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23 Dec 2011 09:04

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Culture: Alec Baldwin’s not “horny” enough to be New York City’s mayor

  • They’re like a guy on a date that you can tell he just can’t wait to get his hand up your blouse before even the lights go out in the theater. They’re all just so horny for it.
  • Alec Baldwin • Describing the people running for New York City mayor in 2013. The unabashedly liberal Baldwin was thinking about leaving his role at “30 Rock” to do the same. But recently, for whatever reason, he decided to stay on as ultra-conservative Jack Donaghy. “I’ve got a good job,” the actor rambled. “Am I doing ‘To Kill a Mockingbird?’ No. I’m doing a sitcom. But we have fun, and it’s a family.” source
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27 Jan 2011 19:04

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U.S.: Does Rahm Emanuel get to stay on the Chicago mayoral ballot?

  • YES so step off Rahm-en Boy’s back, hataz source
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25 Jan 2011 13:44

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U.S.: Rahm stays alive as Illinois Supreme Court grants a stay

  • one year The amount of time that Rahm Emanuel had to live in Chicago to qualify for the mayoral ballot, which Monday an Appellate Court ruled he’d failed to do.
  • one day The amount of time that it took for the Illinois Supreme Court to grant Emanuel’s request for a stay, ordering that his name be put back on the ballot. source
  • » Rahm isn’t out of the woods just yet: Illinois’ highest court issued the stay in light of the Emanuel campaign’s pending appeal, but they haven’t yet decided whether to hear his case. If they do, his lawyers will have to convince seven justices to overturn the Appellate ruling. That said, as the Board of Election Commissioners are about to begin printing the ballots for early voting (which starts Monday), this is a critical success for Emanuel’s mayoral ambitions.
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24 Jan 2011 13:52

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U.S.: Emanuel’s Chicago mayoral candidacy struck down by court

  • NO Rahm Emanuel is not eligible to run for mayor of Chicago source
  • » What happened: A state appeals court ruled that while Rahm owned property in Chicago for the requisite amount of time necessary (one year), he wasn’t actually living there, and thus is ineligible for the election. In a world in which rivals sometimes accuse each other of being “carpet-baggers,” it probably stings to have an official ruling saying so.
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01 Jan 2011 10:22

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Politics: Chicago mayoral race: Danny Davis chooses not to split the vote

Davis, who’s been very critical of Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral run, is out. This is smart, because he’s putting his energy behind fellow black candidate Carol Moseley Braun, a former senator. source
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29 Dec 2010 21:53

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U.S.: Michael Bloomberg: Sorry about NYC’s crappy 911 service, guys

  • My heart really does go out to those who experienced trauma and tragedy during the storm. We take our emergency life-saving responsibilities very seriously and I’m extremely dissatisfied with the way our emergency-response systems performed.
  • New York mayor Michael Bloomberg • Expressing remorse about the crappy 911 service in NYC over the last couple of days due to the snow, which is leaving quite the mark on his reign. Multiple people died due to lacking and downright unavailable service, and over 1,700 911 calls went unanswered on Monday night and were stuck in a massive backlog. But the call volume itself was something else on Monday – 49,400 calls, the sixth-highest volume the emergency line has received in New York history. What happened, Mikey? source
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28 Dec 2010 21:08

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Politics: Chicago politician: News release a personal note to Bill Clinton

  • You just wouldn’t want your friends to be campaigning against you. I’ve enjoyed a great friendship and relationship and have a tremendous amount of affinity for both the Clintons … and I’d like to keep it that way.
  • Rep. Danny Davis • Suggesting that Bill Clinton would be jeopardizing his friendship with Davis if the former president endorsed Rahm Emanuel over Davis or Carol Mosley Braun, the other black candidate running for Chicago mayor. Davis was responding to an earlier news release where he suggested Clinton’s relationship with the black community in Chicago would be “fractured and perhaps even broken” if he went to stump for Emanuel. Davis suggested the news release was a personal appeal to Clinton. Wait wait wait … personal appeals do not come in press release form. Call him if you want to talk to him. News releases mean you want to start crap with a popular former president out in public, so you’re telling the press. source
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22 Sep 2010 19:55

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Politics: Rahm Emanuel, the next Chicago mayor? Take a number, buddy

  • positive If Rahm Emanuel were to leave the White House to run for mayor of Chicago, he has a decent chance of doing well.
  • negative Everybody and their brother is thinking of running for Mayor Daley’s seat, meaning it’d be a freaking huge fight. source
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18 Sep 2010 15:12

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Politics: Michael Bloomberg decides to put his muscle behind the center

  • Backing Harry Reid and Meg Whitman. Pushing for cooperation. Where have you been? The NYC mayor, known for both his high-spending ways and his love of the iPad, has been starting to put some of his weight into a bunch of key national political campaigns lately. Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, has been making a concerted effort to help encourage more agreeability in Congress. Could Bloomberg, who thinks the Tea Party is a fad, run for president? He’d be someone we’d at least look at. source
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07 Sep 2010 20:33

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Politics: Richard M. Daley just gave Rahm Emanuel some great news

  • cause Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley isn’t going to run for reelection. He’s been mayor since 1989. Just like his dad, he’s an institution.
  • effect Rahm Emanuel is possibly going to run, because he’s always wanted to. The path’s now clear. He may just do it. source
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