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The Guild 4-27-2005 Confections of a Beltway insider
u-dailynews.com ^ | Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | Natalie Haughton

Posted on 04/27/2005 4:58:06 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty

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To: mountaineer

Don't know if you read the Powerline blog, but they've caught the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a very funny contradiction!

It would be an understatement to say there is a long running feud between them...the Star Trib has made no secret of their contempt for blogs.

In this case, the Star Trib ran a Sunday editorial praising the filibuster and minority rights and denouncing the proposed "nuclear option". Powerline posted two editorials, from 1993 and 94, in which the very same editorial board denounced Republicans for using the filibuster and standing in the way of Clinton's agenda. The 1994 editorial specifically supported a proposal to get rid of the filibuster. The deputy editorial writer sent several emails to Powerline saying the paper had not flipped because "they had never supported a move to eliminate the filibuster" when Dems were in control.

Oops. The editor finally had to write back and admit they had flipped. Now he says the paper owes its readers an explanation for the contrary positions, depending on who's in the majority. Should be interesting to read if they ever publish it.


http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010296.php
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010274.php


41 posted on 04/27/2005 7:20:43 PM PDT by Timeout (Dean & the Bike Path Left: aging anti-warriors who use "summer" as a verb~~Jonah)
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To: mountaineer
A report in this morning's WaPo details an internal investigation at the NAACP that Kweisi Mfume gave raises, promotions and demotions based on relationships with women who worked there. Mfume denies it, of course.

THIS, however, struck me as the oddest defense I've read in a long time:

In 1999, staff lawyers conducted an inquiry after two women got into a loud verbal altercation, allegedly over his attentions.
...
Mfume acknowledged yesterday that he dated one of the women in that altercation...for "three months" and later adopted her 4-year-old son. The boy is now 15, he said. The woman now works for the Maryland Department of Transportation.

42 posted on 04/28/2005 4:07:49 AM PDT by Timeout (Dean & the Bike Path Left: aging anti-warriors who use "summer" as a verb~~Jonah)
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To: Timeout

Hadn't Kwazy already fathered several children out of wedlock, or am I thinking of another prominent black politician?


43 posted on 04/28/2005 6:03:55 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Timeout

As for Lyon, if we do go to France again, I'm hoping to explore the south, Provence, etc. Dinner in Lyon could be one of those once-in-a-lifetime big splurge events!


44 posted on 04/28/2005 6:06:54 AM PDT by mountaineer
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This may be a form of poetic justice:


TYCO is auctioning off a fortune in antiques belonging to the company's disgraced CEO Dennis Kozlowski, but it turns out the costly clutter is only worth a fraction of what he paid. Several items formerly scattered about Kozlowski's $16.8 million Fifth Avenue apartment are included in Sotheby's French & Continental Furniture sale tonight at the auction house's York Avenue galleries, insiders say.

We're told Kozlowski purchased over $1 million worth of antiques at L'Antiquaire & the Connoisseur, Helen Fioratti's East 73rd Street gallery. But Kozlowski — or rather Tyco — wildly overpaid for what he apparently believed were incredibly rare items. Sotheby's experts have appraised the treasures at far below what Kozlowski paid.

"I'm very surprised to hear that," Kozlowski told The Post's Laura Italiano during a break in his retrial on fraud charges yesterday. "I just had a turnkey operation."

He was referring to his defense counsel's contention that Kozlowski was not directly responsible for buying any of the furnishings, but rather gave his decorators a budget and trusted them to look after things. ...(Page Six)


45 posted on 04/28/2005 6:35:00 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
Love is in the air, Tom Cruise snaeking around with 'Batman' star Katie Holmes in Italy...


46 posted on 04/28/2005 7:31:36 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: mountaineer

It is Kweisi Mfume ( pronounced Kweisi Mfume ) who has a boatload of illegitimate kiddies around the country.

I think his real name is Fizzle my Schnizzle or something like that.


