The best coverage of the Mexico disaster is coming from a banned DU legend ..

[DemoTex]

Nadin Brzezinski

[malaise]

1. She's an excellent reporter

Rec

[elleng]

3. Yes she is.

[roamer65]

6. Yes, she is.

I miss her.

[snooper2]

36. Roflmfao I wish I wasn't on my cell right now

Check their YouTube channel 😋

[Codeine]

48. Neither excellent nor a reporter. nt

[cwydro]

69. Yeah, I remember her "reporting"

that there were ships full of dead people the government was hiding after some hurricane, Yep, she "reported" that right here on DU.

I remember that "reporting".

[WhiskeyGrinder]

79. No, she is not.

[snooper2]

85. I like the funny sounds she makes

Nadin Abbott

[cwydro]

86. Lol!

I remember that.

What a hoot!

[obamanut2012]

101. Yeah, no

[cwydro]

127. No she is not.

[hedda_foil]

2. Link? Please?

[tblue37]

4. Here:

https://reportingsandiego.com/2017/09/19/major-earthquake-strikes-mexico-city/

[elleng]

5. Thanks. Useful info here:

'If you have family or friends in Mexico, use SMS messaging or WhatsApp. Emergency Services need the phone lines to answer calls for service.

If you wish to help Mexico, the best way is to send money. Here is a list of organizations that will put that money to work. The reason money is best, they are already collecting anything from pickaxes to blankets, and water in Mexico City and other areas of the country. They are already getting baby food. The money will allow organizations to buy what they don’t have enough off and will help to prime the economy. We will keep this at the top. The blog will continue under the help area.

Of note, the Mexican Red Cross has opened a “wish list” using Amazon.com.mx I tested it. You can enter the Mexican version of the site using your password. Just remember, prices are in Pesos.

We are also linking to the official government page, where all groups are listed. Most are in Mexico, but if you know any in Mexico it could be useful.'

[Hortensis]

144. Don't advise clicking and donating through third-party links.

Go directly to the websites of reputable, vetted relief agencies and donate there.

[hedda_foil]

8. Thanks.

[elleng]

13. More:

'100 % of Puerto Rico is without light. The Emergency Management Antenna and the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center have collapsed. Some cell towers have fallen and many radio stations are out of the air. If anyone knows of any person who needs help, please call [phone] wipr radio; they are receiving emergency calls. Share this on your status please!'

[LittleBlue]

7. She was banned?

Damn. I didn't know. She seemed harmless and had interesting things to say. People always got on her because they said she tried to break stories that were already broken, but that's hardly different than current DU where everybody is posting unverified tweets or reprinted Facebook news. She had coverage of local issues in San Diego that I didn't read anywhere else.

What did she do to get banned?

[malaise]

11. She had more credibility on the Fukushima disaster than

the folks who hounded and attacked her.

[snooper2]

38. It made me stop eating fish

,😥

[flamingdem]

96. I know right?

Still not into fish from the Pacific

[snooper2]

97. I was being funny LOL- A thread on a random message board wouldn't change my eating habbits..

Actually just moved offices and was thrilled to find a Long John Silvers is really close. The best hush puppies eva LOL

[flamingdem]

114. Lol, it was kinda over the top

but I saw a chart about how some species of salmon swim to Fukushima waters from Alaska, still we're not seeing evidence .. oh um yet!! Nadia could still be proved right

[Achilleaze]

70. Trolls take down a lot of good DU folk

As far as the toxic republican-russian propaganda assault on America goes, truth has a target on its back.

[CountAllVotes]

153. The milk thing was a BIT MUCH

Not just a bit, a lot of much!

Where the hell do you buy shelf-life milk? You are all gonna die from drinking milk from the Fukushima tainted cows that the milk came from that you dared to swallow.

OMG, one right after the next it was w/her.

Eh, off to bed for me!

[Brother Buzz]

14. I believe this email to the Administration was the catalyst for her banning

FIRST FUCKING STEP TO FUCKING MOVING ON: FUCKING STOP FUCKING COMING BACK

Subject: Password

I know you probably do not want me back, It is mutual.

Can you send me the password reset so I can do that, basic fucking cyber security, and i can move on and away from your fucking DLC site? I know I am not the only actual liberal who will stay away from your neoliberal site, At least be honest who you want to cater to. But seriously, you say you were hacked, you insist people reset their passwords... basic cyber security. If you were hacked or not it is really not my business, nor do I care.

