Archive for the 'California' Category
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
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A wildfire rages behind the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park north of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Please find AP story here.
Posted in California, Movies, Astronomy, Music |
Friday, March 30th, 2007
March 30, 2007, 10:33AM
L.A. Police to Get New Flashlights
© 2007 The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES — Police will soon be outfitted with a cutting edge flashlight that is not only brighter than others, but too small to be used as a weapon.The idea for the 7060 LED flashlight was conceived just days after news cameras broadcast […]
Posted in Law, California, Crime, Violence, Police |
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Rep. Rohrabacher: Global Warming May Have Been Caused By ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’ »
This week, Congress held its first hearing on the landmark IPCC report on climate change. That report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and human activity is the main driver, “very likely” causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.
During the […]
Posted in Republicans, California, Cong-HOUSE, Science, Global Warming, Rohrbacher, Dinosaurs |
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Dateline: San Francisco
Sea Lions are boldly attacking their friends–the humans.
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Please find the article at China View.
Posted in California, Nature, Movies |
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
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Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Today, The New York Times devoted 40-Count ‘Em-40 paragraphs to a story about goat cheese. The story led the Food Section.
Today, the New York Times devoted 14–that’s right–14 paragraphs to the demise of Habeas Corpus. They did have a front page photograph showing the signing of the death certificate, but […]
Posted in Bill of Rights, administration, Bush, California, Nature, Cuisine, Guantanamo |
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
…but maybe he read Bernard De Voto’s ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI, liked MISSOURI BREAKS or once knew a guy from Missouri.
Mr. Mountjoy’s website leads off with a Scriptural passage which changes each time you enter. While this certainly is a soothing interlude for the man who is called the Father of Proposition 187, I like […]
Posted in Congress, Military, Republicans, Religion, California, Korean War |
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
…and wants Johnny Depp to play him.
Mr. Karr may not have a range of emotion, but he was able to convince two governments’ immigration and law enforcement departments to bring him back to Boulder.
Maybe he should play Johnny Depp, instead.
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Please find the article here.
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Posted in News Media, Law, California, Society, Movies, Oddity, Colorado, Cable News, Thailand |
Monday, August 28th, 2006
The Rasmussen Survey proclaims that voters in most states say the political system is a mess.
Raw Story had two articles about grotesque voting problems in Florida and California. These problems will undoubtedly reverberate in other states as Florida’s 2000 election set the standard for Ohio’s 2004 debacle.
Please find the articles here, there & Yon.
Posted in Republicans, 2006 Election, Florida, California, Society, Elections |
Monday, August 21st, 2006
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Posted in News Media, Religion, California, Culinary Arts |
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
“Salon’s shameful six
There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice — and Democrats the election — in 2006.
By Art Levine
Aug. 15, 2006 | Eva Steele has a son in the military who is supposed to be fighting for freedom in Iraq, […]
Posted in 2006 Election, Ohio, Florida, California, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona |