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Orange Juice: What really happened to Tiger Woods?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:18:43 -0500

What happened to champion golfer Tiger Woods when he crashed his car this weekend? It is truly a bizarre story. Fox Sports asked 20 questions about this mess, which make a lot of sense. For one thing, if the crash was minor, why did Wood’s wife feel compelled to smash the rear [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Next-gen wind turbine design. No gears

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:15:28 -0500

Number of comments: 10

A Scottish startup has tested a prototype wind turbine where the blades connect directly to the generator via an axle. This drastically cuts down the weight of the generator and makes installation simpler. Plus, with fewer parts, the turbines would require less maintenance in the harsh offshore environment.

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Orange Juice: Dick Cheney for President in 2012?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:06:52 -0500

Never mind Sarah Palin and Lou Dobbs. Would you believe that some folks in the GOP are actually talking about running Dick Cheney for President in 2012? “Why? Because Cheney is a man of conviction, has a record on which he can be judged, and whatever the result, there could be [...]

Hispanic Pundit: Links for 2009-11-28 [del.icio.us]

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Bob Murphy on EMH, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Bob Murphy on the Efficient Market Hypothesis. The Buck Stops Here: Diane Ravitch -- Wrong on Charter Schools
"Diane Ravitch has a new post full of criticisms of charter schools. Unfortunately, the arguments are unsupportable [...]

LA Observed: USC 28, UCLA 7

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:58:00 -0500

The Trojans dominated in a sloppy game by both sides, but what they'll be talking about for days (at least) is this: USC throwing a touchdown bomb one play after...' [...]

The Claremont Conservative: Smoking on the Balcony Banned in Claremont Hall

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:56:00 -0500

A friend writes in to say that Claremont Hall's status as a "green dorm" has made it impossible for him/her to smoke on the balconies, without receiving menacing remarks from that dorms R.A.s. Apparently smokers aren't allowed to smoke anywhere near the building.

One wonders what, if anything, prohibiting' [...]

DISSENT the BLOG: The First Amendment and Time Machines

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:03:00 -0500

RE THE "PRAYER" LAWSUIT: Nope, on my last post, I didn’t include the “debate” going on at the OC Register, preferring to concentrate on the remarks and views of academics. That was no guarantee of quality, it seems.

But the Reg’s readers are very interested [...]

Right Coast: Spirit of Jamul Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:38:13 -0500

This definitely captures one facet of the mystery that is Jamul. But we have plenty of Mormons, people who raise llamas, and grumpy professors, too. [...]

Orange Juice: Surprise! General Moonbeam doesn’t know the law!

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:22:13 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Have you heard the one about the pimp, prostitute, politician and the community organizer? General Jerry Moonbeam is a national joke, with good reason. But the latest escapade of selective application of the law may finally reveal just how unfit he is. The San Diego office of ACORN is accused of a [...]

OC Progressive: OC Sea Change: The Viet-Dem PAC Kickoff

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:44 -0500

Remember how the ONLY Republican in Congress to vote in favor of healthcare was Louisiana's bold Joseph "Anh" Cao - who also happens to be the only Vietnamese-American in Congress. Josh pointed out that, with the exception of Cuban gusano Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cao is also the only [...]

The Claremont Conservative: Some Quick Links Out and About the Claremont Blogosphere

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:55:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
CMC Associate Math Professor Mark Huber has a fantastic blog on science fiction, math, and his general thoughts on life. Highly recommended, especially if you are a closeted sci fi geek like me. (Okay, truthfully, no closet could hold me.)Michael D. Steinberger, a Pomona Professor, has a great [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Another judge voids mortgage, saying banksters were scum

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:15:09 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Judge erases $525g mortgage for NY couple, citing ‘repulsive’ acts by bank

This is getting to be a trend. What is not a trend yet though is criminal prosecutions of the banks involved.

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Orange Juice: Wall St. Journal’s John Fund interviews GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:59:41 -0500

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund. Here are a few excerpts from his article, “She wants to reboot California.” Fiorina led off by telling Fund”that “in these hard times, a lot of people across the spectrum will listen to my message—that California [...]

