Posts Tagged ‘Al Gore’
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
I don’t know, when you’re paying people $540 for massages, misunderstandings can happen. That’s about the most charitable way of looking at things vis-a-vis Al Gore in this whole massage incident.
Anyway, comes now NMA, the people who make animated videos to explain the news to people in Taiwan. This one is a doozy.
In this scene, Al G. explains the ground rules:
Uh oh, he’s getting p’oed:
Explaining the poodle reference:
Not sure what W and Pink are doing in there, but oh well:
Enjoy.
Former US vice president and climate change warrior Al Gore is in hot water after news emerged this week of a 2006 close encounter with a hotel masseuse in Oregon. In a statement made to Portland police reported in the press, the 54-year-old masseuse recounted how she repeatedly had to fight off groping Gore as he made several attempts to bed her after she attended his hotel suite to administer a massage. So far, no charges have been filed.
美國前副總統高爾（Al Gore）上月才驚傳與結縭40年妻子分道揚鑣，現在又驚爆性醜聞。美國媒體報導，一名奧勒岡州女按摩師在2006年曾指控高爾性攻擊，甚至聲稱當晚所穿內衣留有高爾的DNA，可資佐證。
美國
根據《國家詢問報》等媒體報導，這名不願透露身分的54歲女按摩師指稱，2006年10月在飯店安排下，替以化名「史東先生」入住的高爾按摩。
抓手迫摸下體
當她按摩到腹部時，高爾要求她繼續往下，遭拒後大發雷霆，並抓住她的手碰觸自己鼠蹊部。按摩結束後，高爾愛撫她的胸臀、親她，還將她推上床，只差沒霸王硬上弓。
該女子在數周後才報案，表示當時「完全嚇呆，擔心失去工作」。據帳單顯示，按摩服務從當晚 11時開始，第一節為90分鐘，其後立即追加一節75分鐘。高爾共支付540美元（約1.7萬元台幣），另加給兩成小費。俄勒岡州檢方也證實，確實有女子報案稱遭高爾「不當肢體接觸」，但她後來不願接受警方訪談，也不願提告
Tags: 2010, Al Gore, alias, animated nma, hotel, massage, national enquirer, nma, oregon, police, Poodle, room, San Francisco, sex, sex-crazed, stone, taiwan, Video, youtube
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Our corporate overlords at Google are at it again. Now you can feel closer to celebrities by finding out where their Favorite Places are:
“Favorite Places: Introducing a collection of favorite places around the world. Explore the favorite places of local experts from cities around the world. Find out where they like to go, and why, from their own perspectives.”
How about Alice Waters or Al Gore - don’t you want to know which trends they are following? Sure you do. So don’t fret, just hop on the bandwagon.
Today at City Hall:
Check it out:
3D Favorite Places Pins: San Francisco
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Samovar Tea Lounge. Zen Valley.
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Samovar Tea Lounge. Zen Valley
297 page street
San Francisco, CA 94102-5616
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St Francis Fountain & Candy
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ALICE WATERS
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Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 621-6600
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Past Perfect
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2230 Union St
San Francisco, CA 94123-3902
(415) 929-7651
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NATE QUERY, THE DECEMBERISTS
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Michael Bruno Co
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2267 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94114
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MICHAEL MINA
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Humphry Slocombe
7 reviews
2790 Harrison St.
San Francisco, CA 94080
(415) 550-6971
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William Stout Architectural
4 reviews
804 Montgomery St
San Francisco, CA 94133-5109
(415) 391-6757
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Nida
4 reviews
544 Hayes St
San Francisco, CA 94102-4214
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Monument
2 reviews
572 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110-1115
(415) 861-9800
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AL GORE
AL GORE
Current TV LLC
118 King St
San Francisco, CA 94107-1905
(415) 995-8200
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Tags: 2009, Al Gore, Alice Waters, celebrities, City Hall, civic center, favorite, favorites places, food, GARY DANKO, gavin newsom, google, hearts, maps, Mayor, my, places, San Francisco
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
This was the scene tonight at the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall, where a crowd of 140 offered their support for Euna Lee and Laura Ling. The people at the vigil called on North Korea to release these jailed reporters.
“We miss you” “Liberate Laura & Euna Now” “Set them free”
Supervisor Erica Mar was on the scene along with many City Hall staffers. Read an account from Marisa Lagos here and Jared Grigsby here.
Details after the jump.
