http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/spitzer/ en-us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:19:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280799/posts On March 13, 2008, we had this to say when then-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, resigned after getting caught patronizing high-priced prostitutes: His fall "reminds voters that politicians comprise the last class of people worthy of the deification they are afforded. ... Mr. Spitzer's downfall underscores how politicians care less about public service than getting elected and re-elected, and amassing power with all its corrupting influences. It shows how the incessant flattery of journalists and regal treatment of subordinates creates egomaniacs who believe themselves entitled to special treatment and exempt from everyday laws. Most of all, it emphasizes... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280799/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278859/posts South Carolina's chief executive isn't the first to earn headlines for acting odd. A look at governors' unusual behavior: -Mark Sanford; South Carolina governor, 2003 to present: Sanford disappeared last week on a secretive vacation, out of pocket from staff, state leaders and even his wife. He had also once put a "spending clock" outside his office to show how quickly a proposed budget would spend state money, and brought pigs to the House chamber to protest pork he said lawmakers left in a budget. -Earl Long; governor of Louisiana, 1939-1940, 1948-1952, 1956-1960: Long had an affair with a stripper,... The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278859/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:55:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254446/posts The state inspector general released nearly 2,000 pages of documents on Tuesday related to his just-completed investigation into the State Ethics Commission and its reputed leaks of information to the Spitzer administration. But the most revealing records in those documents chronicle a visit that the inspector general, Joseph Fisch, made to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer late last year. Mr. Fisch sought to interview Mr. Spitzer as part of the inquiry and found him hostile, frustrated over his experience in Albany and with his legendary temper in full bloom. The transcript of the interview, which had not previously been released, offered... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254446/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 03:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249726/posts The kerfuffle about current New York Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Stephen Friedman's purchase of some Goldman stock while the Fed was involved in reviewing major decisions about Goldman's future—well-covered by the Wall Street Journal here and here—raises a fundamental question about Wall Street's corruption. Just as the millions in AIG bonuses obscured the much more significant issue of the $70 billion-plus in conduit payments authorized by the N.Y. Fed to AIG's counterparties, the small issue of Friedman's stock purchase raises very serious issues about the competence and composition of the Federal Reserve of New York, which is the most powerful... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2249726/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 02:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245979/posts Arianna Huffington, an internet hate-site owner, and Eliot Spitzer, a whoremonger, liar and terminally arrogant prick, being given air-time on CNBC's "Squawk Box" this morning. I'm glad the mute button is working on my remote... Rick Santelli must be turning purple over there in the Chicgao trading pit. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245979/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 11:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245240/posts The federal government has asked an appeals court to reverse a ruling ordering the public release of sealed documents in the prostitution probe that led to the resignation of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Government lawyers filed papers Tuesday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing a judge was wrong to order the release of wiretap materials in the criminal case that ousted Spitzer. The government says the materials haven't been among court documents routinely made available to the public. It says Congress intended for the documents usually to remain secret. The New York Times had sought... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245240/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 12:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233381/posts SO maybe Eliot Spitzer did kill AIG, after all. Nobody doubts the in surance giant is basically kaput, or that the promix ate cause is billions in losses in obscure instruments known as credit-default swaps, or CDSs. But American International Group didn't go deadly deep into CDSs until after New York Attorney General Spitzer had forced out Maurice "Hank" Greenberg out as CEO. GO back to March 2005, just days after Spitzer scored his biggest scalp during his eight-year tenure as the Sheriff of Wall Street by compelling Greenberg's departure. The new CEO, long-time AIG executive Martin Sullivan, held an... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233381/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:14:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233248/posts SO maybe Eliot Spitzer did kill AIG, after all. Nobody doubts the in surance giant is basically kaput, or that the promix ate cause is billions in losses in obscure instruments known as credit-default swaps, or CDSs. But American International Group didn't go deadly deep into CDSs until after New York Attorney General Spitzer had forced out Maurice "Hank" Greenberg out as CEO. GO back to March 2005, just days after Spitzer scored his biggest scalp during his eight-year tenure as the Sheriff of Wall Street by compelling Greenberg's departure. The new CEO, long-time AIG executive Martin Sullivan, held an... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233248/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225163/posts Eliot Sptizer's year in the wilderness taught him nothing.....it's still all about him. He popped up on TV to hit the comeback trail....after being caught in consort with a call-girl -- humiliating himself and his family and delivering the state into the stunningly inept hands of then-Lieut Gov Paterson.....it's hard to know which of Spitzer's transgressions was more egregious: * The Ashley Dupre dalliance.....* Or making a play for black votes by placing Paterson just one hooker from the Executive Mansion......the current chaos in Albany may have enticed Spitzer to poke his head out his hidey-hole: his fundamental failure was... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225163/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609968/posts LOS ANGELES - Scientists think they have solved the mystery of how planets form around a star born in a violent supernova explosion, saying they have detected for the first time a swirling disk of debris from which planets can rise. The discovery is surprising because the dusty disk orbiting the pulsar, or dead star, resembles the cloud of gas and dust from which Earth emerged. Scientists say the latest finding should shed light on how planetary systems form. "It shows that planet formation is really ubiquitous in the universe. It's a very robust process and can happen in all... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609968/posts#comment Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:01:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210371/posts ALBANY, N.Y. – Eliot Spitzer has a few words to say about the AIG bonus brouhaha: I told you so. The former New York governor battered American International Group with charges of corruption long before his own dizzying downfall in a prostitution scandal. He has used this latest financial scandal to strike his old populist, Sheriff of Wall Street themes and, just maybe, mend his reputation — though critics contend that he bears a share of the blame for the insurance giant's historic near-collapse. Spitzer says the AIG bonus issue is "penny ante" compared to the billions of the insurer's... ASSociated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2210371/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:55:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202064/posts Eliot Spitzer choked her during sex, claims high-end call girl claims high-end call girl Updated Sunday, March 8th 2009, 3:08 PM Eliot Spitzer Altaffer/AP Eliot Spitzer Related News Articles * One year later: The Spitzer call girl scandal His political rivals used to accuse Eliot Spitzer of going for the jugular. Now a new call girl is claiming the former governor literally went for hers — claiming he wrapped his fingers around her neck during some kinky role-playing. As the first anniversary of his resignation as governor approaches, Spitzers Emperors Club VIP plaything Ashley Dupre is still holding back on... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202064/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201945/posts His political rivals used to accuse Eliot Spitzer of going for the jugular. Now a new call girl is claiming the former governor literally went for hers — claiming he wrapped his fingers around her neck during some kinky role-playing....Annie says she was working for madam Kristin Davis when she met Spitzer, who was then state attorney general, at Davis apartment at The Corinthian on E. 38th St. "He booked two hours," says Annie. "I dont remember exactly how much he was charged, but definitely over $1,000 an hour. "He wanted a scenario where I was supposed to say I... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201945/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:46:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189241/posts Breaking - a judge has ordered the release of the transcriptions from the tapes involved in the Elliot Spitzer Call Girl Scandal. Fox News Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189241/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:35:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188004/posts WHEN Billie the madam met Eliot the politician, neither had any idea that within a couple of years the careers of both would be ruined and the tawdry bedroom habits of one of America’s most powerful state governors would be discussed in ignominious detail by comedians and chat-show hosts across the country. In a book detailing her improbable rise from a California trailer park to a million-dollar New York apartment, Kristin Davis, a busty blonde brothel-keeper also known as Billie, the Manhattan Madam, lays bare her relationship with Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor, who was forced to resign... Times UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188004/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178874/posts SAYS SEC 'ROARS LIKE A LION, BITES LIKE A FLEA' Harry Markopolos told Congress the SEC failed to act despite credible allegations of fraud for nearly a decade. Markopolos, a securities industry executive and fraud investigator, blew the whistle on Madoff between 2000 and 2008.... "I became fearful for the safety of my family. Madoff was one of the most powerful men on Wall Street and in a position to easily end our careers or worse," Markopolos said. NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178874/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152300/posts The fraud investigation of Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff took unusual twists Wednesday as the U.S. attorney general removed himself and the Securities and Exchange Commission looked into the relationship between Madoff's niece and a former SEC attorney who reviewed Madoff's business. The developments reflect growing criticism that Wall Street and regulators in Washington have grown too close. Madoff himself has boasted of his ties to the SEC. The question of Madoff's connection to regulators goes to the heart of the investigation of the alleged $50 billion fraud, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox told reporters. Congress jumped into the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152300/posts#comment Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:37:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2185811/posts Members of designer Yigal Azrouel's team were none too happy to see luv Gov Eliot Spitzer's former fave call girl Ashley Dupre take a front row seat at his fashion show Friday. As for the photo taken backstage featuring Yigal and the Luv Gov's fave escort, Garcia Santana had this to say: "Yigal has never met her, doesn't know her. He has his picture taken with many people back stage. This is all very upsetting. The focus should be on the beautiful collection he presented." As for how Dupre ended up inside and front row center, Cutrone said, "Ashley was... DAILY NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2185811/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178147/posts Markopolos discovered the Madoff fraud years ago, but regulators wouldn't listen. He was not compensated for his investigations, hd "did for the flag" and country. His testimony is marvelous. Listen live: http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?StationId=20334& CSPAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178147/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181656/posts http://www.slate.com/id/2210414/ Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181656/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:45:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181189/posts Your humble correspondent has always been somewhat uneasy about newspapers publishing the names and photos of clients of prostitutes. For committing what is at worst a misdemeanor, those clients have a good chance of having their entire lives ruined when their wives and family find out. The punishment seems quite a bit out of proportion to the crime. However, I must admit getting a bit of a kick out of the ABC News show, 20/20, reporting on the clients of Kristin Davis aka the Wall Street Madam. Hey, why should we feel sympathy for rich clients who feel it is... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181189/posts#comment Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180621/posts 'Clients used corporate credit cards for sex'Press Trust of India Updated: Feb 08, 2009 at 0028 hrs IST Wall street lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs and media executives often used corporate credit cards to pay for $2,000 an hour prostitutes, claimed a woman who once ran the financial city’s most expensive escorts services. The madam Kristin Davis, in an interview with the ABC News programme 20/20, said “I was writing up monthly bills for computer consulting, construction expenses, all of these things, I was invoicing them monthly so they could get it by their accountants. Some of these guys, I was... Financial Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180621/posts#comment Sat, 7 Feb 2009 22:33:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2179887/posts Kristin Davis, the Manhattan madam known as disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's personal "Madam Butterfly," blows the whistle on him and others in her gang of clients in a tell-all book available online. The busty, bottle-blond bombshell writes in "The Manhattan Madam" that Spitzer, a client of her escort service, was "good for a call at least once a week" from 2004 to 2006 - when she cut him off because he liked it too rough. Spitzer meant "thousands of dollars of steady income for me and my ladies," wrote Davis, "that is, until the complaints began coming in hot... nydailynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2179887/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177903/posts A distant Jupiter-like planet on an eccentric orbit swings so close to its parent star that its temperature spikes by about 1,260 degrees Fahrenheit (682 degrees Celsius) in only six hours... Then as rapidly as it heats up, the extrasolar planet cools back down after zipping past its star, said lead study author Gregory Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The planet's path is unique, Laughlin noted. Most known "hot Jupiters" have tight, roughly circular orbits. They are tidally locked, showing only one face to their stars, just as the moon does to Earth... "But this... National Geographic News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177903/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2175027/posts She was the property of her overbearing partner, and the madam who helped run the prostitution ring that brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer has the tattoo to prove it. Cecil "Katie" Suwal was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail for her role in operating the Emperors Club VIP that serviced the notorious "Client 9," but not before her lawyer said she was controlled by her Svengali-like boss who branded her in the most humiliating of places. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2175027/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:26:28 GMT