Whitney Houston's British Comeback Concert Flops

Whitney Houston

As singer, Whitney Houston's tour continues, so do the bad reviews. After canceling tour dates, due to an alleged respiratory infection, some attributed to drugs rather than the flu, Houston took to the stage in Birmingham, England and received many online complaints from ticket holders after the show. Critics were not much kinder. It was the same story in Australia.

Houston's comeback tour is damaging her legacy. Years of drug and alcohol abuse have battered her voice. While she still sings better than most, one can hear the deterioration in her voice.

FBI Faulted For Failures On Identity Theft

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo credit: Stephanie Woodrow)

U.S. Inspector General for the Department of Justice, Glenn Fine, has taken his subordinates to task at The FBI, for failing to properly tackle the identity theft problem in America. He wrote the agency had not implemented any of his suggestions on correcting their shortcomings in the investigative aspect of identify theft.

Inspector General Report Faults DOJ Identity Theft Efforts

March 30, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Justice is falling short in its efforts to combat identity theft, according to a report released on Tuesday by the department's Office of the Inspector General. The report said the department isn't complying with many of the recommendations of then-President George W. Bush’s identity theft task force.

The report found that DOJ had not even assigned an official to oversee the implementing of those recommendations, released in April 2007, and that it lacked a clear overall strategy.

"This lack of a coordinator responsible for the DOJ's identity theft efforts has led to an uncoordinated, and sometimes nonexistent, approach by DOJ components to address identity theft," the report stated...

http://legaltimes.typepad.com

The FBI Fancies Itself A Corporation

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

Today on The FBI's website, the national law enforcement agency fancied itself a corporation, much like the Judiciary Report's sister site the Sound Off Column made reference to in 2006, drawing parallels to point out the agency's shortcomings, costing the taxpayers of America a fortune, due to their folly.

Today the FBI stated, "In the corporate world, the approach might help reveal inefficiencies and save money. For the FBI, finding intelligence gaps or discovering better methods could save lives."

However, the FBI clearly thinks a lot of itself, which is ironic given its terrible failure rate. As the Sound Off Column did in 2006, comparing the FBI to a corporation to highlight its failures, the Judiciary Report shall do today as well, especially in light of recently released Inspector General reports, painfully illustrating the FBI is still wasting hundreds of millions in taxpayer money. Some people never learn.

A corporation could never function in the manner the FBI has under Director Robert S. Mueller. If the FBI had been an actual corporation, it would have went bankrupt, folded and gone out of business long ago, with shareholders protesting in revolt at its poor practices that cost them a big bundle.

In corporate terms, the FBI suffers from self-inflicted bad PR, systematic budget overruns, financial misappropriation, exorbitant expense accounts, embezzlement, unethical business practices, deceptive advertising, invades customers' privacy, poor consumer ties, ineptitude, breach of fiduciary duty, misconduct, insider trading, unaccounted for and stolen equipment, unnecessary overtime, gross lack of efficiency, computer illiterate, bad communications systems, a bad line of products and a treacherous, ruthless megalomaniac CEO.

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TALKING STRATEGY

The New Intelligence-Driven FBI - 04/02/10 - With the leadership of almost every major FBI program seated around a conference table at FBI Headquarters and the top echelons of the Bureau’s three largest field offices appearing via remote television monitors, Director Robert Mueller arrived in shirtsleeves and got down to business.

The assistant directors in charge of the New York, Los Angeles, and Washington Field Offices, along with their top managers, were present—leaning forward, ready to field questions on how they are tackling the Bureau’s top priorities and their own most pressing threats.

The meeting is called a Strategy Performance Session, or SPS. It’s a management tool to drill down and identify how well a field office knows its territory and what its investigative strengths and weaknesses are. In the corporate world, the approach might help reveal inefficiencies and save money. For the FBI, finding intelligence gaps or discovering better methods could save lives.

The two-hour, semi-annual sessions—and the preparation leading up to them—can help reveal not only how much our 56 field offices know, but how they know it. What effective techniques can be adopted by other offices?...

