Ah nothing like coming home to an actual breaking news story

[nadinbrzezinski]

AH...

That is all.

[Orrex]

1. Great. Another Duck Dynasty thread.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. LOL

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. It had that potential but not for the reasons you are thinking

[Pretzel_Warrior]

11. In the words of Mike Tyson in "The Hangover"

Nice!!!

[Change has come]

2. Which one?

Utah for me!

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Oh nothing, local story

so it does not matter to DU. I just felt like pointing out that it is fun when one breaks outside your door. The gas mileage though is excellent.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

12. Someone broke wind outside your door? Yeah...

That is extremely local and not necessarily "news" per se.

[pinboy3niner]

6. What we have here is a failure to communicate

I'm guessing this isn't about the Potato Bowl.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. No, but I was told that none of my local stories matter to DU

including the breaking bus crash yesterday at Fallbrock, which MSNBC broke this morning, almost 24 hours late. So if a bus crash is not breaking news if I post it, trust me, this qualifies even less. Suffice it to say, nobody got killed or injured, and the gas bill will be zero.

[muriel_volestrangler]

55. 'Fallbrook', not 'Fallbrock'

For those who wonder about the hints you seem to want to drip-feed here.

[maddezmom]

63. Believe it was about this

http://www.10news.com/news/suspicious-object-reported-in-area-near-friars-road-napa-street-122013

[muriel_volestrangler]

68. If it was, then the thread is an even more ridiculous whine than I thought

Nadin hasn't even attempted to say it was about a 'suspicious object' in the thread. It's a nothingburger story anyway - "no suspicious materials found; no evacuations". That is just the kind of story that is of no interest at all to anyone who doesn't live near it.

It seems more likely to me that it's about the bus crash - after all, she did at least make an attempt to give the name of where that happened (though she spelled it wrong, and not through a slip of the fingers either - 'o' and 'c' are nowhere near each other on the keyboard. You'd think that a 'local reporter' would be able to get place names right ...)

I wonder if Nadin's account here has been hijacked? This thread seems designed to attract criticism of her.

[zappaman]

69. Hijacked? Doubtful since there's this on Facebook...

Nadin Brzezinski
So we come home for a bomb scare, and the local news (we is, just needed to get gear, but were joined by TV types) breaking all around us. What is funny though, is not the social commentary, call it a hunch, I think it was drugs but that will never be admitted in a nice neighborhood, but actually the bullies at DU. They get their wish, and now they are all going nuts that little to no details were included, poor little bullies, they are on parade!!!

It is hilarious. The joke is on them. If my county burns DU will be the last place I would post the news. So far, I have sat on a couple national stories, and will continue to. They get mostly what they want and continue to attack. They are vicious and they don't even get it.

In the meantime, they make the site continue to suck in major ways. Oh and the Alexa ratings continue to go down. I expect the spike by elections, but the glory days are over. With some admins and owners facilitating this the place is less valuable if he wants to sell. This is what we call self fulfilling prophecies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024207703

Ah nothing like coming home to an actual breaking news story - Democratic Underground
www.democraticunderground.com
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Oh well, I guess it beats saying you have more respect for the guy who runs Free Republic than you do Skinner(that was from an earlier FB post).

[muriel_volestrangler]

70. That's still pretty incoherent

Not what you'd expect from a reporter. No-one on DU was "going nuts that little to no details were included" - I can't see that the story was posted here at all. Not surprising, since it's a non-story. And yet she (or whoever is controlling the Facebook and DU accounts) claims that we were wanting details of a 'bomb scare'. It just doesn't read like something written by a reporter - confusing English, and no understanding of what an interesting news story is.

[zappaman]

71. You could be right...

[rug]

75. Well, now we know where the suspicious object ended up.

[NYC_SKP]

7. There were three serious bus crashes this week....

But that wasn't today....

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yup, and they were covered by the national media, as it should

[SidDithers]

8. Crunchy...nt

Sid

[pintobean]

27. Here

[SidDithers]

29. You made the thread worthwhile...

Sid

[pintobean]

31. Ah, the good ole days

before special iggy.

[1000words]

13. Have a happy holiday, nadin.

I lurked this site for years before creating an account. I've always respected your contributions here. Don't always agree, but certainly appreciate the effort.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Oh you too, happy holidays to all indeed

we will add this to our lucky file.

[malaise]

88. +1,000

Love Nadin's posts - her views and links on that nuclear disaster in Japan were prescient.

[nadinbrzezinski]

91. But it is shit like this that means no more

Last edited Sat Dec 21, 2013, 09:56 PM - Edit history (1)

though this was also a text book of something amazing. All I stated was we walked into a developing news story. Never said more, and we did. That generates that hate, speaks volumes to be honest.



