Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor turned progressive television host, said Sunday that his show on Current TV is over.

The announcement comes a few days after Al Jazeera said it was acquiring Current TV. Later this year, the Qatar-owned broadcaster plans to turn the channel into an Americanized version of the international news channel Al Jazeera English.

Mr. Spitzer said he had a “wonderful time” at Current, but emphasized that his relationship was with Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, Current’s co-founders, not with Al Jazeera. “Moving forward, their mission will be different,” he said — more international newscasts, less liberal talk about the news.

Mr. Spitzer’s 8 p.m. program on Current, “Viewpoint,” was the centerpiece of the channel’s fledgling prime-time schedule. He said the time slot would have a new host starting on Monday.

A Current spokeswoman said Sunday that Mr. Spitzer “has chosen to step back from hosting ‘Viewpoint.’ Until further notice the show will be hosted by John Fugelsang.”

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yeah, I didn't think they were going to keep any of the programming and to be honest I think Al-J is going to lose all the placements that Current fought to get so they are going to be back to square one.

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Ya mention head butting and the blog crashes completely. Shesh

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Oh, and we picked up a copy of an old favorite board game for Three Kings yesterday. Anybody played "LIFE" recently? It's far more complex than I remember, and it seems to have been re-designed by either Mormons or Republicans; it's overrun with babies and lawsuits now. (We had one car limp into retirement with a Duggar amount of children in it, and easily a million dollars changed hands yesterday on the various lawsuits that I don't remember from older versions of the game.)

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NoVA bloggers, I had no idea that Springfield Mall was being demolished and replaced by a "town centre" A friend of mine posted some photos to Facebook yesterdee about it. I has a small sad, I worked in the Mall for a bit when I was hustling cutlery.

Malls been dead for a while, I never go there and its just down the road from the office. I'm thinking Landmark is going to do that way too.

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NoVA bloggers, I had no idea that Springfield Mall was being demolished and replaced by a "town centre" A friend of mine posted some photos to Facebook yesterdee about it. I has a small sad, I worked in the Mall for a bit when I was hustling cutlery.

Malls been dead for a while, I never go there and its just down the road from the office. I'm thinking Landmark is going to do that way too.

Let us discuss for a moment town center style malls are in climates that have hot, humid summers that are prone to sudden thunderstorms. Do the words, "bad idea" come to mind?

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NoVA bloggers, I had no idea that Springfield Mall was being demolished and replaced by a "town centre" A friend of mine posted some photos to Facebook yesterdee about it. I has a small sad, I worked in the Mall for a bit when I was hustling cutlery.

Malls been dead for a while, I never go there and its just down the road from the office. I'm thinking Landmark is going to do that way too.

Let us discuss for a moment town center style malls are in climates that have hot, humid summers that are prone to sudden thunderstorms. Do the words, "bad idea" come to mind?

they've actually done pretty well here, and Landmark was a "town centre" before they were popular but then they enclosed it and made it 2 story's and it started to fail. Reston and Herndon have nice Town Centre's and Leesburg Corner is very busy all year.

2 story's?

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Good morning, bloggers! Now for some good news.

Well, I did not get the job I interviewed for last week. However, the assistant principal referred me to another school and I called this morning. I have an interview tomorrow at 10:30 AM at the school I was referred to and on Friday at 10 AM at another school. Hopefully, this is a sign that I will be working soon.

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So American football watching friends, what happened in the Washington-Seattle game? Some sort of dire injury?

RG3 aggravated his knee injury early in the game, at the time Washington was ahead 14-0. After that point, it was obvious he could not run or throw long, and it got worse as the game went along.

Seattle had gone ahead late in the game. While reaching for a bad snap from center, RG3 twisted his knee and went down in extreme pain (and lost the ball). Seattle scored a few plays later and that was it.

In the view of many, RG3 should have been removed from the game when he first aggravated the injury. Now, pending MRI results, surgery is probably required, and possibly a long (like next season) recuperation.

Blame is being heaped upon Coach Shanahan, for even playing RG3 because it looks like he was never medically cleared to play, or at the least not pulling him when it was obvious he was hurting the team.

