Howie's callers are starting.
First up - Marty Meehan.......NOOOOOOOO! LOL Although Howie points out that Marty is sitting on a sizable war chest.
Howie says Joe K won't try and it's too soon for his son. And you can't appoint seat warmers anymore. He also points out the irony of the Dem's (Marty, chief among them) taking the power away from the Governor. In their greed to hang onto Kerry's seat, they undid themselves.
Howie is working really hard to keep the discussion above the fray. But people are sneaking in the crimalians, the anmesty, the neck brace and the MaryJo Kopechne remarks.
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Howie thinks Deval is going to take a stab at it.
And Ogonowski doesn't have enough signatures to run....WTF? Who's running that campaign. I am seriously peeved. But there is still Beatty.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
So, What Happens Now
It used to be that in Massachsuetts the Governor appointed a replacement to finish the term of a Senator who was indisposed. But when it looked like Kerry had a chinaman's chance at the Presidency, the State Legislature took that power away from Romney.
I'm not overjoyed that Sal DiMasi has this power................but I am thrilled Deval doesn't.
Not that there is a vacancy yet.
I'm not overjoyed that Sal DiMasi has this power................but I am thrilled Deval doesn't.
Not that there is a vacancy yet.
Well This Explains A Lot
******Clarification - Barb (who knows and likes me, go figure) left a comment "I don't agree with the Senator's politics, but I wouldn't wish a brain tumor (or any cancer) on anyone."
Just to be clear - me neither. I just think he has gotten even nuttier in the recent past and a brain tumor would explain it.*******
Sen. Kennedy has brain tumor
By Glen Johnson
AP Political Writer / May 20, 2008
BOSTON—Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in the left parietal-lobe. It was detected after Kennedy, 76, was airlifted to Boston on Saturday after having a seizure at his Cape Cod home.
The usual course of treatment includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, but Kennedy's treatment will be decided after more tests.
"He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital," said a joint statement issued by Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's primary care physician.
Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day since he was hospitalized but have made no public statements.
Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year -- and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types -- such as glioblastomas -- or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
Just to be clear - me neither. I just think he has gotten even nuttier in the recent past and a brain tumor would explain it.*******
Sen. Kennedy has brain tumor
By Glen Johnson
AP Political Writer / May 20, 2008
BOSTON—Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in the left parietal-lobe. It was detected after Kennedy, 76, was airlifted to Boston on Saturday after having a seizure at his Cape Cod home.
The usual course of treatment includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, but Kennedy's treatment will be decided after more tests.
"He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital," said a joint statement issued by Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's primary care physician.
Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day since he was hospitalized but have made no public statements.
Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year -- and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types -- such as glioblastomas -- or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
Monday, May 19, 2008
May 19, 1780: Darkness at Noon Enshrouds New England
May 19, 1780: Darkness at Noon Enshrouds New England
By Randy Alfred 05.19.08 12:00 AM
1780: In the midst of the Revolutionary War, darkness descends on New England at midday. Many people think Judgment Day is at hand. It will be remembered as New England's Dark Day.
Diaries of the preceding days mention smoky air and a red sun at morning and evening. Around noon this day, an early darkness fell: Birds sang their evening songs, farm animals returned to their roosts and barns, and humans were bewildered.
Some went to church, many sought the solace of the tavern, and more than a few nearer the edges of the darkened area commented on the strange beauty of the preternatural half-light. One person noted that clean silver had the color of brass.
It was darkest in northeastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine, but it got dusky through most of New England and as far away as New York. At Morristown, New Jersey, Gen. George Washington noted it in his diary.
In the darkest area, people had to take their midday meals by candlelight. A Massachusetts resident noted, "In some places, the darkness was so great that persons could not see to read common print in the open air." In New Hampshire, wrote one person, "A sheet of white paper held within a few inches of the eyes was equally invisible with the blackest velvet."
At Hartford, Col. Abraham Davenport opposed adjourning the Connecticut legislature, thus: "The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty."
When it was time for night to fall, the full moon failed to bring light. Even areas that had seen a pale sun in the day could see no moon at all. No moon, no stars: It was the darkest night anyone had seen. Some people could not sleep and waited through the long hours to see if the sun would ever rise again. They witnessed its return the morning of May 20. Many observed the anniversary a year later as a day of fasting and prayer.
