"LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman was taken into custody after throwing what she described as a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a Las Vegas speech." Above we have almost the Platonic ideal of a newswire story opening, or "lede." There is celebrity, there is strife, there is danger ... and there is the respectable and neutral and unbiased citation of experts to clarify the action, imputing to a reliable source (the perpetrator, or "woman [who] was taken into custody after throwing what she described as a shoe") the tricky question of identifying "a shoe." As is proper, the reporter did not put him or herself or his or her opinions into our lede, but, like Wikipedia, offered the clear and unbiased "what she described as" to modify "a shoe." The reporter did not go with his or her own observation that the object in question was a shoe, but rather ascribed the description to an expert, in this case the woman -- how the reporter knew the subject was a woman is not explained, and recognizing gender in our society has certainly become more complex than recognizing footwear, and this is certainly problematic -- who threw said object, which was described as "a shoe."
She didn't seem to be lopsided when marching out the room with her hands up and two security people right behind her. And the hands were empty so she probably didn't yank both shoes off. I'd say it was option B.
What was the reporter's source for the statement that the person in whose direction the "shoe" was "thrown" was "Hillary Clinton?"
It shows why elite schools put so much emphasis on sports. First, they keep out the smart Asian kids. Second, athletic ability saves a shard or two of your dignity after the world-class fuckup known as "the Iraq War."
Apparently an inventive <a href="http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/04\/10\/301464175\/god-save-the-queen-and-donetsk-too" target="_blank">compromise solution</a> has been proposed to the standoff with the People&#039;s Republic of Donetsk (34 Pushkin Blvd., Donetsk).
I want Hill for 2016, but I want Bernie in the debates to hold her feet to the fire - instead of Mike Gravel. And I think Mike Gravel was adorable and mostly correct, but the way he came off made him easy to dismiss. And as much as I like Kucinich, he couldn&#039;t lead a starving wolf to meat.
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She didn&#039;t seem to be lopsided when marching out the room with her hands up and two security people right behind her. And the hands were empty so she probably didn&#039;t yank both shoes off. I&#039;d say it was option B.
Just consider it &quot;away from Issa &amp; co&quot;
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What was the reporter&#039;s source for the statement that the person in whose direction the &quot;shoe&quot; was &quot;thrown&quot; was &quot;Hillary Clinton?&quot;
If it&#039;s the woman erupting, yer doin&#039; it wrong.
Sharron Aglet?
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It shows why elite schools put so much emphasis on sports. First, they keep out the smart Asian kids. Second, athletic ability saves a shard or two of your dignity after the world-class fuckup known as &quot;the Iraq War.&quot;
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Apparently an inventive <a href="http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/04\/10\/301464175\/god-save-the-queen-and-donetsk-too" target="_blank">compromise solution</a> has been proposed to the standoff with the People&#039;s Republic of Donetsk (34 Pushkin Blvd., Donetsk).
I want Hill for 2016, but I want Bernie in the debates to hold her feet to the fire - instead of Mike Gravel. And I think Mike Gravel was adorable and mostly correct, but the way he came off made him easy to dismiss. And as much as I like Kucinich, he couldn&#039;t lead a starving wolf to meat.
Hey, she saw it through. I&#039;m sure she&#039;s had enough wingtard for three lifetimes by now.