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  • Another One Under the Bus.....its the hopey changy way.


    THE BELGIUM FREE PRESSAuthority Authority: 135
    White House Counsel Gregory Craig, who has tried to lead the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, intends to resign on Friday according to the Washington Post. That wont stop President Nepotism from his Chicago Politics business model though....he hires Anita Dunns husband Bob Bauer, to replace Craig as ...
    1 day ago
  • House Specialty


    K.S.Authority Authority: 106
    Pretty awesome: Orchard Lounge has been added to the roster of resident DJs at Chicagos Smart Bar in 2010.Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk: ­ if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken ...
    2 days ago
  • come on over to my place;


    [last year's girl]Authority Authority: 124
    Trying to catch up, slowly but surely, with bookmarks and photographs and little notes on bits of paper scattered over the sofa I jokingly refer to as my desk. The Made in the Shade Maisonette, which opened its doors in the newly renovated upper floor of De Courcy’s Arcade in the West End at the end of October, ...
    4 days ago
  • Fun Online Poll: Who is the Conservative Scumbag of this week?


    Mark WadsworthAuthority Authority: 145
    Over at ShareCrazy . Choose from Call Me Dave, Nadine Dorries, David Wilshire and Tony Blair. Results will be published on Sunday.
    1 week ago
  • Local Government Employees on Local Government Pension Boards - An Important Court Case in California


    CityEthics.orgAuthority Authority: 131
    Its been over three years since I wrote about theconflict situation of San Diegos pension board. Its members wereselected by the city government labor unions and by the city, and theyworked for the city. When an increase in their retirement benefits wasexplicitly tied to their approval of a reduction in ...
    1 week ago
  • U.N. contractors case again spurs questions about nepotism


    The Washington PostAuthority Authority: 967
    UNITED NATIONS -- Nicola Baroncini, a U.N. contract employee from Italy, was doing a routine review of his bosss correspondence in the summer when he stumbled upon an e-mail that would seal his fate.
    2 weeks ago
  • Like father like son, the rise of Sarkozy junior


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 163
    President Nicolas Sarkozys son Jean has shot from a little-known "brat" to would-be national politician in just two years, a meteoric rise unlikely to be derailed by his climbdown in a nepotism row. The college student was forced Thursday to abandon a bid for the job managing Frances top business district, the La ...
    2 weeks ago
  • 7199: More Reasons For Lack Of Diversity.


    MultiCultClassicsAuthority Authority: 136
    The Advertising Age column below offers a smart perspective that actually points to yet another reason our industry lacks diversity. Agencies traditionally replace executives with like executives. Plus, there is an increasing obsession with hiring based solely on category experience. The exclusivity on Madison ...
    2 weeks ago
  • MPs expenses: let them pay for nepotism themselves


    Family: News and advice on family matters children and parentsAuthority Authority: 974
    Why should the taxpayer fund MPs wives to show up at the House of Commons a couple of days a week to go on the internet from ten til three wonders Melanie McDonagh.
    2 weeks ago
  • Remove Warren County’s Surrogate Sheriff


    North Country GazetteAuthority Authority: 584
    COMMENTARYBy June MaxamHe’s a triple dipper into your pockets.He embraces nepotism, cronyism and favoritism.He’d rather impose a property tax hike on county homeowners than increase the sales tax one percent.Queensbury voters, be sure to vote on Nov. 3.He’s the only candidate for the position he’s seeking ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Anita Dunn’s Husband to Replace White House Counsel?


    BitsBlogAuthority Authority: 140
    Well, yeah, that’s what it looks like. Fox News  Senior White House reporter Major Garrett is reporting this monring in part: White House Communications Director Anita Dunn’s husband is emerging as the top candidate to replace Greg Craig as White House counsel, Fox News has learned. Dunn’s husband, ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Nepotism has always been in vogue


    NJN NetworkAuthority Authority: 489
    A black and white case of Micael Mayne needs his wife nearby Michael Mayne hires his wife. Why not? Nepotism has always been the best way to get a job on PEI. MLAs wives, children, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. We’re not voting in MLAs – we vote in their families. Nepotism is “patronage bestowed or ...
    3 weeks ago
  • World Briefing | Europe: France: Another Sarkozy Victory


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
    President Nicolas Sarkozy’s son, Jean. was elected Friday to the board of the organization that runs France’s most important business district, La Défense.
    3 weeks ago
  • Updates in Paris and Montreal


    CityEthics.orgAuthority Authority: 131
    Quote after Quote in Paris Earlier this month the French presidents son supplied me with a quote of the day. Now he has announced he will not pursue a job his father used to have,and he has supplied me with another quote of the day: If the question you are asking me is,‘Did you talk to the presidentabout [the ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Nicolas Sarkozy suffers most humiliating climbdown of presidency


    Family: News and advice on family matters children and parentsAuthority Authority: 974
    Nicolas Sarkozy was yesterday reeling from the most humiliating public climbdown of his presidency after his 23year old son announced he would not run Frances largest business district as many from the presidents own camp feared the nepotism scandal would cost him dear.
    3 weeks ago
  • Sarkozy’s Son Ends Effort to Oversee Business District


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 911
    Jean Sarkozy, 23, had hoped to run the organization that oversees La Défense, a business district on the western edge of Paris. But cries of nepotism thwarted his bid.
    3 weeks ago
  • Two More HUD/City Loan Conflict Cases


    CityEthics.orgAuthority Authority: 131
     A few days ago, I wrote a blogpost about how several government officials in Wausau mishandled aconflict situation involving the purchase of property fixed up with aninterest-free loan from HUD. Yesterdays The State of South Carolinacovers twoother HUD loan conflict situations in Columbia, which are ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Sarkozy son drops controversial candidacy for influential post


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 706
    Paris, Oct 23 (DPA) The 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy late Thursday dropped his controversial candidacy to head the public body that manages Europe’s largest business district, La Defense.“I don’t want any suspicion. I don’t want a victory with suspicions attached,” Jean Sarkozy told ...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Pork Report: October 19, 2009


    Big GovernmentAuthority Authority: 809
    Free golf carts available from federal stimulus program Annual U.S. federal budget deficit reaches an all time high of $1.42 trillion in 2009; Government spending jumped to more than $3.5 trillion, increasing over 18% in one year The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat ...
    3 weeks ago
  • all your dreams lie behind your eyes;


    [last year's girl]Authority Authority: 124
    This ten-year delimiter must be built into the human psyche. I’ve been going on about how 2009 is a decade since I left school, started a blog and met my best friend, but I’m not the only person who feels that way. A couple of weeks ago, out of the blue, I had a phonecall from a very old friend from those first ...
    3 weeks ago

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