by Jon Ralston Tue, 10/14/2014 - 08:00 Tweet Start at the bottom. Jon Ralston @RalstonReports That $235K is just for student scholarships. No final numbers on dinner itself, which UNLV spox says we "expect...will generate a profit." DetailsOpen 10h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Announcement that raised $235,000 at the event. I have one word for those who paid: Suckers! DetailsOpen 10h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "What do I want to do with the rest of my life? ...Whether it's in politics or the Clinton Foundation...." And it's over. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary says she will fight for equal rights and opportunities for girls and women. Talks about her mother and her rough life. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Brian Greenspun asks if Hillary has any "unfinished business." Hint, hint. Breaking: She does not announce for president. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Last Q so will be one hour for $225,000. That's $3,750 a minute for Hillary. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary also says Mandela "never failed to treat everyone with respect." Even white employees of the government and military. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Details of three former jailers being at meal with Mandela. "I sat there then thinking I was in the presence of real greatness." -- Hillary DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Now Hillary tells story about being with De Klerk on day of Mandela's inauguration. Kind of detail that attendees will tell co-workers. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Student Q on who most interesting person. "Other than my husband?" Ha. Says it's Nelson Mandela. Bold answer. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "Putin is playing a long game, and he's using a lot of different approaches." --- Hillary DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports @laura_lrnzo @ron_fournier Exactly! ViewConversation 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary talking about dealing with Putin, understanding gas reserves give him power, help countries become energy independent. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "In my dealings with Putin...I think he's someone who can be understood and dealt with."--Hillary DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Putin: "very cold blooded former KGB agent...assert Russian dominance...create instability." DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary says Ebola "will not stay confined" and ISIS "will bring fight" outside Mideast if US not engaged. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports @ChuckRossDC Damn! ViewConversation 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary says it is "totally appropriate" for people to be insular but "not either/or." Says appropriate to send troops to W. Africa. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports BREAKING: Hillary says US cannot retreat from world. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Uh oh. Brian G. brings up B. word. But of course he glosses over Benghazi to talk about whether US should retreat from world DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Calls it "excruciating analysis." I don't think there is anything new here. And I believe it ended with Hillary killing Bin Laden. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary had a "particularly passionate commitment" to go after Bin Laden. But worried about possibilities of lost lives. Didn't tell Bill. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Q about hardest decision as SOS. Hillary says it was what to rec to POTUS about going after Bin Laden. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Q from local Ed activist Suzy Lee about generational poverty. Here Hillary talks about "supporting families to do the best job..." DetailsOpen Jon Ralston retweeted 11h Dana Gentry @DanaGentryLV Brian Greenspun gives @HillaryClinton a pair of "running shoes". Get it? Because $225 grand is never enough. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Brian Greenspun jokes about shoe-throwing incident, gives her a pair of "running shoes." Ha. Get it! Running shoes. Better than comedy club. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports If just speech part for $225,000, it was $10,000 a minute for Hillary. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Anyone in this room could have given this speech. I am not kidding. I would have given it for a lot less. She speaks for 23 mins. Now Q&A. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports We are now $50,000 in and Hillary has offered rah-rah pablum for higher education and hyped her best NV friend's mining company. Unreal. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary calling for more private sector involvement. Hypes Barrick mining, which, by sheer coincidence, has Brian Greenspun as board member. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports We are $37,500 in to the speech and still nothing remotely groundbreaking. Seriously. Just boilerplate stuff. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary says UNLV can help lead the way. I don't understand. Her contract says she is not to be seen as endorsing the school. I'm confused. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports So now Hillary is talking about making college affordable. More scholarship grants. Would be more at UNLV if she donated her fee. DetailsOpen Jon Ralston retweeted 11h Steve Sebelius @SteveSebelius Hillary: “Higher education shouldn’t be a privilege for those able to afford. It should be an opportunity widely available to everybody…” DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports @NathanWurtzel I did? Moi? Mad? ViewConversation 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports We are about $25,000 into this Hillary speech and not one thing remotely interesting. Maybe she's announcing something later? DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports @NathanWurtzel Why careful? ViewConversation 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "Nobody works harder than American workers." -- Hillary. Now that's worth $225,000. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports @jeneps Ha. Too funny. ViewConversation 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary congratulates UNLV on getting med school, which is news to everyone because there isn't one yet. Need a lot of $. $225K would help. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports First 5 minutes of Hillary speech, at about $2,500 a minute, just encomia. Now says US "should be clean energy superpower." DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary says Sheldon offered to moderate, would have been "a real debate." Indeed. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary acknowledges Sheldon Adelson. Mangles his last name. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Hillary is larger than life. pic.twitter.com/10NLtwUJUs DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports Standing O for Hillary. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "Her life is an open book...and you must read her book..." -- Brian Greenspun. No one gagging on their dessert. DetailsOpen 11h Jon Ralston @RalstonReports "I have the pleasure tonight of introducing my friend, Hillary Clinton." -- Brian Greenspun, newspaper publisher. DetailsOpen Comments: Log in to post comments
That $235K is just for student scholarships. No final numbers on dinner itself, which UNLV spox says we "expect...will generate a profit."
DetailsOpen
Announcement that raised $235,000 at the event. I have one word for those who paid: Suckers!