Why I no longer post beyond inanity here. And even that will generate some lovely cyberstalking from the brigade that the only thing they want is to drive their mark off. It is incredible, now to copy and paste this thread though. It is now officially background for the cyberstalking research.

[madinmaryland]

15. Ah shit. You beat me to the story that Al Gore is going to run again...

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. I would not mind that one

though I would sit on it still, and just share it locally.



Nah, this one had not one thing to do with pols. Just a nice way to spend the day.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. LOL!

[zappaman]

17. I love posts about nothing!

Kick and rec!!!

[Brother Buzz]

18. That was a great read. Filled with facts and heavily referenced.

[zappaman]

20. It's the exciting life of a journo!

Jealous much?

[loli phabay]

56. i say its a win, at least i understood it.

[OilemFirchen]

19. Carrot Kugel

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Ingredients:

2 cups grated carrots
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celcius). Spray a baking pan with non-stick spray.
2. Using a food processor, finely shred carrots. Mix carrots with juice. Set aside.
3. Using a mixer, beat margarine and sugar. Add egg. Add dry ingredients. Lastly, add carrots. Mix well.
4. Pour batter into pan. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour.

YIELDS: 8 servings.

http://kosherfood.about.com/od/sidedishes/r/kugel_carrot1.htm

[ProdigalJunkMail]

21. sorry no one cares about your local stories

or your interpretation of them or that people call you out when you're wrong or your inability to take criticism or...

sP

[SidDithers]

22. +1...nt

Sid

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. Some of us care about kindness...

I don't get the fun of the pile-on in these threads.

It makes me miss the old moderating days, because I'd zap the heck out of this crap.

[pintobean]

43. Would you start with the OP?

It's not like we haven't been down this road many times over the years. I guess we should all be begging for her to disclose her secret "story".

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. Possibly.

Regardless of posting histories, pile-ons suck. It's why I find myself taking frequent breaks. Life is cruel enough. There are real people on the other side of posts.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

85. so are you suggesting she posted this for anything other

than a cry for attention? martyrdom is not very becoming but it certainly the role she loves playing.

sP

[uppityperson]

74. What was this OP for except to be unkind and invite the same? I don't get this.

I miss the old moderating days when this would have been locked and redirected to the lounge.

[muriel_volestrangler]

81. Nadin has become DU's professional victim

She can post an OP about nothing, and people complain that it's clearly about nothing, and thus not suitable for GD. Then she whines she is being victimised, and some GD hosts believe her, and complain that the nothing thread is locked. Even when her subsequent posts make it clear she did the OP purely to whine about DU, thus directly breaking the SoP for DU, one or two GD hosts stick to their claims that an OP about nothing is not against the GD SoP, and it doesn't matter that she admitted she was trolling later. And proudly points to the trolling on Facebook.

Sweet gig, if you can get it, and that's the kind of attention you crave.

[zappaman]

82. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Happy Holidays to everyone!
?61

[99Forever]

23. I just love it...

... when someone is all butthurt when they find out they aren't the center of everyone elses Universe.

[SixString]

24. Look at all the haters.

A regular who's who of DU suckage.

[pintobean]

28. Haters?

This isn't Twitter or Facebook. GD isn't the place for 'look at me' status updates.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. Yup. They are something "special"

Why if my county burns, (as it will as it has) DU can read it on CNN, never mind I will be covering it.

If we have a major accident, DU can learn of it 24 hours almost late from msnbc, they missed important details, but that's ok. We have bullies, and it is now fully on. They are so cute...not.

[HappyMe]

37. I don't mind getting news from MSNBC.

[maddezmom]

40. We are not mind readers....if the story is so important

Why don't you post about it instead of this cryptic passive aggressive message to complain about all the bullies and haters.

[maddezmom]

25. Thanks for sharing

all the details...

[NCTraveler]

30. This is clearly very personal to you.

I understand that and am not saying it in a mocking way. DU is a big place with many people. When it comes to local stories, have you tried posting them in a state group. Seems that is probably the best place for them. I cannot imagine people have given you a hard time for posting a local story in the state group. It takes a long time, but stick around and you will figure out the personalities and site management. Makes a big difference when it comes to knowing where to post certain topics. At the same time, I don't know why this post about you and your feelings would be allowed to stay, while a post about a local story wouldn't. Try a state forum. I highly doubt they would ever consider deleting it.

[MineralMan]

32. Nothing like firing up DU to read a thread with zero content.

That's my favorite thing.

[Kaleva]

39. And yet the thread has so many replies and views!

Had I or most anyone else posted such an OP, it most likely would have sunk off the 1st page really fast. But since Nads did it, well, we see the results.

[MineralMan]

45. Yes, well. Since we have zero idea what the actual

news is that's being referenced, the original post is devoid of any content. Whatever the story might have been, just posting the story would have been fine. But, the OP did not post the story, or link to it, or even tell us what it was about.

