Police are hoping to get help from the public in finding some of the people responsible for Wednesday's vandalism.
Ted Passon's car is a mangled mess of shattered glass and dents. He, like thousands of other Phillies fans, was celebrating on Broad Street Wednesday night.
Drunk revelers left a path of destruction along Broad.
Marble planters were turned over, bus stop shelters destroyed, and storefront windows smashed.
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Robinson's Luggage was one of several stores looted.
Friday, October 31, 2008
happy halloween
I love Halloween. I was bummed that I didn’t get to celebrate it as festively as I wanted to this year. I was really interested in executing this awesome jack-o-latern idea (it involved the carving of a backwards B, that’s all I’m gonna say). But alas, I’ve got some time-consuming things going on right now that I will actually relate to you all tomorrow (probably).
Anyway, one of my favorite Halloween past-times is dusting off some of my old tapes, turning out the lights, and scaring myself. In the spirit of the holiday, instead of my usual smattering of psych rock and other insane music, I wanted to share some choice insane recordings.
Anyway, one of my favorite Halloween past-times is dusting off some of my old tapes, turning out the lights, and scaring myself. In the spirit of the holiday, instead of my usual smattering of psych rock and other insane music, I wanted to share some choice insane recordings.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
rock band beatles........
Beatles Game Confirmed
Like this, but with computers!
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his morning, MTV and Apple Corps confirmed pretty much exactly what everyone guessed yesterday: they're making a game that will feature the music of The Beatles. While the product in question hasn't been named specifically, it sounds like it will be a full, standalone game, and that it will be available sometime in 2009.
The Beatles are indisputably one of the most popular and influential musical acts of the 20th century, and Apple Corps has been fiercely protective of the catalog, so this is a pretty significant win for MTV and Harmonix. As one of the first big "TV bands," there's no shortage of iconic footage of the Beatles performing that could be a ton of fun to see in a game. Also, I'll be severely disappointed if there isn't a recreation of The Yellow Submarine's art style somewhere in there. As an aside, here's the five Beatles songs I'd like to see in, well, whatever the hell they end up calling this game:
Norwegian Wood
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
OK, so that's six. Believe me, it was hard enough to whittle that list down that far. This game's going to need a deep track list.
hillbuzz article about obama bribe for $10,000..hill buzz.
The article below is from last year. It’s a story that was never picked up by the media (since when have they ever picked up anything about Obama?) and the Clinton campaign did not know what to do with this — people we’ve spoken to said that, in retrospect, they realize what a mistake this was because what Obama did here is actually a prosecutable crime. We were told, specifically, that the bribe Obama took as a state senator is the thing David Axelrod has lived in terror of this whole campaign — he has been praying this does not get out.
One reason this never came back to bite Obama is that the article below is overly long — and the part about the bribe is buried in the middle — it’s no coincidence this story appeared in the LA Times. The article’s author, Dan Morain, tried to bring this bribe up in the primaries, but never had any support in the media to go anywhere with it.
One of the greatest advantages Obama has is that he’s surrounded by so many crooked deals, kooks, loons, and criminals that it’s hard for the public to understand most of what’s going on. Here in Chicago, Team Hillary kept trying to bring up Obama’s connections to Tony Rezko and the land deal for Obama’s Mansion — but people couldn’t understand what the Rezko dealings were all about. They still don’t understand it. And they won’t read a long article like the one below about the rest of Obama’s dirty dealings.
In short, Obama had massive campaign debt coming off of his failed bid to challenge Bobby Rush for a seat in Congress. Smarting from that loss, Obama needed money, so he turned to Yesse Yehudah. What’s so strange about this is that Yehudah is a Republican — so why would he raise money for Obama? What the article below does not say is that, magically, 10 people who work for Yehudah and have never given money to any elected official before - AND WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO MAKE $1,000 donations - all made $1,000 donations to Obama simultaneously. As if someone else made the donations for all of them, in their names, with money that came from somewhere else.
The quid pro quo on this is simple: Obama took a $10,000 bribe from Yehudah for using his position in the state senate to throw a $75,000 grant to Yehudah’s nonprofit organization. People here in Chicago say this was obvious politics in Illinois: where Obama agreed to get Yehudah a grant, but Obama’s fee for this transaction was $10,000 to pay off his campaign debt.
