Monday quickies: Porn tax, McCain hates the gays, Arnold vs. Tom and fireworks

UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh makes the case that a proposed tax on porn will be struck down as flat out unconstitutional.
Content-based taxes on the sale of First-Amendment-protected materials (and recall that the law targets not just…

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Friday Bullets: Caption this, Fred!

CAPTION THIS (please leave in comments)
photo by K763, used under Creative Commons

Mike at Franklin Ave. gives us a peek at his recent 99cent store haul, including 99cent bottles of wine.
Zach at LAist discovers parking as low as $5 at the west…
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Calitics smacks Feinstein with Constitution

Bob Brigham breaks down Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) policies and decisions and compares them to the Bill of Rights, point by point, and comes back with results that put any Democrat to shame.
The summary: this Patriot Act backing, San…

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George Carlin and the Falling Flower Arrangement

This story may mean nothing. People who knew George Carlin will be the only ones who can tell.
A couple days ago on my way home from the bank, I was stopped at the intersection of Vine and Selma, where Carlin’s Walk of Fame Star is. There were……

San Francisco’s honor: The George W. Bush Sewage Plant

This November, San Francisco voters could decide whether or not to rename a local water treatment plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. The proposal, which was conceived at a bar, has nearly enough signatures to make it onto the ballot, according…

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Schwarzenegger teaming up with Stallone for Bollywood movie

Its a movie matchup fanboys would have drooled over in the 90s. Now, though, we’re groaning.
The two will appear alongside the Bollywood stars Ashkay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor in Incredible Love, the story of an Indian stuntman who takes…

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5 essential L.A. Twitter feeds.

For the next few days I’ll be writing about Twitter, the microblogging/social networking service that has been making headlines lately as a device to not only communicate between friends, but also a way to broadcast breaking news, seek…

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CNN: Billions of barrels of oil underneath L.A.*

Wolf Blitzer: “Might there be a rush for black gold in California? Experts believe there are billions of barrels of oil underneath the streets of L.A. The problem is, how do you get…

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So, its hot, but you gotta wear pants…

Guys - hate the heat, but hate shorts even more? One suggestion presented by a likeminded Metafilter are “man-pris… Capri pants for dudes.” Sure. I bet they go well with your “manties,”  “man-purse,” and…

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Obama at Disney Hall in Downtown LA tomorrow

Egads, Barack - didn’t you see “Get Smart” which opened this weekend? Terrorists from KAOS plant a bomb to kill the US President at Disney Hall! Seriously, couldn’t you have chosen the Staples Center instead?
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