Eliza Kruger Pictures: Mark Sanchez 17 Year Old Deadspin Victim

In a complete surprise, and on the day that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek is expected to make a statement on his future (hopefully he steps down), the dominant Google Trend is still for...eliza kruger pictures, eliza kruger, and mark sanchez 17 year old.

That's largely for the reasons stated in this space yesterday and in the video, below:



Also, it's because Deadspin's doing a LOUSY job of protecting its real source - Kruger. They're just spilling everything she's shared with them onto the space of their blog site.

Awful!

Let's get one thing straight here: Eliza Kruger didn't ask for this. It happened because someone claiming to be associated with Deadspin - but Al Daulerio, Deadspin's Editor says is not - contacted her and threatened to tell what they knew.

And if Daulerio and deadspin had nothing to do with the contact, why get involved by using the person's information?   Think about it.

According to Deadspin, for Eliza Kruger it all started this way:

A threatening email was sent to me from someone by the name [name redacted] who claims to be doing research for you, it regards Mark Sanchez picking up a girl in a club around new years. The tip was originally sent from a [name redacted]. If you could explain what is going on here I would greatly appreciate it because so far I am being threatened w media exposure regarding false accusations and slander.

And then, today, Deadspin prints this email message that was sent from her:

Well I'm still "close" w mark and he knows about you so jets pr was like here how's you handle it, I don't want to betray him but I don't want to let him play me like this, if this comes out like I technically sold this then I can risk any jobs or college in the future. They may not want me if I "sold" the story. So publish what you no and ill just be like it was a deceitful friend of mine. You no? So my future isn't ruined but mark doesn't get everything. He is a genuine person but not necessarily good to women. You know?

Wow. Talk about throwing a source under the bus. Eliza's 17 and is obviously in way over her head. Instead of Deadspin taking steps to protect themselves and her, they just went buck wild, all over the place.

We're not talking about someone running for public office, or who's a public official, we're talking about an innocent person. One who's not threatening anyone, and probably has a very good heart. She just wanted to have a good time with a star.

There's no crime in that.

Deadspin's played fast and lose with the email messages sent, especially the one from Eliza mentioning how Sanchez is "not necessarily good to women. You know?"

Nice, Deadspin. Gain a young woman's trust, then use it to crap all over her.

That's not cool at all.

Ed Schultz gives Powerful 99er Commentary on MSNBC

Ed Schultz gave a powerful 99er commentary on MSNBC last night.

The Ed Show, now in it’s new time slot at 10PM EST on MSNBC, is every bit as powerful as the show was in his earlier time slot. Ed has a flare for telling it like it is, day in and day out.

Last night was the first time Ed has really had 99er news to focus upon all this year and he did the 99er Nation proud. Ed’s powerful commentary began with snippets from yesterday’s Press Conference where Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott called on House Republican Leadership to allow a vote on the Emergency Relief to help Long-Term Unemployed Americans now.

Several 99ers joined Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) at a press conference announcing proposed legislation that would give an additional 14 weeks of benefits to anyone who's been out of work for longer than six months.

"People want to enjoy the dignity of work instead of collecting unemployment check," Scott said. "Critics of unemployment compensation believe it gives people incentive not to work, but the fact is ... that there are more people looking for work than there are jobs."

Ed went on to introduce his own variation on a community works program that made so much sense, Congress could never comprehend it's merit - let alone pass such. The clip below features press conference comments by 99er Rhonda Taylor (one of many 99ers present at the Lee/Scott announcement in Washington D.C. yesterday).

The commentary moved many to tears when he discussed Gerry DePietro’s story featured in yesterday’s Huffington Post article by Arthur Delaney: 3.9 Million Americans Ran Out Of Unemployment Benefits In 2010: Report

From the article:

"We're just trying to let them see that we're real live human beings," said laid-off accountant Gerry DePietro, 65. A 99er, she carpooled from the Philadelphia suburbs with her friends Patty Fraschetta and Bob Stroop, both of whom have been out of work for more than a year.

Gerry DePietro said she ran out of unemployment benefits in September and has been selling her jewelry to get by. She said she got $20 for a gold ring that had been given to her by her late husband 37 years ago, before they married.

"It was like losing a million-dollar ring," she said.

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"Save Cal Sports?" Does The University Of California Care?

Today's the day that we'll learn the fate of several University of California sports slated for reduction to reduce a large annual deficit that, in point of fact, has existed for over a decade. It's just that, in the past, the University could afford to carry it; not today.

Still, faced with the prospect of losing men's and women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, and baseball, you'd think there would be massive alarm bells going off. You'd expect this to be a front page issue on the Cal Athletics website. You'd think "Save Cal Sports" would be a rallying cry for the University itself, and not just a set of concerned alumns.

It's not.  And the Cal Athletics website doesn't ask you to donate money for any one of the sports on the chopping block.