DetailsOpen
"What do I want to do with the rest of my life? ...Whether it's in politics or the Clinton Foundation...." And it's over.
DetailsOpen
Hillary says she will fight for equal rights and opportunities for girls and women. Talks about her mother and her rough life.
DetailsOpen
Brian Greenspun asks if Hillary has any "unfinished business." Hint, hint. Breaking: She does not announce for president.
DetailsOpen
Last Q so will be one hour for $225,000. That's $3,750 a minute for Hillary.
DetailsOpen
Hillary also says Mandela "never failed to treat everyone with respect." Even white employees of the government and military.
DetailsOpen
Details of three former jailers being at meal with Mandela. "I sat there then thinking I was in the presence of real greatness." -- Hillary
DetailsOpen
Now Hillary tells story about being with De Klerk on day of Mandela's inauguration. Kind of detail that attendees will tell co-workers.
DetailsOpen
Student Q on who most interesting person. "Other than my husband?" Ha. Says it's Nelson Mandela. Bold answer.
DetailsOpen
"Putin is playing a long game, and he's using a lot of different approaches." --- Hillary
DetailsOpen
@laura_lrnzo @ron_fournier Exactly!
ViewConversation
Hillary talking about dealing with Putin, understanding gas reserves give him power, help countries become energy independent.
DetailsOpen
"In my dealings with Putin...I think he's someone who can be understood and dealt with."--Hillary
DetailsOpen
Putin: "very cold blooded former KGB agent...assert Russian dominance...create instability."
DetailsOpen
Hillary says Ebola "will not stay confined" and ISIS "will bring fight" outside Mideast if US not engaged.
DetailsOpen
@ChuckRossDC Damn!
ViewConversation
Hillary says it is "totally appropriate" for people to be insular but "not either/or." Says appropriate to send troops to W. Africa.
DetailsOpen
BREAKING: Hillary says US cannot retreat from world.
DetailsOpen
Uh oh. Brian G. brings up B. word. But of course he glosses over Benghazi to talk about whether US should retreat from world
DetailsOpen
Calls it "excruciating analysis." I don't think there is anything new here. And I believe it ended with Hillary killing Bin Laden.
DetailsOpen
Hillary had a "particularly passionate commitment" to go after Bin Laden. But worried about possibilities of lost lives. Didn't tell Bill.
DetailsOpen
Q about hardest decision as SOS. Hillary says it was what to rec to POTUS about going after Bin Laden.
DetailsOpen
Q from local Ed activist Suzy Lee about generational poverty. Here Hillary talks about "supporting families to do the best job..."
DetailsOpen
Brian Greenspun gives @HillaryClinton a pair of "running shoes". Get it? Because $225 grand is never enough.
DetailsOpen
Brian Greenspun jokes about shoe-throwing incident, gives her a pair of "running shoes." Ha. Get it! Running shoes. Better than comedy club.
DetailsOpen
If just speech part for $225,000, it was $10,000 a minute for Hillary.
DetailsOpen
Anyone in this room could have given this speech. I am not kidding. I would have given it for a lot less. She speaks for 23 mins. Now Q&A.
DetailsOpen
We are now $50,000 in and Hillary has offered rah-rah pablum for higher education and hyped her best NV friend's mining company. Unreal.
DetailsOpen
Hillary calling for more private sector involvement. Hypes Barrick mining, which, by sheer coincidence, has Brian Greenspun as board member.
DetailsOpen
We are $37,500 in to the speech and still nothing remotely groundbreaking. Seriously. Just boilerplate stuff.
DetailsOpen
Hillary says UNLV can help lead the way. I don't understand. Her contract says she is not to be seen as endorsing the school. I'm confused.
DetailsOpen
So now Hillary is talking about making college affordable. More scholarship grants. Would be more at UNLV if she donated her fee.
DetailsOpen
Hillary: “Higher education shouldn’t be a privilege for those able to afford. It should be an opportunity widely available to everybody…”
DetailsOpen
@NathanWurtzel I did? Moi? Mad?
ViewConversation
We are about $25,000 into this Hillary speech and not one thing remotely interesting. Maybe she's announcing something later?
DetailsOpen
@NathanWurtzel Why careful?
ViewConversation
"Nobody works harder than American workers." -- Hillary. Now that's worth $225,000.
DetailsOpen
@jeneps Ha. Too funny.
ViewConversation
Hillary congratulates UNLV on getting med school, which is news to everyone because there isn't one yet. Need a lot of $. $225K would help.
DetailsOpen
First 5 minutes of Hillary speech, at about $2,500 a minute, just encomia. Now says US "should be clean energy superpower."
DetailsOpen
Hillary says Sheldon offered to moderate, would have been "a real debate." Indeed.
DetailsOpen
Hillary acknowledges Sheldon Adelson. Mangles his last name.
DetailsOpen
Hillary is larger than life. pic.twitter.com/10NLtwUJUs
DetailsOpen
Standing O for Hillary.
DetailsOpen
"Her life is an open book...and you must read her book..." -- Brian Greenspun. No one gagging on their dessert.
DetailsOpen
"I have the pleasure tonight of introducing my friend, Hillary Clinton." -- Brian Greenspun, newspaper publisher.
DetailsOpen
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