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Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:36:33 +0000

Ellen, what web pages are you talking about? Provide the links please. Thanks.

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by Ellen Owen

Ellen Owen — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:11:29 +0000

I am a life long Democratic Union member and crime victim and am not happy about how many George Smyrnos signs have been stolen and damaged. At the same time that Tom claims George is the one who made it a party issue that is Tom’s theme. What a bunch of crap. Half of the bosses in the Smyrnos for Superior Court Judge are Progressive Democrats and advocates for Domestic Violence Victims or mental health pros. How is it OK that Anderson sponsers web pages that hype his world view and asks lawyers for MONEY? Yes all the judges are circling the wagons. Is Julie McManus in there. As Metroka said, she was on the bench with an undiagnoised brain damage. Tom was warned and told. He failed to protect us from her. Tom wants us to think he embraces Emily Gallup. Ask her, read the record of what he allowed. Be a free thinker and look at all the issues. Protect us Please.

Comment on Emgold appoints new independent director by benjaminemery

benjaminemery — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:46:19 +0000

Why doesn’t this company go away? It doesn’t mine, it isn’t in tile business, toxic tiles don’t sell in any housing market let alone a down market, its stock has plummeted, and it has little support for its main project- the re-opening of the Idaho Maryland Mine.

Comment on Emgold appoints new independent director by Chip Wilder

Chip Wilder — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:03:19 +0000

At $0.15 per share right now, my advise to Mr. MacRitchie is– SELL!

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by jeffpelline

jeffpelline — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:07:01 +0000

Yup, and the digital edition read “SEC” as well. What is The Union’s policy on corrections? To just quietly make a change and hope that nobody noticed? Here’s how the NYT handles it: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/dylan-fondly-recalls-levon-helm/
I’ll keep my hard-copy edition with “SEC.” Perhaps I can recoup my 50 cents on eBay. LOL.
BTW, “stopping the presses” to correct an error used to carry extreme cost:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_press
George’s defensive response is not uncommon, though. “We’re sorry,” is another option.

Comment on Actor Will Smith slaps Moscow reporter who tried to kiss him by Ed Peritz

Ed Peritz — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:41:12 +0000

I know Will is famous and the cameras were rolling, but the cheek kissing thing is as Russian as the Volga. Go with the flow, Will, my friend. When I was in the Georgian SSR in 1972, one part of the USSR where Stalin was still quite popular–his photograph could still be seen adorning many an otherwise bleak wall. And for the week we were there, I was drunk most of the time. A submission by me to the culture of the locals, whom upon discovering we were Americans in an eatery, even for breakfast, would join us with grins often a glitter with gold capped teeth and order a pitcher of vodka. I’d make sure it was Stoly–and we’d toast for the end of the Cold War, the victory at Stalingrad, Brezhnev and Nixon and maybe even the return of the Monguls. Of course, bear hugs and multiple kisses to both cheeks followed most downing of shots. But that Stolichnaya was such a delight–not available then in the U.S., the deal with Pepsi still a year or two in the future.

It was in Georgia, in a finer restaurant for lunch, before I entered the realm of Stalintoxication, that our table was suddenly surrounded by four grim faced, plainly but ill-fittingly clothed, thuggish looking men who ordered us to “Please come with them.” KGB, they were, investigating the theft of a passport, I learned from my Russian speaking friends. While waiting my turn to be questioned, feeling no pain, I carried on a rather demeaning one-way dialogue with my immediate Sgt. Schultz. All’s well that ends well, for none of us had our thumbs broken and were free to uncap another bottle of Stoly.

Can’t say I was sorry to say dasvidanya to the constant, culturally inspired, hangovers from a vast supply of vodka which through blurry eyes seemed to dwarf the mighty Black Sea.

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by Dave Cranfield

Dave Cranfield — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:32:02 +0000

Take a look at Town Talk May 22, 1230(am). Headline says SEC
…TheUnion: Aanestad files SEC complaint against rival: Congressional candidate Sam Aanestad on Monday filed a form… http://bit.ly/JBHYOX #gvnc [via Twitter]
When clicking on the link, it was changed to FEC.

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by Dave Cranfield

Dave Cranfield — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:15:40 +0000

FEC in my print edition, home delivery.

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by jeffpelline

jeffpelline — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:40:23 +0000

George Ackerman: I wonder if that copy was printed just for you. LOL! The many ones that I read, including the one that cost me 50 cents, said “SEC.” And so did the digital edition until after this blog item posted. Perhaps other readers of The Union could weigh in with what they experienced in the page A3 headline.

Comment on The Union botches big headline in Aanestad-LaMalfa flap — where’s the Editor when you need him/her? by George Boardman

George Boardman — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:42 +0000

The edition of The Union that landed on my driveway this morning–and there’s only one edition, as far as I know–said FEC, not SEC, in the headline. Perhaps somebody caught the error before the press run ended.

The way you were getting wound up, I thought you were going to reveal a major screw-up, like the time an early edition of the Sunday Chronicle featured a lead story that jumped into infinity. Bill German must have been sleeping on the job that day.