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August 18, 2022
Former SF Giants player turned internet troll Aubrey Huff running for local office, will probably lose badly
In what can best be described as an immense display of hubris, former San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff is running for a school board position in the Southern California city of Solana Beach.
It's clear Huff is relying on star power to win the seat (he wrote "Retired Professional Athlete" on his filing paperwork), but there's a problem with that strategy: Since retiring in 2014, Huff has become more well known for his right-wing politics than for his prowess on the baseball diamond.
Huff's ardent support for former President Donald Trump likely won't sit well with voters in Solana Beach, the San Diego County city in which Huff is running. A San Diego Union-Tribune analysis of this year's June primary election shows that there isn't a single Solana Beach precinct in which Republicans outnumber Democrats. Huff is running in the coastal portion of Solana Beach, and the Tribune analysis shows Democrats have a double-digit voter registration advantage in all of Solana Beach's coastal precincts.
School board races are technically non-partisan, but it's no secret that voters tend to stick to their party preferences in low-information elections like school board races. So, it's safe to assume that when left-leaning voters learn about some of Huff's more infamous statements, they'll likely vote for longtime incumbent Debra Schade.
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"I got in trouble for wearing a thong in my own clubhouse when female reporters were present," he wrote. "Can't imagine how it will play out with a full time female coach running around. This has #metoo & #BelieveAllWomen written all over it ... Couldn't imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex female softball player."
former baseball player Aubrey Huff, Trump fan, running in deep blue CA, will probably lose badly
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Former-Giant-Aubrey-Huff-is-running-for-office-17380404.phpFormer SF Giants player turned internet troll Aubrey Huff running for local office, will probably lose badly
In what can best be described as an immense display of hubris, former San Francisco Giants star Aubrey Huff is running for a school board position in the Southern California city of Solana Beach.
It's clear Huff is relying on star power to win the seat (he wrote "Retired Professional Athlete" on his filing paperwork), but there's a problem with that strategy: Since retiring in 2014, Huff has become more well known for his right-wing politics than for his prowess on the baseball diamond.
Huff's ardent support for former President Donald Trump likely won't sit well with voters in Solana Beach, the San Diego County city in which Huff is running. A San Diego Union-Tribune analysis of this year's June primary election shows that there isn't a single Solana Beach precinct in which Republicans outnumber Democrats. Huff is running in the coastal portion of Solana Beach, and the Tribune analysis shows Democrats have a double-digit voter registration advantage in all of Solana Beach's coastal precincts.
School board races are technically non-partisan, but it's no secret that voters tend to stick to their party preferences in low-information elections like school board races. So, it's safe to assume that when left-leaning voters learn about some of Huff's more infamous statements, they'll likely vote for longtime incumbent Debra Schade.
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"I got in trouble for wearing a thong in my own clubhouse when female reporters were present," he wrote. "Can't imagine how it will play out with a full time female coach running around. This has #metoo & #BelieveAllWomen written all over it ... Couldn't imagine taking baseball instruction from an ex female softball player."
August 17, 2022
For nearly two decades, the two stepsons of CEO Roger Schaffner were employed at his Santa Monica ad agency Palisades Media Group. One was a creative designer and the other was an account coordinator, according to an organization chart. They were each paid $65,000 a year, said a person with direct knowledge of their compensation.
There was just one problem. Managers at the now-defunct agency say the sons did not actually perform their duties and rarely showed up for work.
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The payments have drawn scrutiny among many of the roughly 90 employees who lost their jobs when the company, which handled advertising campaigns for Netflix and other prominent clients, abruptly shut down after citing cash flow problems.
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During the period the sons and the housekeeper were compensated, Palisades received federal loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to help companies offset business losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 and 2021, Palisades took $3.89 million in federal loans through the program, to cover costs including payroll and healthcare, according to ProPublica.
