Did this man bring down Barack Obama’s presidency?
When Barack Obama was sworn in as America’s 44th president in 2009 he began earnestly pushing his green jobs and clean energy agenda.
In a speech at George Mason University in Virginia President Obama promised to “modernize 75 percent of federal buildings” and “improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills.”
Obama pledged strong backing for clean energy and the development of renewable energy technology — bankrolled by taxpayer funded loans to the tune of billions of dollars.
In 2009 the Energy department — with the blessings of President Obama — doled out truckloads of cash to unproven and untested renewable energy companies such as Solyndra.
An early beneficiary of President Obama’s clean energy initiative was George Kaiser, already one of the richest men in the country. Kaiser ran the now bankrupt solar-panel company Solyndra, which received a $535 million loan from the Obama administration in 2009.
It took a little more than a year for Solyndra to burn through $500 million with nothing to show for it.
Morning Wood: Ron Artest
“Dancing With the Stars” contestant Ron Artest of the LA Lakers wore his team’s colors to dance rehearsals yesterday. Ron plans to change his name to Metta World Peace once he pays all of Ron Artest’s outstanding parking tickets. Season 13 of DWTS premieres on Monday, Sept. 19 at 8 PM/7c.
FDA disputes TV doctor’s claims of arsenic poison in apple juice
Have you been experiencing headaches, dizziness, muscle cramps or unexplained hair loss lately? It could be the apple juice you’re drinking, according to a nationally renowned TV doctor.
Television host Dr. Mehmet Oz has come under fire by the Food and Drug Administration for his claims that the apple juice we consume is dangerous for our health.
Dr. Oz announced on his TV show Wednesday that testing by a New Jersey lab found “troubling” levels of arsenic poison in many brands of the apple juice we drink.
The FDA loudly denied Dr. Oz’s claims in press statements, which of course made headlines around the country. The resulting media coverage led some people to wonder if that glass of apple juice they drink every morning could really kill them.
“There is no evidence of any public health risk from drinking these juices. And the FDA has been testing them for years,” the agency said in one press statement.
T.I. IS FREE! (well, not quite)
According to gossip blog TMZ, T.I. was released from an Atlanta federal lock up back to the same halfway house where staffers snitched on him to the feds about his reality TV series.
As you know, the bureau of prisons sent T.I. back to prison on September 2nd for breaking their rules regarding contact with the public while in transit on a luxury bus from an Arkansas facility to the halfway house in Atlanta.
T.I.’s lawyer, Steve Sadow, tells TMZ, “We have good reason to believe that this favorable result was reached because of the proactive and assertive approach taken to protect T.I.’s rights by providing B.O.P. officials and the media with reliable and accurate information and that T.I. did not intend to violate his transfer furlough or any other B.O.P. rules en route from the prison facility in Arkansas to the halfway house in Atlanta.”
Sadow adds, “T.I. will be released from custody on Sept. 29, and then will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for a period of 1 year.”
Hopefully T.I. can put this sorry chapter of his life behind him and get back to doing what he does best.
Definitive Proof that Drake is the Gay Rapper (Video)
Are these videos the definitive proof that rapper Drake prefers hard legs and hairy backs? It sure looks like it. We don’t know why Drake won’t just up and admit it instead of leaking personal videos of Serena Williams dropping it low so his boys can think he hit that?
Not that his closet status changes the way we feel about the dope MC. He is still the #1 rapper in hip hop until someone challenges his crown.
What do Jay Z, Cathy White, De-Haven Irby and Emory Jones all have in common?
It is hard to ignore all the crazy rumors about the sudden death of Cathy Koreana White at age 28 from a burst aneurysm in her brain.
According to Bossip.com, the industry publicist supposedly was the mistress of Jay Z. He allegedly gave her the same ring as the one he gave his wife Beyonce.
But our sources tell us that those rumors are ridiculous. They say Jay Z would never be that dumb — he would have given her a different diamond ring.
Yet ever since the news of Cathy’s death, loyal readers have been asking us to investigate her untimely passing and how it fits in with the surprise announcement of Beyonce’s baby.
I’m a blogger, not an investigative reporter. It is not unusual for a young woman to die of a burst aneurysm. It happens every day. I personally know of 3 industry women who died in the past year of a brain aneurysm.
An aneurysm is a tiny blood vessel in the brain that weakens and bursts leaking blood into the brain.
Death is usually immediate, depending upon the location of the aneurysm. It would be difficult for, let’s say, an assassin to cause an aneurysm to burst in someone’s head without other signs of trauma being present about the head and face.
For instance, if Ms White had been shot in the head, the coroners report would have noted that her aneurysm was precipitated by a gunshot wound.
According to a loyal reader, who begged anonymity, one of Jay Z’s closest friends, Emory Jones (pictured above right), is somehow tied into White’s death. I don’t know how she arrived at that conclusion.
Celebs Out & About: Alicia Keys, Usher, Nicole Scherzinger, Pharell
Alicia Keys had that “What? Me? Worry?” look on her face as she attended the Proenza Schouler Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC yesterday. Alicia is aware of all the rumors of her husband Swizz Beatz’s infidelities — and she doesn’t care. She knows that you groupies just want what she has. Alicia has lived her whole life in a state of blissful entitlement, which protects her fragile ego from the awful truth. Why should she change now? Bless her heart.
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images North America
Usher was spotted arriving at Le Bain Night Club in NYC after attending the Cinema Society, Dior Homme & GQ screening of “Restless” at Landmark Sunshine Theater in NYC. Men you should always keep your hand jewelry to a minimum. A nice watch, one ring and a tasteful bracelet are all that’s necessary. Leave the pinky rings and the over-accessorizing to the pimps and the women.
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