Professor Samuel Williams of Harvard gathered reports from throughout the affected areas to seek an explanation. A town farther north had reported "a black scum like ashes" on rainwater collected in tubs. A Boston observer noted the air smelled like a "malt-house or coal-kiln." Williams noted that rain in Cambridge fell "thick and dark and sooty" and tasted and smelled like the "black ash of burnt leaves."
As if from a forest fire to the north? Without railroad or telegraph, people would not know: No news could come sooner than delivered on horseback, assuming the wildfire was even near any European settlements in the vast wilderness.
fires in Canada in 1881, 1950 and 2002 each cast a pall of smoke over the northeastern United States.
A definitive answer came in 2007. In the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Erin R. McMurry of the University of Missouri forestry department and co-authors combined written accounts with fire-scar evidence from Algonquin Provincial Park in eastern Ontario to document a massive wildfire in the spring of 1780 as the "likely source of the infamous Dark Day of 1780."
By Randy Alfred 05.19.08 12:00 AM
1780: In the midst of the Revolutionary War, darkness descends on New England at midday. Many people think Judgment Day is at hand. It will be remembered as New England's Dark Day.
Diaries of the preceding days mention smoky air and a red sun at morning and evening. Around noon this day, an early darkness fell: Birds sang their evening songs, farm animals returned to their roosts and barns, and humans were bewildered.
Some went to church, many sought the solace of the tavern, and more than a few nearer the edges of the darkened area commented on the strange beauty of the preternatural half-light. One person noted that clean silver had the color of brass.
It was darkest in northeastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine, but it got dusky through most of New England and as far away as New York. At Morristown, New Jersey, Gen. George Washington noted it in his diary.
In the darkest area, people had to take their midday meals by candlelight. A Massachusetts resident noted, "In some places, the darkness was so great that persons could not see to read common print in the open air." In New Hampshire, wrote one person, "A sheet of white paper held within a few inches of the eyes was equally invisible with the blackest velvet."
At Hartford, Col. Abraham Davenport opposed adjourning the Connecticut legislature, thus: "The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause of an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty."
When it was time for night to fall, the full moon failed to bring light. Even areas that had seen a pale sun in the day could see no moon at all. No moon, no stars: It was the darkest night anyone had seen. Some people could not sleep and waited through the long hours to see if the sun would ever rise again. They witnessed its return the morning of May 20. Many observed the anniversary a year later as a day of fasting and prayer.
Professor Samuel Williams of Harvard gathered reports from throughout the affected areas to seek an explanation. A town farther north had reported "a black scum like ashes" on rainwater collected in tubs. A Boston observer noted the air smelled like a "malt-house or coal-kiln." Williams noted that rain in Cambridge fell "thick and dark and sooty" and tasted and smelled like the "black ash of burnt leaves."
As if from a forest fire to the north? Without railroad or telegraph, people would not know: No news could come sooner than delivered on horseback, assuming the wildfire was even near any European settlements in the vast wilderness.
fires in Canada in 1881, 1950 and 2002 each cast a pall of smoke over the northeastern United States.
A definitive answer came in 2007. In the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Erin R. McMurry of the University of Missouri forestry department and co-authors combined written accounts with fire-scar evidence from Algonquin Provincial Park in eastern Ontario to document a massive wildfire in the spring of 1780 as the "likely source of the infamous Dark Day of 1780."
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The GI Film Festival's Tribute to the American Soldier
Robert Duvall presented an award to Jeremiah Workman.
Who Dares..........
....to question the great and powerful Princess Crabby! The Goddess of the Navy Blogging Strike Group! The Empress of La Moata, she who has no equal, Princesa Malhumorada, Maggie!
Fishmugger, that's who.
BostonMaggie,
You know Boston does not exist. It was a ploy by Washington during the Revolution to splash a victory in all the colonial papers.
Now wait...now wait...I could explain. Have you ever met anyone from Boston? Come on...Boston. Not really. Quincy, East Quincy, Brooklyn, Braintree, Cambridge, Woburn, Newton. Never Boston. I rest my case. Three square blocks does not a city make. Then again, BostonMaggie does have a certain flair. BraintreeMaggie wouldn't work.
I beg your pardon! Are you insinuating that I would exaggerate for effect?
When my parents brought their first born child, a beautiful daughter (it's true, ask my mother's friends. They always said "She is so beautiful, how can she be so horrid?)from the hospital it was to 31 #1/2 Mount Vernon Street
on what is referred to as "the wrong hill" halfway between the USS Constitution and the Bunker Hill Monument. It was called the wrong hill because the Battle of Bunker Hill and it's monument are actually on Breed's Hill.