I really do not care for your type, the Limousine insider DC, so called liberal. but really, basic cyber security.

Oh and I have tried using your fucking system to reset it and move on at least 5 times, one from Mexico incidentally during a shive. (the week of mourning in the Jewish tradition, I do not expect you to know that)

Nadinbrezezinski is my fucking user name.

Incidentally, I told your fucking party it was making a Weimar level mistake when you nominated HRC, enjoy that. I told you guys you were doing that before you did that before the primaries were over, and incidentally, my ROV used white out in San Diego to erase Sanders votes, welcome to the Torta effect. (yes it went to court by the way, and the ROV lost)

It is YOUR FUCKING PARTY. Neither democrats or republicans represent me, a simple working class media person that called Trump a fascist. But I am a working class member, and I get it why he got elected. But your party chose to steal the primaries. You are as guilty as the SDs were for the same fucking mistake at the twilight of the Weimar Republic. Historians are sure to call it exactly that.

But can I get that, so I can fucking move on?

Thank you.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028465045


Note: She could not log in because she spelled her own user name wrong.

[Maven]

15. Wow.

Her posts were occasionally informative, but if that's who she really is, good riddance.

[obamanut2012]

103. Gawd, she was basically always like that

Attacked people, made stuff up, just overall a terrible person imo.

[cwydro]

128. Yep.

Basically a joke.

The admins gave her a wide berth.

She flamed out all on her own.

[Blue_true]

163. When I posted under another name before losing my Password.

I thought she was ok, a little strong, but I just ignored her at those times. She did often have interesting posts.

[Awsi Dooger]

25. That can't be real

I'm glad I have no idea who she is.

Ranting Simpleton 101

[lunamagica]

28. It is real. Believe me

[DFW]

62. There is a slight trace of hostility running through it, no question.... n/t

[whathehell]

135. Ya think?

[SunSeeker]

33. Wow.

[Beartracks]

37. Dang. I'm thinking she was hurting after the unbelievable election result.

As were we all. Still, she probably should have slept on that email before clicking send.

================

[tammywammy]

43. I doubt she even voted for Hillary. n/t

[Codeine]

49. She was like that all the damned time.

Election results had nothing whatever to do with it.

[cwydro]

72. Spot on. nt

[bettyellen]

102. She got really angry at me before hurricane sandy when I insisted those in NYC metro area had no

Need to horde canned food. Even without electricity for three weeks, I had no need with all the supermarkets, pizzerias and delis open because they were on higher ground. She was so angry, predicted mass starvation and anarchy in Manhattan, LOL. What I really needed was a good shower. Weird stuff, was very "welcome to ignore" half a dozen times...

[Demsrule86]

68. which she and folks liker her ranting about Hillary helped bring about.

[Beartracks]

149. Oooh, yeah. I *do* remember that. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

81. Her e-mail suggests she felt vindicated by the results for they made her feel like a prophet.

[Demsrule86]

157. It does not make you a prophet when something happens that you helped bring about.

It makes you complicit.

[obamanut2012]

104. She was like that alllll the time, and I doubt she voted for HRC

[CountAllVotes]

152. She had more than one of those

I cannot recall how many times she quit forever never to return.

However, she always did return. Caused lots of horrible arguments to start that really were unnecessary!

[lunamagica]

41. Pure poetry. F-bomb after f-bomb. What an exceptional command of the English langauge

[betsuni]

54. Classic Nadin.

[cwydro]

71. lol!

I remember that!

[m-lekktor]

74. LOL! yep that sounds like her for sure! nt

[cwydro]

76. That's a lot of fucks!

[sheshe2]

155. Lol....

She has no more fucks to give.

[ELY08]

110. Hmmmm

Thats a lot of fucks givin.

[grantcart]

117. Picky Picky Picky lol

You had to give her credit for shark jumping. Give her extra credit for multiple references to Democrats as creating a Weimar Republic.

Never could figure out what the "Torta effect" was but I never got any free pastry.

[Voltaire2]

140. So it seems vanishingly unlikely that this person would not know her own user name.

but I suppose it could happen.

[tammywammy]

142. She misspelled stuff all the time.

Typing in her username incorrectly isn't a stretch at all.

[still_one]

9. She is an opinionated arrogant ass, who defended the use of the "c" word when used in an OP,

because according to her, everyone uses it in the U.K.

However, when she referred to me as anti-Muslim, which is bullshit, that told me everything about her critical thinking skills

[drmeow]

18. One of the first members

I put on ignore - back on DU2!

