Cash Money CEO Bryan "Baby" Williams apologizes to Lil' Wayne.
While Lil' Wayne isn't on Cash Money Records anymore, his former mentor Bryan "Baby" Williams (known as Birdman) decided to squash the longstanding feud they had.
For nearly five years, Lil' Wayne was preparing for Tha Carter V to be released on Cash Money Records. The record was delayed and eventually shelved. The rapper was also barred from appearing on joint projects without clearance from Cash Money.
Lil' Wayne was angered over the departure of Tyga from Cash Money and Young Money Records.
The rappers were verbally and publicly trading shots at one another.
Wayne with daughter Regine Carter, a reality television star in her own right.
Well I guess all is good because at the Weezyana Concert in New Orleans, Birdman came onstage and made an impromptu speech formally apologizing to the Lil' Wayne.
View it here.
Birdman was on stage Saturday at Weezyana Fest 2018 in New Orleans when the Cash Money honcho took the mic and essentially told Wayne, "I'm sorry."
Birdman started the apology with Wayne right beside him on sage with the words, "I knew this day was going to come, but I didn't know when it was going to come."
Wayne sued Birdman and Cash Money for $51 million for violating the terms of his contract and withholding the release of his album.
The suit settled back in June, and it appears the album will be released before the end of 2018.
ESPN is about to fire Jemele Hill out the cannon. The sports agitator is pretty damn happy to leave.
ESPN is a sinking ship. Thanks to their failure to support NFL players and Hill, the network is seeing its cash cow dry up. Yeah, it's about sports and entertainment. But the people and athletes do live in a country where they feel they need to speak out about how this country is being ran.
She has been very critical of Donald J. Trump and ESPN lately. She has been very vocal about how Trump has reacted to the NFL and the players taking a knee when the national anthem is being played.
Hill joined ESPN in 2006 and has worked on various programs with the company. She reportedly requested a meeting with ESPN president James Pitaro, and it’s possible that’s when the two sides agreed to the buyout, according to Miller.
Miller is the author of “Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN.”
A buyout of her reported $2.5 million-per-year contract has been completed and her last day will be Friday, sources told the New York Post.
The separation was due to Hill's desire to be involved in politics, while ESPN wants to be apolitical, the Post reported.
Hill is believed to have recently met with new ESPN President James Pitaro to discuss her exit, Variety reported.
At a meeting with reporters earlier this month, Pitaro emphasized that ESPN's role is to cover sports news without any particular political bias, the report said.
The executive reportedly said he would prefer that the company's journalists and commentators not offer their own opinions on political matters.
“There is a real concentration, still a real need, on stories about women of color… that will be a huge focus of what I do," she said.
She said she is "really excited" about the next phase of her career and would work to dismantle institutional racism.
“Somebody needs to step up and save us,” Hill said.
She called leaving sports media a “bittersweet” feeling.
Hill and ESPN were not immediately available for comment on her departure.
This scum killed two people because he lost a video game.
The latest mass shooting in the United States has killed two. The terrorist is dead and questions remain.
There are no questions. We all know the same answer. It's a motivated attack and it resulted the deaths of Eli Young and Taylor Robertson. Two young men who just enjoy playing video games. They were just having fun at what they do and this asshole kills them. Their names may never be forgotten by those in the gaming community, but sure as hell, they are forgotten in the public and covered once by the junk food media.
Even our dear imbecile hasn't reacted to the news. The White House hasn't responded publicly to this tragedy.
U.S. Senate candidate and Florida governor Rick Scott is exploiting this. He will try to use this take on Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL). He will say that his actions and photo ops are helping Floridians. Yet, he hasn't really done much on gun control since The Pulse and Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shootings.
Okay, this white terrorist is given a "glaring profile."
Eli Young was gunned down.
White killers are often given profiles that gives the public sympathy. Conservatives will blame video games, entertainers, celebrities and lawmakers who say controversial things. They won't blame the NRA or state lawmakers are advocate for loose gun laws. Matter of fact, they conclude the only way to stop a bad guy with an AR15 is a "guy with a gun." Good luck on that.
If the killer was Black, they are regarded as thugs. Conservatives will call upon the public to ridicule Barack Obama, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, hip-hop music and Democrats as the reasons to why gun violence exist.
If the killer was Muslim, they are regarded as terrorists. Conservatives will blast the junk food media about their refusal to call it "radical Islam." They will advocate for a travel ban (even though the Supreme Court made a portion of that legal). They will call for law enforcement to profile Muslims and there will be retaliatory acts towards Muslim women.