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Chief Financial Officer Russell Dean raised concerns about expenses Schaffner and his wife, Marlene, had allegedly charged to an American Express account. In an Oct. 28, 2020, email to Laura Jean Bracken, the company’s chief operating officer and president, Dean said the most recent Amex bill was just over $17,000; the prior month was more than $16,000.
“It’s just so unbelievably irresponsible,” Bracken responded in an email.
Earlier that month, Schaffner instructed Dean to pay Jaguar, phone and American Express bills before paying rent to the company’s landlord as cash flow problems worsened, emails viewed by The Times show.
“We have past due notices on all which will impact our credit rating,” Schaffner wrote in a Oct. 9, 2020, email. “Do not pay rent to our uncaring landlord and pay our bills. I’m not asking I’m telling you to do this!”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-08-17/lat-et-ct-palisades-media-group-payroll
struggling firm got PPP money. CEO had stepsons on payroll with no duties
Ex-employees of shuttered agency raise questions about jobs for CEO’s stepsons and housekeeperFor nearly two decades, the two stepsons of CEO Roger Schaffner were employed at his Santa Monica ad agency Palisades Media Group. One was a creative designer and the other was an account coordinator, according to an organization chart. They were each paid $65,000 a year, said a person with direct knowledge of their compensation.
There was just one problem. Managers at the now-defunct agency say the sons did not actually perform their duties and rarely showed up for work.
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The payments have drawn scrutiny among many of the roughly 90 employees who lost their jobs when the company, which handled advertising campaigns for Netflix and other prominent clients, abruptly shut down after citing cash flow problems.
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During the period the sons and the housekeeper were compensated, Palisades received federal loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to help companies offset business losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 and 2021, Palisades took $3.89 million in federal loans through the program, to cover costs including payroll and healthcare, according to ProPublica.
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Chief Financial Officer Russell Dean raised concerns about expenses Schaffner and his wife, Marlene, had allegedly charged to an American Express account. In an Oct. 28, 2020, email to Laura Jean Bracken, the company’s chief operating officer and president, Dean said the most recent Amex bill was just over $17,000; the prior month was more than $16,000.
“It’s just so unbelievably irresponsible,” Bracken responded in an email.
Earlier that month, Schaffner instructed Dean to pay Jaguar, phone and American Express bills before paying rent to the company’s landlord as cash flow problems worsened, emails viewed by The Times show.
“We have past due notices on all which will impact our credit rating,” Schaffner wrote in a Oct. 9, 2020, email. “Do not pay rent to our uncaring landlord and pay our bills. I’m not asking I’m telling you to do this!”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-08-17/lat-et-ct-palisades-media-group-payroll
August 17, 2022
https://twitter.com/snidejam/status/1559561981602181120
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-theft-inside-33-tehama-17379839.php
The residential apartment complex at 33 Tehama may be taking the unwanted title of San Francisco's most troubled luxury tower, despite the Millenium Tower a block away still leaning about 20 inches.
After a "catastrophic" flood from a leak on the top floor sent 20,000 gallons of water through the building in June — and subsequent allegations from evacuated residents of being treated "like dogs" — claims have now surfaced of contractors stealing from empty apartments and a missing city work permit.
Two residents of the tower allege that they caught people entering their evacuated apartments on camera, stealing items and even cashing stolen checks from checkbooks left on the premises.
A second tenant, Stephanie Sunwoo, told the outlet that two checks for more than $1,500 were cashed from her checkbook, which was left in her nightstand. Another video shows a man using the bathroom in one unit before apparently taking an item from a tenant's desk on his way out.
Property management company Hines told SFGATE over email that they have temporarily removed all contractor access in light of the incidents and are working on increasing security measures.
luxury tower contractors help themselves to people's stuff
https://twitter.com/snidejam/status/1559561981602181120
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-theft-inside-33-tehama-17379839.php
The residential apartment complex at 33 Tehama may be taking the unwanted title of San Francisco's most troubled luxury tower, despite the Millenium Tower a block away still leaning about 20 inches.