[MADem]

22. She still has fans here apparently (I am not one).

Someone alerted on your post, averring that you were flaming a DUer.

Since she's been banned for bad behavior and no longer a member of the club, no one here is flaming a member by criticizing, deservedly, her horrible behavior. And she did behave badly. OFTEN. Made life and discussions miserable, often as not.

[7962]

156. Someone actually alerted on THAT post?? Good lord.

Are 8th graders DU members?

[MADem]

160. Quite possibly.

Could be a sock, too...looking to preserve the rep of a banned departee...!

[Blue_true]

164. Sad that someone would alert.

I would rather duke it out with a regular DUer than alert on that person. Even when I posed under a lost password starting in 2010, I did not put anyone on ignore and still don't. Nadine was hard to take at times, but I just read her posts without comment when she got really riled up.

I saw California Peggy post for the first time in a while. Does anyone know where the DUer named Cali went to?

[SunSeeker]

35. Perfectly stated. nt

[R B Garr]

39. +1, I didn't realize that about her at first, but found out

soon enough.

Look how she still has to make herself part of the story even in a goodbye post that she tries to make about some huge epiphany that Democrats are going to fall off the face of the earth because...DLC. She posted here for over ten years, but then slams the website because it's for Democrats. Huh?

What's so funny/wrong about her "reporting" of this supposedly huge Revolution is that Orange County turned blue for Hillary for the first time since WWII, or around there. San Diego can't be much more conservative (military town) than the OC. That is a much bigger story than people she ran into badmouthing Hillary.


edit-this person is not a current member, thx

[haveahart]

63. Wonder is "she" is really female? Women I know would not use the "c" word.

[Codeine]

77. Yes she is. I interacted with her a few times, pre-DU. nt

[still_one]

78. Let me make this clear. She was defending an OP's use of the word. It wasn't her OP, and she

wasn't the only one person trying to justify its usage at the time

[whathehell]

134. I've had similar issues regarding gender slurs

with people here, and, yes, I am on your side.

[Liberty Belle]

175. Yes, I've met her husband,

A retired military guy and postal worker. They have often worked as a team to cover fires and other stories.

[CountAllVotes]

154. That is only true

If coming from men that don't seem to care much for women. Same story here in the USA. Place has nothing at all to do with the use of THAT word!

Enough said!

[7wo7rees]

10. Imho, nadin b was a huge loss to this community.

It never should have happened. But that is, once again, my very humble opinion. Miss her here lots and thanks for the link.

[L. Coyote]

52. Agreed.

[Duppers]

94. I miss her too.

[Codeine]

120. I agree; Nadin was a huge loss and never should have happened.

Her BANNING, however, was a net positive.

[Auggie]

123. You can read Nadine regularly at ...

RebelDems.com

Good site without the B.S.

[LeftInTX]

161. Site doesn't work right now

I keep getting "Connection timed out"

[Auggie]

172. Give it another try ...

it's rather stable ... works well for me.

[dgibby]

151. She's on Facebook. n/t

[Kaleva]

12. Her reporting of many feet of hail falling is a DU legend

She could be over the top, she could be right on, she could be all over the place but I liked her and read her stuff.

[Owl]

16. Nadin rocks!

[Codeine]

17. She was a thin-skinned, arrogant, confrontational joke

with a chip on her shoulder the size of an SUV. Her credibility was utterly destroyed by her disastrous nonsense stories about wind turbines outside of San Diego supposedly sending blades flying for a mile and four-foot-deep hail in Mexico City.

All of which she's long since deleted in an attempt to save her reputation, naturally.

I guarantee you that her "reporting" is nothing more than parroting what she's heard on Spanish-language television broadcasts and Facebook posts.

[Dorian Gray]

20. But you miss her, right?

LOL

[Kaleva]

23. It was first reported to be as much as 6 feet of hail

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=410322

[snooper2]

40. 60 feet her reporting was accurate

[lunamagica]

29. You are correct. The coverage Univision is doing is by far the best coverage on the earthquake

To claim that she is is even close to that is quite insulting to the people who are doing life-risking, round-the-clock coverage over there

[Kali]

32. hard to add anything to this post.

I see her on a friend's fb feed occasionally, still acting exactly the same.

[Liberty Belle]

58. She used to work for International Red Cross in Mexico and does have direct sources down there still

[Codeine]

84. She also used to work for you

and you guys tag-teamed on all sorts of pseudo-scientific nonsense being promoted by your old online blog/newspaper.