Yehudah’s nonproft later came under investigation, and Obama panicked: he dumped $5,000 of the bribe money he took over to Yehudah as fast as he could after that.
Read the story below from Dan Morain. We know this one is tough because it’s not easy for most people to understand Illinois politics — but what Obama did here with this grant is illegal, and it’s the kind of things politicians in Illinois go to jail for all the time — including our last governor George Ryan, and most likely our current governor Rod Blagojevich too.
Bribes like this are what people mean when they refer to “dirty Chicago politics”
One reason this never came back to bite Obama is that the article below is overly long — and the part about the bribe is buried in the middle — it’s no coincidence this story appeared in the LA Times. The article’s author, Dan Morain, tried to bring this bribe up in the primaries, but never had any support in the media to go anywhere with it.
One of the greatest advantages Obama has is that he’s surrounded by so many crooked deals, kooks, loons, and criminals that it’s hard for the public to understand most of what’s going on. Here in Chicago, Team Hillary kept trying to bring up Obama’s connections to Tony Rezko and the land deal for Obama’s Mansion — but people couldn’t understand what the Rezko dealings were all about. They still don’t understand it. And they won’t read a long article like the one below about the rest of Obama’s dirty dealings.
In short, Obama had massive campaign debt coming off of his failed bid to challenge Bobby Rush for a seat in Congress. Smarting from that loss, Obama needed money, so he turned to Yesse Yehudah. What’s so strange about this is that Yehudah is a Republican — so why would he raise money for Obama? What the article below does not say is that, magically, 10 people who work for Yehudah and have never given money to any elected official before - AND WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO MAKE $1,000 donations - all made $1,000 donations to Obama simultaneously. As if someone else made the donations for all of them, in their names, with money that came from somewhere else.
The quid pro quo on this is simple: Obama took a $10,000 bribe from Yehudah for using his position in the state senate to throw a $75,000 grant to Yehudah’s nonprofit organization. People here in Chicago say this was obvious politics in Illinois: where Obama agreed to get Yehudah a grant, but Obama’s fee for this transaction was $10,000 to pay off his campaign debt.
Yehudah’s nonproft later came under investigation, and Obama panicked: he dumped $5,000 of the bribe money he took over to Yehudah as fast as he could after that.
Read the story below from Dan Morain. We know this one is tough because it’s not easy for most people to understand Illinois politics — but what Obama did here with this grant is illegal, and it’s the kind of things politicians in Illinois go to jail for all the time — including our last governor George Ryan, and most likely our current governor Rod Blagojevich too.
Bribes like this are what people mean when they refer to “dirty Chicago politics”
Hill Buzz. Obama accepted a bribe? by hillbuzz..
Obama accepted a bribe as a state senator when he arranged a grant for Yesse Yehudah so he could take a $10,000 cut
Original washington monument, presidential seal, whitehouse.com, obama
A dedication service was held at noon. The volunteers gathered for a cold lunch, and then work was resumed and continued until 4 o'clock, when the monument stood 15 feet high on a base 54 feet in circumference. The day's program ended with the reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a three-round salute fired from atop the tower by three Revolutionary War veterans. Plans were made to complete the tower to a height of 30 feet "after the busy season," and in the fall of that year this was done.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama blanketed the airwaves with an unprecedented 30-minute prime-time political advertisement.
Obama's big ad buy
Oct. 30 - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama blanketed the airwaves with an unprecedented 30-minute prime-time political advertisement.
The campaign "infomercial" forced a 15-minute delay in the FOX network's broadcast of Game 5 of the World Series, and was estimated to cost nearly $1 million for each major network. Katharine Jackson reports.
Bill Clinton rallies for Obama
Oct 30 - Barack Obama and Bill Clinton make first joint campaign appearance before more than 30,000 in late-night Miami rally.
With Obama at his side, former president Clinton heaped praise on the Democratic nominee for what he said was a calm, reasoned response to the financial crisis, saying that showed he would be a good manager in the White House.
