THIS JUST IN! ALYSSA'S PRIORITIES!
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their posts take on her self-importance.
turns out her self-importance is harming her life.
she walked off of 'mistresses' because the show runner would not kiss her ass.
and that was her last good paying gig. (netflix didn't pay her a lot for her bit part in 'insatiable' or in 'wet hot summer.')
yet 'variety' reported last year:
But in a cross-complaint, Hellie says that his firm, Hellie Hoffer, issued repeated warnings that the project was going over budget. When the remodeling began in 2013, the budget was $1.1 million. But as it went on, the scope expanded. Hellie contends that Bugliari personally requested and approved each of the additional expenditures, despite Hellie’s advice to rein in the project.
The complaint quotes from a Jan. 16, 2014, communication in which Hellie Hoffer stated the firm was “very concerned” that the project was “way over the original budget,” and advised of the need to “get this project back on track as far as costs.”
back on track? over $5 million was the remodeling cost at the end.
grasp that, over $5 million.
now i've remodeled my home over the years. especially after the birth of our daughter. i probably did about 1.1 million in remodeling. and you better believe i knew the costs. a remodel multiplies by five and alyssa doesn't notice? oh, bulls**t. she was living beyond her means, acting as though she was still in her late 20s and starring in a t.v. show.
she wasn't. she was far beyond that. her best money days were way, way behind. but she was spending like she was starring in a hit t.v. show.
she wasn't. even 'mistresses' wasn't big money for her. it was a summer soap opera. and she was 1 of 4 actresses in this low budget show, 4 lead actresses. the show went on after she walked.
not only did the costs multiply by five, but check this out:
Hellie also accuses the couple of continuing to “live lavishly” even as the remodeling project drained their bank accounts. According to the complaint, this included “spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a second home in the mountains, private planes, a country club membership, a boat, and numerous personal staff such as multiple nannies and housekeepers.”
wow. 'multiple nannies.' alyssa uses those 2 kids like props. and pretends she's the always there mommy. but, reality, she has 'multiple nannies.' she's such a fake ass.
all that money, wasted. spending beyond her means. no wonder she was so pissed about the reboot of 'charmed' - alyssa needed money! she needed 'charmed' money. and now other actresses were being hired.
she's such an idiot.
people need to realize, the idiots following her twitter, that she's a fake ass.
'multiple nannies.' that alone, i mean, come on, she's tried to portray herself as a serious mother. she doesn't need even 1 nanny, let alone 'multiple nannies.'
let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'
RT @USUN: ”Iran treats Iraq like it’s not an independent nation. Iran sees Iraq as a transit point for weapons and a training ground for its proxies. Iran seeks to keep Iraq economically weak. Why? Because Iran wants to use a weak Iraq to illicitly fund its terrorist activities.”
I think there's a lot of truth to what Nikki says . . . when it comes to the US and Iraq. The US does not want to see an independent Iraq. It never has. That's why it backs weak officials.
Why did Nikki make the statements she made? Who knows but I think you could argue you that she sees the US government's goal in Iraq and, understanding that, she assumes it's the working principle for other governments as well. The governments of both the US and Iran seek to control Iraq. While both are willing to point fingers at the other, neither is willing to own up to their own aims.
"The coalition continues to help forces in both Iraq and Syria establish security and stability in areas that have known nothing but oppression since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria reared its head five years ago" - Army Col. Sean Ryan, @CJTFOIR
The foriegn militaries in Iraq -- that includes the US -- are not helping the Iraqi people and it's amazing that so many refuse to call them out on this. Refusing to play dumb, Tom Peters (WSWS) points out:
In 2003, the US invaded Iraq based on lies that it possessed weapons of mass destruction. Fifteen years later, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and an entire society decimated. Iraq and Afghanistan remain under military occupation to prop up unstable US-backed governments. Driven by its economic decline, US imperialism is using its overwhelming military power to dominate Central Asia and the oil-rich Middle East at the expense of its rivals, especially Russia and China (see also: Seventeen years after 9/11: From “war on terror” to “great power conflict”).
Peters is among the few offering honesty. For most, it's just shovel out more and more stupidity and, yes, there's been a lot of stupidity surrounding the Iraq War since before it started. For now, here's some reality from MIDDLE EAST MONITOR:
Iraq’s war on [the Islamic State] destroyed more than 150,000 homes, Planning Minister Salman Al-Jumaili said yesterday.
In a statement reported by the Anadolu Agency, Al-Jumaili said that his country needs $88 billion to rebuild the different sectors destroyed by the war.
In February, international donors pledged $30 billion for reconstruction programmes in Iraq.
A number of things in the above. The war destroyed over 150,000 homes. That's not success. And it goes to how civilians were targeted by the Iraqi military and the foreign militaries. That's the first point. The second point? Why would international donors pledge the 'needed' $88 billion?
That's crazy. It's like when some in Iraq Veterans Against the War were going around demanding that the US government hand over money [reperations] to Iraq back during Bully Boy Bush's occupation of the White House.
Why would you give Nouri al-Maliki (he was prime minister then) billions for reperations? He stole from the Iraqi people. You had to be a real idiot -- and IVAW was on this -- to argue that reperations needed to be handed to the Iraqi government. Then or now. Martin Bentham (EVENING STANDARD) reports:
Corruption has become the biggest threat to the future stability of Iraq following the defeat of Islamic State, Britain’s ambassador in Baghdad has warned.
[. . .]
But he warned that corruption — which this month sparked violent protests in Iraq’s second city Basra — still posed a significant risk because of the negative effect that it had on business investment and public confidence.
And you'd have to be a real idiot, when Iraq continues to rate so low on transparency and so high on corruption, to pledge billions to Iraq currently.
Corruption can take years to remedy, Iraq’s politicians explain—patronizing a population that has already waited more than fifteen years for reform.
The elections were followed by mass demonstrations in much of southern Iraq, including Basra.
It's a failed state. And that's what the US government intended it to be all along.
As more people wake up to that reality, statements by various US officials are greeted with the appropriate level of ridicule.
Hey countries of the “Middle East”. Don’t forget, America has kept you safe for decades. Syria, Yemen and Libya don’t count. You’re practically Africans anyway. Iraq, time to pay up for two decades of saftey. Gulf states, heel boys!
Meanwhile protests have taken place for months now in Basra and a big sit-in is planned for the 23rd. Meanwhile, they've had a success this week:
Why the protests? Helene Sallon (LE MONDE) captures Basra today, noting the farmland has shrunk as a result of desertification and that the oil rich area produces no wealth for the people of Basra. The lack of drining water, the lack of electricity, the lack of jobs have led people to take to the streets and protest corruption and that empty promises from the government have not managed to stop the protests or ease the anger. QANTARA notes that "Basra is the wealthiest city in Iraq. More than two million barrels of oil are extracted daily from the oilfields around the city. Basra is feeding the entire nation. More than 90 percent of Iraq's budget is derived from oil sales."
Along with attacks on the protesters, there have also been attacks on the press and its efforts to cover the protests:
CC: @MohammedAlHalb,
According to this report, journalists who covered #BasraProtests were subjected to assault by security forces. Cameras were confiscated, photos deleted & journalists detained. Some were called for questioning about sources & are currently under surveillance.
Let's note this thread on the JFO's report.
Journalistic Freedoms Observery (@jfoiraq) Report on #BasraProtests :
More than 15 journalists got arrested and beaten violently during doing their job [covering the protests] by security & army forces.
While journalists had hard time to deal with security forces, mad protesters went to burn some media offices. “Those do not cover what’s happening in #Basra” protesters say.
“Basra Protests had the highest violation levels against field journalists since 2003.” Muntadher Alkarkoshy, journalist, told the @JFOIraq.
Shihab Ahmed, Basra Press reporter, to @JFOIraq: “We had physical and verbal violations, and security forces shot as tearing gas directly.”
Many photographers and journalists violated by security forces on 1st & 2nd of September during #BasraProtest.
Caroline Rose (Atlantic Council) points out:
Despite Abadi promising Basra residents a nearly $3 billion infrastructure package after a series of protests in July, the aid never materialized from Baghdad. Many southern Iraqis have placed blame upon corrupt federal officials that bestow lucrative jobs to political allies instead of experienced technocrats and local residents. However, many have started to criticize Abadi and the Islamic Dawa Party itself. Many of Abadi’s political competitors—new and old—have begun rallying support for Abadi’s departure as prime minister.
Shortly after the Basra riots, Sadr tweeted a warning for Abadi to release the promised infrastructure package “into clean hands,” and to “beware of complacency and negligence.” Sadr initiated an emergency coalition meeting between Sairoon and Dawa, where leaders decided to send an investigative delegation to Basra and fire the heads of the Basra Operations Command and Basra Police, but not release economic aid. Two of the largest parliamentary majorities that won in the May election, Sairoon and Conquest Coalition, have already called for Abadi to step down. Even one of Iraq’s most predominant Shia clerics, Ayatollah al-Sistani, who rarely makes interventions in political affairs, made a call for new political leadership.
Meanwhile Iraq still hasn't selected a prime minister-designate or a president.
Hoshyar Zebari would be very good candidate for Iraq presidency against narsist and traitor Barham Salih. Hoshyar Zebari worked very hard to topple Saddam and BAATH regime.
May 12th, Iraq held elections and yet still no prime minister or president. In nine days, the KRG holds elections. Hard to imagine that it's going to take four months before they form a government.
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