Are Obama’s Hollywood supporters concerned about their paychecks?

At California Conservative, Dick McDonald asks a good question - why are high paid Hollywood stars backing Barack Obama while he promising to eliminate the cap on payroll taxes, that would allow for 15% more being withheld for incomes of $97,000 a…

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Snobama?

Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey’s stylized print of Barack Obama is spoofed on this t-shirt I found advertised on the Drudge Report, which also takes advantage of the frequent play on the Senator’s last name. [from Authentic GOP]

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“The Daily Show” interviews “pompous” LA Councilman Dennis Zine

In usual contrarian fashion, the Daily Show looks at the paparazzi problem by (literally) removing their souls and grilling Councilman Dennis Zine about his efforts to pass the “Britney Law,” now killed, that would have placed restrictions on the…..

64 Worst: Lightning Round, Day 4 of 4

Final day of Round 2! Click the banner above for additional polls, as if the following four won’t quench your appetite… you now need to be registered and logged in to vote (or so I’m told by the polling commission), but rest…

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Los Angeles County tackles City of Industry over NFL funds

The City of Industry attempts to pursuade that state to divert $820 million from property taxes to help with city redevelopment efforts was smacked down after strong opposition from LA County supervisors, creating another hurdle in ongoing efforts…

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LA “computer security expert” pleads guilty to internet fraud

Here’s a story that should convince everyone that the internet isn’t a secure place to do your banking or release any sort of personal information:
John Schiefer, a Los Angeles “computer security expert” at 3G Communications,……

Pico & Sepulveda: The Video

And now for something completely different:

Made by SlushoSteve. But where’s that catchy tune from?

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“Cakehole surgery” allows appendectomies… through the mouth

As amazing as this procedure is, I’m more impressed by what they’re calling it: “Cakehole surgery.”
Surgeons at the University of California San Diego Medical Centre threaded tiny instruments, including a camera, down Mr Scholz’s throat. After emptying his stomach they cut into its lining to cut away the inflamed appendix. The rogue organ was placed [...]

West Coast Avengers: L.A.’s World Ambassadors

Jason In Hollywood, a transplant from England who’s been blogging recently about his misadventures in gaining a drivers license, has an entry devoted to Marvel comic’s West Coast Avengers, a superhero squad that called Los Angeles…

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64 Worst: Lightning Round, Day 3 of 4

Day 3 of Round 2… click the banner above for additional polls, as if the following four won’t quench your appetite…
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Which is worse about Los…

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