Respectfully, I submit that you possess zero credibility on this issue.

[obamanut2012]

107. hahaha

[Liberty Belle]

158. You're distorting the facts.

She was a wildfire/emergency reporter primarily, and covered occasional other stories such as interviewing politicians or covering public hearings for a publication I edit, before leaving to start her own blog on politics several years ago.

Her opinions voiced on blogs are her own, not representing the publication or myself personally. I disagree with some of her views and particularly her choice of words in her parting messages to DU during last year's contentious election.

That said, trashing the publication I edit is irresponsible. It has won 101 major journalism awards including first place investigative awards from Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club. Many of those awards were for our well-documented reports on wind project.

It has never published "pseudo scientific nonsense." In fact the publication has taken the lead in discrediting climate change deniers. I've personally interviewed climate change scientists from Scripps Institute of Oceanography and other leading scientific organizations and published audio on the news site. You can hear those in the radio section of the website, since the news outlet also know has a radio show on a social justice public radio station.

I believe what you may be referring to were our award-winning reports on some negative impacts of major wind energy projects in our local region. It is true that an 11-ton blade hurled off a wind turbine. We published the photos as proof and other media later confirmed this as well. The project scraped bare 12,000 acres of desert, and Dust Bowl like conditions ensued for those living there. The project also had an entire turbine tower 500 feet tall collapse. There are hydraulic oil leaks. There were chemicals used for dust suppression where the cannisters were discarded on site and leaked into waterways when it rained, flooding the town of Ocotillo with a flammable chemical. Each of these problems and more were documented with facts, photos, documents, interviews, etc. and won many awards.

Don't believe those here who seek to discredit press as "fake media" for reporting truth. That's the job of media.

Again, I am not defending every statement the banned poster made and certainly not the diatribe at the end, long after she was no longer freelancing for the publication I edit. The stories in question on wind issues were mostly stories written by me, and meticulously fact checked. The wind company in question was owned at the time by a company with roots in the fossil fuel industry that was a subsidiary of the Carlyle Group. They actually faked longitude lines to get subsidies, making it appear the project was 3,000 feet higher in elevation than it's actual location in a place without adequate wind. We interviewed experts who predicted it would fail to produce the power promised. Five years after it opened, it has indeed failed to produce the minimum power promised every single year. I stand by my reporting on that wind project 100%, and also on another trouble-prone local wind project that has had multiple failures, been involved in lawsuits, started a brush fire, and had stray voltage 1,000 times higher than normal inside homes nearby; that resulted in a university medical study that suggested a cancer cluster could be tied to the wind project's voltage issue.

This is not to say that all wind projects are bad or that we don't need alternative energy sources. We do. But as with nuclear that was promoted as clean and green because it didn't pollute the air like oil and coal fired power plants, wind energy projects are not without problems when they are placed in the wrong locations, or built improperly with shoddy construction or defective parts installed or made by corporations putting profits over people.

Also on edit to comment I posted earlier, my memory failed me on one point: she worked for the Mexican Red Cross, not the International Red Cross in Mexico. My point in posting here was that she does have many sources in Mexico and on her new blog site has beaten out other local and national media in reporting on much of the damage issues in Mexico.

Her reporting on wildfire issues for the publication I edit was mostly excellent, and she put her life on the line more than once to go to the scene of big wildfires on our backcountry areas, always fully outfitted with fire-resistant gear to stay safe. She saved lives and showed kindness, carrying water bottles and blankets for evacuees during summer heat and winter cold. She went to the front lines of fires to report on the progress and find things that needed fixing, such as people not evacuating rural towns because they had no place to bring livestock or large pets. She'd tell the firefighters, and they'd get a shelter open, and she'd go back to tell the people. She would visit shelters to make sure they were really open when announced (sometimes they were not, and she'd find people huddled outside bewildered, wondering where to go.) She once reunited a family separated during a fire. So I have respect for her as a decent human being, and just wish people would leave her alone. She is not here anymore, and it is mean-spirited to attack someone who is not here to defend herself.

[bigtree]

173. not a fan of Nadin

...but I appreciate the perspective you provided, both of Nadin and the journalism behind your blog.

Good insight. It's easy to slip into minimizing fellow posters according to our interactions here. It helps to remember that the majority of what most of us do with our lives occurs outside of whatever politics we participate in.