At age 5 and 1/2 we moved to the "right hill". My parents looked at home on Monument Square but my mother's father told them that with those high ceilings it would be too hard to heat. They settled on a wooden attached house in St. Francis de Sales parish. We were actually discussing this topic Friday night at Deb's party because 31 #1/2 Mt. Vernon is currently for sale......for $1,645,000. Breathtaking! My parents paid $50 per month for rent on the first floor when I was a baby.
Is that "Boston" enough for you? And, yes, I *do* know people from Boston.
Fishmugger, that's who.
BostonMaggie,
You know Boston does not exist. It was a ploy by Washington during the Revolution to splash a victory in all the colonial papers.
Now wait...now wait...I could explain. Have you ever met anyone from Boston? Come on...Boston. Not really. Quincy, East Quincy, Brooklyn, Braintree, Cambridge, Woburn, Newton. Never Boston. I rest my case. Three square blocks does not a city make. Then again, BostonMaggie does have a certain flair. BraintreeMaggie wouldn't work.
I beg your pardon! Are you insinuating that I would exaggerate for effect?
When my parents brought their first born child, a beautiful daughter (it's true, ask my mother's friends. They always said "She is so beautiful, how can she be so horrid?)from the hospital it was to 31 #1/2 Mount Vernon Street
on what is referred to as "the wrong hill" halfway between the USS Constitution and the Bunker Hill Monument. It was called the wrong hill because the Battle of Bunker Hill and it's monument are actually on Breed's Hill.At age 5 and 1/2 we moved to the "right hill". My parents looked at home on Monument Square but my mother's father told them that with those high ceilings it would be too hard to heat. They settled on a wooden attached house in St. Francis de Sales parish. We were actually discussing this topic Friday night at Deb's party because 31 #1/2 Mt. Vernon is currently for sale......for $1,645,000. Breathtaking! My parents paid $50 per month for rent on the first floor when I was a baby.
Is that "Boston" enough for you? And, yes, I *do* know people from Boston.
A Really Pissa Day
It's beautiful here in New England today. Pikcha pefict, lol.
I slept enough and woke up on my own, no alarm.
I showered and used the new soap
and body lotion.
I bagged the trash and headed out wearing a fav T-shirt.
I slept enough and woke up on my own, no alarm.
I showered and used the new soap
and body lotion.I bagged the trash and headed out wearing a fav T-shirt.I'm not SWO, but I think they are ok with it.
I got to turn left immediately coming out of the Lane, l0l, sometimes I wait and get cranky.
No one was in line at the dump.
Every light on the way to work turned green as I approached. I couldn't help but notice.
I got to work and no one is here. Yea!
This appears to be MY day.......so I bought a lottery ticket.
Yahoo! says this is my horoscope:
It's a good time for you to explore your options -- but not to pick any one definitively. There's just no need to commit yourself right now, even if someone is breathing down your neck.
Hehehe! This is what the Rotation is all about!
Now......if I *win* the lottery, it becomes a wicked pissa day.
Wow!
Sarah at Trying to Grok
LEARNING THE WRONG LESSON
NYT: There is a feeling among some of McCain’s fellow veterans that his break with them on Iraq can be traced, at least partly, to his markedly different experience in Vietnam
Sarah's sarcastic response: McCain doesn't understand Vietnam because he spent the whole time being beaten and locked up in a tiger cage instead of celebrating Christmas in Cambodia with a magical hat.
She rips the asshats at the NYT. Go read the whole thing. It is really great.
LEARNING THE WRONG LESSON
NYT: There is a feeling among some of McCain’s fellow veterans that his break with them on Iraq can be traced, at least partly, to his markedly different experience in Vietnam
Sarah's sarcastic response: McCain doesn't understand Vietnam because he spent the whole time being beaten and locked up in a tiger cage instead of celebrating Christmas in Cambodia with a magical hat.
She rips the asshats at the NYT. Go read the whole thing. It is really great.
Dear Simmons Graduate
You were ill-served by yesterday's commencement speech. Of course everyone in the Bayside Expo Center yesterday wants you to go out and change the world. Please work hard to make it a better, more just place. Most of you will do that in small ways and large.
But your country is not slipping into the hard, cold society filled with injustice and secret courts and nefarious doings that Bianca Jagger described to you just 24 short hours ago.
Ms. Jagger spoke of the suspension of habaes corpus. Are you keeping up enough with current events to know that none of your fellow countrymen are suffering under the oppression of marshal law?