Lots of blame also goes to the horrible field conditions, the Seattle kicker injured himself (during warmups I think) and another Seattle player suffered a season ending injury. I heard that they had to paint the field green, it was in such bad shape.

Fark headline ---- RG3 wins the Theismann Trophy.

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Good morning, bloggers! Now for some good news.

Well, I did not get the job I interviewed for last week. However, the assistant principal referred me to another school and I called this morning. I have an interview tomorrow at 10:30 AM at the school I was referred to and on Friday at 10 AM at another school. Hopefully, this is a sign that I will be working soon.

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So American football watching friends, what happened in the Washington-Seattle game? Some sort of dire injury?

RG3 aggravated his knee injury early in the game, at the time Washington was ahead 14-0. After that point, it was obvious he could not run or throw long, and it got worse as the game went along.

Seattle had gone ahead late in the game. While reaching for a bad snap from center, RG3 twisted his knee and went down in extreme pain (and lost the ball). Seattle scored a few plays later and that was it.

In the view of many, RG3 should have been removed from the game when he first aggravated the injury. Now, pending MRI results, surgery is probably required, and possibly a long (like next season) recuperation.

Blame is being heaped upon Coach Shanahan, for even playing RG3 because it looks like he was never medically cleared to play, or at the least not pulling him when it was obvious he was hurting the team.

Lots of blame also goes to the horrible field conditions, the Seattle kicker injured himself (during warmups I think) and another Seattle player suffered a season ending injury. I heard that they had to paint the field green, it was in such bad shape.

Fark headline ---- RG3 wins the Theismann Trophy.

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So is this something that is being endlessly played on the DC sports media with a Zapuder film level of interest?

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Liverpool! Slowly, I turned....

(Sorry. This is why the Sox suck, IMHO. Divided loyalties among the ownership now.)

Nearly 1,000 people gathered in the small town of Steubenville, Ohio over the weekend to protest the handling of an alleged gang rape where a teenage girl claims she was sexually assaulted by two star football players.

The case has sparked fury both in the rural town and across the country as those involved have effectively been accused by social media, even though police have only arrested two 16-year-old boys who were pictured carrying the alleged victim's limp body on the night of the incident.

The backlash has echoes of the international outrage triggered by the death of 23-year-old Joyti Singh Pandey, who died as a result of the massive injuries sustained during a brutal gang rape at the hands of six men in Delhi, India.

In Ohio, only two teens have been charged- Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays - though many in the close-knit town believe that there is a cover up underway to keep more players from the beloved high school football team from being arrested.

Over the weekend, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said officially that no further suspects would be charged.

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Ohio rape case update

Nearly 1,000 people gathered in the small town of Steubenville, Ohio over the weekend to protest the handling of an alleged gang rape where a teenage girl claims she was sexually assaulted by two star football players.

The case has sparked fury both in the rural town and across the country as those involved have effectively been accused by social media, even though police have only arrested two 16-year-old boys who were pictured carrying the alleged victim's limp body on the night of the incident.

The backlash has echoes of the international outrage triggered by the death of 23-year-old Joyti Singh Pandey, who died as a result of the massive injuries sustained during a brutal gang rape at the hands of six men in Delhi, India.

In Ohio, only two teens have been charged- Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays - though many in the close-knit town believe that there is a cover up underway to keep more players from the beloved high school football team from being arrested.

Over the weekend, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said officially that no further suspects would be charged.

Michael Nodianos is no longer a student at The Ohio State University.

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Liverpool! Slowly, I turned....

(Sorry. This is why the Sox suck, IMHO. Divided loyalties among the ownership now.)

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When they got to the register, they told the cashier they wanted her to honor the 4 for 12 special they had seen in another grocery store's circular.

Wait a minute, they were at Walmart and expected them to honor another chain's sale price?

Sorry, I'm in retail myself. LL Bean is famed for our customer service, but if a customer wanted us to honour a sale price they saw at REI or EMS, the answer would be "No."

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So is this something that is being endlessly played on the DC sports media with a Zapuder film level of interest?

It's kinda a big deal for all NFL fans.

I could go on at length about Liverpool's 3-round FA cup match yesterday. It was pretty awesome.

Yes you could.