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Tags: +3, 2009, Al Gore, apology, border, candlelight, China, City Hall, civic center, current, current tv, current.com, detained, detention, eric mar, Euna Lee, journalists, june, kidnapped, korea, Laura Ling, Liberate Laura & Euna Now, lisa Chung, Mike Cerre, north, north korea, producer, pyongyang, reporter, reporters, river, San Francisco, Set them free, south, state department, Supervisor, trial, tumen, TV, vanguard, vigil, We miss you
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
So, if two of your family members get kidnapped and the cops tell you that it’s best not to say anything about the matter and then the neighbors start peppering you with queries, what do you do?
That’s kind of the situation that’s facing managers at dumbed-down, youth-oriented Current TV (you can read the Wikipedia entry they wrote about themselves here). The problem is that anybody can post anything about the detention of Laura Ling and Euna Lee at Current.com and the North Koreans might not take too kindly to what’s posted there.
The kind of post that’s routinely getting taken down from Current.com:
So Current has taken to unposting submissions about this matter at Current.com. Fair enough. They’re not really “censoring” in the literal sense of course, they’re simply suppressing all commentary about this case on their own site. That’s probably a good move.
In fact, Current might actually welcome this kind of criticism from Phil Bronstein, in a good-cop/bad-cop, game theory way, showing that they get it, that they’re bending over backwards to be conciliatory, to say sorry in a Fish Called Wanda fashion.
(I’m not saying these two people were kidnapped – maybe they were and maybe they weren’t. It’s tough to know for sure when you’re literally in the Vanguard)
Patience, people. All will be explained by all concerned when this matter gets resolved.
Tags: Al Gore, apology, border, cameraman, censorship, China, current tv, current.com, detained, detention, Euna Lee, kidnapped, korea, Laura Ling, north korea, producer, pyongyang, reporter, river, San Francisco, south, state department, tumen, TV, vanguard
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
What’s a Sustainable Resource District? We’ll found out soon enough in the Civic Center on October 20. The goals of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s plan are:
80% potable water use reduction
45% wastewater discharge reduction
35% peak power demand met by renewables
33% annual energy reduction
Reduction of the community carbon footprint by 2,225 tons annually; the equivalent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 1,286 San Francisco households
It will all look a little like this. Click to expand:
KMD Architects
This was all promised to us back in January 2008 and now it’s on:
“Although implementing the overall vision will take several years, the 3-year Commitment to Action is anticipated to launch on October 20th, 2008 with a formal partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI)” [Sadly, there's no mention of Nobel Prize-winning Al Gore, who is practically a San Franciscan these days what with his place just down the street, and a TV station in SOMA, and a daughter attending UCSF medical school in the Sunset district. Oh well.]
Anyway, It’s starting in late 2009:
Potential initial projects include the installation of solar rooftop photovoltaics, water conservation fixtures, living roofs, and a public Wi-Fi connection, among others.
So, we’re going to get wind and solar together, living roofs and water reclamation.
It’s on!
Tags: 2008, Al Gore, architects, Bill Clinton, CCI, civic center, Clinton Climate Initiative, gavin newsom, kmd, Mayor, San Francisco, srd, sustainable resource district
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
From San Francisco to New York, the latest question on the minds of thousands is this: “What Would Al Gore Do?”
WWJD, or What Would Jesus Do?, has a long history of course. But the times, they are a changing.
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That’s a small price to pay, don’t you think?
Tags: Al Gore, bag, california, canvas, San Francisco, what would al gore do, what would jesus do?, wwagd, wwjd
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
After last night’s Earth Hour of partial darkness from 8:00-9:00 PM, the lights on the “architectural necklace” of the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge came back to life on the north side first. (Unfortunately, didn’t get a look at the troubled eastern span last night – it was probably darkened also.)
You can get the idea of the effect of Earth Hour 2008 in San Francisco by looking at these before and after shots of the Ferry Building taken by talented local photographer Mona Brooks.
The lights on the suspension cables of the western span of one of the busiest bridges in the world are just for decoration, not for navigation safety or whatever. Pretty. They sure make a big difference to the look of San Francisco at night when they are turned off.
Question: Turning off these decorative lights for an hour saves enough electricity to power Al Gore’s house (his actual house, not his San Francisco condo in SOMA that’s visible on the right) for how many minutes?
Answer: About 13 minutes. Let’s work on that math, after the jump.
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Tags: al, Al Gore, bay bridge, bridge, bulbs, cables, condo, Earth Hour, electricity, gas, gore's, Gore’s, home, house, kilowatts, kwh, lights, math is hard, Mona Brooks, natural, oankland, plug1, precious juice, San Francisco, Senator, SF, suspender, suspension, ulb, ulbs, watts, whatimseeing
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