Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Yeah, that’ll make up for it.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who slept with the wife of his campaign manager and close friend Alex Tourk, has released the details of a financial agreement with the wronged husband. Tourk — of course — confronted the mayor when he found out about the affair. And, of course, told him to go fuck himself…which of course meant resigning.
But the Mayor will continue to pay Tourk’s salary until the former campaign manager finds another job.
“The overall picture is this – Alex Tourk has a 3-year-old son, a family and a mortgage. When he resigned, he requested to be paid his salary until he accepted another position. The mayor agreed with that request,” [spokesman Sam] Singer said.
Kelly Benander, a spokeswoman for Newsom’s re-election campaign, stressed that the agreement was a personal promise from the mayor and that no formal agreement has been reached.
“There was a commitment made to pay Alex the most generous separation agreement under the law. The lawyers are currently working out the details of that package. No formal agreement has been reached other than a personal commitment,” Benander said today.
Pretty magnanimous of the mayor if all he did was check the oil in the family garage. But it’s a pretty cheap way to take care of whatever support issues are involved if…well…so far as I know, the timelines involved in this whole mess do create some questions along those lines.
Is it a topic for public deliberation? Maybe not. Not…until…the Newsom campaign chose to release these details. To rehabilitate the mayor’s image among his constituents? Perhaps, perhaps not. Does it even matter. It isn’t even settled that such an arrangement could be legal. If the whole thing was a private matter, it isn’t anymore.
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