Are you studying enough history to know she is twisting it? Do you realize that when she quotes from the Declaration of Independence......We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
....and uses it as some sort of indictment against President Bush, she is spinning it? Of course the founders said it. Of course there are men and women who would fight and die to preserve it. Of course President Bush has sworn to uphold it. But all of us (President Bush, the members of our military and our veterans and many more than I can name here) know that the Founding Fathers didn't think they actually had to add something that should have been readily apparent....
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Unless you kill US citizens, unless you attempt to kill our military abroad, unless you work tirelessly to wreak havoc on American, unless you conspire to commit genocide in Israel, unless you kill and maim whole swathes of people to advance your corrupt view of Islam.
You see, Jefferson and Adams, Franklin and Lee, Hopkins and Rutledge..........they didn't think they had to spoon feed it to the world. They thought you would use critical thinking and GET IT.
Bianca Jagger painted America as a sad and dark place. It isn't. I promise you it isn't. I am not telling you it is perfect. I am not telling you that it can't be improved. Every American should have that desire in their heart - to make the world a better place. But wanting to improve something doesn't mean that it's rotted and decayed.........it just means you want more. You should want to improve your country out of a LOVE for your country, not out of disdain and contempt.
The American Ideal is a beautiful thing. This Great Experiment has lasted over 200 years because Americans never stop trying. Look around you. There are people every day working toward a better country out of love of their country.
Do not let some dilettante who wants to rewrite her legacy after finding all she was famous for was sleeping with an ugly rock star and having one of his spawn, come into your country and talk smack about it and your fellow citizens.
But your country is not slipping into the hard, cold society filled with injustice and secret courts and nefarious doings that Bianca Jagger described to you just 24 short hours ago.
Ms. Jagger spoke of the suspension of habaes corpus. Are you keeping up enough with current events to know that none of your fellow countrymen are suffering under the oppression of marshal law?
Are you studying enough history to know she is twisting it? Do you realize that when she quotes from the Declaration of Independence......We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
....and uses it as some sort of indictment against President Bush, she is spinning it? Of course the founders said it. Of course there are men and women who would fight and die to preserve it. Of course President Bush has sworn to uphold it. But all of us (President Bush, the members of our military and our veterans and many more than I can name here) know that the Founding Fathers didn't think they actually had to add something that should have been readily apparent....
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Unless you kill US citizens, unless you attempt to kill our military abroad, unless you work tirelessly to wreak havoc on American, unless you conspire to commit genocide in Israel, unless you kill and maim whole swathes of people to advance your corrupt view of Islam.
You see, Jefferson and Adams, Franklin and Lee, Hopkins and Rutledge..........they didn't think they had to spoon feed it to the world. They thought you would use critical thinking and GET IT.
Bianca Jagger painted America as a sad and dark place. It isn't. I promise you it isn't. I am not telling you it is perfect. I am not telling you that it can't be improved. Every American should have that desire in their heart - to make the world a better place. But wanting to improve something doesn't mean that it's rotted and decayed.........it just means you want more. You should want to improve your country out of a LOVE for your country, not out of disdain and contempt.
The American Ideal is a beautiful thing. This Great Experiment has lasted over 200 years because Americans never stop trying. Look around you. There are people every day working toward a better country out of love of their country.
Do not let some dilettante who wants to rewrite her legacy after finding all she was famous for was sleeping with an ugly rock star and having one of his spawn, come into your country and talk smack about it and your fellow citizens.
Just a Small Hypocrisy
So of course I was flipping through the booklet they gave us at the Simmons commencement yesterday. We were all excited to look up Debbie's name.
However, it didn't escape my notice that next to the bio for Bianca Jagger, this was the pic she gave them.................
and this is the woman who came out!
It's a small thing, but people who are comfortable with themselves don't need to hide their age. I know my grandmother didn't. I know my mother didn't. I, myself, am 47 and have never at any point waffled when asked (alright there was that time last February when I said 46 and I was still only 45, but that's Alzheimers).
What's the matter Bianca? Not comfortable in your own skin?
However, it didn't escape my notice that next to the bio for Bianca Jagger, this was the pic she gave them.................
and this is the woman who came out!It's a small thing, but people who are comfortable with themselves don't need to hide their age. I know my grandmother didn't. I know my mother didn't. I, myself, am 47 and have never at any point waffled when asked (alright there was that time last February when I said 46 and I was still only 45, but that's Alzheimers).What's the matter Bianca? Not comfortable in your own skin?