LA Observed: 120 years before the Gold Line

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:50:00 -0500

An elevated portion of the Gold Line today runs past the Capitol Milling Company plant in Downtown. From 1889 to 1896, the Cape Horn Viaduct also carried passengers past the... [...]

The Claremont Conservative: Wake Up: Some Follow Up Thoughts on Those Who Ignore Islamic Violence

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:14:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Some more quick thoughts on Zaid Shakir's apology tour for Nidal Hasan. I'd hazard a guess that this is not a classical Greek apology tour where there might be some explanation provided, but an apology in the more modern sense: an effort to throw up smoke and mirrors, instead' [...]

LA Observed: Observing the L.A. River

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:13:00 -0500

Noah Sheldon is a New York photographer with a show currently at the Cherry and Martin gallery on south La Cienega. While here this month, he made some nice photographs... [...]

The Swarm: Poetry in response to 'Don't be a Blofeld with a leaf blower'

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:39:56 -0500

As a noted in a notebook today, my Nov. 12 column on leaf blowing has stirred up a pile of response.

One reader, Rich Borgquist, captured this sequence of photos while a neighbor was leaf blowing near the corner of 21st and F.

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Orange Juice: Interview of Dale Tyler, Mission Viejo recall candidate

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:11:35 -0500

Number of comments: 11
I just concluded a 90 minute interview of Mission Viejo recall candidate Dale Tyler. Background for this post. The election to recall Mission Viejo vice mayor Lance MacLean will occur on February 2, 2010. There will only be two names on the ballot to select from. Dem. Dave Leckness, whom I interviewed [...]

Orange Juice: Agran and Krom spending over $100K a month on PR for the Great Park

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:31:55 -0500

Did you know that “Forde & Mollrich, a private political consulting firm tied to Larry Agran, a Democrat and Irvine’s most powerful and devious politician, is getting $100,000-a-month for 20 months in a no-bid contract related to–no, not national security–but public relations?” I read about that over at the OC Weekly. [...]

L.A. Daily Blog: Zuma Dogg Twitter Update for Saturday, November 28, 2009 (City Council Election Update & Monday Street Advisory)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:14:00 -0500

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Right Coast: Paris Postcard II Maimon Schwarzschild

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:10:45 -0500

Paris is a city where you always discover new things - or old things that are new to you (i.e. to me). I was wandering around the university area, near the rue du Pot de Fer where George Orwell lived: he was just Eric Blair in those days, but this is where [...]

LA Observed: Street closures for Hollywood parade

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:10:00 -0500

Some streets are already closed for Sunday's Hollywood Christmas Parade, aka the parade that refused to die. Hollywood Boulevard from Orange Street to Highland Avenue and Orange from Hollywood Boulevard... [...]

CaliforniaCityNews.org: LA Times Gives Thanks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:07:00 -0500

The LA Times ran an amusing (if cynical) opinion piece listing what its 'thankful' for as residents of the state's largest metropolis. Among out favorites:

I'm thankful that the Los Angeles City Council passed a law limiting households to one rooster because this should end whispers that the council is out [...]

Right Coast: Google is managing our collective consciousness Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:29:12 -0500

This is actually a very troubling story. I certainly agree that offensive images of our first lady are offensive. I have not looked at any of them and I don't intend to, but I'm willing to stipulate that they would offend any person of good will. What is troubling [...]

LA Observed: Guerrilla '5 North' sign replaced

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0500

Caltrans has quietly installed new directional signs over the northbound 110 freeway out of Downtown, in the process taking down one of Los Angeles' all-time great guerilla art installations. In...' [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Legoland and the far left

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:25:07 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Dave Riley has a thoughtful essay on the tendency of the far left to build castles of rhetoric based on their interpretation of Marxism and to defend it against all other factions.

The complication being that inasmuch as you are isolated from the main business of society [...]

