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Big Lizards: Unplugging Grandma

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:36:28 -0500

When we accused Democrats of trying to unplug Grandma from life-support to save a few bucks, they called us fear-mongers. They called Sarah Palin "delusional" when she rightly pointed out that medical rationing would amount to a "death panel." But a recent airing of CBS's 60 Minutes offers a textbook [...]

Marooned In Marin: Terrorist Who Masterminded Killing & Torching Of Four Americans In Iraq Captured, Navy SEALS Who Captured Him FACE CHARGES

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:28:00 -0500

Remember the gruesome sight of four American contractors who were murdered in Fallujah, Iraq; their bodies set on fire and hung from a bridge in 2004?Well, the terrorist who masterminded the killings was captured. However, his captors--three US Navy SEALS--are being charged with assault, if you can believe that (Fox [...]

Orange Juice: Derailment Countdown: 43 days more – call DeVore!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:56:21 -0500

So far we’ve called two state senators (Harman and Correa) and two assemblymen (Tran and Solorio) to instruct them to pass emergency legislation in early December to stop the sale of our Fairgrounds. Today, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’m only going to ask you to make ONE call [...]

Gay Patriot: Carly Fiorina’s Plan to Create Jobs: Unshackle the Entrepreneurs

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:43:43 -0500

When I first heard Carly Fiorina’s name batted around as a potential candidate to replace our state’s ineffective junior Senator, I was optimistic about her bid. I believe we need more people from the private sector in government, those who know what it is like to keep an enterprise afloat [...]

L.A. Daily Blog: Zuma Dogg Twitter Update for Wed November 25: CITY OF LOS ANGELES CREDIT DOWNGRADED (As Is Villaraigosa & Council's Image as Historic "Faliures")

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:38:00 -0500

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WitnessLA.com: LA City Council Says Yes to Medical Marijuana

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:22:16 -0500

After a meeting that lasted seveTuesday, the LA City Council decided to act sensibly by voting to allow retail dispensaries to continue selling medical marijuana. According to John Hoeffel of the LA Times, the Los Angeles City Council is also strongly considering a draft ordinance that may cap the number [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Cleantech news

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:19:19 -0500

Number of comments: 10

MIT announces new way to trap waste heat and convert it to energy

It could even work on cell phones and laptops as well as in much larger engines and devices

Researchers develop machine to recycle carbon dioxide into fuel
This could be a welcome replacement for sequestration of CO2

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Hispanic Pundit: Links for 2009-11-24 [del.icio.us]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Price Discrimination Explains Everything, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Including Black Friday. Ezra Klein - Obama's liberal predecessor
"To make a bit of a heretical point, most of those cases prove that Bush's domestic agenda was a capitulation to liberalism, not that Democrats were [...]

Orange Juice: Supervisor Janet Nguyen wants to spend six figures on metal arches for downtown Garden Grove

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:54:09 -0500

Supervisor Janet Nguyen wants to spend six figures to build two metal arches on Main St., in downtown Garden Grove. And the arches will be handed over to the Garden Grove Downtown Business Association after the fact. “The two lighted metal arches with red strawberries filigreed in them are expected to [...]

Shark Blog: An American conundrum

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:50:00 -0500

You want a conundrum? The New York Times describes a great example. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/world/asia/25rollout.html?partner=rss&emc=rss "In declaring Tuesday that he would "finish... [...]

Hispanic Pundit: CBO Director Against ObamaCare

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:46:19 -0500

This time were not just talking about Doug Holtz-Eakin, John McCain’s former chief economic advisor, this is June O’Neill, CBO director during the middle of the Clinton administration:

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Musings of a Mad Macedonian: Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat 24: 2009 Vet Visit - Report, Pictures and Video

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:44:21 -0500

The annual visit to Vet was last Saturday. Well, I knew it was coming, and was prepared for my usual "show" of resistance: Hide under the bed, and make Daddy crawl around on the floor, and drag me out ,... [...]

