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The Kaiser Convention Center should be occupied.
2012-02-11 05:54:00 How many cities have a boarded up convention center? I know a lot of cities in the USA are just like Oakland and have boarded up businesses, boarded up homes and abandoned properties in them. The new American Gothic includes the homeless encampment in the freeway landscaping and the mentally ill on the sidewalks. But (Read More...)
The Green Party Rises In Post-Occupy Oakland ? Oakland Politics
2012-02-10 16:26:00 Occupy Oakland has given rise to a party that, for a long time, seemed almost dead in Oakland: The Green Party. Oakland Politics – or to be clear, politics in Oakland, California – has always been marked by wild, turbulent events and eras that left the city vastly different than it was before. Arguably, this (Read More...)
Kathy Neal Suspends CA 18th District Assembly Bid ? Oakland
2012-02-10 11:46:00 Kathy Neal has announced that she is now formerly the candidate for the 18th District California Assembly Seat, which represents a good portion of Oakland, California. Here’s the letter Ms. Neal issued just moments ago: 18th Assembly District race. As the only woman in a field of three known candidates, she entered the race much (Read More...)
Not news.
2012-02-10 06:28:00 Not news. This is what media bias looks like. Today The Oakland Green Party was not news. It was NOT NEWS that 4 Oakland Greens with a group of 40 supporters backed by 5,000 registered voters announced our slate to run in 3 council, and one school board race this November. I was not news, (Read More...) More About: Elections
Oakland Robbery In Adams Point, Car Break-Ins At Trader Joe?s / Walgreens
2012-02-09 22:22:00 A simple email making the Internet rounds characterizes just how dangerous the really nice area of Adams Point can be, and the adjacent neighborhood of China Hill, where the Trader Joe’s in located on Lakeshore. Keep in mind what you’re about to read happened in daylight, not at night: Hi all, I want to let (Read More...) More About: Oakland , Break , Walgreens
Erin Andrews On Tout.com To Pick Packers For Super Bowl, Hits On Troy Aikma
2012-02-09 21:29:00 Yep, you read that correctly. ESPN’s Star Anchor Erin Andrews used Tout.com, the combination of Twitter and YouTube that allows you to make 15 second ‘microvlog’ videos, to tell the World that she picked the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl XLVI, but then realized her error and said “Patriots.” The guy she’s with (Read More...)
Chad Ochocinco Is Being A Twitter Dick
2012-02-09 13:23:00 There’s something a bit, well, ‘off’ about New England Patriots Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco. Or maybe he’s just got a flair for edgy PR? Or maybe he likes… Well, whatever the case, the man who could have been a bigger player in the New England Patriots Offense, is a huge player on Twitter, with followers (Read More...)
Brandon Jacobs Apologizes For Telling Gisele Bundchen To ?Shut Up?
2012-02-09 07:54:00 Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bundchen just received the respect she deserves from New York Giants Running Back Brandon Jacobs when he apologized on national radio just over an hour ago for saying that she should “be cute and shut up” after she said that Brady could not both throw and catch the ball. A reference (Read More...)
Brandon Jacobs Tells Gisele Bundchen ?Be Cute, Shut Up?
2012-02-09 07:36:00 After the New England Patriot’s Super Bowl XLVI loss to the NY Giants, Gisele Bundchen , the wife of Pats QB Tom Brady was headed to an elevator, surrounded by an entourage, and while her back was turned to everyone (she was facing a wall), Ms. Bundchen said in response to a question by a friend, (Read More...) More About: Brandon Jacobs , Shut Up
Rick Santorum?s Big Wins
2012-02-08 17:53:00 Just when Mitt Romney thought that he was a solid front runner last night Rick Santorum won all three of the states that had their primary & caucuses. The states were Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. I watched CNN as the results poured in. Mitt Romney gave a speech where he suggested that he’d do really (Read More...)
Presidential Campaign News Source: Cable, Internet, Not Newspapers
2012-02-08 12:27:00 According to a study released by the Pew Research Center For The People and The Press, the leaders in where Americans get their news are cable, local TV news, network news, the Internet , and local papers. But what’s interesting in the Pew study, is how its own author of the online article explaining its results (Read More...) More About: Newspapers , Presidential , Source , Campaign
Prop 8 Overturned By 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
2012-02-08 09:26:00 The best-excuse-to-peep-into-a-bedroom stupid law called Proposition 8, which says marriage is between a man and a woman, was declared unconstitutional Tuesday at the California 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The reason is based on a 1996 Supreme Court Decision that seems on its face remarkably difficult to attack for Prop 8 supporters. Judge Stephen Reinhardt (Read More...)
Oakland Green Party Cadidates Press Conference Thursday, 4 PM, City Hall
2012-02-08 08:50:00 The Oakland Green Party has issued a press release that declared Thursday, February 9th to be GREEN DAY. That day, at 4PM on the Oakland City Hall Steps, the Oakland Green Party will introduce its four candidates for City of Oakland offices. Here’s a preview: Theresa Anderson will run for the Oakland At-Large seat. Donald (Read More...) More About: Press
Occupy is a movement, not an organization
2012-02-07 20:36:00 Occupy is a movement, not an organization The ?straw man? is one of the mainstays of dishonest argument. It is the art of making your opponent out to be something that he or she is not, and then arguing against that ?straw man? depiction instead of arguing against what your opponent is really saying. This (Read More...) More About: Organization
The Amazing Spider-Man Trailer Captures Twitter
2012-02-07 10:23:00 When Sony’s Amy Pascal announced the decision to remake the Spider-Man movie series because the firm could not come to an agreement regarding its future with Tobe McGuire, and pointing to the idea that the movie needed to reach a teenage audience, I thought it was a big mistake. I mean, the first Spider-Man movie (Read More...) More About: Trailer , Amazing
Rick Bolander?s Kajeet Changes Offerings To Add Smartphones
2012-02-07 09:42:00 Last year, this blogger blogged about Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Oakland Restaurant lover Rick Bolander, and his company called Kajeet. Now, since few still have heard of the firm with that funny name, Kajeet, here’s the info from last year. If you?re a parent who?s wondered how to virtually corral the chance that your (Read More...) More About: Smartphones
Rick Bolander?s Kajeet Changes Offerings To Add Smartphones
2012-02-07 09:42:00 Last year, this blogger blogged about Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Oakland Restaurant lover Rick Bolander, and his company called Kajeet. Now, since few still have heard of the firm with that funny name, Kajeet, here’s the info from last year. If you?re a parent who?s wondered how to virtually corral the chance that your (Read More...)
