Some action figure crush adversaries. This one crashes parties.We won’t be seeing much of Michaele Salahi on reality TV after her one season stint on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Washington, DC wraps up in the next few weeks. However, the attention-lovin’ White House Party Crasher will live on (To our horror, no less…) in [...]
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Lady Gaga “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell†Speech Maine Equality Rally [VIDEO]
September 21st, 2010 |
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When she’s not wearing rotting meat to awards shows, pop star Lady Gaga is beating the drum for equality. The “Poker Face” sensation spent Monday afternoon at a rally in Portland, Maine, where she delivered a poignant speech outlining her opposition to the government’s 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Policy,” prohibits service members from revealing whether or [...]
Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown Blasts Kathy Griffin For Prostitute Barb
July 19th, 2010 |
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Uh-oh: No-holds-barred funny gal Kathy Griffin is under fire from Senator Scott Brown’s camp after she referred to the politican’s daughters as “prostitutes†on a Bravo comedy special last Tuesday night.During the show, Griffin was being quizzed by two CNN reporters. When shown a photo of the senator from Beantown — masquraded as a nude [...]
March 15, 1985: Dot-Com Revolution Starts With a Whimper
March 15th, 2010 |
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1985: Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company, registers symbolics.com, the internet’s first domain name. The market for these unique addresses would not heat up for years, but this click heard ’round the world would eventually provide just about anyone a place in cyberspace to call their own.
Owning your own domain is nothing to brag about anymore, [...]
Scott Brown Action Figures
February 1st, 2010 |
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There’s a new superhero on The Cape……Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown won Ted Kennedy’s old seat in stunning upset last month, now a custom doll company is cashing in on his success. Herobuilders.com has created a new action figure modeled after the Republican, The Boston Herald’s Inside Track column said Monday.
Pickup truck sold separately….
The company [...]
Senator Scott Brown Wants Daughter Ayla To Get Second Chance On “American Idolâ€
January 31st, 2010 |
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Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown is putting his new-found fame to good use — the Republican lawmaker wants his oldest daughter back on reality TV. On Sunday, Brown told ABC’s This Week that he’d like his daughter Ayla to get another chance on the FOX talent show American Idol, where judge Simon Cowell once described her [...]
Ayla Brown, Senator Scott Brown’s Daughter, On “The Early Show†[VIDEO]
January 26th, 2010 |
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On The Early Show Tuesday, Ayla Brown, the “very available” daughter of new Mass. Senator-elect Scott Brown, chatted about her basketball career, her new album and her experience on the fifth season of American Idol more than three years ago.
Where to now?
January 25th, 2010 |
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A ticklish week for Barack Obama
THE president’s annual state-of-the-union speech, despite the fuss and standing ovations in Congress, is often a forgettable laundry list of priorities. But Barack Obama’s first proper go at the address to Congress on Wednesday January 27th as mandated by the constitution (his inaugural speech last year did not count as a state-of-the-union talk) will be watched with unusual interest, and not only because he is a far better speaker than his predecessor, George Bush. After the recent stinging loss of a Massachusetts Senate seat to the Republicans, the president’s domestic agenda is imperilled. He needs to present a clear idea of what he plans to do next.
Health care is still foremost in many minds despite the arguments surrounding Mr Obama’s continuing efforts to rein in America’s bankers. The Massachusetts vote means that Republicans, now with 41 of 100 seats, have denied the Democrats a super-majority and so can use a filibuster to talk out almost any bill. Scott Brown, the new senator for Massachusetts, has promised to do just that. How the Democrats respond will matter greatly, both for the prospects of the bill and the performance of the two main political parties at mid-term elections in November year. Some Democrats want to push the Senate version of the health bill through the House of Representatives without amendment, which would mean not putting it back through the Senate. But that would appear to ignore the voters’ wishes in Massachusetts, risking a big voter backlash later in the year. …
Ayla Brown Was A Contestant On “American Idol†[VIDEO]
January 21st, 2010 |
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Did you know that Ayla Brown, the daughter of Massachusetts State Senator-Elect Scott Brown, competed on the fifth season of American Idol? Though she was only 17 at the time, the brunette — who counted her Mom and Dad as her “American Idols†— managed to advance to the Top 16 when she appeared on [...]
Scott Brown Daughters “Availableâ€
January 20th, 2010 |
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Dads say the darndest things….Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown called his daughters “available” in an awkward moment during his victory speech on Tuesday night. Brown thanked his wife Gail and daughters Ayla and Arianna for their help on the campaign, before letting men across America know that his girls are “available” and ready to please.
A visible [...]
Senator Scott Brown Nude In Cosmo 1982
January 20th, 2010 |
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In a stunning blow to Democrats, Republican Scott Brown ended the party’s half-century grip on the Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy, coming out of nowhere to give the GOP the crucial 41st vote needed to thwart President Obama and his liberal agenda. But did you know that the 50-year-old politician has several links [...]
Republican Senate victory a blow for Obama
January 20th, 2010 |
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Republican Scott Brown won a bitter US Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, a victory that analysts called a heavy blow to President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, especially healthcare reform. Brown defeated Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley, robbing Obama’s
Republican Brown wins Senate seat, endangering Obama’s health care plan
January 20th, 2010 |
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In a major upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown has ridden a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a US Senate election that left President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office. The loss Tuesday by
Obama to deliver State of Union address Jan 27
January 19th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama plans to deliver the annual State of the Union address next week, when he will review the condition of the country and map out his vision for the coming year.