Orange Juice: Wildfire breaks out in Anaheim Hills

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:32:44 -0500

Fire Map Courtesy of the O.C. Register “A wind-driven wildfire broke out south of Los Angeles Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted down burning slopes toward homes,” according to Fox News. You can get real time updates on Twitter, from the Orange County Fire Authority, at this link. “The 241 [...]

OC Progressive: Shameless Bloody Campbell (first in a series)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:23:36 -0500

Four years ago, when he was still just my wingnutty state senator, John Campbell responded to a letter of mine seeking his support in statewide healthcare reform by opining that the bill in question, SB 840, "creates an open-ended entitlement to healthcare that distances consumers even [...]

Seeing the Forest: Is Obama Losing You?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:35:09 -0500

Go read Daily Kos: You are losing me, Mr. President.

Is Obama losing you?

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L.A. Daily Blog: BREAKING NEWS: LOS ANGELES HAD IT'S CREDIT DOWNGRADED TODAY -- WILL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE TO BORROW MONEY (Villaragiosa a FUCKING FAILURE, Indeed!)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:00 -0500

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AMERICAN DIGEST: Something Wonderful: Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:16 -0500

Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind from Marc Bullard on Vimeo.

Via Velociworld: Heh

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Patterico's Pontifications: Andrew Sullivan on Bill Sparkman, the Guy (Not Really) Murdered by Conservatives

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:45:42 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Sullivan fail.

It’s apology time, Milky Loads.

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L.A. Daily Blog: FOX 11 News Report of L.A. City Council Meeting on Medical Marijuana Collectives (Softened the rhetoric on "sales" -- admit cash contributions o.k.!)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:00 -0500

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The Rose Report: Louisiana Redistricting: An Ugly Post-Katrina Partisan Mess (The Complete Analysis)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:06 -0500

Simply put, 2011 redistricting in Louisiana is likely to be ugly. A combination of factors make the 2011 redistricting a high stakes situation for both parties and will likely make the process a partisan fight. This article will detail Louisiana redistricting with a general overview of the state followed by a [...]

AMERICAN DIGEST: Hadley CRU Code Analysis Begins: "This isn’t just a smoking gun, it’s a siege cannon with the barrel still hot."

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:07 -0500

Eric Raymond (uber-programmer and author of a number of How-to documents and FAQs, many of which are included in the Linux Documentation Project corpus) just posted a short item called Hiding the [...]

Mayor Sam's Sister City: Are you a member of "Team Chris"??

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:00 -0500

Number of comments: 35

Mayor Sam readers know that the special election to fill the City Council seat in District 2 is coming up very soon. The vote will take place on Dec. 8th.
Above is a photo of some of the members of "Team Chris".
Some of [...]

Opinion Shop: OPEN FORUM: A Thanksgiving Feast With Vodka

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:01 -0500

By George E. Barantseff In 1950 -- after Mao Tse-Tung and his Communist forces defeated Chiang Kai-Shek -- there was a large migration of White Russians (an anti-Communist movement) from the Chinese mainland to the San Francisco Bay Area. Those people who were on the losing side of the [...]

AMERICAN DIGEST: Well, Here's a Surprise -- "Climate cash for poor countries 'has not materialised'"

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:19:07 -0500

Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.

Rich countries pledged $410m (｣247m) a year in a 2001 declaration - but it is now unclear whether the money was [...]

Patterico's Pontifications: White House Hosts its First State Dinner

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:17 -0500

Number of comments: 10

[Guest post by DRJ]

Tonight President and Mrs. Obama are hosting the Prime Minister of India and his wife at their first White House state dinner. Reports say 338 celebrities and leaders from India and the United States will dine and be entertained in a lavish pavilion tent with [...]

Orange Juice: Lazy Science of Climate Change in death throes

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:30 -0500

The baloney that has passed as science for the past few years and only given confirmation to the ancient phrase “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.” is about to endure a slow, agonizing death. And it will be worth the [...]