Bill Belichick: New England Patriots Head Coach Post Super Bowl Quotes
2012-02-07 09:14:00 Compared to Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning, and Tom Brady, and pretty much everyone else, New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick is a man of few words for the media. That was especially true after the Pats lost to the New York Giants 21 to 17 in Super Bowl XLVI. If you have doubt about (Read More...) More About: New England Patriots , Post
Tom Brady: New England Patriots QB Post- Super Bowl XLVI Quotes
2012-02-07 08:57:00 While the New England Patriots didn’t stick around for a Monday press conference, they did make statements after the 21 to 17 loss to the NY Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. Here’s what Pats QB Tom Brady said, provided by the National Football League. (on the game) ?First, I?d like to give the Giants a (Read More...) More About: New England Patriots , Post
Tom Coughlin: NY Giants Head Coach Post-Super Bowl XLVI Press Conference
2012-02-07 08:44:00 What follows is the full text of the press conference featuring the words of NY Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin, and provided courtesy of the National Football League. NEW YORK GIANTS HEAD COACH TOM COUGHLIN Super Bowl XLVI News Conference Indianapolis, Indiana ? February 6, 2012 (Opening statement) ?What a great morning it is for (Read More...) More About: Press , Post , Press Conference
Eli Manning: NY Giants QB Post-Super Bowl XLVI Press Conference
2012-02-07 08:17:00 This is the full text of the press conference featuring NY Giants QB Eli Manning after his team defeated the New England Patriots 21 to 17, and was provided courtesy of the National Football League. What’s interesting is that the New England Patriots do not have any posted quotes from their Monday post game statements (Read More...) More About: Super Bowl , Press , Post , Press Conference , Super
Eli Manning Steps Out of Peyton Manning?s Shadow by Winning 2nd Super Bowl
2012-02-06 22:20:00 By Anthony Carillo It is true what people have been saying during the 2011 NFL Playoffs; you can not spell elite without Eli. Eli Manning finally stepped out of his brother’s large shadow yesterday as Eli led the Giants on a fourth quarter comeback to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl 46, as well (Read More...)
Demi Moore is in Rehab
2012-02-06 18:08:00 I’m watching E! News and a story just came on the television that is very upsetting, but could also be good. Demi Moore is seeking help – she is in a rehab center in Utah reportedly battling an eating disorder as well as an addiction problem. They played a 911 clip where someone had called (Read More...) More About: Rehab
Demi Moore is in Rehab
2012-02-06 18:08:00 I’m watching E! News and a story just came on the television that is very upsetting, but could also be good. Demi Moore is seeking help – she is in a rehab center in Utah reportedly battling an eating disorder as well as an addiction problem. They played a 911 clip where someone had called (Read More...) More About: Rehab
Madonna?s Half Time Show
2012-02-06 17:01:00 Let’s try to forget about the Super Bowl – yes, the Giants beat the Patriots –again– and it happened just like it did in 2008 – during the last two minutes. It was devastating to Patriots fans, but let’s talk about Madonna ’s half time show. The 53-year-old Madonna didn’t look too bad. Her dancing wasn’t (Read More...) More About: Time , Show
Cats and Human Food
2012-02-06 16:52:00 Cats are not like dogs, and when I first got Janelle I was so over protective. I went to all sorts of cat web sites and looked at all the human food that was dangerous to her and tried to keep her away from it, I soon realized that if she only had one lick (Read More...) More About: Cats , Food , Human
Social Media And Super Bowl XLVI, Good And Bad
2012-02-06 15:18:00 Social media finally took center stage for a Super Bowl , so let’s see what was good, and bad, about the effort. The Social Media Command Center was the first of its kind and set up by the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee. But it was more for monitoring than for publication. The YouTube channel, called (Read More...) More About: Social , Good
Super Bowl XLVI Sets Twitter Tweets Per Second Record
2012-02-06 14:48:00 Twitter reports that the last three minutes of Super Bowl XLVI set a new Twitter Tweets per Second record with 10,000. That beat Tim Tebow’s now-short-lived record of 9,420 tweets-per-second after the Broncos win against The Steelers in the AFC Wildcard Playoff Game. It tops Beyonce’s Baby Bump at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (Read More...) More About: Sets , Social Network
Super Bowl XLVI Live Blog From My TV Set (Final)
2012-02-06 00:39:00 As I start this live blog for Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants are mounting a drive after losing the coin toss (Pats deferred) – a lovely mix of runs and play action passes. So far, New England Patriots are playing a base defense set. And we had the first big play, with Hakim (Read More...) More About: Madonna , Blog
Mitt Romney Wins Nevada
More articles from this author:2012-02-05 19:20:00 Your Ad Here Last night Mitt Romney added another state and more delegates to his collection of wins. He came in first place with 47.6 percent of the votes, Newt Gingrich came in second place with 22.6 percent of the vote, Ron Paul came in third with 18.6 percent and Rick Santorum finished last with (Read More...) More About: Nevada 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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