If the killer was a Hispanic, they would use this a weapon to stop immigrants from entering the United States. They will call upon a border wall. They would call upon restrictions to allow immigrants into the country. They would say drive the narrative that immigrants bring firearms into the country.
If it was a White guy, conservatives and kookspiracists would automatically suspect the terrorist's political leanings are associated to the Democratic Party.
Then the bottom feeders would start blaming people for the actions of the terrorist. White conservatives often do this. They continue to push forth the divide.
He used a handgun in the shooting, according to a source close to the investigation. Police have not commented on a possible motive for the shooting.
Taylor Robertson and Eli Young both were gunned down by this scum while playing Madden 19.
Federal agents and local law enforcement officers searched the white terrorist's home in the Federal Hill area of Baltimore.
Many suspect the terrorist was mad that he lost in a first round of a video game convention.
In an eerie video, you can see a laser sight zeroed in on one of the victims.
What has Donald J. Trump done so far to acknowledge the latest mass shooting. Go golfing.
I am fed up with gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. I AM FED UP WITH REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS. THEY ARE ALLOWING GENOCIDE TO REIGN IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WON'T DO NOTHING TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE. DONALD J. TRUMP, THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND CONSERVATIVE AGITATORS WOULD CALL FOR ACTIONS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, MUSLIMS AND IMMIGRANTS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GUN, THEY ARE SILENT. NOTHING. IT'S TIME TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. GET OUT AND VOTE. VOTE THESE BUMS OUT. IF YOU FAIL TO VOTE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE WORTHLESS LAWMAKERS ROLLBACK PROGRESS, ALLOW MILITARY STYLE FIREARMS ON THE STREETS AND THE INEPTNESS OF A LEADER WHO HAD NO FREAKING CLUE ON HOW TO RUN GOVERNMENT.
A great comedy writer and playwright passed away. The legendary Neil Simon passed away at the age of 91.
Best known for his famous play The Odd Couple, Simon is the master of meaningful humor and timeless classics.
Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, said Bill Evans, a longtime friend and spokesman for Shubert Organization theaters.
In the second half of the 20th century, Simon was the American theater's most successful and prolific playwright, often chronicling middle class issues and fears. Starting with "Come Blow Your Horn" in 1961 and continuing into the next century, he rarely stopped working on a new play or musical. His list of credits is staggering.
The theater world quickly mourned his death , including Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, who tweeted that Simon "could write a joke that would make you laugh, define the character, the situation, and even the world's problems."
Matthew Broderick, who in 1983 made his Broadway debut in Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and his movie debut in Simon's "Max Dugan Returns," added: "I owe him a career. The theater has lost a brilliantly funny, unthinkably wonderful writer. And even after all this time, I feel I have lost a mentor, a father figure, a deep influence in my life and work."
For seven months in 1967, he had four productions running at the same time on Broadway: "Barefoot in the Park," ''The Odd Couple," ''Sweet Charity," and "The Star-Spangled Girl."
Even before he launched his theater career, he made history as one of the famed stable of writers for comedian Sid Caesar that also included Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
Simon was the recipient of four Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center honors (1995), four Writers Guild of America Awards and an American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement honor. In 1983, he had a Broadway theater named after him when the Alvin was rechristened the Neil Simon Theatre.
In 2006, he won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which honors work that draws from the American experience. The previous year had seen a popular revival of "The Odd Couple," reuniting Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick after their enormous success in "The Producers" several years earlier.
In a 1997 interview with The Washington Post, Simon reflected on his success: "I know that I have reached the pinnacle of rewards. There's no more money anyone can pay me that I need. There are no awards they can give me that I haven't won. I have no reason to write another play except that I am alive and I like to do it," he said.
Simon had a rare stumble in the fall of 2009, when a Broadway revival of his "Brighton Beach Memoirs" closed abruptly after only nine performances because of poor ticket sales. It was to have run in repertory with Simon's "Broadway Bound," which was also canceled.
Walter Matthau and Jack Lennon were the original Oscar and Felix.
The bespectacled, mild-looking Simon (described in a New York Times magazine profile as looking like an accountant or librarian who dressed "just this side of drab") was a relentless writer — and rewriter.
"I am most alive and most fulfilled sitting alone in a room, hoping that those words forming on the paper in the Smith-Corona will be the first perfect play ever written in a single draft," Simon wrote in the introduction to one of the many anthologies of his plays.