Gay Patriot: Looks like the thrill has found its way to Larry King’s leg

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:18:06 -0500

Number of comments: 11

Well, the thrill may no longer be running up Chris Matthews’ leg, but over at CNN, his less partisan counterpart, seems to have gotten whatever thrill the MSNBC host lost. Just got back from doing cardio at the gym and was treated to three-quarters of an hour of breathless [...]

Marooned In Marin: 9/11 Families Hold Press Conference Protesting Civilian Trial for KSM In New York, Rally Scheduled December 5th

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:18:00 -0500

9/11 Family members held a press conference protesting the decision by Eric Holder to treat the mastermind of 9/11 and other terrorists who unleashed an act of war that day as common criminals.Fox News video:Sgt. Tim at 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America was there and writes:In order [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Dead Battery of the Decade Award: Alan Greenspan

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:15:00 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Wall Street Cheat Sheet gives this prestigious award to the man who without him, the financial collapse could not have happened – Alan (”I heart Ayn Rand”) Greenspan.

The video explains that Ayn Rand would have detested what Greenspan did, as he was constantly meddling with the markets and [...]

Body Parts: (Jury Duty)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:05:09 -0500

Criminal trial. I'll also be travelling Thanksgiving day and holiday. Blogging will resume on Dec. 1. [...]

Orange Juice: Vote for the Orange County Political Turkey of the Year!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:59 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Is former Assemblyman Mike “Drippy” Duvall the Orange County Political Turkey of the Year? IMPORTANT NOTE: You can vote for up to THREE choices in the above poll What a year it has been for politics here in Orange County. Now you can vote for the “Orange County Political Turkey of the [...]

Marooned In Marin: Authorities Say Census Worker Found Dead With "Fed" Scrawled On Body Committed Suicide: "Icarus" Johnson Refuses To Apologize For Smear

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:00 -0500

A census worker found dead in mid-September hanging from a tree with the word "Fed" scrawled on his body killed himself in a way to make it appear he was murdered, according to authorities (KSN.com).A news release from Kentucky State Police said Tuesday that Bill Sparkman died at the same [...]

Opinion L.A.: Chapter and verse on a litmus test

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:44:15 -0500

The Wall Street Journal has published on its website the text of the proposed 10-point checklist for determining whether a Republican candidate is orthodox enough to benefit from the party's endorsement and fund-raising.

The affirmations issues are quite a mixed bag. Some are perennial and cosmic, such as: "We support [...]

AMERICAN DIGEST: Rude Awakenings at the Absolute Power Restaurant

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:43:31 -0500

The Democrat Party Dines in Washington, as interpreted by Monty Python

Maître-D': Uh, today we ’ave for appetizers — excuse me. Uh, moules marinières, pâté de foie gras, Beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tart de poireau — that’s leek tart — frogs’ legs amandine, or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd —' [...]

Orange Juice: Phony Health Insurance Reform Losing America

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:16:36 -0500

Number of comments: 5
Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan. Heavy [...]

Orange Juice: Home For The Holiday at Harry’s (3rd District Abode)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:01:37 -0500

Number of comments: 1
We are in second-hand receipt of an invitation to a holiday reception hosted by Anaheim councilmember Harry Sidhu at his home “the Elegant Old Yorba Estate.” We wanted to pass it along as a public service, although we’re not sure who all was invited (we were not). Just a reminder, Friends. [...]

Calitics: November 24 Open Thread

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

? The battle between SEIU and NUHW comes to the CDP. John Burton doesn't normally take too well to threats.

? CalBuzz has it on good authority that Mike Murphy will be joining the Meg Whitman "gravy train". Murphy has done work for Arnold, McCain, and many other conservatives' [...]

Right Coast: Report Aims to Clarify Climate Risk for Diplomats - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com Tom Smith

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:21 -0500

A team of climate scientists, seeking to remind the negotiators who will hammer out a new climate treaty of what is at stake, has produced The Copenhagen Diagnosis, a summary of the latest peer-reviewed science on the anticipated impacts of human-driven global warming. In an interview, Richard Somerville, a climatologist [...]

