My name is Sara, and I’m a Spanish belieber. I can’t believe I am writing my own Bieber Experience. I saw Justin at his My World tour date in Madrid, Spain and I also say him at the TV show “El Hormiguero,” but truly my Bieber Exprience started over the summer. I was on my computer ready to buy a ticket. I actually only wanted a regular ticket to go because I knew it would have been impossible for the VIP meet and greet. Thankfully my mum gave me the possibility, and we bought one to Barakaldo, Bilbao, another city in Spain. We were almost ready to go, (my mum, and I) but my dreams were broken 31 days before the show. My best friend sent me a message saying me that the concert was cancelled for logistic problems, and it was not a joke. All I could think was, “WHY ME, WHY MY DREAM, WHY MY COUNTRY!” I was almost dying of sadness until Ticketmaster decided to change the city for the concert to Madrid. The only problem was they wouldn’t validate my tickets, only would refund me my money. What about my plans, my feelings, 7 months waiting and now nothing! I had to wait for the new ticket sales again and I was praying all the week for these tickets. I want to thank God, for giving me again the opportunity and to my best friend Yurena, because all the week she was saying ‘never say never.’ I ended up getting a VIP ticket so we travelled to Madrid! The night before the concert I obviously couldn’t sleep and we went outside Justin’s hotel. There was lots of beliebers there but we didn’t see him. The next morning, I woke up and I jumped out of bed saying, “Today is the day!!!” I took the subway to Palacio de Deportes, the location of the concert. At 5:12 p.m I went into the VIP room to wait for Justin. I gave my present to a really friendly coordinator girl (a card and a mirror rubric cube for Justin). Finally I looked up and I couldn’t believe it. He was there, I was seeing Justin Bieber, yes my idol! I put my arms around him, and he put his hand on my shoulder. I smiled with all my strength, and he said me “Hello” and I answered “Hi.” I was shocked. We took the photo and he said me, “Are you okay?” and I answered “Yeah!” UNBELIEVABLE. After I left the room, someone gave me a merchandise bag. It was the best day of my life and I enjoyed the concert. Thank you Justin. To all the beliebers waiting to achieve their dreams, never say never and don’t give up. Dreams do come true. See the original post here: My name is Sara, and I’m a Spanish belieber. I can’t believe I…
A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested today for trying to buy a place on the ticket in the next New York City mayoral race. Five other politicians, three Republicans and two Democrats, were also busted and charged with collectively accepting more than $100,000 in bribes. Authorities described the scheme – one of New York’s biggest in years – as an attempt to game the city ‘s first wide-open mayoral election in a decade. New York City will choose a new mayor in November, just before Michael Bloomberg, who took office in 2001, ends his third and final term as Hizzoner. The charges center on State Senator Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) who prosecutors said made payments to a city councilman to set up meetings. In those meetings, he allegedly tried to convince top New York Republicans to assist in getting him on the mayoral ballot in this November’s election. Smith and the councilman, Daniel Halloran, a Republican from Queens, were among the six politicians arrested in connection to the bribery scandal. Charges against them include bribery, extortion, and wire and mail fraud. “From time to time the question arises, how common is corruption in New York?” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara at a press conference. “Based on the cases we continue to bring, it seems downright pervasive.” Authorities arrested four other politicians: Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone (R) Bronx County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Savino (R) Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin (D) Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret (D) Smith’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel, said only that “Malcolm Smith is a dedicated public servant who has served his constituents in an exemplary fashion.” Representatives of the other five officials all either declined to comment or did not respond to phone calls on Tuesday morning after their arrests.
This seems all too appropriate, doesn’t it? Anonymous sources have confirmed to THG that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will name their impending child Kash, whether it’s a boy or a girl. “They were never serious about North,” an insider tells us, referring to a previously rumored moniker for the couple’s first child, due this summer. “But they understand the irony behind ‘Kash’ and simply can’t resist.” Kardashian is yet to confirm the name herself, but she has addressed the topic in previous interviews, admitting West is looking for a “unique” first name. Kim, meanwhile, has said she hopes to keep her family’s K-based tradition going. Kash , of course, would satisfy both these aims… … if this story were remotely true! HA! Did we get you? Happy April Fool’s Day, THGers!!!
