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• Perry not worried about debating Obama

  November 12, 2011 at 1:21am

  You’re using “Porkey” and “Porkey Pig” a lot. Independent of whether it’s appropriate, the cartoon character is actually “Porky Pig.”

• Calif. Mayor Resigns After Purse-Snatching, Assault Arrest

  October 20, 2010 at 7:32pm

  In reply to voodoo donut.

  The “name that party” situation is common enough, but apparently Mr. Huang is or was a Republican.

  He gave $1,000 to Giuliani’s Presidential campaign and $250 to the Republican Central Committee of LA County.

  http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=SAN+GABRIEL&st=CA&last=huang&first=albert

  Both donations were back in 2007.

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• Dora the Exploited? Teen Voice Actress Sues Nickelodeon

  October 10, 2010 at 9:59pm

  As was said above, the contract is the key element.

  Her agreement was apparently done AFTER the lawsuit between Disney and the heirs of the creator of Winnie the Pooh was ended — a suit that ran for more than a decade, and hinged upon exactly this issue: royalties on spin-offs and DVDs and such.

  In that instance, there was no such thing as a DVD (or VHS tape) when the contract language was created, so both sides interpreted new developments in their favor.

  That cannot have been the case with this person’s contract from three years ago.

  I’d have been inclined to very tentatively side with the company — except for the line “she’s been paid well” which raises my hackles, and sounds like “at some point, she’s made enough money.” But in any event, any contract language written in this century should have been clear on videos and derivative products. There is no excuse not to have been.

  At this point, I don’t like the statements by either side. She wasn’t paid for hundreds of hours of promotional work. Was she supposed to be? How much? And if so, how did this just become an issue?

  Both sides seem to be making themselves a bit unlikeable, it seems to me. But the facts are likely to be straightforward, and that’s what should control.

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• What Was Jerry Brown’s Response to Idea of Calling Meg Whitman a Whore?

  October 8, 2010 at 8:56am

  In reply to puck30.

  The LA Times reported that an “unidentified” voice said:

  “What about saying she’s a whore?”

  To me, it sounds clearly like Jerry Brown’s voice, but more importantly it was two sentences:

  “What about saying that? She’s a whore!”

  He stops and starts again, shifting tone. The name-calling was not a hypothetical.

  I don’t think he should lose for this — he should lose for policy reasons. But the distinction in the statement is significant to the story.

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