And…

https://twitter.com/#!/ronbryn/status/164787051177320448

and in excess of $25K in ’11 to aide Dolev Azaria.

Questions For Lisa

In your last tweet to @RepWeiner, you said that he should get in touch with you – that someone had contacted you. Meagan Broussard had said much the same thing. Who was that someone and was it the same someone who had contacted Meagan?

You had said that you hadn’t meant to release the entire facebook transcript. Who was it that you gave access to, who then released the whole chat against your wishes? Was it a radaronline reporter, a friend, or an intermediary?

What democratic campaigns had you done volunteer work for in the past?

What was the original purpose of the starchild111 twitter account? Some of your older tweets indicate your interest in social media marketing. (Just out of curiosity – did you study Marketing or Communications in college?)

Did you have any contact with Meagan (say on facebook for example) before @RepWeiner sent the infamous underwear tweet?

You said you came forward because you felt sad for all the negative attention another Weiner woman was getting, so you wanted to help her. Who was that woman and did you have contact with her before you came forward.

You’ve said that you have not benefited monetarily from Weinergate; is that still the case? Meagan collected $15,000 from ABC – do you find that aggravating?

Did anyone help you in contacting the press, or in helping you think about what to say to the press? Who? Did this person help any other Weiner women as well?

While you’ve criticized some of Anthony Weiner’s personal foibles, you’ve remained a staunch supporter of his politics. I found your statements to be similar to the sockpuppets Nikki Reid, John Reid, et al., in that you say you support RepWeiner, but, as you know, the things you’ve said to the press have actually hurt him. Is there any connection at all between you and the “Reids”? Do you think that someone who may have been advising you was also involved in scripting the Reid twitter accounts?

Did you ever give access to any twitter account that you held the password to, to someone else?

Do you feel that anyone has manipulated you, lied to you, or taken advantage of your trust, regarding Weinergate?

Who are the friends that you’ve said you had told about your online friendship with RepWeiner? Were they facebook friends, irl friends? Were any of them opposed to progressive politics?

Radaronline quoted you as saying that RepWeiner is “a bad man”. Do you still think that? How did the radaronline reporter communicate with you – by chat/messaging? Did you speak with them directly or through an intermediary? Did someone help you with your statements to radaronline?

And just a personal question – would you vote for Anthony Weiner if he ran for president someday? Or do you feel that he is too reckless, or doesn’t have good enough judgment for the job?

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The Wendy Whiner Of Weinergate

From the 6/18/11 Lee Stranahan Blog Talk Radio Show (coincidentally ONE DAY after the Jennifer Preston NYT piece re fake Weinergate twitter teens)  – Caller @AG_Conservative aka Allen Ginzburg, known to be from the greater Detroit area, sounding somewhat hysterical:

From the 6/22/11  Lee Stranahan Blog Talk Radio Show [clip is edited] – Caller @razor419, known to be from the greater Detroit area, sounding somewhat hysterical:

[Update: Note – @Liberty_Chick sez these callers pronounce their vowels differently, and I would say that razor does sound older and more self-assured. Both callers oddly and breathlessly spout disinformation in a high-strung sing-song-y cadence. (Though it’s possible AG is walking a dog.) And both calls make me laugh about the same amount.]

(As Lee has pointed out to us, it is a simple matter to make your voice sound higher or deeper on the phone.)

Of course a lot of people around Weinergate like to use more than one handle, as we see here: http://wireupdate.com/joereport/news/my-own-email-interactions-with-patriotusa76-aka-dan-wolfe/#comment-217184911

[Update: the above link appears to have been scrubbed.  Below is a cap of the commenter using two id’s on the same post; what I was referring to above. Wonder why it got scrubbed – seems to be a pattern. (Click on the image to see it more clearly.)]

Ken is Koam

And here’s a REALLY funny coincidence –

On Lee’s 6/22/11 show, our friend Ken Danieli called in as “@wittier” from his 914 area code, immediately after @razor419.

Hmm. 914? 419?

When we scroll down a bit on this link , we see that Ken had a RAZR phone and we know his area code is 914.

RAZR914? razor419? Isn’t that FUNNY?!

When I pointed this out to @razor419, he stopped talking to me, even though he seemed to have PLENTY to say to me before. As a matter of fact, he stopped tweeting all-together. Gee, I wonder why?????

Golly, just one of the many mysteries of the post-Weinergate era I guess.

(h/t soundbitten.com)

(h/t Lucy)

Dan Wolfe: Historian

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From the FilmLadd – Dan Wolfe interview –

I found this exchange interesting:

Filmladd (4:45:20 PM): Define collectivism.

danwolfe7676 (4:45:35 PM): I dont understand?

Filmladd (4:45:53 PM): What does collectivism mean to you?

Filmladd (4:46:01 PM): As a political philosophy.

danwolfe7676 (4:46:25 PM): Are you serious? did I say I was a political science major?

danwolfe7676 (4:46:28 PM): Wow deep end .

Filmladd (4:46:34 PM): Okay, moving on.

danwolfe7676 (4:46:44 PM): This is what I mean

danwolfe7676 (4:46:48 PM): That question was nuts.

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hmm. So a presumed tea-partier doesn’t understand the concept of collectivism? Kinda hard to swallow.

and there was this:

danwolfe7676 (4:58:52 PM): You are throwing these at me too fast

danwolfe7676 (4:58:56 PM): I need time to answer

Filmladd (4:58:59 PM): Sorry.

danwolfe7676 (4:59:02 PM): Slow typer

danwolfe7676 (4:59:16 PM): I didn’t grow up with computers ike you guys

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Poor Dan. Just a simple regular guy from humble beginnings who can barely type. He can’t even spell very well:

danwolfe7676 (7:23:49 PM): Tryign to help against my better judgement

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But wait! What’s this? Dan redeems himself with his historical knowledge:

Filmladd (7:17:26 PM): Who’s your favorite founding father? It sounds like a softball, but I don’t think it is.

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danwolfe7676 (7:18:22 PM): Franklin.

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Filmladd (7:19:06 PM): You do know that Franklin and his son were on opposite sides of the Revolutionary war?

danwolfe7676 (7:19:39 PM): Yes William ,right?

Filmladd (7:19:41 PM): Let me ask you: do you think Franklin chose to be on the opposite side?

danwolfe7676 (7:19:47 PM): his son William

Filmladd (7:20:08 PM): Or do you think he decided to shrug, demand his privacy, and go back to printing Little Richard’s Almanacs?

danwolfe7676 (7:20:28 PM): Yeah thanks for the compliment but I don’t think this is anywhere near that

danwolfe7676 (7:20:43 PM): And he didn’t have a group of vultures waiting to pick at his body

danwolfe7676 (7:20:47 PM): like you are all with me

Filmladd (7:21:01 PM): No, he just had an entire British army wanting to hang him.

danwolfe7676 (7:21:37 PM): Well, I’m obiously not his character otherwise I would have founded a country by now

danwolfe7676 (7:21:46 PM): I’m not worthy I mean

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Now I was REALLY impressed with this because I happen to have a major in history (US concentration); I took a ton of history classes at one of the finest schools in the nation (and did pretty well in them), and I had NO IDEA who Ben Franklin’s son was or his significance in American history, and I would have been unable to banter with Ladd on this topic.

Well, I figured if this simple, formerly under-privileged, regular guy Dan Wolfe who can’t even spell, knows about this piece of history, I had better catch up but quick (I mean, I even grew up with computers). But how?

Fortunately, our friend Ken Danieli comes to the rescue with his recommendation and review of

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin:

http://www.shelfari.com/kend/shelf#firstBook=0&list=0&sort=opinions

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Ken declares Franklin “an amazing character” and gives the bio 4 stars.
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Sounds like it is well worth a look.

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Sockpuppet Theatre

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability, 5 points each:

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Who voiced Patricia Reid?

Did Dan Wolfe get paid? By who?

Is there anything concrete that ties NR to the AW takedown?

What was the motive? (please be specific)

Is there really a JG? Has anyone seen the police report?

Any more questions?

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Please stay mostly on topic. Idiotic, illogical, dopey, untrue, misleading, and annoying comments will be promptly deleted and the commenter will be banned.

Anonymous replies welcome.

NO HAIKUS

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