Jessica Fingers, a 21-year-old woman, was found dead over the weekend in a Columbia University dorm room, according to The River Reporter . The local publication says she may have died from a drug overdose. She was reportedly found face up and unresponsive on the floor of a room in the college’s East Campus dormitory, in Manhattan, on Sunday morning. Fingers had been on a leave of absence from the school since last year. Dean of Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger said in an email to students: “It is with deep sadness and regret that I write to inform you of the untimely loss of one of our students who has been on leave from Columbia but visiting campus at the time of her passing.” According to the Columbia Spectator , Fingers had been a runner on the university’s cross-country team before she took her leave of absence. She had reportedly been attending Columbia on a full scholarship. Jessica Fingers had taken the year of absence to “deal with blood clots.” Sources told the N.Y. Post that police do not suspect foul play in Fingers’ death, but it is believed that the young woman and her boyfriend “had been doing drugs.” The city medical examiner has yet to determine the cause of death. In an interview with the N.Y. Daily News , Fingers’ mother, Athena, said her daughter had been visiting New York frequently to visit her boyfriend. “I never liked him,” Athena Fingers said of her daughter’s romantic interest. “He influenced the decisions she made in the last few months. He wasn’t good for her.” “She said she was in love,” the young woman’s mother told the publication. “That’s why she wanted to go into the city all of the time, to visit him.” Other notable deaths in the past several days: Shain Gandee Phil Ramone Reid Flair R.I.P.
Dark-skinned, light-skinned, Asian, and White women… Parks Department Workers Paid $165,000 Settlement For Racist Transfer Practices Via NYDailyNews The city will pay thousands of dollars to dark-skinned Parks Department workers who claim they were transferred out of tony Battery Park City in favor of white and light-skinned staffers amid threats and veiled complaints that they were too aggressive. The workers filed a discrimination suit after the March 2011 transfers — which came after months of escalating tensions between the mostly minority agents and some residents of the ritzy enclave. Racist signs and graffiti calling the Public Enforcement Patrol officers “thugs,” “pigs” and “n—–s” started popping up on benches and walls, according to the suit filed by 13 workers. The Parks Department wrongfully transferred eight dark-skinned workers out and brought in eight white, Asian or light-skinned Hispanics after the Battery Park City Authority — a private trust that pays the city $2 million for 31 PEP workers on its 32 acres — complained that some officers were too aggressive in ticketing residents, the suit charged. Residents of the waterfront neighborhood were pleased when PEP workers ticketed visitors — but annoyed when they got tickets for the same petty violations, said Charles St. Louis, a retired NYPD officer and PEP agent who is a plaintiff in the suit. What part of the game is THAT?! The city admitted no wrongdoing in the February agreement of $165,000 — $8,000 to each of the dark-skinned workers, plus the same payment to the replacement workers, who charged they were unwittingly put in the middle of a hostile situation. One black worker, George Parker, 62, will get a payment of $14,000 because a white resident went after him in a fury after another park worker questioned why his dog was off-leash. “I’ve been around a bit in my time, even Birmingham, Ala., and I’ve not seen much that was as bad as Battery Park City,” said Parker. “I got a lot of ‘I pay your salary’ and ‘You work for me’ when I tried to enforce the rules.” PEP worker Keshun Anderson, 40, said she was once called a “f—ing n—–” by the white resident who fought with Parker. And people still have the nerve to call this a “post-racial America” Sheeeeeeeeeeeit…SMMFH Image via Facebook
Dear Bossip , I am a 24 year-old mother and college graduate of one year. I already have a job in my field of Law Enforcement. I said that to say this, I am not usually confused in most areas of my life. I pretty much know what I want and go for it and I don’t let negative things cloud my judgment (usually). Well, I really don’t know where to start, but here it goes. I was with my daughter’s father for 7 years. I lost my virginity to him. We had her around that 7th year and during my pregnancy I found out that he had been cheating on me for a little over a year with someone else. I was extremely hurt and broken over that. Although it was very hard I ended that relationship and endured the joys and hardship of being a single mother, but I pulled through just fine. Well, that was 3 years ago and I have been single ever since, and my daughter has not ever seen me show any type of affection to any guy, not even her dad because I left him when she was only 2 weeks old. I am very protective over my child, as any mother should, and for the fear that a new relationship would not last and that would only confuse her once she became attached. I have not introduced her to anyone I’ve been out with. Well, almost a year ago, I met this guy who is 5 years older than I am. He was a complete gentleman and he asked me out on a date. I agreed because I was impressed by this approach. We hit it off. I found out he was in a previous relationship for 14 years and they have 2 kids together. I was a little suspect about that, but several dates came after that. I made him wait about 3 months before we had sex because for one it had been a