The address comes at the end of his historic first year in office as the nation’s first African-American president, during which his [...]
Too close for comfort
January 15th, 2010 |
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The Republican candidate for senator is doing surprisingly well in Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS is the Democratic Alabama. Republicans deride the liberal, coastal state as “Taxachusetts” and worse. It has produced two failed Democratic presidential candidates, John Kerry and Michael Dukakis, successfully portrayed as coastal cissies. It is also home to America’s most enduring Democratic dynasty: the Kennedys. Its combination of unions, intellectuals and blacks makes it one of the safest Democratic states in the country. The state as a whole does not have a single Republican member in the House or Senate.
Democrats are alarmed, then, that just before an election on Tuesday January 19th for Edward Kennedy’s old seat, polls are surprisingly close. The Democratic candidate, Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney-general, should be a shoo-in. But Scott Brown, her opponent, even had a slender lead in one opinion poll, though he was 17 points behind in another. A more recent snapshot of voters’ intentions, taken between Monday and Wednesday, now has Ms Coakley four points behind. But Mr Brown has momentum, and hauled in the better part of a $1m in an online “money bomb” fund-raiser on Monday. Barack Obama has expressed his support, but has not visited the state. This could be because his own poll ratings have fallen and are now roughly even between approval and disapproval. Calling in the president could make Ms Coakley appear desperate. …
Scotland can bounce back – Burley
August 13th, 2009 |
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Scotland manager George Burley bemoaned his side’s luck in losing 4-0 to Norway but thinks they can bounce back to qualify for the World Cup finals.
"Whatever could have gone wrong tonight went wrong," he told BBC Scotland.
"It has been a disastrous result, to lose by four when we were looking to cement our position in second place but we will be in there fighting.
"We lost, but we still have two games left. If we win those, I still feel we can be in the play-offs."
The result means Scotland remain level with Macedonia on seven points but slip from second to third in qualifying Group Nine on goal difference.
With the eight best runners-up from the nine qualification groups progressing to the play-offs (* see note at foot of story), Burley’s men almost certainly need to win their remaining two games – a double-header against Macedonia and the Netherlands at Hampden Park – to have any hope of securing a spot.
Scotland play Macedonia on 5 September knowing that defeat would all but end their hopes of reaching South Africa 2010.
"Up to the sending-off, I thought we maybe had the better of it as far as chances were concerned"
Scotland manager George Burley
A draw would leave them having to beat the already-qualified Dutch on 9 September but by that point Macedonia and Norway, who meet on the same day, could both be above them.
Victory over the Scots lifted Norway off the bottom of the table and revived their own play-off aspirations.
Egil Olsen’s side made a woeful start to their campaign, with three draws and two defeats from their opening five matches, but they are now just a point adrift of Scotland and Macedonia.
They play bottom-of-the-group Iceland in Reykjavik on 5 September before hosting Macedonia in Oslo four days later.
"I said before the game that I thought we needed six points to make the play-offs," said Burley.
"So nothing has changed. We have two games left and they are both at home, so we have to pick ourselves up and show the character necessary to get into second place and the play-offs.
"Norway would like to be in our position just now and I have no doubts that we can beat Macedonia at home. Holland was always going to be difficult but they have qualified so I believe we have the players who can win both games.
"If we can’t win our two games, we don’t deserve to get in the play-offs."
Norway took the lead immediately after Gary Caldwell was sent off after picking up two yellow cards, while fellow central defenders Steven Caldwell and substitute Christophe Berra both had to come off through injury.
"All our problems started with the sending off and then it went from bad to worse," said Burley, who has been in charge of Scotland since January 2008.
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"Before the sending off, I thought we more than held our own, we had three half chances and were slightly on top. Then they scored right away and it was a wicked deflection off Scott Brown for the first goal.
"Steven Caldwell was complaining about his groin at half time and we had to then bring him off. We moved Alan Hutton in to the middle and then Christophe Berra, who had come on, picked up a hamstring injury and Steven Whittaker came on, so we had five different defences.
"It was a horrible result but it is gone now. You can’t say it was a disaster because we still have a chance.
Burley thought Caldwell was unlucky to receive a second booking, which came after the Celtic defender hauled back John Carew.
"I thought it was very harsh – Carew was pulling Gary and Gary was trying to hold his own," said Burley. "I don’t think the referee realised he’d booked Gary, the Norwegian players said he’d already been booked.
"If the referee had realised he had already booked him before, he wouldn’t have sent him off."
And Burley refused to place any blame on stand-in goalkeeper David Marshall, who has now conceded 11 goals in his three international appearances for Scotland.
"I don’t think you can fault him for any of the goals," the manager added. "The free-kick at the end, he (Pedersen) whipped it into the top corner and I don’t think anyone would have saved that.
"And the other ones were decent finishes, although the first one was fortunate when they got the deflection."
* Group Nine consists of five teams, one less than the other pools. When calculating the best runners-up, therefore, matches played against the sixth-placed finishers in Groups One to Eight will not be taken into consideration.
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