Unbelievable (not).
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Unbelievable (not).
Who is Jones?
Apparently, Cuomo got $4M deal for his "Leadership during the pandemic" book which was an astonishingly high number and at his peak, I think had only sold 45,000 copies. That was a vast improvement from his first book which he got a $700K advance. After five months of release, it had only sold 3,000 copies in hardback and 13 audiobooks.
NO freaking way are these boring ass books that aren't revealing in the slightest, getting a return to justify these book deals. Political books often sell badly (and are ghostwritten nearly all the time). How many warehouses just have these shitty books in them taking up space?
Here's an NYT article about the former
Baltimore mayor's $600K book deal being a sham.
Under normal circumstances, any author who raked in $600,000 for a series of self-published children’s books would be snapped up by a prestigious publisher and handed a lucrative multi-book deal.
But in the case of Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine Pugh, the sales were a sham. Most of the “Healthy Holly” books bought by local health care companies and the Baltimore school system were never distributed, and Pugh used the money to finance her political campaigns and renovate a house. (She pleaded guilty to federal crimes on Thursday.)
Politicians love to write books (whether readers finish them is another matter), and Pugh is hardly the first to come under scrutiny over hers. Here’s a look at some others who have.
Herman Cain and Palin also had deals where they used Super PAC money to buy their own books and give to donors.
The public is not reading these books at large. These are fluffed numbers by their own people who then circulate talking points to their media.
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JUSTICE PREVAILED this time......Now that chicken shit mayor needs to repay taxpayers for jumping the gun on his 11 mil payout.
Jury finds ex-officer Brett Hankison not guilty on all ...
Iirc this particular charge was for endangering someone else nearby. Taylor was not the alleged victim.
But yes that 11 mil should absolutely land Fischer in jail if there was any justice
And that article got one of the facts wrong. Taylor was not in her bedroom when she was shot, her coward ass boyfriend who was firing the shots was using her as a human shield.
Congressional term limits would fix a lot of the ills of this country. Of course the citizenry would have to revolt for that to ever happen.
The publishing game is completely f**** up. If you think dealing with politics is frustrating, whole-E-sheet, trying to get published with anything less than a liberal manifesto will make your brain explode.
The only way to get published as a first time author is to be famous to begin with, have an in with someone, or sell tons of self published works. That's it.
A glimpse into the future if things go sideways in this country.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The adviser for Interior Minister of Ukraine alleged that Mr Struk 'was judged by the court of the people's tribunal' and called him a 'traitor'.
Pro-Russian mayor of city in eastern Ukraine found shot dead
Vlodymyr Struk, of Kreminna in Luhansk, was killed on Tuesday and suffered a 'gunshot wound to the heart' after he was 'abducted from his home', according to his wife.
The adviser for Interior Minister of Ukraine alleged that Mr Struk 'was judged by the court of the people's tribunal' and called him a 'traitor'.
A horse and buggy (Old German Baptist...much like Amish except the Old German's have tractors on their farms, but no cars/radios/TVs, etc) go by our property 2-3 times a week. I've always kind of envied their simplistic lifestyle. Now with the price of gas...even more so.
Speaking of book deals...who remembers Jim Wright D-Tx speaker of the house? Of course I don't remember any criminal charges, etc.
'In 1988 Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts. Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, Wright tendered his resignation as Speaker on May 31, 1989, the resignation to become effective on the selection of a successor.[28] He was the first Speaker to resign because of a scandal.'
'In 1988 Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts. Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, Wright tendered his resignation as Speaker on May 31, 1989, the resignation to become effective on the selection of a successor.[28] He was the first Speaker to resign because of a scandal.'
So, no to thugs, but yes to terrorists. Makes sense.
And there it is folks. Finally one of these clowns spills the beans. This gas crisis will not get better.
Wow. I'm so jealous of the Ukrainians right now...A glimpse into the future if things go sideways in this country.
Pro-Russian mayor of city in eastern Ukraine found shot dead
Vlodymyr Struk, of Kreminna in Luhansk, was killed on Tuesday and suffered a 'gunshot wound to the heart' after he was 'abducted from his home', according to his wife.
The adviser for Interior Minister of Ukraine alleged that Mr Struk 'was judged by the court of the people's tribunal' and called him a 'traitor'.
Russia-backed cable news station RT America shuts down operations immediately amid Ukraine invasion
Cable news network RT America suddenly ceases operations, according to a memo received by CNBC.
Woulda been nice if he spoke up when it mattered instead of after Trump had a full year to brainwash his cult.
Hey dipshit, how about worrying about the idiot we have NOW? Smh
Louisville media trying their best to gin up a riot over this verdict. Disgusting
November can’t get here soon enough!
Avoiding downtown for the next few days. But one of my coworkers is married to an officer that was LMPD when the Breonna Taylor thing went down. She said pretty much everyone on LMPD hates the guy and he showed up to the funeral for a fallen officer last month and said "he is lucky he got out alive". I was rather surprised by this but she was incredibly angry and so is her husband.
They want to destroy the middle class. The suburban middle class is their political obstacle.
If a war happens to accelerate or accomplish that goal for them, they won’t complain.
Just showed the “crowd” gathering at that park downtown. They showed the crowd and it was maybe 10 people. Smh
You mean the guy who called Putin a souless killer and has rallied NATO and the world against Russia?
Or the guy calling Putin a genius and claiming to be the President of the United States even though he lost?
Which "President" are you talking about?
Cancel culture still alive and well in the midst of all this Russia hating and Ukraine love fest….
www.nationalreview.com
The Constitutional Law Professor Who Endorsed the Deplatforming of Ilya Shapiro | National Review
Legal scholar Ilya Shapiro was shouted down at UC Hastings Law this week, and a constitutional-law professor there is fine with that.
www.nationalreview.com
Yeah, the guy still importing Russian oil. The guy in charge of an economy with the worst inflation in 40 years. Record high gas prices. Yeah, that guy.
We’ve got puppets running our govt. They read whatever is given to them without any idea how it works.
I'll take mush mouth over Putin's nutsack breath boy.Mush mouth is rallying the world
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I agree about importing Russian oil. I'd pay more $$ a gallon to get rid of Putin's blood money.
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