OC Progressive: Putting the Kibosh on More Downtown Huntington Beach Bars?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:57:26 -0500

Downtown HB is increasing in danger due to the increasing number of bars. Traffic calming measures, closing parts of Main St. or having local residents purchase street parking permits, does not address the problem.

The problem is an increasing number of bar patrons getting in their cars intoxicated and driving [...]

Right Coast: Paris Postcard Maimon Schwarzschild

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:54:27 -0500

I've been in Paris teaching a mini-course at the Sorbonne on US constitutional law. (In English, I hasten to add.) In class once or twice I've alluded wryly to the fact that France, like all European Union nations, no longer really governs itself. The students smile ruefully each time. They [...]

Total Buzz: Adams recall may not be dead after all

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:41:38 -0500

The effort to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, was pronounced dead by Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Friday, but recall advocates today found cause to hope for a revival.

Recall leader Mike Schroeder of Corona del Mar said some of the rejected petition signatures thrown out may indeed be valid, [...]

Mayor Sam's Sister City: Breaking: Judge upholds ethics laws to prevent Essel from overturning LAs clean money reforms.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:39:00 -0500

Number of comments: 36
United States Federal District Court Judge Dean Pregerson has tossed out the lawsuit filed by Brian Darcy's "Working Californians", on behalf of CD2 Candidate Christine Essel. The lawsuit sought to overturn a 24 year old ethics law that works to curtail undue financial influence in City elections. "Working Californians" had' [...]

Gay Patriot: Chuck DeVore: Misleading Californians about Carly’s Conservatism

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:01 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Carly Fiorina’s conservatism notwithstanding, Chuck DeVore is bound and determined to make the contest for the opportunity to defeat perhaps the most partisan U.S. Senator one between a conservative and liberal Republican. To do that, his campaign has had to twist the former HP CEO’s positions so they match those [...]

Political Blotter: Martinez mayor appointed to Bay Area water board

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:50:27 -0500

Schroder

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Martinez Mayor Rob Schroder to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.

He also reappointed to the board Lafayette resident Shalom Eliahu, 82, who has served on the board since 2000. Eliahu is president of Solo Engineer Consulting and has [...]

LA Observed: Have you seen La Brea Woman?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:00 -0500

Forensic artist Melissa Cooper says she created a facial rendering based on the Page Museum's solitary human skull, but she says the museum won't show her work out of fear...' [...]

Big Lizards: I Don't Care About an Afghanistan Troop "Surge"...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:17:35 -0500

It's worse than useless unless accompanied by a change in strategy from the Vietnam-era search and destroy, which seems to be our unstated current strategy -- or its close cousin, Slow Joe Biden's "counterterrorism" strategy -- to the one that Gen. Stanley McChrystal insists is the only strategy that can [...]

Gay Patriot: Obama is no Reagan:His is a Personal Narrative, the Gipper’s, Philosophical

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:00:19 -0500

Number of comments: 3

On George Eliot’s birthday, Glenn Reynolds linked a Maureen Dowd column which showed that while the New York Times columnist does have a jaundiced view of the GOP, she does at least understand part of Sarah Palin’s appeal, what she calls the “visceral,” her ability to connect with [...]

Total Buzz: O.C.’s Mexican consul retiring

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:54:26 -0500

Number of comments: 3

The Register’s Cindy Carcamo just filed this story:

Mexican Consul Carlos Rodríguez y Quezada is retiring from his post in Santa Ana on Monday, according to his spokesman, Agustin Pradillo Cuevas. Quezada is leaving a few months shy of two years from when he first came to Santa Ana, replacing a [...]

Cobb: Hasan: Seven Facts

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:43:48 -0500

Just needed to lift these from Hitchens to have a reference here at Cobb. I'm doing some post-facto witch hunting.

1) Hasan had been in direct correspondence with a notorious preacher of violence, Anwar al-Awlaki, whose enthusiasm for the teachings and actions of al-Qaida has long been well-known to researchers and intelligence' [...]

