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CNN reporter Richard Quest wearing rope on genitals when arrested

justingirl1989 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:00:05 -0700

On Friday morning CNN journalist Richard Quest was arrested in Central Park with methamphetamine in his pocket. Quest is best known for his work on CNN’s late-night international programming and his hour-long show Quest. Originally it was reported that Quest was arrested for being in the park after it was closed… and while that’s technically true, it turns out there’s a lot more to the story than that. According to the New York Post, there was a good deal of kink going on when Quest was arrested – he had a rope around his neck that was also tied to his genitals.

CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said. Quest, 46, was arrested at around 3:40 a.m. after a cop spotted him and another man inside the park near 64th Street, a police source said.

The criminal complaint against Quest said the park was closed at the time - something Quest should have known because of all the signs saying “Park Closed 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.” Quest was initially busted for loitering, the source said. Aside from the oddly configured rope, the search also turned up a sex toy inside of his boot, and a small bag of methamphetamine in his left jacket pocket.

It wasn’t immediately clear what the rope was for.

[From the New York Post]

I’m sure we can all guess a few things that the rope might have been for. How many of us have enjoyed playing Cowboys and Indians in the park? The rope was obviously for some kind of lasso. Or perhaps to wrangle wayward cattle. While I personally have never encountered any member of the bovine family in Central Park, it’s a pretty big place and you never know what animals you’ll stumble upon. It sounds to me like Richard Quest was just following the Boy Scout motto of always being prepared. Last time I checked the Boy Scouts didn’t include any mention of sex toys and meth, but times are changing and I could just be out of the loop.

The other man that was with Quest was given a summons for not having any identification on him. Quest was not charged with lewdness because he wasn’t exposing himself. So for any of you out-of-towners, it’s good to know that it’s perfectly legal to tie ropes around your genitals in public. But not having your I.D. on you might get you in a bit of trouble.

Quest spent most of Friday behind bars while his lawyer negotiated with the district attorney. He agreed to six months of drug counseling, and in return will have the charge dismissed upon successful completion of the drug program. Really, not a bad deal for hording meth and sex toys, when you think about it. If Quest had been caught doing the same thing in a Tad’s Steakhouse, he would have been given applause and a free dinner.

source: http://www.celeb*tchy.com/11045/cnn_reporter_richard_quest_wearing_rope_...

New Dooney & Bourke Rope Collection

divagwendolyn — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:59:28 -0800

OMG! i remember seeing this bag at the Tent Sale and loving it. there were only a few samples and they went fast. those were the lucky ladies. to have a bag before it's introduced...gotta love it.

so here it is. the new Rope collection from Dooney and Bourke. it's very nautical and screams "Resort". the blue and red are quite lovely. i think the brown is pretty nice too.

Dooney & Bourke Rope handbag collection

Did you know how to Double Dutch (jump rope) back in the day?

JennaV — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:37:47 -0700

Do you think you could still do it if you did?

Rubik's Cube

Lysa1237 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:33:02 -0700

I found online a guy that made his own rubik's cube costume and I said; hey I can do that, and well.... here it is LoL. Haven't had this much fun for halloween in a long time :P It was pretty easy to make, just bought some foam boards, black tape, rope, foam (color) sheets, glue and small wires. it took me about 8 hrs to make, did half of it one day then figured out I needed more supplies and finished it the next day.

Khaki Ruffles

jsutt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:08:42 -0700

Dress - custom made by Donna at www.soulpretty.blogspot.com Belt - Urban Outfitters (leather and rope) Bag - Bally (canvas and gold leather) Shoes - Steven by Steve Madden (gold leather)

Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative generates a childish pushback

liliblu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:35:06 -0800

By Kevin Huffman
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Watching Shaun White drop into the halfpipe at the Vancouver Games, it's easy to forget that America is the most sedentary nation on Earth. The Daily Beast this week released the results of the Couch Potato Olympics, analyzing statistics for 24 industrialized nations in calories consumed, television watched, aversion to playing sports (yes, there's data on that) and Internet use. Congratulations, compatriots: We took home the gold!