47 posted on 04/28/2005 9:55:27 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Tina, eat the ham you fat lard!)
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To: mountaineer

We've already determined that our next trip will be Provence/Tuscany. Lyon could easily be tacked onto that itinerary!

Although....if we were all in Provence...would we really want to leave and head for Lyon?! I imagine we could find a few gastronomic delights right there in Provence.


48 posted on 04/28/2005 10:24:48 AM PDT by Timeout (Dean & the Bike Path Left: aging anti-warriors who use "summer" as a verb~~Jonah)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
I think his real name is Fizzle my Schnizzle or something like that.

Fo shizzle.

49 posted on 04/28/2005 10:49:20 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Timeout
Goodbye Anglina and Brad, it's been fun!


50 posted on 04/28/2005 11:39:24 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: gopwinsin04

Hey! I have the same sunglasses as Katie Holmes ( who is a fetus, by the way)


51 posted on 04/28/2005 11:46:52 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Tina, eat the ham you fat lard!)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
She's not a fetus anymore, now she's graduated to a being a media beard/publicity prop for 'Mission Impossible 3'! Ol' Tommy boy has to keep his hetero street cred at acceptable levels...


52 posted on 04/28/2005 1:19:24 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: BigWaveBetty; All
Hillary is getting so much face time, she finally broke down and bought a new blouse...which is totally inappropriate for the black pant suits, bless her heart.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) greets tourists after a press conference at the Jefferson Memorial on April 28, 2005.

53 posted on 04/28/2005 10:36:37 PM PDT by daisyscarlett
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What a creepy quartet this is (that is dingy Harry in the cool shades, lol)


55 posted on 04/28/2005 10:40:37 PM PDT by daisyscarlett
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To: daisyscarlett

Good grief! It looks like Ellie Mae Clampett meets Ole' Crusty!


56 posted on 04/28/2005 10:45:28 PM PDT by pubmom (I'm out of clever things to say.)
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To: pubmom
Lol...

Meanwhile, Laura is looking super, visiting inner city schools in California...


57 posted on 04/28/2005 10:54:34 PM PDT by daisyscarlett
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To: daisyscarlett
Pink gingham? Lawzamercy! Perhaps she's picked up several more checked blouses for summer wear. Which color will she wear with the banana yellow pantsuit, I wonder? Maybe watermelon, for a cool fruit salad look.

In the news today:

DISGRACED former White House reporter/male escort Jeff Gannon can't believe no one has invited him to tomorrow's White House Correspondents Dinner. "It seems to me to be odd to exclude the one person who has brought more attention to the White House press corps than anyone else in years," Gannon tells PAGE SIX's Jared Paul Stern. "Probably many who would want to extend such an invitation already assume I will be in attendance." Gannon, whose real name is James Guckert, quit his job with the conservative Talon News earlier this year after his fake name, lack of journalistic qualifications and male escort connections came to light. The dinner usually features several stars and sensational guests such as Paula Jones to liven things up. The sub-par star lineup this year includes Robert Duvall, Burt Reynolds, Randy Quaid, Ron Silver, Patricia Heaton and Anne Hathaway. (Page Six)

This from Cindy Adams:

Les Moonves says CBS' post-Rather news that he absolutely guarantees will be "very different and innovative," will be in place "late this summer"

"Different and innovative"? Does that mean truthful? What a novel concept.

58 posted on 04/29/2005 4:49:16 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: gopwinsin04
Is it me or is Tom's jacket extremely gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that...


59 posted on 04/29/2005 5:01:34 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (~~Secretary of Keepin' It Real)
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To: Timeout
he dated one of the women in that altercation...for "three months" and later adopted her 4-year-old son.

And then what? Does the child live with him or mom? WaPo doesn't say.

Our suspicions have been confirmed, Chrissy Matthews is a coward. Zell Miller has a new book out and Chrissy went to all the trouble to run the video of he and Zell's dust up at the Republican Convention but didn't book Zell for the show. Zell's publicist wrote Matthews a letter.

60 posted on 04/29/2005 5:14:12 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (~~Secretary of Keepin' It Real)
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