IT’S no secret anymore, because the news that Chris Christie decided to go under the knife to get lap-band stomach surgery in order to deal with his obesity challenge is now front page new media news. From the New York Post: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery to aggressively slim down [...]
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Rutgers Coach Mike Rice Should Be Fired *Update*
[UPDATE] “I am responsible for the decision to attempt a rehabilitation of Coach Rice,” Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti said in a statement. “Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong. Moving forward, I will work to regain [...]
News Desk: Geraldo Rivera Uses Facebook to Clarify U.S. Senate run [NJ.com - Video]
Geraldo Rivera uses Facebook to clarify U.S. Senate run (via NJ.com) TRENTON — Geraldo Rivera created his own buzz last week by speaking openly on radio and television about running as a Republican for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2014. But Tuesday night, he took to Facebook to make something clear: Nothing’s official yet. [...]
News Desk: 100 Days After Sandy, What New Jersey Looks Like Now [NJ.com Report]
100 days after Sandy, a crippled Jersey Shore stutters back to life (via NJ.com) Too cold even for the seagulls, the Jersey Shore in winter is a desolate place. Up and down the abandoned beaches a fringe of snow and ice, like the frayed hem of an old wedding dress, sketches the edge of the [...]
Chris Christie on David Letterman, and Limbaugh Approves [Video]
IT WAS the average guy performance, with Gov. Chris Christie passing the likability test by a mile. Christie is very smart to keep building his national name recognition, especially in places like late night talk shows where the bar is very low and politics has nothing to do with being successful. Gov. Chris Christie continues [...]
12.12.12 Concert for Sandy
WHAT A night it’s been so far. Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones… Alicia Keys… I lived in New York when I was doing Broadway. Vacationed on the Jersey shore many years. It’s a great place, with great people. Help them come back. Donate via 121212concert.org. Pre-order the concert via iTunes, it’s only [...]
Gov. Chris Christie Hits 72% Approval, Rewarded for Leading After Sandy, Education Deal
THIS IS the template for what it takes for voters to cross party lines to applaud a politician for doing his job. Gov. Christie showed leadership in the aftermath of nor’easter Sandy, as well as the ability to put doing his job for the people before party loyalty, for which he’s now being rewarded. New [...]
Election Night Results Live Blog [Updated All Night]
Early exit polls released on Tuesday evening show that about half of voters still blame President George W. Bush more than President Barack Obama for the country’s economic problems and most cite the economy as their top issue in the election. [...] Voters are split on the direction of the country: 46 percent say it’s [...]
Rock Legend Turns Chris Christie into a Softie
THE JERSEY man with the the man crush finally got his wish. Sometimes in the midst of tragedy you get a cookie. From NorthJersey.com: “We hugged,” Christie said as a crowd of volunteers in Monmouth County cheered at the sound of Springsteen’s name Monday afternoon “Yeah, we hugged and he told me it’s official – [...]
Voters Grumble in Storm-Hit US State
Voters grumble in storm-hit US state (via AFP) Impatient New Jersey voters queued up amid rubble and rotting rubbish left by superstorm Sandy as US presidential election officials scrambled to open makeshift polling stations on time. In Hoboken, which lies just across the Hudson River from New York City and got hammered during the hurricane-strength…
News Desk — 24 Hours to Go: Bruce on Air Force One
IT’S FROM one of the pool reports this afternoon, which I don’t share often, but this one is a bit out of the orginary. Subject: …Bruuuuuuuuce!!! Pool was able to interview Springsteen on the tarmac, after he alighted Air Force One, with his wife, Patti, from the rear of the plane. Asked if this was [...]
Sandy Versus Katrina, Are You Kidding?
YOU WOULD think Republicans would be too embarrassed by the memory of Katrina to utter such obscenity, but you’d be wrong. Fox ran with this nonsense comparison, with Drudge doing his best to compare the situation in the New Orleans stadium with what’s happening in New York, Staten Island and New Jersey. Segue to Paul [...]
News Desk: President Obama, Campaigning in Ohio, Speaking Some Truths Worth Remembering [Video]
SANDY PUNCHED the east coast in the gut, with 22 dead being reported in Staten Island so far, New Jersey and New York getting the worst of it, while West Virginia and other areas got pummeled, too. No one escaped nor’easter Sandy if she passed through where you live. Now, it’s the last weekend after [...]
Top Story: Obama and Christie, In It for the “Long Haul” [Video]
THERE IS much being said and written about the interaction between Governor Chris Christie and President Obama after they toured the New Jersey devastation left in Sandy’s wake. However, it boils down to what’s required in an emergency situation when two people have a job to do and they put people first. We’ve just not [...]
Remains of Historic Atlantic City Washed Out to Sea by Sandy
IT’S HARD to imagine Atlantic City without the boardwalk. Governor Chris Christie’s emotional tweets hit me. The Jersey Shore of my youth is gone. #Sandy. — Governor Christie (@GovChristie) The once popular Miss America Pageant helped make the Atlantic City boardwalk famous. I was one of the fortunate selected who had the honor of traveling [...]
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