He was a meticulous joke smith, peppering his plays, especially the early ones, with comic one-liners and humorous situations that critics said sometimes came at the expense of character and believability. No matter. For much of his career, audiences embraced his work, which often focused on middle-class, urban life, many of the plots drawn from his own personal experience.
"I don't write social and political plays because I've always thought the family was the microcosm of what goes on in the world," he told The Paris Review in 1992.
Simon received his first Tony Award in 1965 as best author — a category now discontinued — for "The Odd Couple," although the comedy lost the best-play prize to Frank D. Gilroy's "The Subject Was Roses." He won a best-play Tony 20 years later for "Biloxi Blues." In 1991, "Lost in Yonkers" received both the Tony and the Pulitzer Prize. And there was a special achievement Tony, too, in 1975.
Simon's own life figured most prominently in what became known as his "Brighton Beach" trilogy — "Brighton Beach Memoirs," ''Biloxi Blues" and "Broadway Bound" — which many consider his finest works. In them, Simon's alter ego, Eugene Morris Jerome, makes his way from childhood to the U.S. Army to finally, on the verge of adulthood, a budding career as a writer.
Simon was born Marvin Neil Simon in New York and was raised in the Bronx and Washington Heights. He was a Depression-era child, his father, Irving, a garment-industry salesman. He was raised mostly by his strong-willed mother, Mamie, and mentored by his older brother, Danny, who nicknamed his younger sibling, Doc.
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were the TV first version of The Odd Couple.
Simon attended New York University and the University of Colorado. After serving in the military in 1945 and 1946, he began writing with his brother for radio in 1948, and then for television, a period in their lives chronicled in Simon's 1993 play, "Laughter on the 23rd Floor."
The brothers wrote for such classic 1950s television series as "Your Show of Shows," 90 minutes of live, original comedy starring Caesar and Imogene Coca, and later for "The Phil Silvers Show," in which the popular comedian portrayed the conniving Army Sgt. Ernie Bilko.
Yet Simon grew dissatisfied with television writing and the network restrictions that accompanied it. Out of his frustration came "Come Blow Your Horn," which starred Hal March and Warren Berlinger as two brothers (not unlike Danny and Neil Simon) trying to figure out what to do with their lives. The comedy ran for more than a year on Broadway. An audience member is said to have died on opening night.
But it was his second play, "Barefoot in the Park," that really put Simon on the map. Critically well-received, the 1963 comedy, directed by Mike Nichols, concerned the tribulations of a pair of newlyweds played by Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford, who lived on the top floor of a New York brownstone.
Simon cemented that success two years later with "The Odd Couple," a comedy about bickering roommates: Oscar, a gruff, slovenly sportswriter, and Felix, a neat, fussy photographer. Walter Matthau, as Oscar, and Art Carney, as Felix, starred on Broadway, with Matthau and Jack Lemmon playing the roles in a successful movie version. Jack Klugman and Tony Randall appeared in the TV series, which ran on ABC from 1970-1975. A female stage version was done on Broadway in 1985 with Rita Moreno as Olive (Oscar) and Sally Struthers as Florence (Felix). It was revived again as a TV series from 2015-17, starring Matthew Perry.
Ron Glass and Demond Wilson were the second version of The Odd Couple.
The play remains one of Simon's most durable and popular works. Nathan Lane as Oscar and Matthew Broderick as Felix starred in a revival that was one of the biggest hits of the 2005-2006 Broadway season.
Besides "Sweet Charity" (1966), which starred Gwen Verdon as a goodhearted dance-hall hostess, and "Promises, Promises" (1968), based on Billy Wilder's film "The Apartment," Simon wrote the books for several other musicals.
"Little Me" (1962), adapted from Patrick Dennis' best-selling spoof of show-biz autobiographies, featured a hardworking Sid Caesar in seven different roles. "They're Playing Our Song" (1979), which had music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, ran for more than two years. But a musical version of Simon's movie "The Goodbye Girl," starring Martin Short and Bernadette Peters, had only a short run in 1993.
Many of his plays were turned into films as well. Besides "The Odd Couple," he wrote the screenplays for movie versions of "Barefoot in the Park," ''The Sunshine Boys," ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and more.
Simon also wrote original screenplays, the best known being "The Goodbye Girl," starring Richard Dreyfuss as a struggling actor, and "The Heartbreak Kid," which featured Charles Grodin as a recently married man, lusting to drop his new wife for a blonde goddess played by Cybill Shepherd.
In his later years, Simon had more difficulty on Broadway. After the success of "Lost in Yonkers," which starred Mercedes Ruehl as a gentle, simple-minded woman controlled by her domineering mother (Irene Worth), the playwright had a string of financially unsuccessful plays including "Jake's Women," ''Laughter on the 23rd Floor" and "Proposals." Simon even went off-Broadway with "London Suite" in 1995 but it didn't run long either.
"The Dinner Party," a comedy set in Paris about husbands and ex-wives, was a modest hit in 2000, primarily because of the box-office strength of its two stars, Henry Winkler and John Ritter. A hit revival of "Promises, Promises" in 2010 starred Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes.
Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon in the most recent version of The Odd Couple.
Perhaps Simon's most infamous production was the critically panned "Rose's Dilemma," which opened at off-Broadway's nonprofit Manhattan Theatre Club in December 2003. Its star, Mary Tyler Moore, walked out of the show during preview performances after receiving a note from the playwright criticizing her performance. Moore was replaced by her understudy.
He wrote two memoirs, "Rewrites" (1996) and "The Play Goes On" (1999). They were combined into "Neil Simon's Memoirs."
Simon was married five times, twice to the same woman. His first wife, Joan Baim, died of cancer in 1973, after 20 years of marriage. They had two daughters, Ellen and Nancy, who survive him. Simon dealt with her death in "Chapter Two" (1977), telling the story of a widower who starts anew.
The playwright then married actress Marsha Mason, who had appeared in his stage comedy "The Good Doctor" and who went on to star in several films written by Simon including "The Goodbye Girl," ''The Cheap Detective," ''Chapter Two," ''Only When I Laugh" and "Max Dugan Returns." They divorced in 1982.
The playwright was married to his third wife, Diane Lander, twice — once in 1987-1988 and again in 1990-1998. Simon adopted Lander's daughter, Bryn, from a previous marriage. Simon married his fourth wife, actress Elaine Joyce, in 1999. He also is survived by three grandchildren and one great-grandson.
"I suspect I shall keep on writing in a vain search for that perfect play. I hope I will keep my equilibrium and sense of humor when I'm told I haven't achieved it," Simon once said about his voluminous output of work. "At any rate, the trip has been wonderful. As George and Ira Gershwin said, 'They Can't Take That Away From Me.'"
Mass shootings in Jacksonville in a span of 48 hours. This one made the national news. Jacksonville Landing massacre. The victims were playing EA's Madden 19 and were caught off guard by terrorist. The other mass shooting was at a high school football game.
BE WARNED THE VIDEOS ARE DISTURBING.
Not again. Not again.
Again in the United States, we have seen it time and time again. You're no longer safe in the United States. Under Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party, we will continue to see gun violence.
Well in Florida, another mass shooting. These events happened at a football game and a video game tournament. Both events have the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office overwhelmed with the thoughts of "why, how, and what." When you thought it was safe to do something with friends and family.
This isn't America.
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Before the video cuts off, you can clearly see a laser go across the gentleman’s chest on the right.
This is Jacksonville’s second public shooting in as many days, first at a Raines High school football game and now a madden tournament. pic.twitter.com/VpKcI6z4Gl
Another mass shooting in the United States. This time, Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter is assumed caught or dead. Who takes the blame for this tragedy?
Gov. Rick Scott, Trump, Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson will once again react to the news with the very same phony sympathies. The Republicans and conservatives will say the time isn't now to politicize gun violence. Given just last week Trump politicized the Mollie Tibbetts' murder, Republicans will spin this into an issue where they're going to blame the Democrats for encouraging gun violence.
In Jacksonville, there was a gaming competition for Madden 19, the franchise of Electronic Arts Sports/NFL game.
We're going for up to 20 people massacred. So I can't give you confirmed word of deaths.
Jacksonville Landing is a shopping mall in downtown. Who knows what inspired this terrorist to act out in rage. What we do know is that the weapon of choice is likely the AR15.
Jacksonville Police said one suspect is dead and they are finding people hiding in locked places, people are urged to stay calm and where they are. Swat is doing methodical search of Landing.
"We will get to you. Please don't come running out," said JSO via twitter.
#JSO is working a triple shooting at the Raines High School football game. Two injured, one deceased. #JSO is handling the investigation. #JAX#Jacksonville
Police urge everyone to stay away from the area because it is not safe.
Early reports say they were shot inside a game room at the Chicago Pizza and others may have been wounded in the gunfire.
Witnesses said they saw several people being taken out on stretchers.
We are being told that the wounded victims have been taken to Memorial Hospital and UF Health Hospital.
Several ambulances, firefighters and police officers are on the scene and roads are being blocked off downtown near the Jacksonville Landing.
A few days ago, there was a mass shooting at a football game.
A shooting after the Raines and Lee football game on Friday night left one person dead and two injured, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
So once they release the name of the suspect, the blame game begins. Kookspiracy websites like InfoWars, The Gateway Pundit, The Drudge Report and Breitbart will assume the terrorist is a Democrat or Obama-supporter.
They will say that the time isn't now to talk about firearms.
The NRA will say the only way to stop a mass shooter is a "good guy with a gun."
Trump will tweet a response once his ass gets off the golf course.
And once again, for the next two weeks, the junk food media will talk about it. If the murder count is over 10, expect the national outlets to be outside the mall responding to witnesses and everyday people.
After two weeks, we're off to another controversy.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. TIME TO HOLD THESE LAWMAKERS ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GUN VIOLENCE ACTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND KEEP DONATING TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. KEEP ON VOTING FOR SPINELESS DEMOCRATS LIKE JOE MANCHIN, HEIDI HEITKAMP, DOUG JONES AND JOE DONNELLY TO KEEP TRUMP'S AGENDA MOVING ALONG. THEY DONE NOTHING BUT SEND TRUMP'S AGENDA TO HIS DESK. THEY CONFIRMED HIS NOMINEES AND THEY ARE SLATED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF BRETT KAVANAUGH. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. INSTEAD OF BUILDING WALLS TO BLOCK IMMIGRANTS, WHY DON'T WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE UNITED STATES.
My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.
The death has gotten world leaders to respond. John Sidney McCain III was pronounced dead at 4:30 EST.
Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others respond to his passing. The former presidents and our current imbecile react to the death.
Obama and George W. Bush will deliver eulogies in regards to McCain's pending burial. Pence is invited to attend. Unfortunately, McCain doesn't want Trump or any of his family members at the services.
The feud between them ends on a nasty note. Yesterday Trump was scrutinized for not mentioning McCain in his statements at the Ohio Republican Party Dinner. Trump came to congratulate Representative-elect Troy Balderson (R-OH) for his narrow victory.
Trump who is dealing with back to back blows is doing damage control by at least acknowledging McCain's passing through a tweet.
Along with Trump came Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Lindsey Graham, Justin Trudeau, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and many others.
McCain's fiercest critics at least said a few kind words. Tomi Lahren, Kelli Ward, Mark Levin and Sean "Softball" Hannity managed to at least get their heads out Trump's ass to send their phony condolences.
My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!
Karen and I send our deepest condolences to Cindy and the entire McCain family on the passing of Senator John McCain. We honor his lifetime of service to this nation in our military and in public life. His family and friends will be in our prayers. God bless John McCain.
"Some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. Some voices are so vibrant, it is hard to think of them stilled. John McCain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.” [...] Full statement by President George W. Bush https://t.co/FQVYWIUyGLpic.twitter.com/W8LCxJXRLi
— George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) August 26, 2018
.@SenJohnMcCain lived a life of service to his country, from his heroism in the Navy to 35 years in Congress. He was a tough politician, a trusted colleague, and there will simply never be another like him. My thoughts and prayers are with Cindy and his entire family.
John McCain believed that every citizen has a responsibility to make something of the freedoms given by our Constitution, and from his heroic service in the Navy to his 35 years in Congress, he lived by his creed every day. https://t.co/946T7PnG53
.@SenJohnMcCain was a leader & public servant of deep patriotism, outstanding bravery & undaunted spirit. Throughout his career, we all saw his integrity, humility, courage & grace. May it be a comfort to his family to know that so many around the world mourn with them.
As you go through life, you meet few truly great people. John McCain was one of them. His dedication to his country and the military were unsurpassed, and maybe most of all, he was a truth teller - never afraid to speak truth to power in an era where that has become all too rare.
Words cannot express the sorrow I feel at John McCain’s passing. The world has lost a hero and a statesman. Cindy and the McCain family have lost a loving husband and father. I have lost a wonderful friend.
Arizona will never be the same. @SenJohnMcCain may you rest in peace, and may comfort come to your family - and to all of us who will grieve your loss to our great country. A statesmen, a patriot, our Arizona hero.
John McCain was one of Arizona’s greatest Senators, one of our country’s finest statesmen, and an American hero who risked his life to defend this great nation. He loved this state, and he loved this country.
No man this century better exemplifies honor, patriotism, service,
sacrifice, and country first than Senator John McCain. His heroism
inspires, his life shapes our character. I am blessed and humbled by
our friendship.
Though I didn’t always agree with him politically, John McCain is a true American hero and legend. My heart goes out to his beautiful family. God Bless. pic.twitter.com/Y22KV2lMIO
We are saddened to hear of the passing of @SenJohnMcCain. His decades of service will not be forgotten by the men & women of Arizona. May God grant the McCain family comfort and peace during this difficult time.
RIP Senator McCain. My thoughts and prayers to Cindy, Meghan, and his family. While we did have political differences, I know how much he loved and served his country, and am glad I got to know him and support him in '08
John McCain was my friend. I will remember the good times. My family and I send prayers for Cindy and the McCain family.
- Sarah Palin and family pic.twitter.com/KRvcIQ99cA
Senator John McCain was an American patriot and hero whose sacrifices for his country, and lifetime of public service, were an inspiration to millions. Canadians join Americans tonight in celebrating his life and mourning his passing.
The politicos and agitators all show their sympathy. Some are really truthful while others aren't so truthful. Both sides agree that McCain was a hero and deserves the respect that he was owed.
McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential candidate and an abrasive American hero with a twinkle in his eye.
"It's been quite a ride. I've known great passions, seen amazing wonders, fought in a war, and helped make peace," McCain wrote. "I've lived very well and I've been deprived of all comforts. I've been as lonely as a person can be and I've enjoyed the company of heroes. I've suffered the deepest despair and experienced the highest exultation.
"I made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times."
McCain had not been in Washington since December, leaving a vacuum in the corridors of the Senate and the television news studios he roamed for decades.
In recent months, he was not completely quiet, however, blasting President Donald Trump in a series of tweets and statements that showed that while he was ailing he had lost none of his appetite for the political fight.
The Arizona Senator repeatedly made clear that he saw Trump and his America First ideology as a departure from the values and traditions of global leadership that he saw epitomized in the United States.
McCain had been planning his funeral services over the last year and his family made clear that Trump is not invited, a position that has not changed, two family friends said Saturday. Former rivals and Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were asked to give eulogies, people close to both former presidents and a source close to the senator told CNN earlier this year.
McCain's two losing presidential campaigns meant he fell short of the ultimate political prize, one his story once seemed to promise after he came home from Vietnam and caught the political bug. In the end, he became a scourge of presidents rather than President himself.
McCain leaves behind his wife Cindy, his former wife Carol, his mother Roberta, his seven children including daytime host Meghan McCain and military officer John McCain IV.
Again, McCain was a man of faults. He was a Republican through and through. He bucked the party on occasions whenever the time was right. Even though he got on Barack Obama's nerves during the presidential race and his time in the White House, Obama came to respect a man who fought hard for his accomplishments.
A man who made you laugh, think and also understand.
McCain, you may of been the wrong candidate for president, but at least you were the right man for the Senate.
I don't want to say much other than his death will be discussed on television and radio. So prepare for the week of tributes and programs devoted to McCain.
Jordan Edwards life matters. Hopefully the Texas jurors in the Roy Oliver trial realize that his life was taken by a bad cop.
A former Texas cop who gunned down a teen leaving a party is on trial. He is trying to defend his actions that led to the death of Jordan Edwards. The ex-cop talks about how he served his country as a military officer. He claims he was hit by enemy fire and how he loved his job as a cop.
You know the excuse that makes a jury show sympathy to cops. We are reminded that he shot an unarmed teen leaving a party.
Last year, Edwards was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by his brother. This dirty cop named Roy Oliver was responding to a call of a disturbance at a local home. When he heard fireworks go off, he was spooked by the noise.
So as he approached a vehicle, he claimed he ordered the vehicle to stop. The vehicle would back up and proceed forward. Oliver would start emptying his chamber into the passenger seat killing Edwards.
According to the dirty cop, he was trying to protect his partner. You know a slow moving vehicle being told to leave was then ordered to stop because of a cop's belief there was gunfire coming out the car.
The city of Balch Springs, a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex at first defended the actions of the cop. But when the evidence came forth, they retracted their support.
Oliver was soon placed in the freezer and then fired out the cannon. The prosecutors decided to charge him with murder and reckless endangerment.
At trial, Oliver claims that he was a good cop who felt that his life was in danger.
Dirty cop faces LIFE in the iron college for murder.
Prosecutors were trying to plant the image of Oliver being a loose cannon. The judge refused to hear allegations of anger from ex-girlfriends, motorists who accused him of road rage and a former neighbor.
The prosecutors said that Oliver fired into a vehicle with no regards of who got hit. Oliver shot Edwards in the head and it instantly killed the 15 year old.
As the teens stopped the car, they were immediately ordered out the vehicle. Each of them were scared and forced to be placed in the back of cruisers.
Jordan's brother Kevon Edwards, cried at the cop saying, "Sir, why did y'all shot? We was just backing up and they came up with an assault rifle and shot in the back of the head."
"Why did he shoot? There was nothing on him. There's no reason for that."
Dan Abrams created the Law & Newz Network and it covered the trial.
The suspect is innocent until to proven guilty in a court of law.
Trump doorman claims that he fathered a child with a housekeeper.
Donald J. Trump is by far the worst leader in the world. It's almost hard to say that he is the 45th president of the United States. Everyday I feel like this is reality television. Whenever the president speaks, all I hear is ignorance and other stupidity.
American Media, Inc. is now facing scrutiny because of its CEO, David Pecker.
There's a doorman who used to work the Trump Tower. He was paid off a hefty sum to keep secret about Trump's behaviors while he was married to Melania.
The former doorman said that Trump had an affair with a housekeeper and it resulted in producing a child. The doorman was told to sign a contract to stay quiet about it.
Dino Sajudin signed a contract with American Media that prohibited him from discussing knowledge about the affair. Now that he was released from the contract he is discussing this incident openly.
CNN obtained the source agreement.
"Source shall provide AMI with information regarding Donald Trump's illegitimate child..."
The contract reveals that Sajudin doesn't owe any payments for knowledge but he could get $30,000 "payable upon publication set forth below."
The doorman like Stormy Daniels was under disclosure because of them damn non-disclosure agreements.
BREAKING ALERT: Former Trump Tower doorman, Dino Sajudin, has been released from his contract with AMI. Sajudin carries knowledge regarding an affair between Donald Trump and an ex-housekeeper that resulted in a child.
On Thursday, American Media Chairman David Pecker was granted immunity by federal prosecutors as part of an investigation of Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer. Pecker provided information regarding Trump's knowledge on payments made to women alleging to have had affairs with the president, according to The Wall Street Journal. The White House has denied Trump had affairs with the women. American Media's chief content officer, Dylan Howard, also was granted immunity for his information on the matter, Vanity Fair reported.
One of its publications, the National Enquirer, had a safe that contained documents on payments and other stories it withheld to protect Trump's image during the 2016 presidential election, The Associated Press reported. The story from the AP said it can't say if the documents were destroyed or simply were moved to a location known to fewer people.
This has been one of the worst week for Trump. His former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen plead guilty to federal charges and promises to cooperate with the Russian probe.
Paul Manafort, his second campaign manager was found guilty of eight federal charges that could put his ass in federal time out for LIFE. He also has another trial on the way for not registering as a foreign agent and possible espionage.
Maria Butina, the former spokeswoman for the NRA was indicted on not registering as a foreign agent. She spent a portion of her time gathering information for a billionaire who has ties to Vladimir Putin. She allegedly had access to lawmakers in Washington.
Butina is hoping to be released on a "get out free card."
Cohen is spilling the beans about his payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. He implicated that American Media and the Trump Organization were responsible in paying the women off.
Listening to Sean "Softball" Hannity's right wing carnival. His two favorite guests, Greg Jarrett and Sara Carter along with the softball are calling for Jefferson Beauregard Magoo to resign.
The softball and his mistress Carter are sounding nervous right now.
Magoo, the Attorney General is being called a traitor by Republicans and those close to the imbecile.
Magoo recused himself from the Russian probe after it was revealed he talked to operatives before and after the campaign. Magoo is warning those who are calling for his ouster to back down.
Magoo is not going to allow Mueller's investigation to fall apart (not even for the imbecile).
American Media Group, Inc. CEO David Pecker, the COO Dylan Howard and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg have talked to the federal government about what's going on.
Embattled American Media CEO David Pecker is now taking immunity from indictment.
The CEO of the National Enquirer got immunity from the federal government yesterday in the wake of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen's convictions. Cohen who plead guilty to breaking the law by assisting payments to two women who claimed Donald J. Trump slept with them. H
Federal prosecutors have gave fair warning to Pecker, Howard and Weisselberg that their freedom is on the line. They warned that if they lie about what happened during the presidential election, they could face charges.
So here's the run down.
Pecker is described as a close personal friend of Trump. Pecker supported Trump during his two presidential runs. Pecker was accused of using "catch-and-kill" payments to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who alleged Trump slept with her during the time he was with Melania.
Dylan Howard green light stories negative to Hillary Clinton.
McDougal brought her story to the National Enquirer and they paid her out. But at the time of release, Pecker cancelled the story claiming that it could damage Trump's second run.
The Federal Election Commission said that AMI was conducting an illegal payment with Michael Cohen, then Trump's lawyer and fixer.
Portions of the audiotape that were leaked to CNN showed that Trump gave it the "green light" to executing the payments.
Pecker was subpoenaed to talk about the hush payments. Pecker knew that if he lied to the FBI, he could be indicted. Pecker was granted immunity from prosecution to disclose information about Trump, Elliott Broidy and Sean "Softball" Hannity.
Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's longtime ally has also flipped on the imbecile.
He was subpoenaed by a grand jury to testify in the probe into the campaign finance violations and tax and bank fraud by Cohen.
Cohen was paid a monthly $35,000 retainer fee to balance the payments made to Stormy Daniels, the most high profile Trump accuser who said that she signed off a non-disclosure agreement to stay out of the limelight.
Trump's longtime ally Allen Wessielberg flipped on him.
Daniels was there for the arraignment as well as the surprise naming of softball Hannity being a client of Cohen.
The interview, which focused on Cohen and the payments, happened weeks ago under a deal negotiated by his attorney, one of the sources said. Weisselberg hasn't been called back, the source said.
But the disclosure, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, caps a tumultuous week for Trump that has pushed his presidency to new heights of legal peril.
A lawyer for the Trump Organization, Trump's legal team and a spokesperson for the US attorneys office declined to comment. Weisselberg did not respond to the Wall Street Journal's request for comment.
It's getting bigger and trust me, Trump is not happy about it.
Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people. Can’t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake News like CNN, whose ratings have suffered gravely. People have to figure out what is real, and what is not, without censorship!
John McCain is preparing for the end. Pictured with reality television star Meghan McCain.
The former 2008 Republican presidential nominee and U.S. Senator from Arizona is preparing for his departure. His family confirms that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is no longer accepting treatment for his terminal brain cancer.
Confirmed that McCain has glioblastoma. It was an aggressive form of brain cancer. The 81-year old senator has stopped treatment.
"Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma and the prognosis was serious."
"In the year since, John has suprassed expectation for his survival. But the progress of the disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment."
"Our family is immensely grateful for the support and kindness of all his caregivers over the last year, and for the continuing outpouring of concern and affection from John's many friends and associates, and the many thousands of people who are keeping in their prayers. God bless and thank you all."
The Republican who was hailed as a maverick among his fellow colleagues in the Senate is in Phoenix right now.
His daughter, reality television star and commentator Meghan McCain is off The View as she rushes to say goodbye to a man who served his country.
McCain who is the son of John S. McCain, Jr., an Navy Admiral and four star leader. The McCain family were devoted to military service. John McCain became a naval avivator and flew ground attack aircraft from carriers. He was almost killed in 1967 onboard USS Forrestal. He was also captured and seriously injured when his aircraft crashed in Hanoi. He spent six years of torture in Vietnamese capture.
John McCain's big family. His daughter is The View host Meghan McCain.
He would retire from the military. He would enter Congress. He won a bid for the U.S. House in 1982. He served for two terms. He would eventually win a spot in the senate and become currently the senator senator from Arizona.
McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) were the most critical of the Republican Party. They hate the way its being ran. They support the imbecile but hate the way he runs things.
I know that Americans are going to praise the man for his service and his dedication. But I am not like that. I am going to criticize him and I am going to say that despite his service, he was nothing more than a Republican willing to destroy the middle class. He was no moderate.
McCain had ran for president in 2000 and lost to George W. Bush who would eventually become president.
McCain supported Bush throughout the War on Iraq and War on Terror. He was the guy who advice Bush to keep 300,000 military officials in Iraq. He was
McCain who crossed paths with Barack Obama in 2008 got slapped hard. He picked Sarah Palin as his running mate and it doomed his chance at being president.
McCain was often a target of Trump. When Trump ran for president, he made the comments, "He's not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured."
That comment earned Trump condemnation. However, it didn't stop him from winning the election.
McCain would end up supporting Trump throughout most his term as senator. Despite the sharp digs at Trump, McCain was lockstep in pushing the Jobs and Tax Cuts Act, a controversial law that rollback taxes on most incomes and made some of the wealthy tax cuts permanent.
McCain will leave behind his second wife Cindy, his six children including John McCain IV and Meghan McCain. He will leave behind his mother, Roberta who is 106 years old.
