Desperate Housewife the Prison, Divorcing Rudy
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Vol. 8, No. 242
D Plus: Actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison and given a $30,000 fine for her admission that she paid a fixer $15,000 to have her daughter’s college entrance exam questions illicitly corrected.
She also must perform 250 hours of community service.
Huffman is one of about 50 people charged in the scheme in which wealthy families paid their kids’ way into college.
Once caught, Huffman has been pretty good about fessing up. She said in a statement after her court appearance in Boston that, “There are no excuses or justifications for my actions. Period,” Huffman said in a statement after her sentencing. “I would like to apologize again to my daughter, my husband, my family and the educational community for my actions.”
She reports to prison in six weeks.
Drug Money:New York authorities tracked about $1 billion in money transfers made by the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, in what looks to investigators like a scheme to hide money from people and governments suing the company over opioid deaths and addiction.
Divorce New York Style:Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who announced his last divorce at a press conference before his then wife even knew about it, is embroiled in a nasty divorce from his current wife of 16 years, Judith Nathan.
Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor who put mobsters in prison, became the face of New York after the 9/11 attacks. He since went into a lucrative private law practice and has become Donald Trump’s private lawyer charging nothing for his services.
The NY Timesreports that it’s all about money, as it usually is. The Timesreports that Giuliani earned $7.9 million in 2016 and $9.5 million in 2017, supporting the couple’s $230,000 monthly expenses. After going to work for the President, Rudy’s income dipped to $6.8 million.
Mrs. Giuliani has claimed that her husband is trying to depress his income in order to hold down the amount of alimony he’ll have to pay. She told the Times, “I feel betrayed by a man that I supported in every way for more than 20 years. I’m sad to know that the hero of 9/11 has become a liar.”
To be fair, Rudy’s friends trash his estranged wife as a social and economic climber. She did start out by dating a man who was already married. These are two people who deserved each other.
The Obit Page:Singer and saxophonist Eddie Money, who rocked it with “Two Tickets to Paradise,” has died at age 70 just a month after he announced that he had stage 4 esophageal cancer.
The son of a New York police officer, Money actually entered the police academy before quitting and moving to California. His other big hits included “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Walk on Water” and “Baby Hold On.”
Orange You President?: With members of Congress rattling about impeachment, President Trump seems a bit unnerved and he’s been firing off tweets about what a great President he is.
“How do you impeach a President who has helped create perhaps the greatest economy in the history of our Country?” he wrote. “All time best unemployment numbers, especially for Blacks, Hispanics, Asians & Women. More people working today than ever before. Rebuilt Military & Choice for Vets.” He went on, “Became Number 1 in World & Independent in Energy. Will soon have record number of Judges, 2 SC Justices. Done more than any President in first 2 1/2 years despite phony & fraudulent Witch Hunt illegally led against him. WIN on Mueller Report, Mueller Testimony & James Comey.”
You get the idea. There’s more, but we won’t bore you.
Most entertaining of Trump’s remarks in recent days is that he blames energy-efficient lightbulbs for the famously Cheeto-orange tone of his skin. Speaking at a rally in Baltimore, Trump said, “The lightbulb. People said what’s with the lightbulb? I said here’s the story. And I looked at it, the bulb that we’re being forced to use, number one to me, most importantly, the light’s no good. I always look orange.”
The why is it he’s the only one whose skin is orange?
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