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For the first time today, since Anthony Weiner began his campaign for mayor of New York, I thought, wow, this guys acts as though he doesn't even want to win, either that or he's severely delusional. The more I think about it, it makes sense. Yes, we could be witnessing a sad case of someone in the beginning stages of mental illness or a good old fashioned megalomaniac in search for more personal power, but I don't really know. I do know Anthony seems to make a daily habit of making people express anger or contempt at him in public....

As Anthony Weiner’s campaign New York mayoral campaign struggles in the wake of a sexting scandal, the candidate stirred some controversy on the other side of the Atlantic Thursday by mocking a British reporter’s accent in an interview. “It’s hard to take you seriously,” the 48-year-old Democrat told ITV’s Lucy Watson when she asked him about his motivations. In a follow-up, Watson asks if “anything [would] stop you?” “I just have a feeling I’ve, like, stepped into a Monty Python bit,” Weiner told her, laughing to himself. After posting the video, ITV called the exchange “the latest of a series...

As Ariel Castro, the convicted kidnapper, rapist and baby killer, shuffled off in chains to the hoosegow, I thought why was there so little reportage or commentary about his idiotic statement made in an Ohio courtroom. Is it because the man himself is so repugnant? Is it because his transgressions against society are so repulsive? I think it is both and one thing more. Americans have heard all this claptrap before. We are familiar with the rumblings of a sociopath. A sociopath, in plain language unadorned by the psychiatrists' hocus-pocus, is a person who does not know right from wrong,...

If you can’t win, you might as well go down swinging. At senior citizens. At an AARP-Univision mayoral forum this morning, mayoral contender Anthony Weiner pulled out the age card to taunt his most vocal challengers, 69-year-old Doe Fund founder George McDonald. Weiner is 48. Before the debate, Weiner put a hand on McDonald’s back and said hello, prompting McDonald to reply: “I would appreciate if you would never touch me again.” Weiner retorted: “What are you going to do about it, grandpa?” according to two sources. A mild overreaction by McDonald, but in his defense, who knows where that...

Anthony Weiner’s sext buddy Sydney Leathers says that the former congressman and would-be mayor of New York contacted her “as recently as April 12,” contradicting Weiner’s account of the timeline. Leathers made the allegation in a post she wrote on xoJane, in which she tells her “10 secrets for seducing a politician,” just “in case,” she writes, “anyone wants to be as stupid as I was.” “Anthony says he hasn’t been cheating on Huma for six months,” she writes. “Wrong. He last contacted me as recently as April 12. Straight up lies.” Leathers went public with the existence of her...

At this point, the whole world has seen Anthony Weiner‘s junk so his recently-exposed sexting partner must have figured, why not show everyone what she’s got to offer? Sydney Leathers, who spoke out about her online affair with the former congressman and miraculously still current New York mayoral candidate, has officially filmed her promised “sex tape” with Vivid Entertainment. Much like her relationship with Weiner, the video does not contain any actual sex, but does include a lot of naked posing. Mediaite won’t be posting any actual video footage from the shoot here, but if you feel it’s something you...

There’s Danger in the streets . . . Carlos Danger! Serial sexter and mayor wannabe Anthony Weiner appeared to be embracing his embarrassing online pseudonym and encouraged crowds that chanted, “Carlos!” and “Carlos Danger!” while marching in the Ecuadorean pride parade yesterday. Sporting bright blue pants, a bullhorn and an Ecuadorean flag, Weiner repeatedly shouted, “Que viva Ecuador!” to the crowd as he energetically ran down Northern Boulevard in Queens with his loyal interns following.

NOTE: Click link and watch the video, which is translated. It appears that some think he is somewhat crazy en la cabeza. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anthony Weiner: ‘Carlos Danger’ was a joke By Rachel Weiner, Published: August 1 at 12:22 pmE-mail the writer In an interview with the Spanish-language television station Univision, Anthony Weiner opened up (a bit) about why he chose the name “Carlos Danger” for his online exchanges with Sydney Leathers. “It was a joke in my personal life between me and one person,” the New York City mayoral candidate said. “I’m not going to comment on anything about the...

Weiner says he is '100 percent not' sexting anyone right now NEW YORK — Anthony Weiner said he is “one hundred percent not” having any type of online relationship right now and insisted again that his days of sexting are well behind him. The Democratic mayoral hopeful told NBC New York that he has not sent lewd messages or pictures to women he met online for about a year and said he wants to move on and talk about other subjects. "I just think at a certain point, OK, I think people know these embarrassing things about me,” Weiner said....