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Bianca Needs To Read Newspapers
I think before someone wants to give a commencement speech, one should look in the mirror and be honest about how prepared one is.
One should make sure one is adequately informed on the topics that might come up.
Say......Gitmo, for instance. Say you were going to propose closing Gitmo. Maybe one should read/watch the news.
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Believed Responsible for Homicide Bombing In Iraq
Three years ago, Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti soldier who deserted to fight in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban, sat in a detention cell at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while lawyers argued whether he was an "enemy combatant."
Last week, a Dubai-based television channel reported that al-Ajmi was killed carrying out a homicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq.
While the report did not specify which attack Abdullah carried out, Iraqi officials reported that Mosul was hit on April 26 by three homicide attacks, killing seven people.
CBS News reported that al-Ajmi carried out an attack on Wednesday, April 30, according to an unconfirmed report posted on a jihadist Web site.
Al-Ajmi's cousin, Salem, reportedly told Al-Arabiya television that , "We were shocked by the painful news we received ... from one of the friends of martyr Abdullah in Iraq."
Yeah, Bianca, all those people in Gitmo are just poor innocent victims of Dick Cheney.......you asshat!
One should make sure one is adequately informed on the topics that might come up.
Say......Gitmo, for instance. Say you were going to propose closing Gitmo. Maybe one should read/watch the news.
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Believed Responsible for Homicide Bombing In Iraq
Three years ago, Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti soldier who deserted to fight in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban, sat in a detention cell at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while lawyers argued whether he was an "enemy combatant."
Last week, a Dubai-based television channel reported that al-Ajmi was killed carrying out a homicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq.
While the report did not specify which attack Abdullah carried out, Iraqi officials reported that Mosul was hit on April 26 by three homicide attacks, killing seven people.
CBS News reported that al-Ajmi carried out an attack on Wednesday, April 30, according to an unconfirmed report posted on a jihadist Web site.
Al-Ajmi's cousin, Salem, reportedly told Al-Arabiya television that , "We were shocked by the painful news we received ... from one of the friends of martyr Abdullah in Iraq."
Yeah, Bianca, all those people in Gitmo are just poor innocent victims of Dick Cheney.......you asshat!
Got a Question for you Bianca
Another thing this nitwit wanted to rant at us about is Global Warming.I've got a question.............did you pedal on over here on a 10 speed? Or was it a broomstick you flew in on?
Otherwise, I'm guessing it involved a fossil fuel. Probably a great deal and in a wasteful way.
That would make you a hypocrite on top of having a collosal amount of gall.
I have a huge problem with someone who is *not* an American coming into my country and talking a lot of bullshit about how wrong we've gone. Why don't you pop on back to Nicaragua and fix the problems in your own country.
Michelle McPhee
Today Michelle McPhee was talking about Obama whining about "W"'s Knesset speech (that rocked the house). She thinks his fuss is to deflect from his "Sweetie" comment. I called in and pointed out that maybe he's actually trying to divert attention away from this little bit of nonsense.
Yeah, Obama's got it alllllll going on! Yeah, right. Listen, hit the road jack and take that idiot Bianca Jagger with you, while you are at it.
Yeah, Obama's got it alllllll going on! Yeah, right. Listen, hit the road jack and take that idiot Bianca Jagger with you, while you are at it.
WHY?????????
Bianca Jagger - Moral Compass
BIANCA: GIMME SHELTER
By DAREH GREGORIAN
October 19, 2007 -- It's exile on Park Avenue for Bianca Jagger.
A state appeals court has given the go ahead to Katz Park Ave. Corp. to boot the ex-wife of Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger from her rent-stabilized, $4,600-a-month apartment.
The state Appellate Division granted the landlord's bid to eject Jagger after finding that her home of 20 years couldn't be considered her "primary residence" because the British citizen has been staying in the United States on a visa that says she "intends to leave the United States at the end of [a] stay."
Jagger lawyer Ryan Goldstein said he was "disappointed" with the decision and was weighing an appeal. He said the decision does not affect Jagger's $20 million lawsuit against Katz.
Katz lawyer Todd Soloway said Jagger was the one playing games.
"While we appreciate the fact that 530 Park Avenue is a highly desirable address, that does not change the fact" that Jagger "offered the court no evidence whatsoever" that she used the apartment as her primary residence, Soloway said.