[obamanut2012]

106. this

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

115. Oh gods, I remember the wind turbine stories.

And how it was totally possible for a wind turbine to send a blade a mile away.

Even though it was calculated that the turbine blades would have had to have been moving at about 600 mph.

She doubled down on her story about the turbine blades, even when proven wrong so many times.

[Blue_true]

166. Actually.

If a turbine blade is not properly secured, with certain launch angles at several wind speeds, one can travel close to a mile before hitting the ground. She may have witnessed or saw and actual event and hyped it a little.

[Codeine]

167. Not these blades.

They're 175 feet long and weigh 11 tons. And the blade in the event referenced most emphatically did not fly that far. It basically fell.

[Blue_true]

169. 11 tons?

Must have been a while ago. More modern blades are made of materials that are much lighter and also more resistant to shear. But if they come loose at the right angle at the right speed, they can travel a ways before landing. I an not sure that even the base of newer wind turbine weigh 11 tons, but maybe since that is where magnets that make the conversion happen rest and unfortunately the best magnetic material is still heavy (that is changing as newer composites have been invented, though none commercially yet).

[Codeine]

170. Here's a cheesy infographic from the manufacturer's Twitter.

These are some extra-large beasts.

[Blue_true]

171. I stand corrected. Really surprised modern blades weight that much given that carbon fiber

and other lighter weight composite can be used and produce similar shear resistance and deflection results. But you went to an actual manufacturer site.

Some WT's have a toroidal shape, but those may be used for low energy output applications.

[Abu Pepe]

178. I think she is a frustrated smart/disordered personality

Not like a tortured genius but above average intelligence who thinks she is smarter than she is and yeah, giant chip and maybe some illness.

[Eko]

19. Good riddance.

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Well, I suppose you CAN call her a legend

There are several meanings, and kinds, of legends. Hers is the bad kind.

[elleng]

24. 'They keep pulling people out of the rubble.'

[elleng]

27. 'The kid under the rubble at the school, her name is Frida Sofia. They are getting close.'

[Codeine]

119. That's right up there with Edward Fuckin' R. Murrow. nt

[elleng]

121. and you call yourself codeine.

Got it.

[Codeine]

122. Damn. I was hoping you hadn't noticed. nt

[melman]

26. If you say so

Personally I have my doubts.

[Xolodno]

30. Wow...did not know she was banned...

...figured I would be long gone before a long timer like her was given the boot. I still come on here at times and think..."this post could give me the boot"

[Hell Hath No Fury]

31. We're FB friends --

It's good to have her clearing up some of the US reporting in comparison to the local MX reporting.

[B2G]

34. Lol. OK.

Will she be donating some canned milk to the cause?

[NanceGreggs]

42. Is that the same Nadin Brzezinski ...

... who "reported" that Mexico City was buried under ten meters (that's 32 feet) of hailstones during a hurricane a few years ago?

Is that the same Nadin Brzezinski who claimed that wind turbines were unsafe because their blades could come loose and fly a mile high straight up in the air?

Is that the same Nadin Brzezinski who claimed to be a "professional journalist" while she was writing articles that were "published" - unsolicited and unpaid for - in a newsletter right next to the "pork chops on sale" ads?

Is that the same Nadin Brzezinski who claimed that anyone who didn't buy her bullshit was too stupid to recognize her journalistic genius, and were apparently part of the "bullies" who were intent on destroying her by pointing out her ludicrous, fact-free assertions?

The only thing "legendary" about Nadin is her uncanny ability to cast herself as a victim when challenged to provide actual FACTS to support her ridiculous "news stories".

[JimGinPA]

44. Kapow! Boff! Zap!

[tammywammy]

46. You forgot the best one

The breaking news of a US special ops soldier Jay Polk was killed during a super dooper secret mission in Syria. She even received a "non-denial denial", but refused to answer basic questions.


Spoiler - the whole story was bogus.

[NanceGreggs]

47. Ah, yes.

I remember it well.

Yet another example of Nadin's "legendary" journalism.

[Codeine]

50. Holy crap, I'd forgotten all about that saga.

Then she pulled her self-delete routine and acted like nothing untoward had happened.

[caraher]

51. Ah yes, the wind turbine thread

A classic

RESIDENTS OF OCOTILLO AND BOULEVARD SPEAK OUT, SHARE SAFETY FEARS AFTER TURBINE BLADE FALLS

[canetoad]

57. That thread is a beauty

Many names I don't see about anymore.