“Everyone in that room heard from the Director about what he wants,” Harrington said. By meeting’s end, action items are clear. Headquarters knows what commanders are up against, and the field has unfiltered insight into Director Mueller’s priorities. “By asking the right questions, we’re engaging them to start thinking about it.”...

http://www.fbi.gov

IG: FBI Computer System On Track For Failure

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo credit: Stephanie Woodrow)

U.S. Inspector General Glenn A. Fine has confirmed, the FBI's mess of a computer system is on track to fail once again. One part of the report cites an application within the computer system that has rendered over 10,000 software errors and become a nightmare for FBI agents. The computer system is behind once again and has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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FBI Computer System Still A Financial Sinkhole

FBI's new computer system facing more costs, delay

Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:16pm EDT - (Reuters) - A long-running effort to upgrade FBI computerized case files faced additional big cost overruns and a new delay, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said in a report issued on Wednesday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the contractor Lockheed Martin Corp were renegotiating the budget -- last estimated at $451 million -- as well as the schedule and some of the work to be performed, the report said.

The system, known as Sentinel, had been expected to be completed by September but FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress earlier this month it would be delayed until 2011.

"We have significant concerns with the rate and cost at which Sentinel's development is progressing," the report said. "The FBI will require significant additional time and funding to address these issues."...

http://www.reuters.com

Annals of crime: the FBI's continuing computer woes

...The back story, in case you’ve missed the OIG’s reports on Sentinel over the past five years:

“After more than 3 years and $334 million expended on the development and maintenance of Sentinel, the cost to Sentinel is rising, the completion of Sentinel has been delayed, and the FBI does not have a current schedule or cost estimate for completing the project.”

Actually, it gets worse:

“In today’s report," the OIG continued, "we also noted that the FBI had conditionally accepted delivery of Segment 4 of Sentinel’s Phase 2 in December 2009, despite knowing that there were serious performance and usability issues. “

Investigators found “10,000 inefficiencies in Sentinel’s software code” supplied by the FBI’s contractor, Lockheed Martin...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com

One Person Saw Uma Thurman's Motherhood Film

...In Britain

Uma Thurman in "Motherhood"

Actress, Uma Thurman's latest film "Motherhood" has set a record for the lowest grossing major motion picture film in history. In Britain, only one person went to see it at the theatre on the first day it was released. To the one, single, solitary Brit that saw this movie: did you stumble into the wrong theatre?

In America, it has made $100,000 thus far, which is very poor for a major release. It places this turkey firmly in "Swept Away" territory. What this will spell for Thurman's career could not be good, as the film cost $5.5 million to make and millions more to market to global audiences. Whoever greenlit this disaster will most likely have to change their name in Hollywood.

Uma Thurman's box office record - $150 opening weekend

March 28, 2010 1:20AM - Uma Thurman has gone from Hollywood star to box office poison - but who is to blame

UMA Thurman's new film has broken box office records in Britain - it took a paltry £88 ($150) in its opening weekend, with no more than a dozen people bothering to see it.

In fact so bad was Motherhood's performance, that its entire box office takings for its debut Sunday were £9, meaning just one person bought a ticket, The Guardian reported...

Despite costing a reported $5.5 million to make, it grossed little over $100,000 in the US last year...

http://www.news.com.au

FBI Director Talks Out Of His Butt In Congress

Robert S. Mueller (Photo credit: Stephanie Woodrow)

The most evil FBI Director in history, Robert S. Mueller, went to Congress today, with his prideful "Driving Ms. Daisy" face on and proceeded to spout off a number of useless tidbits, regarding what the agency is allegedly doing to combat crime and protect America. He also spoke of the FBI's whopping $8.1 billion dollar budget, all paid for by the tax payers.

However, when you think of all the FBI's failures, such as September 11th, Fort Hood, the 2009 Christmas Day bombing attempt in Detroit, the George Tiller murder and the Pentagon Shooting, to name a few, only one thing comes to mind...America you've been had.