A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll showed Obama with a 5-point national lead on McCain. A blizzard of recent national polls gave Obama a national lead ranging from 2 points to 15 points.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Federal Reserve cuts rate by 50-basis point to 1.00%...
The worst financial crisis in 70 years has forced the Federal Reserve to employ all the weapons in its arsenal — including cutting interest rates to near historic lows — to 1.25% and try to keep the country from plunging into a deep recession. A deep rate cut from the Federal Reserve and other central banks Wednesday will have little immediate impact on consumer borrowing rates, but sends a clear signal that central bankers are working together to quell an intensifying financial panic threatening the world economy.
The Fed slashed its target for short-term rates a .25 percentage point to 1.25%, the lowest in more than four years. Fed policymakers voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Tuesday night to approve the cut.
"The pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months," the Fed said in a statement. "Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit."
The move lowers the target for the federal funds rate, what banks charge each other for overnight loans. The rate is a benchmark used by lenders in setting rates for consumer and business loans.
Some economists said the Fed's action wasn't enough to rescue the United States from recession, but called it one of a series of drastic steps to prevent the downturn from becoming much more serious.
"The playbook to avoid depressions says rates need to be as close to zero as possible, banks have to be rescued, public spending has to rise," said Ian Shepherdson, economist at High Frequency Economics. "The U.S. is making progress on all fronts, though the economy is still condemned to immediate recession followed by a long period of slow growth."
In the short run, the Fed's action is expected to have only limited impact on borrowing costs, given that credit markets are constricted for even the worthiest of borrowers, no matter what the price.
Credit card rates are already hitting floors that are set in agreements with customers, and issuers are being cautious about who gets the benefit of the lower rates. Rates on home-equity lines of credit will fall, but many homeowners have seen their credit lines frozen or reduced, so there won't be a big boost to consumer spending, Bankrate.com senior analyst Greg McBride says.
The move will likely not have an impact on fixed-rate mortgage rates and may not help those with adjustable-rate mortgages, depending how their rates are set, McBride says. "Savers will be thrown further under the bus as their interest income declines," he says.READ THE FULLSTORY
The Fed slashed its target for short-term rates a .25 percentage point to 1.25%, the lowest in more than four years. Fed policymakers voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Tuesday night to approve the cut.
"The pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months," the Fed said in a statement. "Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit."
The move lowers the target for the federal funds rate, what banks charge each other for overnight loans. The rate is a benchmark used by lenders in setting rates for consumer and business loans.
Some economists said the Fed's action wasn't enough to rescue the United States from recession, but called it one of a series of drastic steps to prevent the downturn from becoming much more serious.
"The playbook to avoid depressions says rates need to be as close to zero as possible, banks have to be rescued, public spending has to rise," said Ian Shepherdson, economist at High Frequency Economics. "The U.S. is making progress on all fronts, though the economy is still condemned to immediate recession followed by a long period of slow growth."
In the short run, the Fed's action is expected to have only limited impact on borrowing costs, given that credit markets are constricted for even the worthiest of borrowers, no matter what the price.
Credit card rates are already hitting floors that are set in agreements with customers, and issuers are being cautious about who gets the benefit of the lower rates. Rates on home-equity lines of credit will fall, but many homeowners have seen their credit lines frozen or reduced, so there won't be a big boost to consumer spending, Bankrate.com senior analyst Greg McBride says.
The move will likely not have an impact on fixed-rate mortgage rates and may not help those with adjustable-rate mortgages, depending how their rates are set, McBride says. "Savers will be thrown further under the bus as their interest income declines," he says.READ THE FULLSTORY
Fed rate cuts of 50 basis points to 1.00%....
The worst financial crisis in 70 years has forced the Federal Reserve to employ all the weapons in its arsenal — including cutting interest rates to near historic lows — to 1.25% and try to keep the country from plunging into a deep recession. A deep rate cut from the Federal Reserve and other central banks Wednesday will have little immediate impact on consumer borrowing rates, but sends a clear signal that central bankers are working together to quell an intensifying financial panic threatening the world economy.
The Fed slashed its target for short-term rates a .50 percentage point to 1.25%, the lowest in more than four years. Fed policymakers voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Tuesday night to approve the cut.