[SunSeeker]

90. Wow. What a crazy fest.

I'm actually sorry I clicked on that link. That's 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[temporary311]

91. Its up there with the moon bombing thread.

[FSogol]

60. Don't forget that wind turbines cause cancer!

[cwydro]

73. And the same who "reported" thousands of

dead being hidden by the government on ships after a hurricane.

She hated there wasn't a high enough death toll.

Yeah. I remember that "legend".

[obamanut2012]

108. OMG I forgot about that

[PragmaticLiberal]

133. I hate to say it but it sounds like she has some "Alex Jones tendencies".

[mcar]

80. Same one who thought it was peachy to call HRC the c word

Yeah, that's the one.

[Blue_Tires]

82. Yeah, I remember butting heads with her over wind turbines

she was spewing some fuzzy science theories on wind power worthy of Infowars...

So had ZERO credibility with me after that.

[grantcart]

116. Nope that was a different Nadin Brezinski

She had the unique capability of running several different personalities at the same time.

[Shrike47]

53. I found her arrogant, officious and condescending, but that's just me.

Most people are a mix of good and bad characteristics, her included.

[akbacchus_BC]

56. Do not judge her before you interact with her. Nadin is one honest

person on here along with many more. I like her.

[Duppers]

95. She was super nice to me when..

I failed to understand something.



However, she did love to argue any point.

[Phentex]

99. I liked her well enough and she WAS alert stalked...

I saw it many times when I was on jury duty. But you are right about the arguing. She claimed to have NEVER heard of the book Fifty Shades of Grey when the movie came out. I called her on that because the book had been discussed repeatedly here in GD as well as other places on DU. But she would not admit it. I found that REALLY hard to believe for someone in the news business. I mean, I don't listen to Kanye West or Taylor Swift or watch Kim Kardashian or Dancing with the Stars but I have heard of all of them because I am alive and on the internet.

[Brother Buzz]

109. She claimed to have read the book in 2014, before the movie was released

nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
269. I am reading the book right now

After seeing the fire here. Because, quite frankly, this much thick black smoke, that fire is hot...we are talking several alarms worth.

Please, read it yourself. Stop with the journals until you read it

In reality it should have staid in fanfic, where those themes are common. Hell I read decades ago some of that crap (yes, it is crappy writing) in fiction writing groups that was far better written that went nowhere commercially and had better written and developed characters. Yes, you read a lot of crap in those groups and genres you would never read otherwise.

This is, quite frankly, to be kind, a 500 page first draft of a badly developed piece of work that somehow jumped to mainstream. I suspect part of the reason is the attention given to it, and controversy sells. I use the words written work with trepidation, but it has very little to redeem it as literature...

But it is what it is, and cannot wait for the raging wild fire when the movie premieres. I guess I will have to watch it, since likely it will be a commercial success. I just hope the movie improves the heft of the characters from paper thin, best case to somewhat developed. Yup, it is also that media thing, and ix know I am way late to the party. Yup, was under a rock.

I can see, reading the actual material, how this has a sub group of feminist scholars all kinds of angry, but instead of telling us about the domineering Christian Grey, which he is, and that is all he is, rather ask why are women chiefly attracted to this sexual fantasy? Now that, if you must, is the question I would be asking...but that is, once again, after reading the primary source (and I still have ways to go)

Oh and as far as Ana, I read in a history class one of the earliest porn books ever written...those characters were submissive (Victorian era,) they were very assertive compared to Ana, who is a unidimensional 12 year old in the body of an older person. Her inner though process, book is first person, is that of a teen, crap, crap, crap...holy crap.

Forgive me for not remembering the name of that book...I made a point to forget it after class was over...it was that badly written, in comparison to this that was some stellar writing.

But anybody who wants to discuss this...should actually read it...something about primary sources and due diligence.

Though, it is stellar easy reading when sick. Trust me, can't do the County's climate action plan right now.

But my inner writer is gnashing teeth. This actually is a commercial success...glad I did not pay full price for this...

This is quite possibly the worst piece of writing I have ever read that has been published, oh and the sex is that badly written too.

So I will ask, what made this such a success? My going theory is...controversy. Hell, that is the only reason I bought it.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5305255

On another thread disusing the books merits, she poo pooed the book because there was no boarder check (Papers, please) between Portland and Vancouver, not comprehending the main character was a student attending Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, just across the river from Portland, Oregon.

