[ Yet another sicko Democrat pedophile politician ]
[h=2]Ex-Rep. Keith Farnham considers plea deal in child porn case[/h]
Thu, 07/10/2014 - 11:34am
Kim Janssen
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Former State Rep. Keith Farnham is considering a plea deal in his federal child pornography case, his attorney says.
The Elgin Democrat has maintained his innocence since he was charged in April, but is now negotiating with prosecutors, his lawyer Terry Ekl told U.S. District Judge Edmund Chang Thursday morning.
Farnham, who again wore an oxygen tank in court Thursday, did not speak during the brief hearing.
The 66-year-old is accused of emailing videos of children who appeared to be as young as six months old being molested, according to a criminal complaint filed earlier this year.
Farnham, who resigned citing undisclosed “health issues,” has been ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and has been placed under house arrest with strict rules that even prevent him from using his patio to ensure he stays away from children.
He recently had to ask a judge for permission to remove the ankle bracelet temporarily while he underwent a hospital scan.
He quit shortly after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raided his home and state office in Elgin and seized a computer on March 13.
A federal complaint alleges he used a phony name in online chatrooms to trade child porn while at his office and at his home. In one disturbing webchat in November, he boasted that he’d sexually abused a 6-year-old girl, the complaint alleges.
Though he has not been charged with molesting the girl, he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of possessing child pornography.
Chang on Thursday told Farnham he has until Sept. 2 to agree to a deal with prosecutors, or the case will be set for trial.
Former State Rep. Keith Farnham in 2010. | File photo.
[h=2]Ex-Rep. Keith Farnham considers plea deal in child porn case[/h]
Thu, 07/10/2014 - 11:34am
Kim Janssen
@kimjnews | Email
Former State Rep. Keith Farnham is considering a plea deal in his federal child pornography case, his attorney says.
The Elgin Democrat has maintained his innocence since he was charged in April, but is now negotiating with prosecutors, his lawyer Terry Ekl told U.S. District Judge Edmund Chang Thursday morning.
Farnham, who again wore an oxygen tank in court Thursday, did not speak during the brief hearing.
The 66-year-old is accused of emailing videos of children who appeared to be as young as six months old being molested, according to a criminal complaint filed earlier this year.
Farnham, who resigned citing undisclosed “health issues,” has been ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and has been placed under house arrest with strict rules that even prevent him from using his patio to ensure he stays away from children.
He recently had to ask a judge for permission to remove the ankle bracelet temporarily while he underwent a hospital scan.
He quit shortly after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raided his home and state office in Elgin and seized a computer on March 13.
A federal complaint alleges he used a phony name in online chatrooms to trade child porn while at his office and at his home. In one disturbing webchat in November, he boasted that he’d sexually abused a 6-year-old girl, the complaint alleges.
Though he has not been charged with molesting the girl, he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of possessing child pornography.
Chang on Thursday told Farnham he has until Sept. 2 to agree to a deal with prosecutors, or the case will be set for trial.
[ This is funny as hell ]
[h=1]Politics: Anti-Hillary book with almost no media coverage tops Hillary's book in sales[/h]
Image Credit: CBS News [h=3]Published by: Dan Calabrese on Monday July 14th, 2014[/h]
Ascendant.
Now when I say almost no media coverage, understand that I mean that in contrast to the coverage enjoyed by Hillary herself, who was in the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list before Edward Klein knocked her off. Sure, there's been some coverage of Klein's book on hyperpolitical sites, but it's received hardly any attention from the MSM, which is where you reach the massive audiences capable of catapulting you to the top of the Times list.
With all the coverage Hillary got, you'd think she'd be able to sell enough books to stay at #1 for an entire year.
A problem for Hillary, though: Her book is horrible by just about every account. It reveals no interesting information, no intriguing perspectives, nothing valuable of any kind. Klein's book, on the other hand, is is apparently juicy from the first page to the last:
So when you're banking everything on your celebrity, you can hardly be surprised when people are interested in gossip about you. What else is there? All Hillary's intriguing policy ideas? All the important bills she sponsored as a senator? All her foreign policy achievements as Secretary of State?
The only reason this woman is in the national consciousness at all is because of who she used to be married to. That's it. She is the kind of person gossip was made for.
Maybe all those media interviews Hillary did were of some use to Klein, who apparently has some ability to actually write a book people want to read. So she didn't totally waste her time. She just didn't do herself any good. Oh wait. That's all she lives for.
[h=1]Politics: Anti-Hillary book with almost no media coverage tops Hillary's book in sales[/h]
Image Credit: CBS News [h=3]Published by: Dan Calabrese on Monday July 14th, 2014[/h]
Ascendant.
Now when I say almost no media coverage, understand that I mean that in contrast to the coverage enjoyed by Hillary herself, who was in the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list before Edward Klein knocked her off. Sure, there's been some coverage of Klein's book on hyperpolitical sites, but it's received hardly any attention from the MSM, which is where you reach the massive audiences capable of catapulting you to the top of the Times list.
With all the coverage Hillary got, you'd think she'd be able to sell enough books to stay at #1 for an entire year.
A problem for Hillary, though: Her book is horrible by just about every account. It reveals no interesting information, no intriguing perspectives, nothing valuable of any kind. Klein's book, on the other hand, is is apparently juicy from the first page to the last:
According to the latest rankings in The New York Times bestseller list, Edward Klein's "Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas" has catapulted to the top of the charts, nudging his subject's memoir down to the second slot.
"Blood Feud," as the title suggests, is a journey of sensational anecdotes about tensions between Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the current occupants of the White House. The 300-page book is replete with ugly name-calling (Michelle Obama, according to the book, refers to Hillary Clinton as "Hildebeest," while Clinton supposedly calls President Obama a "joke") and gossipy anecdotes befitting Bravo television.
But while the contents have been called into question by Clinton allies and others, Klein has defended his reporting -- and the book sales suggest that, at the least, "Blood Feud" is a page-turner.
By contrast, Clinton's memoir "Hard Choices" has been criticized as dry and not incredibly revealing. (The Economist, for instance described it as a "stodgy memoir" meant for surrogates.)
I guess in one sense you could say it's a shame people are more interested in a gossip book than whatever Hillary's book is supposed to be. But here's the problem with that: Hillary is nothing more than a personality trading on her name recognition. She is a celebrity, and she's hoping to parlay her noteriety into the presidency. She is not a serious policy person and has no governance chops whatsoever."Blood Feud," as the title suggests, is a journey of sensational anecdotes about tensions between Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the current occupants of the White House. The 300-page book is replete with ugly name-calling (Michelle Obama, according to the book, refers to Hillary Clinton as "Hildebeest," while Clinton supposedly calls President Obama a "joke") and gossipy anecdotes befitting Bravo television.
But while the contents have been called into question by Clinton allies and others, Klein has defended his reporting -- and the book sales suggest that, at the least, "Blood Feud" is a page-turner.
By contrast, Clinton's memoir "Hard Choices" has been criticized as dry and not incredibly revealing. (The Economist, for instance described it as a "stodgy memoir" meant for surrogates.)
So when you're banking everything on your celebrity, you can hardly be surprised when people are interested in gossip about you. What else is there? All Hillary's intriguing policy ideas? All the important bills she sponsored as a senator? All her foreign policy achievements as Secretary of State?
The only reason this woman is in the national consciousness at all is because of who she used to be married to. That's it. She is the kind of person gossip was made for.
Maybe all those media interviews Hillary did were of some use to Klein, who apparently has some ability to actually write a book people want to read. So she didn't totally waste her time. She just didn't do herself any good. Oh wait. That's all she lives for.