Big Lizards: Yes On Dr. No!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:52 -0500

Sen. Joseph "Smilin' Joe" Lieberman (I-CT, 85% Democratic) has drawn his foot in the sand:

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: "I'm going to be stubborn on this."

Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul [...]

Cobb: Obligatory Seriousness on Global Warming

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:05 -0500

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Politics in the Zeros: Cratered land values in southern Utah

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:50:17 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Five acres of land zoned for agricultural and residential in southern Utah (located near a freeway with water rights for a home) sold three years ago for $110,000. A few days ago it went at a foreclosure auction for $14,500. That’s a 87% drop in price.

Many other [...]

Seeing the Forest: Credit Card Company Scams

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:48:24 -0500

Digby writes about a scam by Bank of America, where they switched the envelope to look like junk mail, so people threw it away, and they collect million upon millions in late fees. Credit Card Companies Are Using Dirty Tricks' [...]

Capital Notes: Soulmates Arnold & Abel, Soul Searching For Dems

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:36 -0500

Let the political handwringing begin.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lieutenant Governor-designate Abel Maldonado made their big debut this morning at an event in Los Angeles, with the Guv calling Maldo his "soulmate," and the GOP senator offering an almost tearful thank you amidst a recounting of his immigrant [...]

Calitics: I Guess They Don't Actually Want A 2/3 Majority

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:32:54 -0500

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, back in July:

The 2/3 requirement that we have in this state. I know it's a tired old saw. But when you really think about, that is the cause of so much of the dysfunction in the legislature. you have a minority party that [...]

Patterico's Pontifications: Obama’s Katrina

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:16 -0500

Number of comments: 10

[Guest post by DRJ]

A blogger wonders whether unemployment will be President Obama’s Katrina, the event that exposed “critical weaknesses in the priorities and competence of the Bush administration.” But it’s not just any blogger, it’s a Huffington Post blogger. In fact, it’s Arianna Huffington herself:

“Which makes one wonder: what [...]

The Rose Report: Louisiana Redistricting: Solidly Republican for the Next Ten Years?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:39 -0500

Today’s post concludes our weeklong series on 2011 Congressional redistricting in Louisiana by looking at possible redistricting scenarios.

There will be many different plans for Louisiana redistricting in 2011. Many different maps will be drawn that divide up the districts in many ways. While Democrats have some power in the state [...]

The California Majority Report: Maldo for LG? Who Cares? John Laird Should Be District's Next Senator

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:59:48 -0500

Governor Schwarzenegger's appointment of State Sen. Abel Maldonado is a good thing for Golden State Democrats. Yes, he may be filling a Democratic seat (John Garamendi is off to Congress). And yes, it will vault a relatively obscure Republican into the top echelon of state officeholders. But the honeymoon is [...]

The California Majority Report: Garry South Talks Newsom, Fiorina, Gay Marriage on NBC

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:34 -0500

California Majority Report contributor Garry South appeared on KNBC-LA's "News Conference" with political reporter Conan Nolan this weekend.

In the interview, he discussed Gavin Newsom's reasons for dropping out of the gubernatorial race (big state, no base, hard to raise money), Tom Campbell's chances of winning the GOP nomination (none, [...]

Monterey County Democrats: Our Healh Care Providers Forum

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:23 -0500

Health Care Providers Forum, Nov 18, 2009 at the Ceneter For Change, from Monterey County Democrats on Vimeo.

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Right Coast: Major Obama wine faux pas Tom Smith

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:18 -0500

A Rhone with shrimp? Is nothing sacred? [...]

Liberal OC: Rhode Island Bishop Denies Communion to Rep. Patrick Kennedy

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:07 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Click here to view the embedded video.

Interesting position taken by Bishop Tobin of Rhode Island. Because Patrick Kennedy is upholding the law, he is being denied communion by the Catholic Church. Chris Matthews does a pretty decent [...]

Political Blotter: Some recent political books for holiday reading

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:53 -0500

Number of comments: 1

No, I’ve not read Palin’s book. Or Plouffe’s.