"The pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months," the Fed said in a statement. "Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit."
The move lowers the target for the federal funds rate, what banks charge each other for overnight loans. The rate is a benchmark used by lenders in setting rates for consumer and business loans.
Some economists said the Fed's action wasn't enough to rescue the United States from recession, but called it one of a series of drastic steps to prevent the downturn from becoming much more serious.
"The playbook to avoid depressions says rates need to be as close to zero as possible, banks have to be rescued, public spending has to rise," said Ian Shepherdson, economist at High Frequency Economics. "The U.S. is making progress on all fronts, though the economy is still condemned to immediate recession followed by a long period of slow growth."
In the short run, the Fed's action is expected to have only limited impact on borrowing costs, given that credit markets are constricted for even the worthiest of borrowers, no matter what the price.
Credit card rates are already hitting floors that are set in agreements with customers, and issuers are being cautious about who gets the benefit of the lower rates. Rates on home-equity lines of credit will fall, but many homeowners have seen their credit lines frozen or reduced, so there won't be a big boost to consumer spending, Bankrate.com senior analyst Greg McBride says.
The move will likely not have an impact on fixed-rate mortgage rates and may not help those with adjustable-rate mortgages, depending how their rates are set, McBride says. "Savers will be thrown further under the bus as their interest income declines," he says.
The Fed slashed its target for short-term rates a .50 percentage point to 1.25%, the lowest in more than four years. Fed policymakers voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Tuesday night to approve the cut.
"The pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months," the Fed said in a statement. "Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit."
The move lowers the target for the federal funds rate, what banks charge each other for overnight loans. The rate is a benchmark used by lenders in setting rates for consumer and business loans.
Some economists said the Fed's action wasn't enough to rescue the United States from recession, but called it one of a series of drastic steps to prevent the downturn from becoming much more serious.
"The playbook to avoid depressions says rates need to be as close to zero as possible, banks have to be rescued, public spending has to rise," said Ian Shepherdson, economist at High Frequency Economics. "The U.S. is making progress on all fronts, though the economy is still condemned to immediate recession followed by a long period of slow growth."
In the short run, the Fed's action is expected to have only limited impact on borrowing costs, given that credit markets are constricted for even the worthiest of borrowers, no matter what the price.
Credit card rates are already hitting floors that are set in agreements with customers, and issuers are being cautious about who gets the benefit of the lower rates. Rates on home-equity lines of credit will fall, but many homeowners have seen their credit lines frozen or reduced, so there won't be a big boost to consumer spending, Bankrate.com senior analyst Greg McBride says.
The move will likely not have an impact on fixed-rate mortgage rates and may not help those with adjustable-rate mortgages, depending how their rates are set, McBride says. "Savers will be thrown further under the bus as their interest income declines," he says.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Hang Sarah Palin Noose......
I know why Drudge has this image of an effigy of Palin hanging in a noose plastered all over his webpage. It's a very transparent attempt to suggest a double standard at work in the MSM since this hasn't garnered the attention a comparable image of a certain someone on the Democratic ticket would have. I know that. But you know what? He's right.
I think Palin has shown herself to woefully inadequate for the office she is seeking. Her policy positions are so pitiful and poorly explained that one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry when listening to her attempts to explain them. Considering Senator McCain's health history and age, her qualifications are a serious concern. However, this type of distasteful stuff has no place in our national political discourse. None. I don't find the humor or 'it's Halloween season!' arguments compelling. It's an explicit and public demonstration of the potential murder of one of the candidates for Vice Presidency. Our country has a history of political violence. As such, such public demonstrations should be denounced by all as way out of bounds. Just as there are limits on free speech such as the proverbial screaming 'fire' in a crowded theater, public demonstrations depicting violence against our political leaders should fall into the same category.
I know that there will be many on the left who don't agree with me on this but I'd put this question to them (although I know this is the reason Drudge is trying to make this an issue, it doesn't mean he isn't right on this one): would you feel the same if it was Senator Obama?
As a further example, I felt the same way when some of the more extreme anti-war folks were doing violent acts to effigies of Bush and Cheney.