I get the impression the University of California at Berkeley just really doesn't give a damn.  Cal lacks the fight required to maintain its athletic programs; it's just not the focus of a massive campaign, because there is no massive campaign outside of what Save Cal Sports has been able to do - raising $15 million is incredible, and the University itself should help.

The simple fact that only California Golden Blogs is running a post encouraging donations to help Cal baseball - and not the Cal Athletics website - causes me to ask just what the hell is going on?  When I go to Cal Athletics's website, I should see DONATE in red Stanford letters, then explaining that "The Cardinal red will go away if you help us today."

If the University of California and Cal Athletics doesn't care enough to communicate its needs via its websites, why should anyone else care either?    And with this, the Cal's "going to make an announcement" today?

Even the Cal Baseball website communicates the idea that everything's OK as of this writing, when we know it's not.

DONATE > SAVE CAL SPORTS.

The only thing the University should say today is "We're going to get behind Save Cal Sports" and help raise more money.

Anything less would be a shame.

Donald Trump Considers Running for President

Multi-billionaire tycoon, Donald Trump, told CNN's Piers Morgan that he is honestly considering running for president.

Trump told Morgan that he wants to change the foreign policy and he considers China to be "the enemy," and that they want to take over.

"The first thing I would do is announce very strongly that we're going to tax Chinese products -- 25% tax on all Chinese products. They will come to the table immediately and stop manipulating their currency which they're doing."

He also says:

"I love this country. I hate what's happened to this country," he added. "We're a laughingstock throughout the world. We're not respected."

Well, he is very blunt about this. Trump has never been a political figure and has never even been in any position of political authority so it would be shocking if he were to actual win or even be taken seriously.

Trump has said that he will not make a final decision until June of this year; and for those who are wondering which party Trump is affiliated with: GOP.

Chris Lee Resigns: Sex Scandal - Gawker, Deadspin, And Democrats

Wow, the resignation of Republican Congressman Chris Lee (D 26th District - NY) reveals yet another Republican Sex Scandal. (Is anyone keeping count?) And NY Jets Quarterback Mark Sanchez and his 17-year-old girlfriend (as of this writing) Eliza Kruger can thank the randy Republican for effectively bumping them down the front page of the New York Post. (OK, well they're still on the front page of Deadspin.)

What happened was that Gawker, the main blog in the highly successful Gawker Media Network that includes Deadspin, ran a post of how the married Chris Lee was using Craigslist to find dates. Lee, apparently so horny he forgot he was a public official, decided to send a photo of himself shirtless.

Moreover, Lee told the woman via text that he normally dates other women but he lied about his position, age, and marital status - he's not divorced and is 46. Lee told the woman he was 39 and that he was a lobbyist, not an elected official from New York. (Geez. As a momentary aside, there's no shame in being in one's 40s, and someone who think's so has a massive issue.)

When the woman discovered Lee was lying on three counts, she cut off contact and sent his photo and information, including the text contact, to Gawker.

The result is, when it hit the media, Lee and his staff tried to say while the email account i his, that someone hijacked it. Eventually, and within the span of about 24 hours, Lee announced his resignation.

Gawker and Deadspin Score Again

I don't know to what extent Gawker Media's paying for these disclosures, but it's interesting both Gawker and Deadspin managed to issue blockbuster stories on Mark Sanchez and Chris Lee just a day apart, and while introducing a new blog design.

The new design is more "magazine" like, rather than the standard blog roll. There's one big story on the left and the other stories in a standard roll on the right. What I don't like is the blog is now so wide, it bleeds outside the standard web page width; I have to move the page out to see all of its contents.

But I digress.

A Chance For Democrats.

New York Governor Andrew Quomo will call a special election to fill the 26th District seat Lee held only for just under two years. This is a chance, a good one, for Democrats to realize a gain in a state that's traditionally blue. While the 26th District of New York has been a mostly Republican seat going back to 1857, Democrat Maurice Hinchey held it from 1993 to 2003, a ten-year span ending just seven years ago.

Stay tuned.

Kevin Smith Lost 65 Pounds

Kevin Smith is known as "Silent Bob" in his films, and he is also known as being the larger sidekick of Jason Muse. Kevin Smith is a film maker who is the brain behind a lot of great movies and has a funny relationship with Ben Affleck.

A while back Smith was kicked off of an airplane for being too heavy, and now he has lost 65 pounds as reported by People.

In CNN interviews he explains this entire endeavor to Joy Behar:

Kevin Smith Lost 65 Pounds

Kevin Smith is known as "Silent Bob" in his films, and he is also known as being the larger sidekick of Jason Muse. Kevin Smith is a film maker who is the brain behind a lot of great movies and has a funny relationship with Ben Affleck.

A while back Smith was kicked off of an airplane for being too heavy, and now he has lost 65 pounds as reported by People.

In CNN interviews he explains this entire endeavor to Joy Behar: