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From NYTimes.com: Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period
Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch?
Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night.
Ms. Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her makeup work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?”, was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October alone, according to the records. The campaign categorized Ms. Strozzi’s payment as “PERSONNEL SVC/EQUIPMENT.”
This one woman economic stimulus plan is a little more extensive than I thought.
Thanks Chris S. I’m going to have this song stuck in my head. Â
“Misses, Palin! I want to Fly into Your airspase!”
If you’re looking for something to scare the kids, the dog, or anyone with a brain in the lower 49 states, here’s something for you!
It’s the Sarah Palin Scary Mask! ($150,000 worth of clothing not included)
UPDATE: Man, I may to take this image down because it’s creeping me out every time I look at my own blog.
From The Canadian Press: Sarah Palin: disaster or superstar? Some Republicans want her to run in 2012
A Washington Post tracking poll released earlier this week indicated that Republicans and conservatives, for the most part, believe Palin’s selection demonstrated the strength of McCain’s ability to make sound decisions.
More than seven in 10 Republicans, and just under that number of self-identified “conservatives,” said McCain’s choice of Palin made them more confident in the kind of decisions he’d make as commander in chief.
Hopefully the majority will disagree with them on Nov. 4th.
I had to answer this question today in the course of signing up some for some online grocery coupons. (I’m researching this for a topic that I’d like to write about).
I wonder what the marketing company is trying to learn from me with this question. Are there coupons for love? If so, I didn’t get one, but I did get a coupon for contact lens cleaning solution.
Contact Lenses 1, Love 0.
From Gizmodo.com: Historic Photo Shows Atlantis and Endeavour Together for the Last Time
Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour are seen on their launch pads at the same time in this unusual photo. Atlantis was due to launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope, but has since been rolled back to the hanger with the mission now delayed until April. After the Columbia disaster, a second shuttle is ready for a rescue launch for all missions not going to the International Space Station.
Found some pictures for the upcoming Star Trek movie. I’m really looking forward to this! My reactions to the pictures
Good:
Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zach Quinto (Spock) look pretty good in character.
Uniform design looks great. Reminiscent of the original series, but sleeker. The material looks a little like Nike’s Dri-Fit material.
Mini skirt uniforms and boots!
Bad:
The Bridge of this starship (not sure if it’s the Enterprise) looks too futuristic.
The Romulan villain looks a little creepy and weird. Why do villains always have to be evil looking?
If you’ve been watching Heroes, you’ve seen this “Sylar” look before.
Here’s are links to some pictures from the new upcoming Star Trek movie.
From AceShowBiz.com: Revealing Photos of ‘Star Trek’ Found
From AceShowBiz.com: More Fresh Photos From ‘Star Trek’ Hit
From AP.com: McCain has terse response on Palin shopping spree
Presidential candidate John McCain isn’t happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.
McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they’ll be donated to charity.
So if McCain is elected President, Palin’s going to walk around the White House naked? As Vice President, Palin doesn’t need to have her designer clothes when she’s getting hugged by the President of Pakistan?
I think the RNC is just mentioning charity to mitigate some of the embarrassment. Exactly which charities are they planning to donate them to?
From NYTimes.com: Look Is the Same; the Labels Have Changed
The Republicans spent about $150,000 on a clothing makeover for Ms. Palin and her family, according to financial disclosure forms. But looking at the before-and-after photos, it was not readily apparent what Ms. Palin got, exactly, from her shopping spree at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
….“My first reaction when I heard about this was, ‘Honey, I could have dressed you for a lot less than that,’ ” said Cindi Leive, the editor in chief of Glamour magazine, which asked readers on Wednesday to vote in an online poll whether the expenses were too high; 72 percent said they were. “In general, she looks terrific,” Ms. Leive said, “but if you asked me to figure out where the $150,000 went, I’m not sure I could tell you.”
I saw this mural downtown on Walnut St., just south of Central Parkway. I love it. It’s a fun piece of work that really livens up the space.
It’s titled “What’s Happening Downtown” and it was a 2008 project for the Artworks Summer Program.