And while Americans are most likely to celebrate White's Double McTwist 1260 with a double quarter-pounder with cheese, we're also excellent candidates for the Olympic committee's promotion: "Follow us on Twitter and you might win a cool video game!"
In this context, you'd think it would be hard to complain about Michelle Obama's childhood obesity campaign. The "Let's Move" initiative aims to improve access to healthful food and to encourage exercise. It's a good project for the first lady. She has the bully pulpit to make a difference, and it allows her to show off her guns on a regular basis -- kapow!
But if there is anything that upsets right-wingers more than Michelle Obama, it's people messing with our right to live the fat life. Combine the two, and it's on.
Michelle Malkin accused the first lady of "playing the national security card" by pointing out that one-third of our military's potential recruits are too fat and out of shape to qualify. (You can imagine how appalled Malkin must have been, since Republicans are so cautious with the national security card.)
Glenn Beck weighed in, too: "This is torn from the pages of the progressive playbook. You're too stupid. You need the government to fix your life . . . They're coming and they are slowly but surely taking away your freedom under the guise of helping you."
Sorry, guys, but someone needs to spell it out: Our kids don't eat well, they don't exercise and, just like their parents, they're getting fat.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a deeply troubling digital map showing the fattening of America over the past 25 years. You can watch the country chunk up state by state as the map flashes annually from 1985 to the present. Looking at the map, I felt the same foreboding sense I had watching tech stocks 10 years ago and housing prices five years ago. This is a human bubble. It can't be sustained. And when it pops, it's going to be ugly. We're quite literally whistling past the graveyard.
The first lady's initiative isn't going to wash away past excesses, but she's shining a spotlight on a critical issue and taking some important steps. As a parent of school-age children, I can join the amen chorus when Obama calls for more nutritious school meals, comprehensible food labels, helpful tips from pediatricians and changing the 1950s-era presidential physical fitness standards. (As long as they don't give up the rope climb. How many times in life have we all been grateful for the hard-earned lessons of the rope climb?)
Still, it's worth pausing to feel just a little sad that this is where we are as a country. This is least-common-denominator stuff, and we should all be disturbed that we need a White House initiative for basic health habits, that our aspiration is to do the obvious. Put down the Doritos. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Get off the couch. America may not be able to create "green" jobs or provide health insurance to poor people, but doggone it, we can make sure we don't have to roll our kids to school.
Beck's response typifies the childlike populist pushback to any effort to tell an unfortunate truth, particularly if resolving the problem involves a modicum of discomfort. We don't want to hear about global warming, especially if we have to give up the super-sized SUV. We don't want to hear about health-care costs -- we should be able to gorge on the diminishing returns of endless medical tests. And if the first lady wants us to eat more healthful food and hit the gym, she should mind her own beeswax. We pass on the costs and the girth to our kids, and hope it will somehow all just work out.
We're a week into the Olympics and the United States is hanging tough at the top of the medal standings. Our best athletes are clutch, and a little global butt-kicking is good for the national soul. Even better, though, would be a sustained commitment to building a healthier country, a nation with a little less watching and a little more doing.
The writer won The Post's "America's Next Great Pundit" contest.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021902169.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

U.S. Obesity Trends

Trends by State 1985–2008

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
First lady Michelle Obama: 'Let's move' and work on childhood obesity problem
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020900791.html

Michelle Obama plays the “national security” card

By Michelle Malkin http://michellemalkin.com/2010/02/10/michelle-obama-plays-the-national-security-card/

Artsy Leopard!

davida10 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:45:21 -0800

I added much needed color into my outfit with this awesome artsy leopard tee I scored on my last trip to Paris! The multi colored rope necklace also brightened up my neutrals. Here are my specs: Tee: SANDRO, Blazer: JUICY COUTURE, Jeans: RICH & SKINNY, Shoes: CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, Watch: NIXON, Neckalce: URBAN OUTFITTERS, Earrings: KENNETH JAY LANE, Bag: HERMES BIRKIN

Whoopsies

wildsngrny — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:56:48 -0800

Um, so I don't think I've even logged in since Week 1 (someone should check and get back to me). I have been to the gym pretty often, but I've also been waylaid by an infant with an infection (no gym daycare for him, so no gym for me). I've been trying to keep up with lunges, squats, etc. at home, but we all know how that goes. On the upside, my son weighs over 15 pounds now, so even just lifting him counts as weight training! My Caeserian incision is also healing (slowly), so I've been able to withstand some light impact activites (think jumping rope). It's not where I'd like to be, and certainly not as close to my goal as I had planned, but hey--it's something.

See the Sea

FashionSheSays — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:10:59 -0800

Piazza Sempione dress. Vintage Ralph Lauren belt. Vintage costume gold & pearl necklaces. ‘Love’, seashell & costume jeweled garland bracelets. Turquoise & moss agate rings. Vintage lattice bag. Prada platform sandals.
This marine dress is patterned with peacock eye feathers floating in alternating deep/shallow stripes of ocean; I need to shorten it but couldn’t wait to wear it, so I’m holding up the hem with my hands here. A silver belt + some hippie hippie shake jewelry + a strappy rope bag = beached mermaid in the New World… Fashionshesays.com.

Martin: Obama is setting up McCain for the political rope-a-dope

dreamsugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:56:14 -0700

(CNN) - Muhammad Ali was not only a great boxer, but an awesome tactician.

Remember the fight against George Foreman in Zaire? My man damn near went to sleep on the ropes as Foreman flailed away, using his energy to pound away at Ali. And at the right time, the Greatest of All Time started blasting away, eventually knocking Foreman out.

That's exactly what Sen. Barack Obama is doing to Sen. John McCain.

At no time during the Democratic primary has Obama tried to pick a fight. So when he told ABC last week that when it came to bringing up 1960s radical Bill Ayers on the campaign trail, McCain "wasn't willing to say it to my face," I instantly saw it as Obama throwing down the gauntlet.

Knowing full well that the senior senator from Arizona has a hot temper, he couldn't resist the bait.

"He has probably ensured that it will come up this time," McCain told a Missouri radio station.

And by doing so tonight, Obama will be ready to pounce.

I debated conservative Michael Steele last night at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C., and he said McCain should stay focused on the issues. I concur.

By bringing up an issue voters don't care about, McCain will alienate independents, and make it easier for Obama to appeal to them.

If it happens, just watch Obama pound away at McCain, just like Ali did to Foreman.

Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/15/martin-obama-is-setting-...