Don't think anyone is stopping you.

However, my statement stands. It's a big deal.

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Liverpool! Slowly, I turned....

(Sorry. This is why the Sox suck, IMHO. Divided loyalties among the ownership now.)

You are aware about FIFA and EPL rules management groups having to maintain separate accounts for teams etc?

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I never said it wasn't, but since I stopped watching murderball, I am behind the curve on this stuff.

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You know, Mondo, I don't care if you like the NFL or not. How would you like it if I called you a FIFA fan boy? You yourself said you wore doc martens to work and wanted to head butt people and then lamented that no one responded to that...

If you have something to say, say it. That said if you don't know what you are talking about, try keeping the snark at a minimum -- it's not productive. Some people here like baseball, some like soccer, some football... Some have no interest in sports at all.

Not everyone is into the same things. Just because you like something that others may not be interested in is not a reason to slam a sport. Do I slam European Football? I think not.

It's not cool. It's actually kinda mean.

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I'm sorry. I didn't pick my words wisely. There was no offense meant.

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This makes me have a happy!


Staff gives Sec Clinton football helmet on first day back on the job.

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Ohio rape case update

Nearly 1,000 people gathered in the small town of Steubenville, Ohio over the weekend to protest the handling of an alleged gang rape where a teenage girl claims she was sexually assaulted by two star football players.

The case has sparked fury both in the rural town and across the country as those involved have effectively been accused by social media, even though police have only arrested two 16-year-old boys who were pictured carrying the alleged victim's limp body on the night of the incident.

The backlash has echoes of the international outrage triggered by the death of 23-year-old Joyti Singh Pandey, who died as a result of the massive injuries sustained during a brutal gang rape at the hands of six men in Delhi, India.

In Ohio, only two teens have been charged- Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays - though many in the close-knit town believe that there is a cover up underway to keep more players from the beloved high school football team from being arrested.

Over the weekend, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said officially that no further suspects would be charged.

This is far from the end of this. I don't know if you saw what I posted yesterday in Vel's post.

Abdalla would rather go after Anonymous aboutthis than get to the bottom of the entire story.

I still maintain that the feds should be brought into this, That girl was taken kidnapped over state lines.

In other news, One of those involved, a Student on a scholarship to OSU is not a student there anymore.

Michael Nodianos is no longer a student at The Ohio State University.

Another Student, a host of one of the parties is currently having his admission to Kent State under review.

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Raine, the feds should be brought in as a matter of course. Also, as there are questions on how tonight the sheriff is with the coach, I think an independent investigation would be a good idea for everyone's sake.

Considering this about the town:

Steubenville has had a reputation for political corruption. The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that the city and police force had subjected numerous individuals to "excessive force, false arrests, charges, and reports" and had engaged in practices regarding "improper stops, searches, and seizures." The report from the Department also stated that excessive force was levied against individuals who witnessed incidents of police misconduct, and against those who were known critics of the city and its police force. Those individuals were also falsely detained if the city and the police agreed that they were "likely to complain of abuse." It also stated that the officers involved also falsified reports and tampered with official police recorders so that "misconduct would not be recorded."

Over a period of 20 years the city lost, or settled out of court, 48 civil rights lawsuits involving its police force. The city paid out more than $800,000, $400,000 of which was between 1990 and 1996. As a result, the city's police force became the second city in the United States to sign a consent decree with the federal government due to an excessive number of civil rights lawsuits. The decree was signed on September 4, 1997 under the "pattern or practice" provision. Under this agreement, the city agreed to improve the training of its police officers, implement new guidelines and procedures, establish an internal affairs unit, and establish an "early warning system."

Then there is this:

“They are reluctant to sacrifice their college career, their reputation, or their otherwise good standing in whatever community they may be found for fear of being vilified, and certain personal information finding its way on the Internet,” said Walter Madison, an attorney for 16-year-old defendant Ma’Lik Richmond.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office is overseeing the case’s prosecution, said the decision will be up to the judge. He declined to comment on the attorneys’ concerns.

Guess what? I'd like to see those charged come forward and tell people who else was involved. Those two boys KNOW damn well they were not the only ones involved. I am sick of this shit.