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Sep 3, 2015

Anthony Defends Huma: Political Beauty and Hillary Clinton Aide

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political beauty:  Huma Amedin

Anthony Weiner fires back at Donald Trump: 'Outrageous'



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Washington (CNN)Former congressman Anthony Weiner fired back Tuesday night at Donald Trump, who days ago launched a volley of attacks at Weiner and his wife, a top aide to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Trump suggested during a campaign event Friday that Clinton's close aide Huma Abedin shared classified information with Weiner, who resigned his seat in Congress after he was caught sending sexually explicit tweets another woman. Trump on Friday also called Weiner "a perv" and "one of the great sleazebags of our time."
"I think it's pretty outrageous," Weiner said Tuesday night on New York's NY1 news channel. "I think the idea to take someone who's served in government for 20 years and impugn her in that way is outrageous. I mean he wants to make me a campaign issue. I'm not going to indulge that."
Weiner added that Trump had "no evidence at all" to back up his allegations.
"Anyone who's ever worked with her knows that not only is she eminently qualified, but she does her job with skill and with grace and has done it for a very long time making enormous sacrifices for our country," Weiner said.
Trump has refused to back off his accusations, instead firing off a series of tweets on Monday digging in on his position, calling Abedin "a major security risk" as the "wife of perv sleazebag Anthony Weiner."
    Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill had slammed Trump's comments about Abedin as "disgraceful" and said "there is no place for patently false, personal attacks toward a staff member."

    copied from google news and cnn.com

    Apr 20, 2014

    Anthony Weiner Talks Taxis--A Win for the Riders and the Companies

    Here's How The Taxi Industry Can Save Itself From Uber 

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    There's a fierce fight between ride-sharing-app startups and the taxi companies raging around the country, and I think I know a way to make peace, let both sides walk away with a win, and, most important, give the riding public the best of all worlds.
    This taxi tiff reminds me of the fights over Napster and other music-download services that I had a front-row seat for during my time in Congress. Back then, Steve Jobs was the one who managed to bridge the gap between the startup upstarts and the record labels. Borrowing a page from his playbook could similarly lead to a solution here.
    Steve is no longer with us, but I think there’s someone else who can step up and play his role in this ride-share row — Rahm Emanuel. So, how does the Chicago mayor morph into the cab world’s answer to Steve Jobs? Allow me to explain.
    In this case, Uber, Lyft, Hailo, Sidecar, and others that let you hail cabs on a smartphone are like a modern version of the old file-sharing companies. They are giving consumers something they want delivered in a format they want for a really sweet price. The discounts they offer might not be as cheap as a House of Pain song was on LimeWire in 2001, but being able to get across Manhattan for $6 is pretty close. And just as Napster was illegal, it is pretty clear that the Ubers of the world are operating in a legal gray area in a lot of cities that have laid down clear legal markers about requirements for cars, drivers, insurance, and other tools of the trade.
    Up to now, sadly, the taxi-medallion owners have responded to this challenge like the record companies did in the 2000s — with bluster, outrage, and their own lobbyists and lawyers. And like the record companies, they have run up a pretty impressive list of states, localities, and courts that have heeded their demands that these upstarts stop.
    However, I believe the taxi industry should lay down arms in the regulation wars. They should learn the lesson of the music industry and go into the e-hail business themselves.
    While record companies were fighting a death battle to protect their business model of CDs sold at record stores, they missed a chance to adapt and become leaders in the a la carte cheap-download world that Napster had created. It was Jobs with his iTunes platform who eventually showed the way for the music industry to make money in a world where MP3s were king. Jobs also showed that consumers would opt for a well-regulated and legal model even if the price point isn’t zero.
    Cab companies have an opportunity to adopt a similar strategy. They should lose the obsession with requiring the ride-sharing companies to comply with every single requirement that is imposed on medallion cabs.  The yellows may have good arguments for their positions, but if these startups want to have drivers with insufficient insurance or illegally use private cars for commercial purposes, leave it to the inevitable backlash to eventually get those minimum standards raised.  
    Rather than locking horns with the ride-share companies, the taxi industry should work on joining them in allowing customers to hail their cars with apps and smartphones. Would the taxis be able to compete if given similar tools? Maybe not in terms of price, but they have other advantages. The regulatory corner cutting of the ride-sharing companies has no doubt already given many riders pause amid increasing stories of incidents in their cars including wild surge pricing, drivers using Facebook chat while on the go, and even alleged sexual harassment by unlicensed Uber drivers. The better-trained, more experienced, and, yes, more regulated drivers make a better option for the rider choosing based on quality and safety rather than simply the lowest price.
    Some readers may recall my column last month in which I criticized Tesla for not respecting existing regulations in its attempts to sell cars directly to consumers without using franchise dealers. So, why am I encouraging the taxi companies to adapt to a new model rather than fight to the finish to defend existing regulations? In Tesla’s case, they want rules changed in a way that could eliminate dealers, who lawmakers decided offer consumers added value by helping to enforce warranty agreements and spread competitive pricing. In this case, the taxi companies are the ones who have been targeted by the disruptors. Just as with Tesla, I’m not suggesting taxi owners ignore laws or the courts, but they also shouldn’t ignore the innovations of their competitors.
    Sadly, I don’t see the licensed cab companies adopting this approach. The battle lines are drawn too starkly, and both the cab industry and its regulators seem perfectly happy with the status quo. Medallion prices are at record levels, and regulators are being leaned on pretty hard to, well, regulate.
    I say sadly because I have friends in the taxi business. They supported me in a big way when I was running for various offices, and I have advised them for money from time to time since I left Congress. Although there are some true innovators in the yellow-cab world, given how many lawsuits are pending around the country right now as part of this debate, I doubt I will keep many friends in the industry after this column. However, in spite of the seemingly entrenched opposition, I’m certain the industry is missing a big opportunity here.
    This is where Steve Jobs and Rahm Emanuel come in.
    It was Apple, a third party, that eventually figured out how to help the music business live with — and even love — the MP3. Just as Apple dragged the record labels into a profitable digital future with iTunes and paved the way for other services like Rhapsody, Pandora, and Spotify, I think it's going to need to be a third party that steps in and shows the taxi industry how to work with new technology rather than against it.
    Someone is going to be the Steve Jobs of this Uber-taxi battle, and I think Emanuel’s the guy.
    The grand bargain is there for the making, and the mayor of Chicago is probably smart enough to realize it. (And I'm not just saying that because I have a soft spot for overbearing big-city politicians with Clinton ties.)
    The deal would look like this: Leave the ride-shares largely alone. Maybe insist on some insurance minimum and some baseline requirements of the drivers and cars, but let them be. Don't treat them like full-fledged taxis like most medallion owners are clamoring for. If these startups want to continue to subsidize fares or experiment with pricing models, more power to them.
    But here's the Steve Jobs part. Cities should be the ones that create the taxi world's version of iTunes. Municipal governments can create and require a single city branded medallion taxi e-hail app. Since the tracking technology is already a part of most big-city cab fleets, and most cities already require credit-card readers, the technological backbone is already in the cars for cities to get into the ride-share business. Taxi's are essentially extensions of the mass transit in a city, so why shouldn't they create easy ways to access, track, and pay for that infrastructure?
    It also would be a boon to the city as it would let them collect travel data and help improve access to service in neighborhoods that have been underserved by encouraging drivers to make more far-flung trips by giving them more confidence they could find return fares from places with less busy street traffic. Of course, an app could also be an excellent revenue source for a city that wants to sell advertising or use the tracking data and rider smartphone feedback to improve enforcement.
    The ride-share companies benefit here too. Not only do they get to keep their cars on the road but they could bid for the contracts to build and run the apps for the cities that have them. Of course, most important, consumers win because they get to hail the entire universe of cabs from both medallion and startup fleets right on their phones.
    