[Duppers]

125. My hubs,

A total academic, had never heard of the book either. If someone concentrates on one certain subject they tend to not listen to entertainment news. And I consider that book and movie trash entertainment.

[Phentex]

129. Is he a reporter?

Working for the news?

My husband doesn't spend much time online and I am sure there are plenty of topics that would make him scratch his head. But he doesn't claim to be a journalist.

Also, does he spend any time on DU in GD? If he did, he would know about that book, the Sports Illustrated swim suit edition, and possibly Kirstie Allie and or/ cornflake chicken.

[Duppers]

146. LoL

Good point. Nope, of course hubs is not in journalism; he's a nerdy scientist.

[akbacchus_BC]

55. I like Nadin, and she was always honest, glad she is back!

[denbot]

59. I never had a problem with N B.

I recall she was an informative poster.

[Kentonio]

61. Shame she got banned, she was interesting.

[DrDan]

132. ala Art Bell

[lillypaddle]

64. I thought she was a nut job

[cwydro]

75. She is.

And interestingly, this was found on a conservative site. Guess which one?

[lillypaddle]

88. I give

Which one - I don't visit conservative sites. Thanks.

[cwydro]

89. I don't think I can say the name here, but I'll pm you. nt

[lillypaddle]

98. Thanks

[stevenleser]

126. And that was her most endearing quality. It went downhill from there.

It was really embarrassing that some folks here bought into her schtick which was obviously over the top on a number of levels.

The fact that she asserted that she was an expert in just about everything should have given it away.

The really whacked out stories she would come out with every now and then should have sealed the deal.

[NanceGreggs]

148. Nadin's self-described resume ...

... was beyond impressive. No matter what occupation was mentioned in a post, Nadin would insist that she once held a job in that field - which somehow rendered her an expert in that area.

I normally ignore such braggadocio, and put it down to a pathetic need to be perceived as important.

However, Nadin's nastiness towards anyone who even questioned her "credentials" obliterated any sympathy I would usually have for someone that obviously desperate for attention.

[Weekend Warrior]

65. I can only find one article from the snake oil salesman on the topic.

Maybe I missed the others wading through the ads and request plea for money. If that's where you are getting your reporting then accuracy is secondary. Said person is famous for reporting fake news.

[LexVegas]

66. ...

[Demsrule86]

67. Honestly...people like her are the reason we have Trump,the DACA kids are in danger,nuclear war

looms on the horizon,we might lose health care,we might lose Medicaid and a giant tax will likely be enacted, we lost the courts and with voter suppression and Russian meddling they might just manage to stay in office against the will of the people...yes I am talking about what amounts to a dictator or fascism-call it what you will. She might as well be a Republican...Good for DU...she deserved to be banned. We support Democrats here.

Oh and I would not read one word she writes...she shows an alarming lack of judgement. I am so so sorry she didn't have her special pure candidate...boohoo running in the general. She, like all ...green, left left riffraff (not Democrats and not even progressive) can go fuck themselves. An ungrateful, angry nation turns it's eye on you, and asks 'how could you'?

[ProfessorGAC]

83. Oh Brother!

Come on Tex. You know better.

[SunSeeker]

87. No it is not. It is not even real coverage. Good grief.

[Codeine]

92. Posting semi-coherent recaps of what just aired on Univision

is exactly the same as being a reporter -- the best reporter, in fact. You betcha.

[SunSeeker]

93. LOL Yup. nt

[bathroommonkey76]

100. All of my Mexico earthquake news comes from a person with a polish screen name.

[EX500rider]

112. hahahaha.....lol

[elleng]

136. Imagine that,

a person of Polish origin! I wonder how many of them exist, and even hold/held public positions, and even in the news industry.

[Kali]

159. she claims to be of Jewish heritage and raised in Mexico City

an interesting history and one that sounds like a person I would like to meet and know more about. too bad her on-line persona is one of a total asshole. arrogant, rude, never wrong about anything. her journalistic skills are shitty and she acts like nobody in the world could possible know anything more about any subject than she does. I was fooled by her for an embarrassingly long time until I had an instance of personal knowledge about a serious subject (the Egyptian revolution in 2011) and asked her a question in one of her pontificating threads about it - because I genuinely was hoping for more information - and the answer was just utter bullshit. I started paying more attention to her after that, and she confirmed my opinion - full of shit and arrogantly rude to any that question.

she trolled this site in a classic manner - causing otherwise decent members to get themselves in trouble by posting flamebait and getting in fights with anybody that asked a question or dared to disagree with her. she played victim and claimed everybody bullied her, but the reality is she was a troll and lived for the attention.