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Bianca Jagger Kicked Out of Park Avenue Apartment, Mold Gets to Stay
Poor Bianca Jagger. She's losing the lease on the Park Avenue apartment she's had for twenty years. After lawyers for her landlord, Katz Park Ave. Corp., pointed out to a judge that Jagger was only staying in the United States on a temporary visa, it was impossible for her to claim that the rent-stabilized apartment was her permanent residence. Jagger paid $4,600 a month in rent for the home at the tony 530 Park building. According to reports, the market rent of her apartment would be upwards of $8,000. Not that it really matters, since she stopped paying in 2003, claiming that "toxic mildew" in the walls made it impossible for her to live there. She and Katz are still embroiled in a $20 million lawsuit over the mold. It's so confusing; is Bianca a victim? We can't tell. Really, the whole thing just brings us back to the age-old New York conundrum: Why the hell does someone like Bianca Jagger get to have a rent-stabilized apartment, anyway?
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What is called when you obtain something under false pretenses? Oh yes, fraud! It fits!
By DAREH GREGORIAN
October 19, 2007 -- It's exile on Park Avenue for Bianca Jagger.
A state appeals court has given the go ahead to Katz Park Ave. Corp. to boot the ex-wife of Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger from her rent-stabilized, $4,600-a-month apartment.
The state Appellate Division granted the landlord's bid to eject Jagger after finding that her home of 20 years couldn't be considered her "primary residence" because the British citizen has been staying in the United States on a visa that says she "intends to leave the United States at the end of [a] stay."
Jagger lawyer Ryan Goldstein said he was "disappointed" with the decision and was weighing an appeal. He said the decision does not affect Jagger's $20 million lawsuit against Katz.
Katz lawyer Todd Soloway said Jagger was the one playing games.
"While we appreciate the fact that 530 Park Avenue is a highly desirable address, that does not change the fact" that Jagger "offered the court no evidence whatsoever" that she used the apartment as her primary residence, Soloway said.
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Bianca Jagger Kicked Out of Park Avenue Apartment, Mold Gets to Stay
Poor Bianca Jagger. She's losing the lease on the Park Avenue apartment she's had for twenty years. After lawyers for her landlord, Katz Park Ave. Corp., pointed out to a judge that Jagger was only staying in the United States on a temporary visa, it was impossible for her to claim that the rent-stabilized apartment was her permanent residence. Jagger paid $4,600 a month in rent for the home at the tony 530 Park building. According to reports, the market rent of her apartment would be upwards of $8,000. Not that it really matters, since she stopped paying in 2003, claiming that "toxic mildew" in the walls made it impossible for her to live there. She and Katz are still embroiled in a $20 million lawsuit over the mold. It's so confusing; is Bianca a victim? We can't tell. Really, the whole thing just brings us back to the age-old New York conundrum: Why the hell does someone like Bianca Jagger get to have a rent-stabilized apartment, anyway?
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What is called when you obtain something under false pretenses? Oh yes, fraud! It fits!
The Good Part
Debbie was fabulous. I love her and I am so proud of her.
And I got to make fun of Grace crying.
And I got to make fun of Grace crying.
The Pain
Simmon's commencement speaker was Bianca Jagger.
The horror of being held hostage and subjected to a diatribe from Mick Jagger's ex-wife on the moral compass of this country is more than I can convey.
Gitmo
Iraq
Global Warming
I stood and turned my back on her when she said that our going into Iraq was immoral. Grace grabbed my leg and begged me to sit down. I did. The pulse was pounding in my throat. I have never had to sit and be attacked like that. I have never been in a position where I had to be quiet. It was horrible. But for Debbie I kept silent.
She lost the crowd at that point anyway. A few people boo'd. Then most people began talking among themselves.
She made herself irrelevant.
Still, I am not kidding or just being typical dramatic Princess Crabby when I tell you how it hurt to sit and just take it.
The horror of being held hostage and subjected to a diatribe from Mick Jagger's ex-wife on the moral compass of this country is more than I can convey.
Gitmo
Iraq
Global Warming
I stood and turned my back on her when she said that our going into Iraq was immoral. Grace grabbed my leg and begged me to sit down. I did. The pulse was pounding in my throat. I have never had to sit and be attacked like that. I have never been in a position where I had to be quiet. It was horrible. But for Debbie I kept silent.
She lost the crowd at that point anyway. A few people boo'd. Then most people began talking among themselves.
She made herself irrelevant.
Still, I am not kidding or just being typical dramatic Princess Crabby when I tell you how it hurt to sit and just take it.
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