I would not post such an OP. I sometimes post OPs that are about things that are not written about in the news, but I do provide all the information needed for readers to know what I'm talking about. The reason for all of the replies to this thread is simple. It was posted, I believe, as a taunt and as an open-ended complaint about DU. And still, it contained zero information about whatever prompted it to be posted in the first place.

Frankly, I think that if someone else had posted it, it would have been locked right away by the GD Hosts. This one was locked, and then unlocked. It still contains zero information.

[rucky]

34. What happened after she landed?

[Agschmid]

36. Petition to unlock approved, unlocked.

[randome]

41. Would it not have been more satisfying to come home to no tragedies at all?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[loli phabay]

42. erm, fail i think, no idea why Ass H. is a breaking story.

[rudolph the red]

44. Is this about the wind turbine that caught fire

out by Campo the other day?

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/17/kumeyaay-wind-turbine-fire/

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. Nope, other end of the county, hint five o clock last night channel 10

Though I kicked myself on that one for not grabbing the full format camera. The paper ran a couple stories, I shan't post a link here, but will send you a PM. It is not DU worthy.

[Codeine]

47. Another non-denial denial? A turbine blade hurled a mile in the air?

Coyotes crying and climbing trees to escape the electricity leaking into the ground?

[CJCRANE]

49. You'll never guess what happened to me today

[randome]

50. Seventy-four!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. That is good

What is hilarious is I posted more details than what I did, we'd see the bullies scream local news, it does not matter. And trust me, in this case, they might even have a small point. I am glad it did not become even regional news. Though it did break in the five, six, seven, ten and eleven O'Clock news.

I guess they needed to justify the gas for the choppers.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

52. You jail broke your locked thread!

Way to go! Never have so many people spent so much on so little.

[bettyellen]

53. I would guess this is why people assume you want negative attention. this OP is a plea for it.

[Brickbat]

54. One of the hardest lessons for many journalists to learn is that it's not all about you.

Smaller news outlets are more prone to missing this lesson, but larger ones stumble as well. Anyone who has read a column by a copy editor who loves his job so, so much knows what I'm saying. Stories behind the stories are rarely interesting, and are usually reserved for things such as, you know, Watergate. A rumor of suspicious materials in a condo just isn't going to cut it. Reporters do best when they keep themselves out of the story, no matter how much attention they think they should get.

[TahitiNut]

57. A bomb scare, huh?

Well, gear up and have at it, Nads.

[maddezmom]

59. Well howdy you!

Haven't see you around ages....

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. Yup, it was fun

If anybody else posted anything local, it's ok. Me, garble, garble, predictable. Why I no longer bother, even with national news here. We break it from time to time.

This, don't mind it was this hyper local and truly in the end mostly really non news. Joke is on the bullies though. They showed it matters little what is posted. They attack. It's DU, it's predictable as snow in winter in higher elevations.

[zappaman]

65. Bomb scares are fun????

I have actually been thru a couple(once at the CNN building) and it is anything but FUN.
To each his own I guess...

[Kali]

78. why you no longer bother?

yet...http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024207703

you bothered to post the OP. shit stir much?

[BKH70041]

58. Local crap happening in San Diego isn't that important.

Most local crap in larger cities aren't.

[nadinbrzezinski]

64. Don't worry, when local crap of national importance happens

And it does from time to time, you won't hear it from me either. You will likely hear it second and third hand from MSNBC, CNN or fox, I really don't give a shit.

Don't ask, even though likely I will be covering that crap. And lord knows I have even gotten some national news as exclusives. No longer worthy for DU.



This, was like the thousands of local stories posted by other DU'ers every year here on the old GD, since it happened outside doors. It's ok if others do it, not if I do it. Triple standards, I love it.

[BKH70041]

72. Promise?

Given the responses from others, I'm going to venture to guess you were doing more than reporting a few local events. I'm going to guess you reported a lot of them, probably some about how Mr. Smith went to visit his Mom and about local brush fires, and expected others to be as interested as you. I live in Asheville, NC so traffic on the 805 or who's banging who in Balboa Park doesn't interest me, or most people for that matter. But I'll be sure to post about the bear sightings here on your threads if it gives you a thrill.

[nadinbrzezinski]

73. What you are seeing is a group of bullies that are fully out of control

Suffice it to say, so far I already have sat on a few of those stories. Feel free to encourage the bullies though. And you may want to ask other posters, not the bully and cyberstalker brigade, what they think of the bullies winning.

But hey, this is encouraged by management. One last thing, they won and they are like queen bees still, that should tell you something, but you are missing it, and that is ok.