New Santa Ana: Santa Ana’s dog barking ordinance needs to be revised

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:16:11 -0500

Sometimes the squirrels fight back!

My dog really hates squirrels! And this year we have had a lot of them in our neighborhood.

Today we received a letter from anonymous neighbor threatening to call the police because my dog barks.

How ridiculous. My dog sleeps in the [...]

Right Coast: Ski resorts fight global warming; Utah gov unsure Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:04:27 -0500

Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season.

via www.sfgate.com

Why can't [...]

Marooned In Marin: Media Silent On Obama Administration Complicity In Firing Of Inspector General Walpin For Political Reasons

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:51:00 -0500

Remember last June, when Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired while investigating misspent money from AmeriCorps?There's a big stench that leads all the way back to the White House.John Fund writes about the "Anatomy of a Cover Up," involving more than just misspent funds by Sacramento, CA Mayor (and Obama [...]

DISSENT the BLOG: Discussion about the prayer lawsuit

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:36:00 -0500

The IVC cafeteria, Wednesday afternoon

I'VE BEEN monitoring comments to recent articles in the academic press on the SOCCCD “prayer” lawsuit (Westphal v. Wagner). They’ve been pretty much what you’d expect, I suppose.

We’ll start with the Chronicle article, which attracted only seven' [...]

Paragraph Farmer: Martin Niemoller was right

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:29:00 -0500

And Albert Mohler was smart to follow Niemoller's insight as one of the original signers of the recent Manhattan Declaration.

Sadly, there are Christians who plead "conscience" in refusing to stand up for the sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage, and the rights of conscience [...]

Paragraph Farmer: A movie recommendation

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:11:00 -0500

"The Blind Side" is more than a feel-good movie based on a true story. With a director who takes his time, an excellent cast throughout, and Sandra Bullock leading the charge, it's an affecting and warm-hearted portrait of the modern American South. [...]

LA Observed: Mike Penner, 52, believed to be suicide

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:44:00 -0500

Sad news at the Los Angeles Times website about one of their own. Mike Penner, the veteran sportswriter who in 2007 and '08 was known publicly as Christine Daniels, was...' [...]

Orange Juice: Public Service in Mission Viejo. Please don’t hit me, please don’t hit me

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:09:12 -0500

Number of comments: 2
While we have hundreds of volunteers serving in Mission Viejo as members of our SCAT team, or in our animal shelter, library and Norman P, Murray Community and Senior Center, there is an area where the 80-20 rule is not even on the radar screen. Politics. Apathy. And there surely are valid [...]

Gay Patriot: Sarah Palin & the Need to Communicate the Gipper’s Vision

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:54:28 -0500

Number of comments: 3

As I finished Sarah Palin’s book earlier this morning, I wondered if she were the right person to spearhead a Republican Renaissance in the United States. She clearly understands why our party has lost its way, but remains a controversial figure, even a divisive one. The mere mention of [...]

Seeing the Forest: Thanks Dems -- 7 Million Start Losing Health Insurance Next Week

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:41:27 -0500

The COBRA subsidy runs out next week. 7 million Americans are receiving that subsidy so next week the first wave of them loses their health insurance.

Well, they don't technically lose their insurance, they just have to pay hundreds of dollars' [...]

Orange Juice: Dobbs/Palin in 2012?

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:39:02 -0500

Number of comments: 4
“Lou Dobbs, he of the not making sense on CNN, and Sarah Palin, she of the not making sense always, are both contemplating runs for the presidency,” according to an online source. Well, that ought to finish off the Republican [...] [...]

Gay Patriot: Carly Fiorina: big government policies to blame for CA’s collapse

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:30:27 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Every now and again, I support a candidate for public office, only to find that the more I study his (or her) record, the more I find he (or she) has a firm grasp on the issues of greatest concern to me. This is not to say I agree with [...]

