I was on vacation when the whole Weiner affair exploded on to the screen (pun intended)....Yah couldn't have chosen abetter name!
On Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:16:53 UTC, t bedford wrote: > (does this stuff get covered in the UK?) > > Who could forget: > > American politician Anthony Weiner, former member of the United States > House of Representatives from New York City, was involved in two sexual > scandals related to sexting, or sending explicit sexual material by cell > phone. The first, sometimes dubbed > *Weinergate*,<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals#cite_note-2>led > to his resignation as a congressman in 2011. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals#cite_note-3>The > second, during his attempt to return to politics as candidate for mayor of > New York City, involved three women Weiner admitted having sexted after > further explicit pictures were published in July 2013. > > The first scandal began when Democratic U.S. Congressman Weiner used the > social media website Twitter to send a link to a sexually suggestive > picture to a 21-year-old woman from Seattle, Washington. After several > days of denying media reports that he had posted the image, he admitted to > having sent a link to the photo, and also other sexually explicit photos > and messages to women both before and during his marriage. He denied ever > having met, or having had a physical relationship with any of the women.On > June 16, 2011, Weiner announced his intention to resign from Congress > with his official resignation occurring on June 23, > 2011<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals#cite_note-15><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals#cite_note-name-16> > > A second scandal began on July 23, 2013, after Weiner returned to politics > in April 2013 by entering the New York City mayoral election, when more > pictures and sexting by Weiner were released by the website *The > Dirty*.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals#cite_note-guardian-18>They > were allegedly sent under the alias 'Carlos Danger' to a 22-year-old > woman with whom Weiner had contact in late 2012, and as late as April 2013, > more than a year after Weiner had left Congress. Weiner admitted sexting > at least three women during this period, and although called on by the *New > York Times* editorial board, among others, to leave the mayoral race, he > remained in the race until the end, when he took fifth place in the > Democratic primary, with 4.9% of the vote. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > And Ashlee Simpson's finest moment: > Simpson appeared as a musical guest on the October 23, 2004 episode of > *Saturday > Night Live*, where she was scheduled to perform two songs, "Pieces of Me" > and "Autobiography". When she began singing "Autobiography", the vocals for > "Pieces of Me" were heard again before Simpson had the microphone to her > mouth. She began to do an impromptu jig when she realized she had been > caught lipsyncing, and then left the stage. During the closing of the show, > Simpson appeared with the guest host, Jude Law, and said, "I'm so sorry. My > band started playing the wrong song, and I didn't know what to do, so I > thought I'd do a hoedown." On October 25, Simpson called in to the music > video show *Total Request Live* and explained that due to complications > arising from severe acid reflux disease, she had completely lost her voice > and been advised not to sing by her doctor. She said that because of the > acid reflux, her father wanted her to use a vocal guide track for the > performance. During the performance her drummer hit the wrong button, which > caused the wrong track to be played. Simpson said of the incident, "I made > a complete fool of myself." > > On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:18:18 AM UTC-5, MLB wrote: >> >> Mitt Romney visits the UK...... >> >> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/26/mitt-romney-gaffes-uk-visit >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