But I’ve very much enjoyed Thomas Fleming’s “The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers” (Smithsonian Books, $27.99), which examines the women behind the men who launched our nation. A young George Washington [...]

The California Majority Report: Key Republican, FLASH REPORT Contributor Admits to Money Laundering

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:11 -0500

Felony stupid.

That's my reaction to this quote by FLASH REPORT contributor, Lincoln Club of Fresno chairman, and "prominent" Fresno Republican Michael Der Manouel Jr. said this to the Fresno Bee: "The primary function of a political party is to launder money, and they all do it," he said. "All [...]

Patterico's Pontifications: More ACORN Document Dumps

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0500

Number of comments: 10

[Guest post by DRJ]

The U.S. government never sleeps but apparently neither does BigGovernment:

“ACORN’s San Diego office isn’t the only place its been careless with sensitive documents. Late last year, ACORN abandoned an office in Oklahoma. In its haste to vacate the office–and skip out on the landlord’s claim of [...]

SFGate: Politics Blog: Maldonado and Schwarzenegger: a match made in heaven

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:01 -0500

It was a love fest at this morning's news conference in East Los Angeles, where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger re-announced that he is appointing Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria (Santa Barbara...

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Patterico's Pontifications: Afghanistan Decision Preview

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:49 -0500

Number of comments: 10

[Guest post by DRJ]

In a press conference with India’s Prime Minister Singh today, President Obama said he will soon announce his Afghanistan policy — the current one, not the March 2009 “comprehensive” policy — and that he intends to “finish the job.”

And via Hot Air, McClatchy reports [...]

Calitics: If The Teabaggers Ruled the World, Then Anthony Adams Head Would be on A Pike

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:28:47 -0500

Despite John and Ken's protestations, Anthony Adams head isn't on a pike right now. But it's not their fault, it's gotta be the damned politicians messing with 'em:

Election officials said last week that a recall drive against Assemblyman Anthony Adams did not gather enough signatures to move forward, but [...]

Gay Patriot: Climategate: ‘The Scandal Of The Century’

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:23:10 -0500

Number of comments: 20

Clearly, this is the blogosphere-story-of-the-year (if not decade). It matters not that the Mainstream Media is covering up this scandal, the free-wheeling democratized Internet is getting the information out.

Here’s another great summary from Robert Tracinski at RealClearPolitics:

For more than a decade, we’ve been told that there is a scientific [...]

Orange Juice: Major Court Ruling..Property rights ..Atlantic Yards

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:11:05 -0500

What a sad property rights update two days before Thanksgiving. We just celebrated Veterans Day to honor those patriotic Americans, some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom abroad while we are losing it right in our own back yards. Government agencies using their “police powers” of eminent domain to take [...]

LA Observed: Chicken Boy at Yosemite Falls

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0500

Somebody had to represent Highland Park's favorite son in Yosemite Valley, and LA Observed was honored to make the introduction. That's Chicken Boy at Lower Yosemite Falls. Below is also... [...]

Political Blotter: Stimulus funds for local energy-storage projects

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:04 -0500

Bay Area companies have been awarded more than $49 million in economic-stimulus funds for energy storage projects aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of the nation’s electrical grid, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this morning.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...]

Gay Patriot: OFFICIAL: KY Census Worker Committed Suicide,Not Killed By Right-Wing Extremists

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:02 -0500

Number of comments: 9

Wow…. it seems that all of the liberal lies are falling apart this week ….

A U.S. Census worker found dead in a secluded Clay County cemetery killed himself but tried to make the death look like a homicide, authorities have concluded.

Bill Sparkman, 51, of London, might have tried [...]

Total Buzz: Supes to governor: Scrap the fairgrounds sale

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:00 -0500

Number of comments: 10

The Orange County supervisors voted unanimously this morning to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.

The city of Costa Mesa last week agreed to ask the governor to scrap the sale, and advocates call today’s move a critical step toward preserving the fairgrounds. The county’s [...]