After a "catastrophic" flood from a leak on the top floor sent 20,000 gallons of water through the building in June — and subsequent allegations from evacuated residents of being treated "like dogs" — claims have now surfaced of contractors stealing from empty apartments and a missing city work permit.
Two residents of the tower allege that they caught people entering their evacuated apartments on camera, stealing items and even cashing stolen checks from checkbooks left on the premises.
A second tenant, Stephanie Sunwoo, told the outlet that two checks for more than $1,500 were cashed from her checkbook, which was left in her nightstand. Another video shows a man using the bathroom in one unit before apparently taking an item from a tenant's desk on his way out.
Property management company Hines told SFGATE over email that they have temporarily removed all contractor access in light of the incidents and are working on increasing security measures.
August 17, 2022
Yan Li is allegedly making life difficult inside NYC's 1214 Fifth Avenue
(NEWSER) – The owners of the luxury 1214 Fifth Avenue high-rise on the Upper East Side of New York City are demanding $260,000 in damages from a tenant who allegedly won't stop egging her neighbors, reports the New York Post. Two units on the 37th floor of the building are said to have been targeted by Yan Li, who rents a $3,400 studio apartment on the same floor. Li first egged one of the doors on Jan. 28, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court, first reported by Crain's. It claims she then targeted the door of a "terrified" woman on May 30.
The woman, who feared the attack might have been anti-Semitic in nature, "found a number of raw eggs splattered all over her front door and seeping into her apartment," according to the suit. Cameras were then installed in the hallway. But that didn't deter more eggings. Li was caught hurling eggs at her neighbors' doors numerous times up to and on July 4, even after police tried to question her, per the suit. On June 17, a day after cameras captured Li "stepping into the public hallway and rapidly throwing multiple eggs," police knocked on her door and asked about the incidents, but she "slammed the door closed," the suit claims.
The building owners agreed to move Li's neighbors to new apartments in July, according to the documents. They're now requesting a court order demanding that Li halt the eggings they're accusing her of, as they "cannot reasonably re-rent these apartments while [Li's] conduct is ongoing." They're also requesting $260,000 in damages—presumably from lost income rather than cleanup costs. Curbed reports some "tenants have gotten so scared ... that they've left the building altogether." It's unclear what the motive could be, or if it's all simply a practical yolk.
https://www.newser.com/story/324294/suit-luxury-high-rise-tenant-wont-stop-egging-neighbors.html?
woman is terrifying neighbors by tossing eggs
After Eggings, Building Owners Demand $260K in DamagesYan Li is allegedly making life difficult inside NYC's 1214 Fifth Avenue
(NEWSER) – The owners of the luxury 1214 Fifth Avenue high-rise on the Upper East Side of New York City are demanding $260,000 in damages from a tenant who allegedly won't stop egging her neighbors, reports the New York Post. Two units on the 37th floor of the building are said to have been targeted by Yan Li, who rents a $3,400 studio apartment on the same floor. Li first egged one of the doors on Jan. 28, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court, first reported by Crain's. It claims she then targeted the door of a "terrified" woman on May 30.
The woman, who feared the attack might have been anti-Semitic in nature, "found a number of raw eggs splattered all over her front door and seeping into her apartment," according to the suit. Cameras were then installed in the hallway. But that didn't deter more eggings. Li was caught hurling eggs at her neighbors' doors numerous times up to and on July 4, even after police tried to question her, per the suit. On June 17, a day after cameras captured Li "stepping into the public hallway and rapidly throwing multiple eggs," police knocked on her door and asked about the incidents, but she "slammed the door closed," the suit claims.
The building owners agreed to move Li's neighbors to new apartments in July, according to the documents. They're now requesting a court order demanding that Li halt the eggings they're accusing her of, as they "cannot reasonably re-rent these apartments while [Li's] conduct is ongoing." They're also requesting $260,000 in damages—presumably from lost income rather than cleanup costs. Curbed reports some "tenants have gotten so scared ... that they've left the building altogether." It's unclear what the motive could be, or if it's all simply a practical yolk.
https://www.newser.com/story/324294/suit-luxury-high-rise-tenant-wont-stop-egging-neighbors.html?