[Kali]

79. management encouraged YOU to stop acting like a dick

but that never soaked in, did it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12592639#post1

[zappaman]

80. Of course not..

Especially to a DUer, that on facebook, professed to have more respect for the guy who runs Free Republic than the guy who runs DU.
Makes sense, right?

[alcibiades_mystery]

87. If more than one person at a time is sick of her constant bullshit, that's "bullying"

If she has made such a nuisance and spectacle of herself that people remember her nonsense from one day to the next, that's "cyberstalking."

Obviously, this is a person with serious issues.

It should be noted that the OP in this case is a passive aggressive reference to her being chided about her obnoxious posting habits SIX MONTHS AGO! You can only imagine how the thing has been gnawing at her.

It's a sad case, really. This person needs help.

[demmiblue]

60. Passive aggressive childishness. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

62. I agree, and it has none to do with the OP

[alcibiades_mystery]

66. It's a whole thread pouting about DU...I thought this poster only did that on the Hate DU FB page

[ProdigalJunkMail]

86. she must have something on the admins

or maybe she just is so good at playing the martyr that they let her hang around and dig the hole deeper and deeper thus generating more 'fans'...

sP

[zappaman]

89. Who knows? But she certainly hates this place as you can see by this FB post

on the DU group on FB...
"I love it how revealing that was. Really. It is queen bee HS worthy material. And they showed themselves for it. That said, we did walk into a breaking news story. If I posted the details the same shit stirrers encouraged by Skinner would have done it. As is I post very little at that cesspool anymore."

Why someone would post at a "cesspool" is beyond me, but I suppose she has her reasons.

[pintobean]

90. "shit stirrers encouraged by Skinner"

And I went over to that Facebook group and read exactly what you quoted, In case anyone wants to doubt it.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

92. I find her reasons to be quite clear

If bordering on pathological...

sP

[Whisp]

67. I want to sympathize with you, and I really do try

but you make it so very difficult - grow up! seek help!

These heat seeking attention device OPs of yours do not do your credibility (which is obviously very important to you) any good!

I know you have me and about 90% of DU on ignore but this has to be said, again.

[Ptah]

76. Turbulence hits farm: Wind facility owner and utility launch dueling lawsuits

The owner of the state’s largest wind farm and the utility purchasing its power
are suing each other over breach of contract in a dispute centering on the level
of bird-protection measures in place at the facility.

San Diego Gas and Electric filed a lawsuit Thursday in San Diego Superior Court
against Rim Rock wind farm owner NaturEner asking the court to confirm its allegation
that the company did not meet contractual requirements related to the preservation
of eagles, raptors and other protected bird and bat species.

“Unfortunately, the project’s owner, NaturEner, did not meet its contractual requirements,
so SDG&E has decided not to make the investment in Rim Rock or to continue purchasing
its renewable energy credits,” Jennifer Ramp, a spokeswoman for
San Diego Gas and Electric, said in a statement.

NaturEner USA, based in San Francisco, a subsidiary of Spain-based Grupo NaturEner,
filed its own lawsuit alleging breach of contract Friday in Toole County District Court in Montana.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20131220/NEWS01/312200024/Turbulence-hits-farm-Wind-facility-owner-utility-launch-dueling-lawsuits

[msanthrope]

77. Nadin, why???? Why??? It is depressing...watching this cycle. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

83. Yesterday I was...

Oh wait. That wasn't me. Fuck.

[A HERETIC I AM]

84. LOL

Yes it was, you just remembered it wrong!

[madinmaryland]

93. You must be referring to this tragedy that struck just down the road from me...

http://www.wdtn.com/home/one-person-dead-after-massive-fire-in-kettering

No Working Smoke Detectors:

KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) - Four members of a Kettering family were killed after fire broke out inside their Craig Drive home early Thursday morning.

The state fire marshal says there is no evidence of a working smoke detector in the home.
“Although we do not yet know what caused this tragic loss of life, I want to remind everyone that working smoke detectors save lives,” said State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers. “It is so important that everyone have a functioning smoke alarm in their home and have an escape plan with at least two ways out.”

Kettering firefighter Lt. Craig Moore said Forrest Carroll, 76, made it out of the home around 3:50 a.m. and told a neighbor the house was on fire.

When police and firefighters arrived, Moore said Carroll was trying to go back inside the burning home.

[nadinbrzezinski]

94. Not even the same state

Last edited Sat Dec 21, 2013, 11:16 PM - Edit history (1)

nope, Suffice it to say we did walk into a news story. None was hurt, or killed. As far as stories are concerned the only significant thing of this story for us is that it unfolded right outside our door. It is as local as they get.

That fire, is a tragedy. Whenever anybody is killed at a fire, it is a tragedy.

Oh and I forgot, it is also a local story.

[SidDithers]

95. K&R...

This is important information.

Sid

[great white snark]

96. LOL

Did skinner authorize your shit stirring?