http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/schadenfreude/ en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:32:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410835/posts Global Warming: Russian analysts accuse Britain's Meteorological Office of cherry-picking Russian temperature data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures. Is Copenhagen rooted in a single tree in Siberia? Michael Mann, a Penn State meteorologist, wrote in Friday's Washington Post that "stolen" e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit still don't alter the evidence for climate change. Mann, a creator of the discredited hockey-stick graph used in reports from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to show man-made warming, attacks climate skeptics, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, saying they "confuse the public." Chutzpah has been... Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410835/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:32:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370039/posts VANITY Fair yesterday took some of the deepest staff cuts at Condé Nast, but Editor Graydon Carter didn't deliver the bad news himself. Although Carter was said to have been at his restaurant, The Monkey Bar, Wednesday night, he was a no show in the office yesterday because he had jetted off on a vacation yesterday morning. Vanity Fair's layoffs were said to be in the double-digit range, and hit as high as senior editors and as low as fact checkers, and were deep, in part, because Carter largely ignored the edict to chop 5 percent late last year. Additional... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370039/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361655/posts CHRIS MATTHEWS: You guys see Live and Let Die, the great Bond film with Yaphet Kotto as the bad guy, Mr. Big? In the end they jam a big CO2 pellet in his face and he blew up. I have to tell you, Rush Limbaugh is looking more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebodys going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and hes going to explode like a giant blimp. That day may come. Not yet. But well be there to watch. I think hes Mr. Big, I think Yaphet Kotto. Are you... NumberOneLevinFan/YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361655/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:50:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357381/posts If Kanye West doesn't regret hijacking Taylor Swift, he will now -- we're told his concert tour with Lady Gaga was scrapped because ticket sales sucked. And "sucked" happens to be a nicer version of the word we were told. And not only that -- our insiders say another factor in the cancellation was West and Gaga's people were at each others throats like their last names were Gosselin........ TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357381/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 07:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2302930/posts Amsterdam becoming the car tipping capital of the world?Ever seen one of those little Smart cars? They may be pretty rare in the US, but in Europe you'll have a hard time not being able to find the little buggers. Especially in the major cities of Europe, the small cars are extremely popular, as they are a breeze to park. In fact, they are so easy to park, that many owners can fit two of them in a single parking spot. Smart car owners in Amsterdam may be starting to have second thoughts about their little cars, because of an... Gadling http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2302930/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298639/posts July 22, 2009Can the Schadenfreude, GOPGene Schwimmer One detects the acrid odor of hubris wafting from Republican quarters, the kind of hubris that leaves egg on the face of those arrogant enough to celebrate prematurely a flailing president's political demise. While pointing out favorable (to Republicans) trends, Republicans need to avoid gloating lest they have their prematurely triumphal blogs and articles thrown back at them if, Clinton-like, Obama's numbers do a complete turnaround, and Obama resumes and even intensifies his egotistical preening, while his supporters gloat, "Hey, GOP, remember when you were publishing smug "analyses" of every decline in Obama's... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298639/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285772/posts Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has done nothing to secure her release. Speaking to Press TV from inside the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel's 22-day war on the Gaza Strip. “Operation Cast Lead was made possible by the US taxpayers' gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, cluster bombs and anything that kills," she told Press TV from inside the Israeli jail on Saturday. McKinney has been in... Iran Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285772/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:08:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264451/posts President Obama is just killing the progressive movement. For the past few years, liberal activists have gathered in Washington each spring for the Take Back America conference, where speaker after speaker -- Obama sometimes among them -- would give rollicking denunciations of the Bush administration before packed rooms of partisans. But now that Obama has actually taken back America, the activists at this year's gathering feel a bit like the dog that finally caught up with the car. Organizers changed the name from Take Back America to America's Future Now, but that didn't prevent a sharp decline in participation. At... Washington comPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264451/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:42:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263773/posts [snip] Final paragraph: All must agree that the die is cast and a hard judgment made. Otherwise progressive politics will be dragged down at a general election in May 2010 that could lead to a much bigger defeat than Labour suffered in 1979. That might bring a chance for other parties to take it forward, as the Liberal Democrats are trying to do in this election. But they are not placed to enter government. Labour has a year left before an election; its current leader would waste it. It is time to cut him loose. The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263773/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255681/posts As the Wall Street Journal reports, and as we’ve written about before, the Obama Administration is getting ready to be much tougher than its predecessor in the anti-trust realm. The terrible irony is that a large number of tech executives and workers at Silicon Valley companies supported the Obama candidacy and now it may impact them in a very direct way. All this goes double for Google, whose CEO Eric Schmidt was an advisor to Obama on technology issues. The new head of anti-trust for the US Department of Justice, Christine Varney, has already used the “m-word” in connection with... Search Engine Land http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255681/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 18:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243667/posts German linguists might have to add a couple syllables to “schadenfreude” to capture the sentiments of those observing the NY Times/Boston Globe death match. People aren’t just revelling in the papers’ misfortune anymore. They can now simultaneously delight in the Times’ hypocrisy. On today’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle blasted the NY Times as the “most hypocritical media company in the world” for what he sees as the Gray Lady’s bullying of the employees at its subsidiary, the Boston Globe. View video here. FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243667/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 11:31:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241279/posts Paper Cuts: 'New York Times' Union Agrees In another sign of the dire situation facing American newspapers, the Newspaper Guild in New York City agreed to a 5% cut in salary for members at The New York Times, clearing the way for reductions that will affect newsroom staff and a number of other salaried professionals. The pay cut is meant to be temporary -- ending Dec. 3 -- but given current revenue trends, may become permanent. The union faced a choice between the pay cut and the loss of 80 jobs in the newsroom and elsewhere -- an increasingly common... Media Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241279/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:17:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221987/posts Hollywood, needing to cut costs in lean times, is starting to say no to its stars. For years, top movie stars often landed deals paying them a percentage -- sometimes as much as 20% -- of a studio's take of box-office revenues from the first dollar the movie makes, even if it turned out to be a flop that cost the studio millions. As a result, the biggest celebrities broke the $20 million mark. Eddie Murphy got that kind of payday for the flop "Meet Dave," which cost Twentieth Century Fox about $70 million and took in only $11.8 million... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221987/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 01:36:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217949/posts The economy's gone bust, and so have they. Scores of professional New York women stripped of their six-figure jobs are now working as "gentlemen's club entertainers" at upscale Manhattan jiggle joints. Former Wall Streeters, fashion executives and real-estate agents are pole dancing and strip ping for as much as $1,500 a night -- but also because they like the flexible hours. Randi Newton, 28, who lives in Midtown, was a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley before the crash but was fired. "A few nights after I got laid off, I went with friends to a strip club to get drunk... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217949/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217942/posts As a rookie broker at a mom-and-pop mortgage company in Federal Way, Rob Collins had a killer month writing loans in the frothy, frenzied 2005 housing market. He made $37,000. So he took $5,000 in cash and his fiancée, Heidi, to Bellevue Square. “I told her, ‘We’re not leaving here until we spend it all,’” Rob recalled this week. They spent it all right. Heidi bought a pair of designer Richmond jeans, diamond stud earrings, and some odds and ends to supplement her wardrobe. Rob, always impeccably dressed, bought clothes too, including an Italian leather jacket. Over the following 18... The News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217942/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217199/posts Silicon Valley venture capitalists, who have applauded the Obama administration's science, energy and health care initiatives, are growing increasingly anxious that the president and Congress will subject their industry to both closer scrutiny and higher taxation. Obama's budget plan already signals changes in tax policy. And new fears were raised by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's statement Thursday that advisers to venture capital funds, private equity firms and hedge funds should for the first time be required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and file reports to enable the government to assess whether the funds "individually or collectively pose... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217199/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206931/posts A woman who allegedly intended to artificially inseminate her wife with her brother's semen has been charged with domestic assault and battery. Pittsfield police responded to a call shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city's Morningside neighborhood, where the assault allegedly occurred. Stephanie K. Lighten, 26, was released on personal recognizance after denying the allegations in Central Berkshire District Court Wednesday morning. The Berkshire Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206931/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189364/posts Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 11:18 PM Goldfield for News Marlo Saab hasn't missed a payment yet but wonders how much longer he can manage the $3,400 in monthly mortgage payments. Related News Articles Bam unveils plan to help homeowners Analysis: Rescue finally comin' home Marlo Saab bought a $555,000, two-family home in Queens three years ago - no money down. Now, teetering on the brink of defaulting on his mortgage, Saab is looking to President Obama's plan for struggling homeowners to help him hold on to his house. "I think that his plan gives us hope," said Saab, 40, a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189364/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:35:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188615/posts Check out this very ugly chart: Shares of NYT (NYT) dropped 29 cents today to close at $3.77. The Sunday paper goes for $4 at the newsstand. Maybe they could save costs by printing the paper on their stock certificates. Crossing Wall Street http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188615/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:07:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185613/posts They thought they were buying a piece of history but many customers now say they were ripped off. katu.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185613/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:12:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163177/posts Mr. Lereah Called 'Soft Landing' in 2006; It Didn't Come, and Now His Portfolio StinksFAIRFAX STATION, VA. -- On a recent weekday, David Lereah sat in the sunroom of his five-bedroom colonial house. The only sound was the yapping of his dog Maisy. Once one of the world's most-visible housing experts, Mr. Lereah is disconnected from his old life. The former chief economist for the National Association of Realtors says the group's top executives won't return his phone calls. Mr. Lereah, who says he left NAR voluntarily, says he was pressured by executives to issue optimistic forecasts -- then was... WSJ Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163177/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146594/posts CHICAGO – His career in shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung defiantly to power Wednesday, ignoring a call to step down from President-elect Barack Obama and a warning that Senate Democrats will not let him appoint a new senator from the state. "Everyone is calling for his head," said Barbara Flynn Currie, a leader in the Illinois Senate and, like the governor, a Democrat. One day after Blagojevich's arrest, fellow Illinois politicians sought to avoid the taint of scandal-by-association. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said at a news conference in Washington that he was Senate Candidate 5 in the government's criminal... yahoo.news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146594/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:25:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146242/posts President-elect Barack Obama is calling for the Illinois governor to resign. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president-elect agrees with other prominent politicians in Illinois and elsewhere that "under the current circumstances, it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois." Washington Examinier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146242/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146404/posts A lawyer for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the congressman is the "Senate Candidate 5" mentioned in the federal corruption complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146404/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146514/posts Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) on Wednesday denied authorizing anyone to offer arrested Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) money in exchange for a senatorial appointment. A federal document laying out the corruption case against Blagojevich on Tuesday made reference to a "Candidate Five" for President-elect Obama’s former Senate seat who fits Jackson’s profile. Blagojevich says in federal wiretaps that a representative for the candidate offered to raise Blagojevich $500,000 in exchange for the appointment. Jackson used specific words from the document, including “pay to play” and “emissary,” and denied he had anything to do with such an arrangement. “I’ve rejected pay-to-play... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146514/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:18:35 GMT