while for me and I had only been with one other person and I also wanted to develop something more than just physical. And, we did…everything was perfect, months went by and I started falling in love with him, but I still did not allow him to meet my daughter. About 2 months ago, things changed. I saw him with the mother of his children dropping one of his kids off at a skating rink. I just so happen to be there taking my daughter to a party. I asked him about that and his excuse was he was spending time with his kids. Ok, so when does spending time with your kids involve you being in a car with their mother DROPPING THEM OFF??? We started to go out on dates less often and I stopped seeing him less often. I questioned him about the relationship with him and his children’s mother and he denied anything was going on. One day, I received a call from her from his phone and -ish hit the fan. She told me they had been married for some time and asked questions that any other woman would ask and I answered them honestly. She then woke him up and gave him the phone. Once he heard my voice, he hung up. Shortly after, he calls me and wanted to know why I told her the truth!!! I told him he made me the “side chick” unknowingly and that if I had lied for him, then that would have made me like any other “side peice.” I cut him off after that. I don’t know why, but I was not as hurt as I thought I would be and I haven’t given him any much thought since. It’s been 2 months since I’ve spoken to him, then all of a sudden he’s been blowing my phone up none stop, leaving voice mails saying how much he misses me and asking can we just be friends at least. I finally answered his call and told him I still wanted nothing to do with him and to just cut his losses and move on (just like that). Since then I have been thinking about him none stop and I’m starting to miss him a lot. I don’t know if it’s because of the fact that I have not had sex with anyone since him and I’m “f**kstrated,” or because I really do miss him. I’m starting to feel like I want him around after all…WHAT SHOULD I DO??? – Truly Confused Dear Ms. Truly Confused , Girl! LOL! I love your word, “F**kstrated.” And, that is exactly what you are! F**kstrated! Chile, this man lied to you. He deceived you. He manipulated you into thinking he was a single man who had a baby momma and that you and he had some type of relationship. Then you discovered he is married. And, now you’re writing and asking what should you do because you miss him, and you’re feeling some type of way. Uhm, boo boo, he is still married. He has a wife and family. Why would you want to be with this man? What would you gain? Why would you knowingly want to sleep with this man when you know he has a wife and a family? And, so now you’re okay with being a “side chick?” SMDH! Don’t be the other woman. It’s not cute. It’s not worth it. It’s not who you are. If you have all these morals and values around not introducing your daughter to various men, and you uphold standards of being a virtuous woman, then what lesson will your daughter learn knowing her mother is sleeping with a married man? How can you live with yourself knowing you’re sleeping with another woman’s husband, and you’re nothing to him but some a**? But, hold up, when his wife called you and she put him on the phone and he hung up on you, then had the nerve to call you back and ask you why did you tell her the truth? Girl, that right there is when you should have called his wife back and told her. But, you should have set his a** up and told him to meet you at a nice hotel. And, then you and his wife should have shown up together and whooped his a** together! Chile, you want to portray yourself to your daughter as if you’re a good woman and that you’re not out there sleeping with various men, but what will you say to her knowing that is not who you are? Let’s consider these facts: 1.) He’s married. He’s still calling you, and thus, this means he is lying to his wife. And, if he lies and cheats on her, he will do the same to you. Point blank! 2.) He’s done this before. Girl, I hope you don’t think you’re the first woman he has done this with. I’m sure the other women who were unknowingly made the side chick left his bum a** alone when they learned he was married. You’re the only one who is dumb enough to really consider being a married man’s side chick. 3.) He has children. You have children. Do you people really consider your children in your decision making when you’re playing these games? How will this affect them in the long run? What lessons they will learn from all of this? How do you explain to your daughter that you’re a married man’s side chick? 4.) You’ve seen him with his wife. You’ve spoken to his wife. Sooooo, you’ve reconciled in your head that despite seeing her, speaking with her, and him lying about his 14-year marriage that it’s okay to go ahead and continue your sexual relationship with him simply because you’re “F**kstrated.” Now, let’s get to the real root of your frustrations. You are exactly what you’ve declared, F**kstrated. You need some steady man meat in your life. And, you’re willing to compromise your morals and values because you’re d**kmatized. It’s not worth it. There are millions of single men in the world, and I’m sure there are many single men in your city, or area. Get yourself one of them and take out your sexual F**kstrations with them. You need the sexual stimuli and release with a man who can satisfy your desires and needs. You’re missing male companionship, and because you have all these rules that dictate your life, and with introducing men to your daughter, you’ve put yourself on a sexual hiatus. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can still have fun, enjoy yourself, and be sexually active without bringing men to your home. I’m sure there are plenty of men who have their own homes or apartments. Hell, you can even go to a hotel and get your freak on! Don’t deny yourself sexually if that is what you need. You just have to be creative in getting and doing what you need to do without bringing men to your home. Look, the point here is that you should tell that man to lose your number, block his number, and stop communicating with him. He’s married. That is something you don’t want to be a part of, or get mixed up in. Get yourself your own man. A single man who can satisfy your sexual needs and desires. And, hopefully it will lead to a relationship. Until it does, you can go to his home, a hotel, or find other creative ways to enjoy an active and healthy sex life. Honey, you’re a woman with needs. And, the last thing you want to be is a woman who is F**strated and laying up with some other woman’s husband. – Terrance Dean Hey Bossip Fam, what do you think? Share your opinions and thoughts below! Also, e-mail all your questions Terrance Dean : loveandrelationships@bossip.com Follow Terrance Dean on Twitter : @terrancedean “LIKE” Terrance Dean on Facebook , click HERE! 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My name is Kelsey and this is my Bieber experience. I was just checking Ticketmaster when I found out some meet and greet tickets where still available for the Dublin show. I rang my mam crying, begging her to get me them. At first she was told me I had to find someone to go with. I texted my friend Lauren who I had bought my normal tickets with. We literally cried to each other non-stop on the phone so she finally persuaded her mum into getting them for her. She bought them that night and I could not stop crying knowing I was finally going to meet Justin after 4 years of supporting him. My sister got one also (she’s the one in the picture with me). In the end, there was four of us going to meet Justin together, I was delighted! It was February 14th, and Scrappy, Dana and a few others had arrived in Dublin. Myself, along with a few other Irish beliebers went to hotels, the O2 and other places looking for them. We had no luck in town and were just about to head home until one girl saw Scrappy and Dana. We ran over to them and talked to them for 5 minutes. They where so nice. On Friday the 15th of February we slept at the airport over night because we knew Alfredo and the dancers were coming in but weren’t sure on the times. It reached 6:45 a.m. and the Atlanta flight arrived. They finally came through but they couldn’t stop for pictures because their driver was waiting on them but I still got to talk to them. It was like 8 a.m. and we were all so tired because we hadn’t slept all night so we were all about to leave when Dan Kanter walked through! We weren’t expecting him to come through so we were all fangirling so much and shocked. We all ran over to him and asked him for pictures. He stopped and got pictures with every single one of us and talked to us. We sang ‘The Dan Kanter Song’ to him a good few times. He’s so sweet. Finally it was the 17th of February and I was finally going to meet Justin. As we were heading to the O2 arena, I was feeling excited, happy, nervous, sad, in shock – literally every emotion you could think. We had to que in the meet and greet line for 60-90 minutes. There was a raffle for two dancer’s shoes and Justin’s top. I then saw Alfredo through the curtain and I mean, I love Alfredo. Ryan (the host) then took our scrapbook that we had made from Irish beliebers and he pinky promised us that he would give it to Justin. I was so happy because so many girls had put their stories in it to thank Justin. I walked in the M&G with my hands on my mouth like I could not believe that Justin, my idol, was right in front of my eyes. All the tears I shred for that one person, I never thought I was gonna meet, was right in front of my eyes. I walked over to Justin and wrapped my arms around him. To be quite honest I still don’t believe it happened to this day. I told him I loved him and I thanked him. He was so cute and smiled and said, “Thank you sweetie.” I turned and got my picture. As you can see it looks like I’m about to ball my eyes out. Security kept saying to me, “Calm down sweetie, please calm down.” I hugged Justin again because they where telling me to leave. Like did they honestly think I was gonna hurt Justin.. like I’m a 15 year old teenage girl who loves him. They where pushing my sister out and I screamed “Fredo can I have a hug?” He said yeah so I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him. Security grabbed me and took me out. I suppose I wasn’t allowed to go near anyone. Kenny was still outside so I ran to him and hugged him. I was crying into his arms. It was incredibly cute how he was waiting for everyone to come out to hug them. I was crying so hard he was like to me, “Are you okay sweetie?” This was literally the best experience of my life. I had been supporting Justin for 4 whole years and I never saw the day where I’d meet him, Alfredo and Kenny. This was all my dreams coming through at once. I know everyone says “never say never” and “you will meet him one day” but when I say this, I mean it. The more positive you are about meeting Justin, the quicker it’s gonna happen. Your day will come when you least expect it because that’s exactly what happened me. Enter every competition you can and I hope you all get to have an amazing experience meeting him because you all deserve it. -@kelseybieberx See the article here: My name is Kelsey and this is my Bieber experience. I was just…