[Kaleva]

168. A very good summary!

[Cereal Killer]

183. Spot-On

Nadin Brzezinski was all this and more, she and others like her was the reason I left DU.

she trolled this site in a classic manner - causing otherwise decent members to get themselves in trouble by posting flamebait and getting in fights with anybody that asked a question or dared to disagree with her. she played victim and claimed everybody bullied her, but the reality is she was a troll and lived for the attention.

[uppityperson]

186. Hi. Who were you before?

Welcome back.

[leftofcool]

105. She is neither a legend or a good reporter.

Recapping someone else's work is not being a reporter

[johnp3907]

111. I just checked out her Facebook page.

2 minutes ago:
"Yes, Clintonism is toxic."

1 hour ago an anti DU post.

18 hours ago some of that stellar reporting:
"They're still pulling bodies out of the rubble."

[pintobean]

113. Take COVER NOW, Tupaloo, MS

Crack reporter, or "reporter" on crack?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

130. Mark your calendar. We agree on something.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

137. .

[Coventina]

118. I had one memorable encounter with her.

When she was trying to convince me that Mexico's abortion policies were more liberal than here in the US.

[stevenleser]

124. I think The Onion tried to hire her, then they realized she was being serious.

The only thing that really bothered me about her is that she convinced far too many people of things that were really nonsense.

[DrDan]

131. I always pictured her working for a strip-mall publication - hired because she had an entry-level

dslr camera and would work for peanuts

[pintobean]

138. The good rig

[JNelson6563]

139. Definitely in a class of her own!

No one realizes the full importance of Nadin like Nadin! She puts the Star in Starbucks! I had forgotten about how great she is because she hasn't been here to remind us constantly.

[Codeine]

145. I've also forgotten how stupid

and ignorant of history and politics and PATTERNS I am without her being around to remind me.

[JNelson6563]

147. Indeed!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

141. She's a veritable Dan Rather or Leslie Stahl.

[riderinthestorm]

143. I follow her on Twitter, she's doing a fair job. She has family and Red Cross colleagues in Mexico

Specifically in Mexico City.

Combined with her Spanish fluency, she's been a must read for me amongst others.

She was not well suited for a discussion board but has found her footing elsewhere. I wish her well.

[zappaman]

150. LOL!

[LeftInTX]

162. I remember she made some comment

after the large impact meteorite in Russia and a small meteorite was spotted the next night in San Francisco....kinda like there was some conspiracy involved.

I'm like...Okay...whatever...I will tread lightly...

[ismnotwasm]

165. This thread is all kinds of interesting

No surprises, but interesting.

[beaglelover]

174. LOL!!!!

[Abu Pepe]

176. Meanwhile Will Pitt is

following up on Rove's upcoming parole hearing.

[Crunchy Frog]

177. I didn't know she got banned.

Really sad comment on the state of this site.

[Codeine]

179. She was banned for an expletive-laden

attack on the site's owners and administrators. It's not a sad comment on anything other than her lack of self-control and inability to properly interact with people.

[grantcart]

180. Everytime I commit to take the high road they start another one of these threads and pull me back in

[DemoTex]

181. Lotta bullshit going down here.

Get a life folks. Not ten of you - my best guess - have ever read Nadin's byline from the infamous SOCAL firelines. Or seen her photos of those fires. Hell on earth. And Nadin is always there.

Nadin gave me regular fire weather "heads-up" warnings when I was in USFS-FIRE in south Arizona. Her reporting was front-line. Her analysis was spot-on. And her fire weather predictions were near the top of my list for accuracy.

Mac

[Kaleva]

182. As I said earlier in this thread, she was all over the place.

Sometimes she was spot on and you provide specific examples of that. But other times, and you have to admit this is true, she was way, way off and she didn't take the criticism well. There's threads here that show that in both cases. When she's was on and when she was off.

[Kali]

184. and the reverse situation might apply...

have you read any of her more...erm...less credible stuff? for example, there are a couple of links posted in this thread that you might want to look at, just to be fully informed and objective.

[pintobean]

185. If you didn't want negative feedback

you shouldn't have posted about her. I've never seen any member get away with being so nasty with the people here for so long. That includes being nasty with members, mods, and admin. She loved making enemies here. I was extremely happy when she got canned. That was the single most effective move for admin in trying to make this a more peaceful site.