Naomi Campbell has done good because if you were not aware of the monstrous Charles Taylor you are now and hopefully the Naomi Campbell name will make more people around the world aware of what his actual crimes against humanity are.
Campbell was not motivated to bring attention to the horrific abuses to African people by the ex-warlord Charles Taylor who is also said to have help fund Al Qaeda but she did so she is owed a thank you in a way but she may find herself in the first really deep hole she might not be able to climb out of.
There are better ways to bring attention to the crimes against humanity in Africa and also help make a difference.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt flying to Nimba for Angelina to give birth to the beautiful Shiloh was a front line act. Angelina Jolie said to People Magazine, "We want to tell the world how magnificent this country and the people We love this part of the world."
Sounds like Naomi Campbell if she gets lucky will have a long term community service position to help Africa or she may be heading to jail for perjury. Are super models allowed to go to jail?
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