I think one of the biggest lessons of this political campaign has been the necessity to elevate our level of political discourse in this country. I think placing such things outside the bounds of acceptable discourse would be a proper step in that direction.
I'm sure there are many who will strongly disagree with me and I would welcome your comments since I think it's an important topic to discuss. Considering the history of actual violence against political figures in our country I think it very reasonable to set firm boundaries on the depiction of fictional violence against them and the concept of double standards simply shouldn't play any role in that determination at all.
Liberal Faggots Hang Sarah Palin Noose!..palin noose,palin whack job
Unlike the network morning news shows, the Sarah Palin hanging in effigy was covered by, surprisingly, "The View." On the October 28 edition, the panel, as they should be, was unanimous in condemning inflammatory Halloween decoration. The best remark came from, yet another surprise, Joy Behar. Hinting at media double standards Behar cried "if they had done it to Obama, it would cause a tremendous hoopla."
Behar, who normally attempts to play the equivocation game, offered no such attempt on this subject adding "as much as I disagree with her politics, it’s outrageous. It’s stupid." The others chimed in as well as Whoopi Goldberg asserted "you just don’t do that." Sherri Shepherd raised concerns about Sarah Palin’s children. Elisabeth Hasselbeck declared "it’s not even worth hearing what [the house owner] has to say."
Monday, October 27, 2008
Obama maintains 5-point lead
....With eight days until election day, Barack Obama continues to maintain 5 point lead over John McCain in the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll.
The Reuters poll also shows that although McCain trails Obama in a number of battleground states, he is well within striking distance in each of the six states in which he trails -- and none of Obama's leads are outside the margin of error. Jon Decker reports.
SOUNDBITES:
John McCain, presidential candidate
Barack Obama, presidential candidate
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Barack Obama is going to loose? yes says John McCain Interviewed on NBC’s
The Republican presidential campaign is making a stop in Iowa Sunday.
Republican nominee John McCain is in Waterloo today.
He was a guest on NBC's meet the press with Tom Brokaw. It aired live on KWWL.
Part of the show focused on some of the latest polls which show McCain still trailing.
If you missed ''Meet The Press'' Sunday morning, you can watch it at 5 p.m. Sunday on MSNBC. Republican John McCain on Sunday dismissed the sour poll numbers that show him trailing in his White House race against Democrat Barack Obama and said his campaign is “doing fine.” Interviewed on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Arizona ...
Viswanathan Anand won World Chess Championship , Bonn 2008
Anand's preparation for this 9th round match has to be admitted to be much superior. After the first couple of games he entered in great form, which however can't be said in regard of the Russian. Anand proves once again how resilient can be
Sarah Palin's 'going rogue....
Sources say there is brewing tension between McCain aides and Palin
Palin aide says she is trying to take control of her message
"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," says a McCain adviser,long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
Healing steps ahead in Marine Corps Marathon..
jaime Boris planned to run the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon side by side with her husband David after he returned from Afghanistan. On Nov. 12, 2007, an IED took CPT David Boris' life. At the marathon this Sunday, Jaime will run alone, though she believes David will be with her every step of the way.
marine corps marathon..
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA)--Some 22 thousand runners of all ages set off this morning on the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon.
The new 26.2 mile course takes runners from the Pentagon, through Rosslyn, along Lee Highway to Spout Run and then down to the George Washington Parkway.
The runners then cross the Key Bridge, run through Georgetown, the Palisades, on to the Kennedy Center, Hains Point, the Mall and the monuments and ending at the Marine Corps War Memorial.
The first runners crossed the finish line after 10am while the last runners will need to finish by 3:30pm when the course closes.
Silva Claims Victory Following Cote Injury
It was difficult to watch Silva get knocked unconcious for two consecutive fights. I've been a fan of "The Axe Murderer" for the last four years or so. What won me over is Silva's willingness to put it all on the line each time he entered the ring. Sure, his aggressive style is exciting to watch, but it's his courage in the ring that separates him from other top strikers like Mirko "Cro Cop" and Chuck Liddell, both known for folding like chairs when faced with adversity in the ring and switching to "survival mode." When Chuck Liddell was getting outpunched and outmuscled by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Liddell resigned to just laying on the canvas and taking a beating without offering anything in return until the referee stopped the fight. When the one-trick-pony, Mirko Filipovic realized that his high kick wasn't going to do him any good against Fedor Emelianenko, he resorted to running and surviving. Survival for the sake of survival is never part of Silva's fight plan. He will seek to destroy or get destroyed himself in the process. Many times there comes a point in a fight where one of the combatants realizes he can't win or his opponent is too strong for him. Once they reach that conclusion their whole demeanor changes and they start fighting to not get knocked out instead of fighting to win. Silva always fights to win. He could've chosen to run around the ring against Cro Cop, especially after his eye was shut. Instead he threw caution at the wind and got knocked out.
Nobody ever accused Dan Henderson of being a bad fighter. He's probably one of the most underrated and he proved this past Saturday that he belongs at the very top. Several factors were involved in Silva's destruction at the hands of Dan Henderson. First of all, Henderson has greatly improved in the last five years and has become craftier. Secondly, Henderson is hungry and is probably in his prime. Finally, Silva is past his prime and definitely not as sharp as he once was. But after watching the replays of the fight, it finally dawned on me that under the rules of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Silva's greatest weapons are not allowed; knees to the head of an opponent on all fours, and kicks to the head of a downed opponent. On one particular occasion Silva was sprawled over Henderson, in perfect position to land his vicious knees on the top of Henderson's head. Had Silva been allowed to throw knees at that moment, the fight without a doubt, would've ended differently, with Silva being the winner. Of course, with the way Silva fought during the first two rounds, it would be easy to dismiss the knee factor. To be fair, Dan Henderson was having his way. But it doesn't change the fact that Silva was handicapped in that fight. Silva's knee strikes towards his opponent's head on all fours, has been Silva's most lethal arsenal. His knees strikes in that position are legendary. Taking that away from Silva will be the equivalent of not allowing Dan Henderson to throw punches in the standup position.
Sadly, the records will still show that Henderson KO'd Silva. It will not mention the handicap that Silva was fighting with. Henderson fans will not care. Rules are rules, that's all there is to it. But the fact will remain that Henderson's victory was not against the real Wanderlei Silva, who would've easily knocked him out had knees on the ground been allowed.
UFC 90: SILVA VS COTE
UFC 90: SILVA VS COTE
Here are the matches for UFC 90 aside from the main event.
MAIN CARD
UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE: Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote
Thiago Alves vs. Diego Sanchez @ 170lbs
Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk @ 155lbs
Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic @ 185lbs
Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos @265lbs
PRELIMINARY CARD
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Horwich (185lbs)
Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau (155lbs)
Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell (170lbs)
Spencer Fisher vs. Melvin Guillard (155lbs)
Friday, October 24, 2008
Ashley Todd Fake "Mutilation" Exposed
Police say a campaign volunteer confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter B in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.
At a news conference this afternoon, officials said they believe that Ashley Todd's injuries were self-inflicted.
Todd, 20, of Texas, is now facing charges for filing a false report to police.
Todd initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.
Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.
Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.
Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and "the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction."
This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.
PNC to buy ailing National City for $5.6 billion...
PNC projects that the deal, to be completed by the end of this year, would generate a 15 percent rate of return and boost per-share results in its second year. The bank will incur $2.3 billion in merger costs and $1.2 billion in other expenses.
National City branches will assume the PNC name. The company headquarters will remain in Pittsburgh.
During a conference call Friday, PNC Chief Executive James Rohr told analysts the bank expects to record $19.9 billion in write-downs on National City loans. PNC may also consider issuing $1 billion in common equity "in the foreseeable future," but only after speaking with top shareholders.
National City posted a $729 million quarterly loss earlier this week. Its chief executive, Peter Raskind, told Reuters on Tuesday that the economic environment "probably gets worse before it gets better."
Raskind will join the combined bank's board, along with one other National City director.
PNC's Rohr said Treasury's offer to inject capital made the deal for National City attractive. With the new funds, the combined company's Tier 1 capital ratio would be a healthy 10 percent.
PNC faced competition for National City, Rohr said, adding that the bank had scrutinized a deal with National City "for quite some time," he said. He declined to say whether Treasury forced PNC to acquire its weaker rival.