I never ever thought I’d get the chance to meet my idol and write a MBE about it, but I did and it was the best day of my life. Justin’s tour dates came out and I was heartbroken as he was not coming to my city, Newcastle. I managed to get tickets for Sheffield but that date was cancelled. I was so disappointed but then I had actually also gotten tickets for another date, Birmingham and there was another surprise, I got meet and greets! I was absolutely ecstatic because I had dreamed of meeting my idol since 2009 and it was finally happening. The concert was on 27th February 2013. I got the train down to Birmingham early that morning and checked into our hotel. I started getting ready immediately to go to the arena. I was one of the first to get to the VIP entrance. We waited in line in the freezing cold for hours and I was already so nervous and excited to meet my idol. I couldn’t stop crying. When we arrived in the VIP area of the arena, me and 150 other people were in line waiting to meet Justin. The first surprise occured when Kenny walked by. We all went crazy screaming, “Kenny, Kenny!” He just looked at all of us, smiled and said hello as he continued walking backstage. About an hour later we were all just chilling on the floor chatting about Justin and the tour. Then a door opened and out came Dan Kanter and Nick DeMoura. We were all crazy and they took pictures with everyone that asked and were so nice. We all sang Dan the “Dan Kanter Song.” Finally we were moved near the curtain where it was time to meet Justin. I couldn’t breathe from excitement. I was about fifth in line and I walked into the room and I saw him. Justin was a metre away from me and I couldn’t believe it. I started to cry and I just said, “I love you so much.” He replied with, “I love you” and I felt faint. He gave me a hug took a picture, winked and I got ushered out by security. I was crying so much while walking past all the people who were yet to meet him. This was the BEST DAY of my life. I got to meet my idol, had the time of my life watching him perform, and was in the first row for the Believe tour. It felt like a dream, I still cant believe this day happened . Believe in your dreams and never say never because I never imagined this could happen to me but it did and I am so thankful -Anna (@infinityrauhls) See original here: I never ever thought I’d get the chance to meet my idol…
See what locking up Chief Keef can do for a city? Chicago Murders Down 26% From Last Year Via NBCChicago After Chicago’s murder rate made national headlines last year, the city’s police superintendent announced murders are down 26 percent. That’s compared to where the city was this time last year when murders shot up in the first quarter. Shooting incidents are down 19 percent year over year, Supt. Garry McCarthy said. He said the majority of that can be traced back to guns and violence, which police are trying new tactics to combat. In the past month, narcotics officers on the West Side have done a number of undercover drug buys with a focus on “that H” and crack. One buy ended with 15 gang members in custody and the other led to the arrest of a dozen. The store where the second investigation led to a bust has since been shut down, and McCarthy said that should serve as a warning to other Chicago businesses. “It’s real simple,” McCarthy said. “If you’re engaged in it, you’re going to lose your business. If you’re engaged in facilitating or tolerating these behaviors, you’re going to lose your licenses and we’re going to go after your business.” In the first 10 weeks of 2013, McCarthy said Chicago police took 3,100 guns off the streets. Congratualations to Supt McCarthy and the Chi-town police department. Now we know you all can be as crooked as the day is long, so we hope that these numbers are a true reflection of a decrease in crime and not some math trick that makes it appear that you are actually doing a good job. Image via Shutterstock
Long live the super-sized soda….. Judge Blocks NYC Super-Sized Soda Ban If you were one of the hundreds of people acting like your air supply was being threatened in the wake of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to ban to the distribution of drinks over 16 oz in all major restaurant and food establishments, you’re in luck. via CBS News Smaller sodas were set to hit New York City eateries tomorrow until a judge stepped in at the eleventh hour to strike down the new regulations. New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling ruled Monday that the city may not enforce the new regulation, CBS New York reported Monday afternoon. The ban, which was set to take place Tuesday, applied to sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces sold at restaurants, fast food establishments, delis, sports venues and movie theaters. The limits do not apply to milk-based and alcoholic beverages sold at these eateries. Also exempt are sugar-sweetened drinks sold at grocery stories and convenience stores. Tingling said loopholes in the regulations defeated the limit’s stated purpose. “It is arbitrary and capricious because it applies to some but not all food establishments in the City, it excludes other beverages that have significantly higher concentrations of sugar sweeteners and/or calories on suspect grounds, the loopholes inherent in the Rule, including but not limited to limitations on re-fills, defeat and/or serve to gut the purpose of the Rule,” Tingling wrote in his ruling. So Bossip fam, whose side are you on in this debate? If the mayor of your city was able to get this type of soda ban into effect, would you hate it or love it ?