Opinion L.A.: Dream (or nightmare) team

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:16:42 -0500

Lou Dobbs is not ruling out running for president. But if the past is any guide (remember presidential candidate Joe Biden?), he may be willing to take second place on the ticket. Palin-Dobbs, anyone? The only condition that Lou might impose on the deal would be for [...]

Friendly Fire: Settlements & the Two State Solution

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:15:29 -0500

The problem in making peace in the Middle East is neither geographical nor intellectual. Were there a will for peace, both sides know how to carve up the borders and exchange land in Israel for West Bank towns. They know how to tie Gaza and the West Bank together with [...]

Opinion L.A.: Making a list and checking it seven times

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:13:31 -0500

The New York Times reports that conservatives have been drawing up a 10-point checklist -- to be printed on litmus paper? -- against which the Republican National Committee should measure prospective GOP candidates.

There's nothing surprising about the contents of the proposed creed (for example, opposition to government funding of [...]

Bronstein at Large: Has Gavin slipped from Ringmaster to Sideshow?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:28 -0500

Here's the burning San Francisco mayoral political question of the day: Where are Larry and Moe? The Gavin Newsom drama has gone downright absurdist on us. This poor guy is tripping over his laces and running into so many walls it's stopped being funny. You might have a guilty [...]

San Diego Politico: DeMaio’s Proposal Creates Open Season for Government Contractors, Harms Local Economy

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0500

Press Release from Labor:

DeMaio’s Proposal Creates Open Season for Government Contractors, Harms Local Economy
Proposal would ban policies to help local workers and veterans; repeals living wage; could hand contracting power to unelected city manager

SAN DIEGO – (November 23, 2009) – A proposed ballot measure supported [...]

SFGate: Politics Blog: Guv Arnold: I've never been pulled over as Guv...but about that red zone parking thing

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:47 -0500

In addition to announcing Abel Maldonado as his new Lite Guv pick last night on Jay Leno show( Hello out therrrrrrrrrrrre? Is anybody watching ?), the Guv mentioned that he hasn't been pulled...

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Political Blotter: Dem leader not hot on Maldonado

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:33 -0500

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg says he has “grave concerns” about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to nominate GOP Sen. Abel Maldonado as the next lieutenant governor.

“I congratulate Senator Maldonado upon his nomination by the governor,” Steinberg said in a release a few minutes ago. “Senator Maldonado is a fine [...]

Fresno Bee Opinion Talk: He keeps us running

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:13:28 -0500

Last night/early this morning, I took part in a crazy ceremony, welcoming home a runner who just completed his goal of running a marathon in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

John Volkman, a high school librarian and head coach for the Central California chapter of [...]

LA Observed: The view from Copenhagen

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0500

Los Angeles native Steve Caplan sold his house in the Valley hills to move to Copenhagen, where his wife is from, to work on the coming United Nations Climate Change... [...]

Orange Juice: ACKERWOMAN WATCH: WATERBOARD BLAKE?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:31:15 -0500

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Linda “19%” Ackerwoman has until February 28, 2010 to fess up to her phony Fullerton residency or lose her coveted seat on the Metropolitan Water District Board. She still represents the Metropolitan Water District of Orange County on the MWD Board, but her phony “granny flat” at the Dolans is outside [...]

LA Observed: Morning Buzz: Tuesday 11.24.09

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22:00 -0500

Color commentary all around on yesterday's LAPD brass shake-up, Schwarzenegger parks in the red, Sarah Palin and Latinos and Supervisor Ridley-Thomas dodges the media. Those and more after the jump.... [...]

Politics in the Zeros: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot More Riskless

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:16:08 -0500

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From Versusplus.com

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Calitics: An Open Letter to the California Senate Democratic Caucus

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Dear fellow Democrats,

Your most important task right now - above all others - is to solve California's political and economic crisis. And as your own leader explained, at the heart of that crisis is the undemocratic rule creating a conservative veto over all state policy via the 2/3rds rule.

Therefore, [...]