August 17, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyspecific/comments/wpxt9w/quite_a_lesson_indeed/
How old do you have to be recognize this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyspecific/comments/wpxt9w/quite_a_lesson_indeed/
August 17, 2022
GA-Sen: Watch Herschel Walker (R) Say He Wants To Help The GOP "Bring The Economy Down"
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1559329693886717953
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/15/2116914/-GA-Sen-Watch-Herschel-Walker-R-Say-He-Wants-To-Help-The-GOP-Bring-The-Economy-Down
GA-Sen: Watch Herschel Walker (R) Say He Wants To Help The GOP "Bring The Economy Down"
GA-Sen: Watch Herschel Walker (R) Say He Wants To Help The GOP "Bring The Economy Down"
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1559329693886717953
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/15/2116914/-GA-Sen-Watch-Herschel-Walker-R-Say-He-Wants-To-Help-The-GOP-Bring-The-Economy-Down
August 17, 2022
The decision to erect two statues of “Breaking Bad” characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico is causing an uproar among some of the state’s Republican figures. The statues were unveiled July 30 at a ceremony attended by Cranston, Paul, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan and Albuquerque mayor Tim Keller.
Gilligan said at the statues’ unveiling that honoring “two fictional, infamous meth dealers” wouldn’t be celebrated by everyone in New Mexico, adding, “In all seriousness, no doubt some folks are going to say, ‘Wow, just what our city needed.’ And I get that. I see two of the finest actors America has ever produced. I see them, in character, as two larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales.”
It turns out Gilligan was right. Albuquerque-based conservative talk radio host Eddy Aragon and Republican state representative Rod Montoya are two public figures condemning the 500-pound statues.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Montoya recently told Fox News. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
“It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state,” Aragon added, noting that “what you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary, honestly. I think, really, that is the reality in New Mexico. We try to say it’s fictional, but that is the reality… we’ve joked that [‘Breaking Bad’] should be on PBS. That is, unfortunately, the reality.”
Aragon blasted the state for erecting “Breaking Bad” statues after it decided to take down a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, who was the first Spanish governor of New Mexico.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/republicans-breaking-bad-statue-meth-1235342968/
Republicans in New Mexico Are Furious Over 'Breaking Bad' Statues: 'We're Glorifying Meth Makers'
The decision to erect two statues of “Breaking Bad” characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico is causing an uproar among some of the state’s Republican figures. The statues were unveiled July 30 at a ceremony attended by Cranston, Paul, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan and Albuquerque mayor Tim Keller.
Gilligan said at the statues’ unveiling that honoring “two fictional, infamous meth dealers” wouldn’t be celebrated by everyone in New Mexico, adding, “In all seriousness, no doubt some folks are going to say, ‘Wow, just what our city needed.’ And I get that. I see two of the finest actors America has ever produced. I see them, in character, as two larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales.”
It turns out Gilligan was right. Albuquerque-based conservative talk radio host Eddy Aragon and Republican state representative Rod Montoya are two public figures condemning the 500-pound statues.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Montoya recently told Fox News. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
“It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state,” Aragon added, noting that “what you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary, honestly. I think, really, that is the reality in New Mexico. We try to say it’s fictional, but that is the reality… we’ve joked that [‘Breaking Bad’] should be on PBS. That is, unfortunately, the reality.”
Aragon blasted the state for erecting “Breaking Bad” statues after it decided to take down a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, who was the first Spanish governor of New Mexico.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/republicans-breaking-bad-statue-meth-1235342968/
August 17, 2022
Cesar 'Echy' Echaverry, a five-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, remains in critical condition after being shot in the head during a pursuit of a robbery suspect
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A gunfight occurred during the foot chase and Echaverry was shot at least one time in the head. Horton, the suspect, was shot and killed.
"Detective Echaverry remains in critical condition and our top priority is to continue to support his family at this impossibly difficult time," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday.
The Miami Police Department separately said that it is investigating whether one of the department's officers complained over the radio about police cruisers speeding by him following the shooting.
"They’re going to have another officer down if they keep going at 70 mph near my car," someone is heard saying over the radio.
The Miami Police Department said the officer "will be held accountable for his actions" if an investigation determines that the radio transmission is accurate.
"It is unsettling and disturbing listening to the lack of concern, compassion and empathy," the police department said.
Miami police investigating 'disturbing' officer comment caught on radio amid deadly chase for robber
Miami police investigating 'disturbing' officer comment caught on radio amid deadly chase for robbery suspectCesar 'Echy' Echaverry, a five-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, remains in critical condition after being shot in the head during a pursuit of a robbery suspect
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A gunfight occurred during the foot chase and Echaverry was shot at least one time in the head. Horton, the suspect, was shot and killed.
"Detective Echaverry remains in critical condition and our top priority is to continue to support his family at this impossibly difficult time," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday.
The Miami Police Department separately said that it is investigating whether one of the department's officers complained over the radio about police cruisers speeding by him following the shooting.
"They’re going to have another officer down if they keep going at 70 mph near my car," someone is heard saying over the radio.
The Miami Police Department said the officer "will be held accountable for his actions" if an investigation determines that the radio transmission is accurate.
"It is unsettling and disturbing listening to the lack of concern, compassion and empathy," the police department said.
August 16, 2022
Desantis wants to reward ex cops with teaching jobs
Miami Herald: DeSantis wants cops, other first responders to help fill teaching vacancies.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article264555601.html
August 16, 2022
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats have spent nearly eight times as much on abortion-related ads as Republicans have.
In Michigan, Democrats took aim at the Republican nominee for governor almost immediately after the primary with a television ad highlighting her opposition to abortion, without exceptions for rape or incest.
In Georgia, Democrats recently attacked the Republican governor in another television ad, with women speaking fearfully about the specter of being investigated and “criminalized.”
And in Arizona, the Republican nominees for both Senate and governor were confronted almost instantly after their primaries with different ads calling them “dangerous” for their anti-abortion positions.
All across America, Democrats are using abortion as a powerful cudgel in their 2022 television campaigns, paying for an onslaught of ads in House, Senate and governor’s races that show how swiftly abortion politics have shifted since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June.
With national protections for abortion rights suddenly gone and bans going into effect in many states, senior White House officials and top Democratic strategists believe the issue has radically reshaped the 2022 landscape in their favor. They say it has not only reawakened the party’s progressive base, but also provided a wedge issue that could wrest away independent voters and even some Republican women who believe abortion opponents have overreached.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/abortion-midterms-2022-ads-democrats.html
Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022
Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats have spent nearly eight times as much on abortion-related ads as Republicans have.
In Michigan, Democrats took aim at the Republican nominee for governor almost immediately after the primary with a television ad highlighting her opposition to abortion, without exceptions for rape or incest.
In Georgia, Democrats recently attacked the Republican governor in another television ad, with women speaking fearfully about the specter of being investigated and “criminalized.”
And in Arizona, the Republican nominees for both Senate and governor were confronted almost instantly after their primaries with different ads calling them “dangerous” for their anti-abortion positions.
All across America, Democrats are using abortion as a powerful cudgel in their 2022 television campaigns, paying for an onslaught of ads in House, Senate and governor’s races that show how swiftly abortion politics have shifted since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June.
With national protections for abortion rights suddenly gone and bans going into effect in many states, senior White House officials and top Democratic strategists believe the issue has radically reshaped the 2022 landscape in their favor. They say it has not only reawakened the party’s progressive base, but also provided a wedge issue that could wrest away independent voters and even some Republican women who believe abortion opponents have overreached.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/abortion-midterms-2022-ads-democrats.html
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