Our leadership class’s real accomplishment is résumé padding. Let us put aside, as he so rarely does, Anthony Weiner’s spambot penis, and consider his wife and putative first lady. By universal consent, Huma Abedin is “smart, accomplished” (the Guardian), “whip-smart” (The Week), “accomplished” (Time), “smart and accomplished” (the Daily News) — oh, and did I mention “accomplished” (Forbes)? So, if she’s so smart, what has she accomplished? Let us put aside her Muslim Brotherhood family background — let us put it aside in the same corner as Anthony Weiner’s infidel penis, the Muslim Brotherhood being one of the few things...

Let's face it. Anthony Weiner is the comic relief we've been seeking: sexualized politics without a moral message. Salacious texting, a parody of sensual touching, doesn't depend on the meaning of "is" or "was." Vice in virtual reality is sexuality-lite, superficial fantasy, timorous titillation, shadows in the shallows of the Internet. Bill Clinton's affair with Monica has become so yesteryear. The former president is an aging adulterer from an earlier time. He broke ground in getting a public pass on his behavior, but he doesn't want Huma and Anthony to sweep Hill and Bill into a satirical performance they can't...

Full title.......Anthony Weiner and wife Huma move into luxury $3.3M condo owned by top Clinton donor... are they there for free or just getting a sweet deal? dailymail.co.uk story | 8/13/12 / FR Posted by ColdOne Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner and his faithful wife Huma Abedin have moved into a $3.3million New York City apartment owned by a top donor to Ms Abedin's boss, Hillary Clinton. The well-appointed luxury pad includes four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms in the 12th floor of an exclusive building on Park Avenue. It costs an estimated $14,000 a month. The price...

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You might think that the greatest hat trick artist of all time was Wayne Gretsky. You'd be talking hockey, and you'd be right. A hat trick, as many know, is 3 goals or more during a single game. This applies, as well, I believe with soccer. In this short piece, however, we wish to discuss the neo-hat trick of the Democratic Party. A neo-hat trick is scored by any of the democrat's beautiful frauleins who can make a simple claim: kissed by Filner, sexted by Weiner, and propositioned by Clinton. (We must point out that we mean, Bill...) How instructive...

The demise of Anthony Weiner's attempt at a political comeback becomes increasingly obvious by the day, even if the former congressman doesn't seem to know it. According to a Quinnipiac poll — conducted after Weiner admitted he had sent out suggestive messages on Twitter after revelations of similar "sexting" forced him to resign from Congress — only 16 percent of likely primary voters supported him for mayor. That's a 10-point drop from the 26 percent Weiner received in a July 24 Quinnipiac poll. The biggest beneficiary of Weiner's implosion appears to be Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate and...

White House press secretary Jay Carney insisted Wednesday that it was President Obama's job to focus on the economy and not brewing municipal scandals as he fielded multiple questions about sexually improper behavior by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. "I understand the allure of issues like this in the media … and I'm not being critical of it, but I'm saying that the president believes his job is not to comment on those issue, but to focus on what he can do to get this economy growing faster and creating more jobs," Carney...

Top Anthony Weiner aide Barbara Morgan apologized yesterday after calling a former campaign intern a “bitch” and “slutbag.” She thought the interview was off the record. Politicker reported: Anthony Weiner’s spokeswoman, Barbara Morgan, issued an apology tonight after a profanity-laced interview with Talking Points Memo, in which she described a former campaign intern as a fame hungry “bitch” and “slutbag” who “sucked” at her job. Ms. Morgan said that she believed the conversation, in which she also threatened to sue the young woman, was off the record.

I found this article on Instapundit last night: “PROTOZOAN RELATIONSHIPS: Social amoebae travel with a posse, have amazingly complicated social lives.”  It appears scientists have discovered a single-celled organisms that are actually “farmers.” Apparently they tote around two strains of bacteria wherever they go. One strain acts as “seed corn” to grow additional bacteria that then serve as an energy source for the “social amoeba” it travels with. The second strain of bacteria is a weaponized version of the first, butt since it’s toxic it provides protection for its host. Clever little protozoa: packin’ both guns and butter. Butt I...

Obama to Hillary! (real topic of their recent meeting): "I need a big shiny distraction to keep my name off Drudge. Make it so." Hillary! to Huma: "Hang in there girlfriend. Your rewards will be lavish!" Huma to Weiner: "I don't care how many dick jokes you have to listen to! You keep campaigning! I may let you lick my boot tonight." Weiner to campaign staff: "Onward to victory!" Campaign staff to NY Daily News: "We were hoping to ride these coattails somewhere other than late-night comedy fodder. Does Spitzer have better catering at his phone banks?" Then some vulgar...

Q. So what kind of summer have you been having? A. Wild. To some degree it's been exactly what I expected. To some degree, it's been the most surreal experience of my life. The great unknown when I got into the race was whether I'd ever get the chance to talk to the citizens about the issues. I knew what the guys who write the wood (front page headlines) would want to talk about. What the late night comics would want to talk about. And I launched this campaign on a gamble that I'd get to talk to the citizens...