There is nothing special about Chicago. This city-branded taxi app could work in Boston, San Francisco, New York, or really anywhere that has a regulated fleet. However, Chicago is examining the issue of ride-share regulations, and no one could ever accuse Emanuel of lacking the elbows necessary to push through legislation over the objections of an entrenched interest. The question is whether Emanuel has the vision of a Jobs and is willing to make peace between the warring cab factions by giving the taxi world and all of us its version of iTunes.


    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-weiner-on-uber-and-the-taxi-industry-2014-4#ixzz2zR7RY9YN



    from businessinsider.com

    Jan 10, 2014

    Bridge-O-Rama: A Good Day for Hillary Clinton and Anthony Weiner

    You cannot say anything abut Hillary or Anthony in comparison to this bridge thing--this is bigger than everyone.

    Well, what do you think........
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    chloelouiselangendorflouis
    Piers Morgan calls it–Ailes and O'Reilly snuggling with Christie
    Hillary Wins–Christie Loses
    Well, Piers Morgan called it correctly last night on his CNN talk show–obviously Chris Christie is the Fox News man for the White House.
    Oh, right, the no spin zone–apparently they forgot to mention the giant news story that headlined every other news channel out there–the traffic on the bridge possibly caused by Republican front runner Chris Christie.
    Right, no spin–O'Reilly did not mention it. In the "No Spin Zone"–who is this guy kidding. Why does he bother to make that statement. Perhaps, he did not see the giant story–the story that could affect who lands in the White House. Apparently, now, by ignoring it, Fox News Channel's hopeful.
    How can this omission not be spin, the truth as O'Reilly likes to remind us. The truth as opposed to the lies on all the other stations. We can only hear the truth on Fox and O'Reilly.
    The giant ego of these people is the truth.
    It was suspected on this blog when Bill o'Reilly did not go ballistic over Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty like all of the other ultra right wing types out there. No, in a moment of fresh air Bill
    said Phil Robertson was being far too judgemental in bashing gays and he should take a clue from Jesus.
    Does that mean Jesus is for Chris Christie, too......
    Hillary will prevail. This is Christie's Benghazi. He may win this round but my girl, Hillary Clinton will win in the end.
    There is no other Republican that can win at this time. The other whackadoodles out there can never win a big election.
    The question remains..........
    Will this be the signal for Jon Huntsman or Jeb Bush to jump in the race.
    It's been said the big backing money is behind Chris Christie. Now the issue–will this change or stay the same. Will the Republican big boys stays behind Christie or look for someone else to do their bidding.
    Will we learn the truth by the signals from Mr. O'Reilly?
    Does Mr. Bill know what is going on out there from the bolder and fresher gig around the country. Will he talk to the regular "folks" out there. The regulars who pay 500 bucks a pop to chat on the meet and greet edge of the tour.,
    Remember what Bill says–he is the only one looking out for the regular folks out there.
    Chloe Louise–Hillary girl forever.