It would be cheaper and more effective to give every American a taser (sarcasm). The nation needs a new national law enforcement agency that isn't criminally negligent.

STORY SOURCE: http://www.fbi.gov

Sugababes CD Bombing

Sugababes

The new line-up of the musical trio the Sugababes, sans booted member, Keisha Buchanan, is bombing in Britain with their latest effort "Sweet 7." Midweek sales reveal the CD is on course to sell poorly, currently sitting outside the top 10, which is considered bad for an established, major label act.

As reported on the Judiciary Report several months ago, Buchanan was kicked out of the group for being dark skinned, something rapper Jay-Z, who signed them to a deal at his vile Roc Nation label, did not think would sell.

However, the public isn't as narrow minded as closed minded, color struck Jay-Z, voting with their feet and abandoning the Sugababes for this treachery and ignorance.

STORY SOURCE: http://www.musicweek.com

Chris Brown Gets Desperate

Sensing his career is in the toilet, woman beating Sony singer, Chris Brown, sent out a special plea to his fans proclaiming he is being blackballed in the industry and shunned by radio stations.

Rihanna and Chris Brown

His latest CD has not even gone gold, while his ex-girlfriend, Rihanna, is struggling to reach that 500,000 units sold mark as well. Their time as pop stars has passed. In a desperate bid, Rihanna is rushing out another album this summer, after the massive failure of her "Rated R" CD last October. The public is tired of both of them.

Chris Brown

“I ain’t never really did this but right now I need all of my fans help. A lot of radio stations aren’t playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to. It’s on the fans and what you guys do in your power to bring me back. That’s all I need is you guys and nothing else will do that except for the fans. I don’t know what else to say. It’s nothing else that I can do. I’m doing everything that I need to do. I’m doing me as a person and I’m a better guy. It’s on ya’ll. My singing and my music I do it for you guys and everything else but it won’t be possible if I’m not relevant on the radio and it wouldn’t be possible for me to be an artist if I don’t have the support. I can’t be an underground mixtape artist. That’s where we are. I just want all my fans to help me. I love ya’ll. Peace”.

http://www.saynow.com/cbreezy

Mariah Carey Concert Tickets Selling Poorly

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey embarked on a national tour to support her failed CD, what was it called again? Anyway, based on reports, the tickets are selling very poorly, which is even worse considering it is a theater, not stadium tour, with far fewer seats to fill.

Whitney Houston Australia Concert Panned

Whitney Houston

Concern for singer Whitney Houston’s health and well-being have surfaced again, after she turned in what is being labeled a very poor performance in Australia.

Video: Whitney Houston Angers Fans CBS

She was reportedly disoriented, out of it and croaky sounding during a concert. It has led to speculation she is back on drugs again, an item that has not been confirmed.

The 2010 Grammys Stunk

Lady Gaga (that is so wrong!)

The 2010 Grammy telecast was boring. The promise of a Michael Jackson tribute, anchored by his kids accepting an award on his behalf, boosted ratings, but the show had very few good moments out side of that. Even the tribute to Jackson wasn't the best, due to song selection. "Man In The Mirror" would have been the better choice.

Lady Gaga

Kings of Leon had the top pop song of the year with "Use Somebody" but barely walked away with much. However, with the Grammys, it's who you know, not what you do. It is not based on merit. Any show that can award artists that steal other musicians music, such as Beyonce, has been discredited.

Beyonce

Dimwitted Beyonce, who can barely speak English, accepted awards for preexisting copyrighted songs she criminally stole in violation of the Copyright Act and Berne Treaty, then fraudulently claimed she wrote, taking payment and credit for them. Nice work tainting the awards and the Guinness World Book of Records, among others.

Mary J. Blige had another outburst and told off her band at a Grammy party, stunning the audience

Fergie wearing an outfit that has nothing to do with music

Britney Spears still looking crazy and confused

Rihanna still looking ridiculous