Counting down to “Recount”

In last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times was this clever promotional “ballot” for “Recount,” which hits HBO next Sunday. I know I shouldn’t be that excited by it, but I remember the 2000 election drama that the film...

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Did a Beverly Hills billionaire try to buy superdelegate votes for Clinton?

Haim Saban, the billionaire television producer of Power Rangers and other properties, supposedly offered to donate $1 million dollars to the Young Democrats of America in the same phone call where he also pushed for two uncommitted superdelegates...

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Israel to Pelosi: Imagine if Mexico continually launched missles into California

At an economic summit in Egypt attended by members of the US Congress, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak posed a hypothetical question to Nancy Pelosi to try and put the Israeli-Palesitinian conflict into perspective. “Think about...

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Barack Obama endorses graffitti, claims Shepard Fairey

Sunday’s Washington Post profiles Echo Park artist Shephard Fairey regarding his iconic Barack Obama posters which have sold 80,000 copies so far, artist signed prints fetching $5,900 on eBay, and have been applauded by the Presidential front...

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Break out the popcorn! Glassell Park Neighborhood Council meeting this Tuesday

The controversy plagued Glassell Park Neighborhood Council’s next stakeholder meeting will be held next Tuesday at 7pm, and according to the agenda I just received, this item could prove from some drama: Status report on grievances filed...

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Excruciating clip of Kevin James talking out of his ass

Warning: unless you like watching a conservative radio host shout repeatedly that Barack Obama is an appeaser, don’t watch.KABC talk show host Kevin James tests Chris Matthew’s patience by refusing to acknowledge he didn’t know the...

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64 Worst Championship Round: LAUSD vs. Cost of Owning a Home

It’s the big dance, baby! The round that will decide what is the absolute worst thing about Los Angeles. Is it the high cost of owning a home, which arguably has put the so called “American Dream” out of reach of the vast...

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Friday Bullets: Waiting for the Bus

Photo by Ian Broyles, used under Creative Commons: “he was watching me try things with the external flash so i walked over and showed him a couple photos and asked if he’d be in one.” EaterLA ponders: “Who will win: 101...

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LA bloggers react to gay marriage ruling

Image snagged from World of Wonder, but clearly the copyright of Fox TV… “Three of the four Supreme Court judges who voted to overturn the ban were appointed by Republican governors.”-KTLA’s Eric Spillman “We...

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LA City Council prez urges City Clerk to make gay marriage licenses available immediately

Shortly after the California Supreme Court overruled a ban on gay marriages, City Council President Eric Garcetti posted the following on his blog: The California Supreme Court came down on the side of equality and justice today. I’m proud that this...

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