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Saturday, March 7, 2009
The New Media and the Decline of the Newspapers
Rachel Maddow has an amazing segment on the collapse of the newspaper industry. It addresses the threat of new media and the failure of the old media's online business model. The future of investigative journalism is at stake! Check it out!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
CA Supreme Court hearings on Prop. 8 This Thursday!
The wonderful Emma Ruby Sachs has an awesome article up on HuffPo summarizing how the trial will proceed on Thursday. The convoluted California constitutional law at work in this case is fascinating. Definitely check it out!
You can watch the proceedings at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/prop8viewing.htm this Thursday! History in the making folks!
You can watch the proceedings at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/prop8viewing.htm this Thursday! History in the making folks!
Los Angeles County Voting Guide March 3rd
Today, March 3rd, there are city, school and local measures and candidates that are up for deciding! Everyone I've talked to has no idea who 90% of the people on the ballot are. Turnout in these kind of elections is abysmal, so I thought I'd do a good deed and put out an LA County Voting Guide for today's elections! Full disclosure: I live in Alameda county. I hope some of you will vote my way by proxy =).
A -Yes
B - Yes
C - Yes
D- Yes
E - NO
Mayor - "Zuma dogg"
Attorney - Noel Weiss
Controller - Wendy Greuel
Trustee 2 - Reddock
Trustee 4 - Candaele
Trustee 6 - Pearlman
Trustee 7 - Santiago
Thanks to the Courage Campaign's excellent voter guide for information on the ballot measures.
All of the candidates (even "Zuma Dogg") were closely evaluated by me, myself and I with help from the candidate directory @ Smart Voter and the candidates' web sites.
And remember: GO OUT AND VOTE!!!!
A -Yes
B - Yes
C - Yes
D- Yes
E - NO
Mayor - "Zuma dogg"
Attorney - Noel Weiss
Controller - Wendy Greuel
Trustee 2 - Reddock
Trustee 4 - Candaele
Trustee 6 - Pearlman
Trustee 7 - Santiago
Thanks to the Courage Campaign's excellent voter guide for information on the ballot measures.
All of the candidates (even "Zuma Dogg") were closely evaluated by me, myself and I with help from the candidate directory @ Smart Voter and the candidates' web sites.
And remember: GO OUT AND VOTE!!!!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
"Ailing GOP risks Losing a Generation" ?
The New York Times makes the argument that the GOP is quite capable of losing a generation with shifting political identification, much as Democrats lost a generation with Reagan. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/weekinreview/01connelly.html?_r=1&hp
Also, these classy folks are the backbone of the conservative movement in the US. Fabulous:
And because I can't resist cute tiger cub videos:http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6964589
Also, these classy folks are the backbone of the conservative movement in the US. Fabulous:
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
And because I can't resist cute tiger cub videos:http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6964589
Friday, February 20, 2009
Two Paths for Recovery
Totally unrelated to LGBT rights, but nevertheless interesting: a fantastic article on the US's two options for economic stimulus from Associated Press business writer Yuri Kageyama from Tokyo and AP writer Karl Ritter from Stockholm. The two options are the Swedish historical model and the Japanese one. The beginning of the article begins by saying:
"Sweden moved quickly, nationalizing two banks and setting up an asset management company to take over bad debt. In contrast, Japan waited seven years before getting serious about bailing out its banks. The result: a "lost decade" of economic stagnation _ a fate the U.S. president says America must avoid."
Certainly a must read, especially among the growing calls to nationalize the United States' own "zombie" banks.
Check the article out at CBS News!
"Sweden moved quickly, nationalizing two banks and setting up an asset management company to take over bad debt. In contrast, Japan waited seven years before getting serious about bailing out its banks. The result: a "lost decade" of economic stagnation _ a fate the U.S. president says America must avoid."
Certainly a must read, especially among the growing calls to nationalize the United States' own "zombie" banks.
Check the article out at CBS News!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wanda Sykes at the White House!
Wanda Sykes, the hilarious and now out of the closet comadian is going to be personally in charge of roasting Obama at the May 9th White House Correspondents' Dinner. Why is this so exciting? Well for one thing, the Obama team is doing this knowing full well that Sykes will roast the crap out of Obama for his anti-gay marriage stance and Rick Warren controversy. To get a preview of the fabulous Sykes doing her thing, check out this Leno clip:
The Obama team can't easily make amends for Rick Warren, but this is awesome! This major televised event could have had nearly any comedian, but the Obama team deliberately reached out to the LGBTQI community on this one! Could this be a subtle show of support for the community from the Obama administration? Let's hope it's a sign of positive things to come!
For more great Wanda Sykes LGBTQI media check out Prince Gomolvilas' excellent post at "The Bilerico Project"
I'll leave you with this awesome speech from Wanda at the Las Vegas "No on 8" rally! Moving stuff:
Thanks to Prince Gomolvilas at Bamboo Nation for the media links.
The Obama team can't easily make amends for Rick Warren, but this is awesome! This major televised event could have had nearly any comedian, but the Obama team deliberately reached out to the LGBTQI community on this one! Could this be a subtle show of support for the community from the Obama administration? Let's hope it's a sign of positive things to come!
For more great Wanda Sykes LGBTQI media check out Prince Gomolvilas' excellent post at "The Bilerico Project"
I'll leave you with this awesome speech from Wanda at the Las Vegas "No on 8" rally! Moving stuff:
Thanks to Prince Gomolvilas at Bamboo Nation for the media links.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
"The Gays" have taken Iceland!
And Colbert has something to say about it!
It is absolutely unacceptable that the international Gay conspiracy has taken advantage of Iceland's newly acquired bankruptcy to lead an insurrection and send one of their own to the top! The new lesbian PM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is now the world's first openly gay head of government in the history of the world. How dare the selfish Gays take advantage of the suffering Icelanders to get one of their own democratically elected! The nerve!
It is absolutely unacceptable that the international Gay conspiracy has taken advantage of Iceland's newly acquired bankruptcy to lead an insurrection and send one of their own to the top! The new lesbian PM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is now the world's first openly gay head of government in the history of the world. How dare the selfish Gays take advantage of the suffering Icelanders to get one of their own democratically elected! The nerve!
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