Typically bank mergers trigger antitrust provisions that require branch and business sales, but Rohr said concentration issues exist in less than 3 percent of the combined deposit base. Currently, the two banks combined have $180 billion in deposits.
Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and Sandler O'Neill advised PNC, while Goldman Sachs advised National City.
PNC bank,makes Double bottom chart pattern may test 100$..
PNC Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:PNC) agreed to buy ailing National City Corp (NYSE:NCC) in a government-backed $5.6 billion deal that will rescue the Ohio-based lender and create the No. 5 U.S. bank by deposits.
Mr. Green Genes, The Genetic
Green Genes. And for fright factor, neither do black cats. The 6-month-old feline may look like a standard-issue orange tabby in the comfort of daylight, but he turns a ghoulish shade of fluorescent green under the shroud of darkness!
But there’s no need to get spooked; Mr. Green Genes is not a ghastly creation out of a Halloween horror story. The glow-in-the-dark cat is the result of a genetic experiment gone right, not awry; he was cloned at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans to aid endangered species ... and down the line, humans as well.
The phosphorescent feline made his national television debut on TODAY Thursday. The studio went dark and Mr. Green Genes’ ears, nose and eyes glowed under an ultraviolet light.
John McCain supporter, Ashley Todd
Will Ashley Todd's Story Implode Tomorrow?,Ashley Todd-Who Took The Picture?,What happened to Ashley Todd?,Ashley Todd Beaten and Robbed by Obama Supporter,Ashley Todd: political victim or hoax?,McCain Supporter, Ashley Todd, Robbed and Assaulted by Knife ...10 hours ago by Janet Shan
John McCain supporter, Ashley Todd, 20, was robbed by a knife-wielding man, who etched a “B” into her face, after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the woman’s car. According to the police, Ms. Todd was using an ATM at Liberty Avenue ...
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McCain Volunteer Ashley Todd Attacked & “B” Carved On Her Face ...
Ashley Todd, 20, was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield, and was also mutilated by her attacker by carving the letter “B” on her face, due to her support for John McCain. Read more about the...
McCain Volunteer Ashley Todd Attacked, Mutilated In Pittsburgh9 hours ago by admin_huliq
An apparent Obama supporter attacks McCain supporter Ashley Todd and carves letter B into Todd's face.
Ashley Todd Attacked By Obama Supporter Because That’s How They Roll8 hours ago by memetrics
Ashley Todd was attacked by a criminal, because that’s how criminals roll. Now, I’m gonna assume she really got attacked, but that kind of attack is kind of unusual. I’m glad for Ashley, but usually someone who mutilates will kill ...
Whassup, Peoples?
Pittsburgh news: Mccain volunteer Ashley Todd mutilated after ...8 hours ago by cafearjun
Ashley Todd, 20 was attacked at Bloomfield, Pittsburgh. This happened when she was getting some cash from an ATM, the police said. A mirror image of the alphabet “B” was carved into her face in a ruthless way. Ashley Todd, who’sa ...
who s nailin palin
Hot Lisa Ann Is Nailin Palin,
Some are calling her “the hottest candidate ever” – and with Sarah Palin’s bikini-donning, gun-toting and hockey-dropping antics revving-up red-blooded red state voters, it's no surprise that porn sleaze king Larry Flynt wants to capitalise on her sex appeal.The latest release from his x-rated movie empire, Who’s Nailin Paylin?, features VP look-a-like, Lisa Ann, with Flynt setting the scenario of a housebound Palin taking visit from two Russian soliders – a not-so-subtle dig at her proclaimed Alaskan proximity to the Russian zenith.
No stranger to bad taste, Flynt’s porno exploitation also takes a dig at Palin’s creationist beliefs, featuring a flashback scene in which a professor explains “a ‘big bang’ theory even she can’t deny!”We’re just hoping Mr Flynt doesn’t decide to take a shine to John McCain’s sexual potential – there wouldn’t be enough bleach in the world to clean the eyes.However it would be interesting to hear if the soundtrack, when it kicks in, has a merging of Sergei Prokofiev's Russian classics with smooth funk-wah jazz.