Orange Juice: Steven Greenhut Hosts KFI Talk Show on Sunday

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:17:02 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Friend, author and staunch proponent of limited government Steven Greenhut will be hosting a 3 hour show on KFI AM 640 this Sunday from 7 – 10 PM. Tune in online at kfi640.com for a great show. Steve has been busy lately. Last week he released a book titled “Plunder: How [...]

Right Coast: Dear Prudence only quicker Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0500

Jeez, this is easy:

1A: Tell your boyfriend if he is not going to marry you promptly, you will dump him. Then if he doesn't, dump him. Chances are good you should just dump him anyway, so alternatively, just dump him now. You sound like a nice girl. You could [...]

Right Coast: Party crashers should not have been admitted on the basis of what she is wearing Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:50:11 -0500

I mean just look at her. Or is that what ladies wear to state dinners these days? I don't care if it is supposed to be Indian or something. On her it looks tres ridicule. This is what comes from indiscriminate multiculturalism. I mean I could dress up in [...]

Marooned In Marin: Weeks After Limbaugh Ousted From NFL Team Ownership, Obama & NFL Join Forces In Thanksgiving Advertisement

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:28:00 -0500

During the Thanksgiving Day football games, President Barack Hussein Obama took part in an advertisement with NFL Play 60, a program designed to fight childhood obesity, as his "United We Serve" campaign joined up with the NFL.Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters reminds us of the way the NFL forced out one [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Dubai, money laundering, construction, and NYC investment banks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:20:43 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Dubai is well-known for being a world hub of money-laundering while construction is notorious among fraud investigators as a way to make dirty money clean, make gray money vanish, and siphon off money for use elsewhere.

Any attempt to draw similarities between the irresponsible greedhead behavior of [...]

Liberal OC: Obama: Family, Turkey … and a Weekly Address

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:20:28 -0500

WASHINGTON – In the midst of these challenging times for our nation, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to express gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and give thanks for our nation’s many blessings. He [...]

Orange Juice: Tribute to Bohemian Rhapsody

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:19:51 -0500

Number of comments: 12
Why Bohemian Rhapsody? Because it is the only song I will sing along to in the car, with the windows rolled down, at 70mph? Well, yes. But it is also a great tribute song. Forget about all the warmers, and the truthers, and the coffee filters and the heavy breathers [...]

Body Parts: Travelling.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:22:00 -0500

Visiting New England. [...]

Seeing the Forest: Name It "The Bush Debt Tax"

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:30:25 -0500

Christian_Dem_NY, a commenter over at Open Left has an idea,
... Enact a tax that applies ONLY to those that make $250,000 or more per year, and that only raises their top rate to 50% (which was the LOWEST [...]

Window Manager: While You Were Eating Turkey...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:51:00 -0500

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet hit a new all time record of $2.2 Trillion in assetsAdd to this the "all time record" of our deficits, and you have to wonder why the bozos in Washington are furiously looking to add another trillion dollar entitlement.One thought is that as long as [...]

Orange Juice: Fiorina All Talk on Public Employee Unions

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:25:46 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Carly Fiorina is all talk (and no action) when it comes to California's public employee unions. She raises the issue in every interview, but offers no solution. Even as taxpayer activists with the Citizen Power Campaign march forward to fix California government by stopping the [...]

Politics in the Zeros: Geothermal energy in Iceland

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:05:18 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Iceland stills live off geothermal. At least their economic crash didn’t affect the geothermal. The US has huge amounts of untapped geothermal, we just have to use it.

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L.A. Daily Blog: Zuma Dogg's Wall Street Advice To LACERS (Pension Money) Stock Investors For Monday (Got With The "Dog")

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:19:00 -0500

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Right Coast: Maybe I should stop being such a bitch Tom Smith

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:38:15 -0500

The impossible to parody Judith Warner. [...]

Cobb: Information Isn't Power

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:03:33 -0500

Information isn't power. Power is power.

I don't understand economics. I'd like to think I do, but there are some secrets behind it that I don't quite get intellectually. I think I understand them on a gut level and my gut is telling me to inform my opinion with the skepticism [...]