http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/scandal/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:52:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415891/posts Easley Scandal Budget Woes Top N.C. Story ListBY SCOTT MOONEYHAM: CAPITOL PRESS ASSOCIATION Updated: December 26, 2009 at 15:54 pm Two governors -- one leaving office, the other beginning -- probably couldn't imagine the troubles that they would see as 2009 began. **SNIP** Plenty of Scandal Helping that cause may be a year filled with political scandal. Mike Easley left office already having squandered the political capital built as an outsider and anti-politician. The image began crumbling when his wife, Mary, landed a $170,000 job at N.C. State University. By spring, published reports about Mike Easley flying around on private... The Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415891/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:52:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412845/posts The multimillion-dollar deals cut with Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and others to win the 60 votes needed for the historic health care reform bill gave President Barack Obama the margin he needed to fulfill a central campaign promise — but may also have upped the ante for future presidential horse trading. With the bill hanging in the balance, Nelson won a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal critics have dubbed the Cornhusker Kickback is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years. Before a close vote... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412845/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412631/posts Ellen Goodman is morally troubled. The liberal columnist for The Boston Globe surveys the moral landscape and laments "there's no shame in the game." Goodman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, whose observations are predictably liberal and feminist, but also marked by a keen eye for cultural detail. I still remember a column she wrote almost thirty years ago about an abandoned church being transformed into a condominium. In "Whatever Happened to Shame?," published in the December 18 edition of the Boston paper, Goodman reports that The New York Post has hired Ashley Dupre, the prostitute at the center of the... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412631/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412331/posts Now that Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership have secured the 60 votes needed to override any potential move by Republicans to block the measure, Congress is set to force the public into a 2-trillion-dollar healthcare deal that the U.S. cannot afford. With multi-trillion-dollar deficits and a national debt that stands at 12 trillion (106 trillion when you include unfunded liabilities), the healthcare bill that Obama and his talking mouthpieces in the state-run media refer to as 'historic' will set into motion a truly 'historic' snowball effect that will end in complete bankruptcy and financial and economic ruin. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412331/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411616/posts Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has apparently issued an ultimatum to four bishops embroiled in the Irish Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal — to either quit or be fired by the Vatican. IrishCentral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411616/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:11:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408226/posts Rumors have been circulating for several days through Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood that former U.S. Sen. John Edwards bought a home here for his admitted former mistress, Rielle Hunter. And now the National Enquirer is reporting in its Dec. 21 issue that Edwards has, in fact, bought a house here that the Charlotte Business Journal has identified as a residence on Providence Road. Edwards, the vice presidential nominee on the 2004 Democratic ticket and a presidential candidate last year, saw his political career derail after details of the affair emerged. In late 2007, the Enquirer first reported claims from an... Charlotte Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408226/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:56:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407174/posts ClimateGate Research Unit Disables Its Website By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-12-14 10:03 The Climatic Research Unit at the heart of the ClimateGate [0] scandal has taken down most of the information previously available at its website. Prior to November's release of controversial e-mail messages and documents from Britain's University of East Anglea, there was a separate website for the institution's CRU that allowed readers to review articles and studies created by and for the Unit. Now, no matter what link one tries to access via a Google search, it directs you to a page that reads: "Due to the present... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407174/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:47:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406746/posts After nearly a month and counting since the story broke on the biggest scandal in scientific history, a major daily newspaper has finally undertaken a thorough examination of the evidence in the Climategate scandal. Granted, the newspaper in question is not in the United States but the U.K. And still, even after a month the television news broadcasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC continue to ignore the story. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406746/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406609/posts It certainly did not take a long time for one of the world's greatest athletes to fall from grace. Just a few weeks ago, the only news Tiger Woods made was on the golf course. Then suddenly, everything changed. In one incredible, tragic moment, Woods became persona non grata. How did this fall from grace occur? Why did this shining star in the world of professional sports virtually destroy his career and marriage in one fell swoop? Because he could. Propped up by celebrity, ego massagers and roadies, Woods could get anything and everything he wanted in an easily accessible... America Talks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406609/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:25:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406406/posts Which Prostitution Scandal Is Worse, Tiger Woods or Max Baucus?December 11, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, Tiger Woods. New York Daily News today. It actually looks like an AP story: "Tiger Woods was into threesomes and shelled out more than $60,000 to cat around with high-priced hookers, a Hollywood madam claimed Thursday. 'One of his favorites was Loredana Jolie,' Michelle Braun told the Daily News, describing the gorgeous blond as a Playboy model from Sicily who's been living in New York since age 14. 'She's a stunning girl,' said Braun," who I guess is the madam here. "'He went out... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406406/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406209/posts While the United Nations attempts to force every citizen in every nation on earth to disarm, touting the exceeding wickedness of guns, apparently firearms are preferred by U.N. officials themselves--particularly when their spokespersons are placed in the most uncomfortable position of having to answer questions about Climategate. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406209/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405947/posts House of Lords, 8 December 2009: Lord Turnbull: My Lords, on first reading the Committee on Climate Change’s latest progress report, I found it an impressive document. It was broad in scope and very detailed. But the more I dug into it the more troubled I became. Below the surface there are serious questions about the foundations on which it has been constructed. There are questions in four areas-the framework created by the Climate Change Act 2008, the policy responses at EU and UK level, the estimate of costs and finally the scientific basis on which the whole scheme of... Watts up with That http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405947/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405618/posts We already know that the Obama Administration and the state-run media (SRM) represented by Couric, Williams, and Gibson have suppressed information on the bombshell 'Climategate' scandal, so why should we believe them on anything else? Obama stated in a speech this week that his 'stimulus' packages were working, that millions of jobs had been 'created or saved,' and that the economic figures indicate the first stages of a turnaround. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405618/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404724/posts As the climategate scandal continues to unfold exposing the biggest scientific fraud in human history, the smoking guns abound. The so-called 'hacked' emails between fraudulent scientists who succeeded in perpetrating the hoax were not hacked at all. They were leaked...by an insider who is now a heroic whistleblower. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404724/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:13:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403331/posts Dear fellow member of the American Physical Society: This is a matter of great importance to the integrity of the Society. It is being sent to a random fraction of the membership, so we hope you will pass it on. By now everyone has heard of what has come to be known as ClimateGate, which was and is an international scientific fraud, the worst any of us have seen in our cumulative 223 years of APS membership. For those who have missed the news we recommend the excellent summary article by Richard Lindzen in the November 30 edition of the... Watts up with That http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403331/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:15:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2402685/posts Republican Glenn Richardson has been dogged by talks of an alleged affair with a lobbyist and has admitted to struggling with depression. He leaves office Jan. 1. BY RICHARD FAUSSET Atlanta - Embroiled in a strange and unsavory drama involving a suicide attempt and allegations of an affair with a lobbyist, Georgia's powerful House Speaker Glenn Richardson, a Republican, said Thursday that he would resign. The announcement by Richardson -- a hard-charging, family-values conservative -- came amid Republicans' mounting calls for his ouster and fears that a lingering sex and ethics scandal could harm the Georgia GOP in next year's... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2402685/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402521/posts World Agenda: Oil-for-Food scandal 'a warning for all at Hopenhagen'December 7, 2009 Delegates to the climate change conference in Copenhagen should remember the dread words “Oil-for-Food”. World leaders plan to design global “Cap-and-Trade” system — which could grow to $2 trillion (£1.22 trillion) — to limit greenhouse gas emissions in a last-gasp bid to reverse global warming. Environmental critics such as James Hansen, the Nasa scientist considered the “grandfather of global warming”, have made conceptual objections to Cap-and-Trade, which they dismiss as ineffectual. But even if the system is created, there are enormous pitfalls. Key parts of Cap-and-Trade have a... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402521/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402203/posts Jaimee Grubbs -- a 24-year-old cocktail waitress who broke the news to Us Weekly that she had a 31-month affair with Tiger Woods -- says the golfer, 33, never wanted to use protection. "He didn't use a condom," says Grubbs, who adds that Woods also didn't ask if she was on birth control, either. "It wasn't even discussed. He just never used one." Apparently, he also didn't use condoms while bedding 33-year-old restaurant manager Mindy Lawton, according to Lawton's sister, Lynn. "She said he never wore condoms," Lynn told British tabloid, News of the World. "I was so worried she... US Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402203/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401239/posts Leaked emails from the Climatic Research Unit show how the world's weightiest climate data has been distorted. Climate Realists http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401239/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401012/posts Even the BBC didn't let this scoop get away. A segment on the Dec. 3 broadcast of BBC's "Newsnight," showed the implications of the story behind the so-called "ClimateGate" scandal are more than just e-mails concealing data, but an incompetence analyzing the data by way of faulty computer code. John Graham-Cumming, a British programmer known for the open source "POPFile email filtering program" explained how the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) had wholesale problems with its computer programming analyzing climate change data, with billion, if not even trillions of dollars, on the line. ...more (w/video)... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401012/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400816/posts So Senator Baucus is nominating his girlfriend for U.S. Attorney jobs, while she was on his staff: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30228.html While Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson is holding hearings to get money from the credit card industry (according to his own former staffer): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120402256.html?hpid=topnews The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400816/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400172/posts November was a horrendous month for global warming propagandists, what with somebody hacking into the computers of East Anglia University's Central Research Union (CRU) and exposing thousands of emails detailing how climate change data had been systematically cooked. Now it looks like December could be another bad month because the Copenhagen Post Online brings word of an exploding scandal in the Scandanavian nation involving massive fraud in the trading of the Danish CO2 Quotas Register. That's Denmark's cap-and-trade system in which companies buy and sell carbon emissions credits. The Obama-Waxman-Markey and Boxer-Kerry global warming cap-and-trade bills now before Congress are... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400172/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:54:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399365/posts Japan's leader apologizes for donation scandal PROBE DOGS PRIME MINISTER Family linked to fake campaign contributions By Blaine Harden Tuesday, December 1, 2009 TOKYO -- For politicians in Japan, the road to scandal usually winds through construction companies, defense contractors or a mistress. For newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the road leads to his mother, an octogenarian heiress. Prosecutors have traced about $10.4 million that Yasuko Hatoyama, 87, gave to her son over a five-year period ending in 2008, sources in the investigation have told major news outlets in Japan. Some of that money was reportedly funneled into fake... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399365/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399147/posts For a couple decades now too many members of the American celebrity and sports class have made millions The Madonna Way: pimping their deviant behavior into fame and fortune — shoving their thug lives, drug lives, and sex lives down our throats and, unforgivably, the throats of our children. With only “at least I’m not a hypocrite” as an excuse, these irredeemables have waged a war to destroy morality, and heaven help those who complain or demand restraint, for we will mercilessly be ridiculed and demeaned as suburban hypocrites, Puritans and worse. Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399147/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398627/posts Spotted this in the "Tiger answers fan emails" section of his official website. It's dated Nov 20. No wonder his wife was ready to take his head off lol: Do you enjoy playing so far away from home? I can imagine that, now that you have children, it's got to be hard to be so far away from them. — Rupert from Houston You're exactly right, Rupert. Now, it's very difficult to leave Elin and the children, and I'm sure it's only going to get tougher. Once Sam and Charlie start school, it won't be easy to take them out... TigerWoods.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398627/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:40:02 GMT