    Dec 26, 2013

    Anthony Weiner Talks Healthcare, Immigration Reform and Food for the Hungry--I Like That

    Anthony Weiner Hints of Another Comeback Attempt


    Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty)
    Anthony Weiner running for mayor. (Photo: Getty)
    Former Congressman Anthony Weiner posted a thank you message to supporters on Facebook this afternoon that leaves the door open–ever so slightly–to another comeback run.
    “What’s next? I’ll keep you posted on my plans. But I hope we keep the band together,” he wrote in the message to supporters posted onhis Facebook page.
    “(Who knows, maybe I have a third book of ideas in me!)” he added.
    Mr. Weiner, who lost his race for mayor this summer following revelations that he’d continued sexting with women long after he resigned from Congress, has kept largely out of the spotlight since his loss.
    In the message, titled “What’s Next? First, Let Me Say Thanks,” Mr. Weiner reflects on the year that was.
    “I do want to take stock a bit of 2013. It certainly didn’t go as I had hoped,” he wrote. “I continue to be deeply sorry that my personal mistakes undermined an amazing campaign that included too many amazing staffers to mention and hundreds of volunteers and many of you who kept active from afar with ideas, contributions and encouraging notes.”
    He also encouraged his supporters to keep up the fight for immigration reform and universal health care–and to avoid the urge to move to the center.
    “[W]e all have sought to make the argument that too often we progressives come to knife fights carrying library books. Although my Republican friends have to decide what to do with the tea party wackadoo wing of their party, it does not constitute a strategy to simply sit back and watch them immolate. Our team has to be a font of ideas and debate …” he wrote, urging readers to “remember the admonition of Jim Hightower, who frequently said, ‘there’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.’”
    Here is the letter, in full:
    What’s Next? First, Let Me Say Thanks
    There is a fundamental optimism that is wired into the DNA of America and its true capital – New York City. We are a place that people come to improve their condition. And once here we are unified by a common aspiration – to leave our kids a place better than the one we found. In the ideological battleground that seeks to define what it is to be American, perhaps we can lay down arms and say that our most shared quality is optimism. After all, nobody picks up their lives and crosses the sea unless they are hopeful about the future. Nearly all of our families did that.
    So in spite of the challenges that we face in our families and in our communities, I look forward to a better 2014.
    I do want to take stock a bit of 2013. It certainly didn’t go as I had hoped. I continue to be deeply sorry that my personal mistakes undermined an amazing campaign that included too many amazing staffers to mention and hundreds of volunteers and many of you who kept active from afar with ideas, contributions and encouraging notes. (Even the snarky comments of our opponents weren’t entirely humorless). Huma and I were buoyed by the kind wishes of countless friends and total strangers. And I must admit, it’s easy to get cheered up when you are watching a little boy sprout before your eyes. Did I mention Jordan turned 2 this week?
    What’s next? I’ll keep you posted on my plans. But I hope we keep the band together. You have been an amazing resource and the network we have all become part of has helped lead the debate on national health care, the need for a smarter and more compassionate approach to the growing pockets of need in our nation, and we all have sought to make the argument that too often we progressives come to knife fights carrying library books. Although my Republican friends have to decide what to do with the tea party wackadoo wing of their party, it does not constitute a strategy to simply sit back and watch them immolate. Our team has to be a font of ideas and debate. I tried to run my campaign on this theme and the response was amazing. (Who knows, maybe I have a third book of ideas in me!)
    As we support Mayor de Blasio in New York and push the seemingly immovable Congress on issues like immigration reform, aid to the hungry and our aspiration for universal health care that makes things better for America’s children, not just America’s health insurance companies, let’s remember the admonition of Jim Hightower, who frequently said, “there’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos”. This year lets fight to make this the country we want it to be and one that lives up to our common ideals about progress.
    I pray for a sweet, healthy and productive year for you. And thank you for your kindness in the year past.
    –Anthony

    copied from politicker

     Chloe Louise · San Diego, California
    Wish Anthony the best--he represents the needs of the average citizen very well. His views and fight for health care and immigraion are admirable. Love Huma, too. We all have flaws, he has that certain something of successful politicians--to keep changing for the better and keep moving forward.