[Translate] Same Sex Marriage would seem to be something that’s not controversial today – but then you haven’t met Odin. This older African American man was sitting on a fire hydrant at the corner of 14th and Broadway in Downtown Oakland holding a sign that reads “No Unlawful Sex,” and lists all of the kinds of sex that the man sees as, well, not legal. At the top of his list is same-sex marriage, although he thinks marriage before sex is just as bad, which pretty much means we’re all in trouble. The...
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[Translate] Dana Loesch, a conservative talk radio show host, made a statement on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that would make any intelligent person want to hurl, or throw their TV set out of the window, or scream at Van Jones, who was served as the liberal counter to both she and Grover Norquist, the anti-tax advocate who also sits on the board of the National Rifle Association (NRA), for not aggressively talking her down. Loesch unbelievably said this: “I’m going to correct you, because I am tired of this talking point...
[Translate] Adam Lanza. The perpetrator of the Newtown Shooting killed 26 people – 20 children and 6 adults – in just five minutes of time, and before taking his own life. That was according to the Danbury, Connecticut State’s Attorney, who released new information on the December 14th shooting tragedy today. It’s clear now, that Mr. Lanza was the kind of mentally ill person who wasn’t pre-identified as a threat. And it brings back to clear focus the conversation this blogger had with Oakland and...
[Translate] The Chevron Ecuador case, which really should be called the “Tex-Pet Ecuador” case since Chevron was not operating in Ecuador at the time and up to Texaco’s departure in 1992, has produced another new and interesting development: U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan has refused the request of the Patton Boggs lawfirm to be recused from submitting documents as part of the discovery phase in Chevron’s own lawsuit against Steven Donziger, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs who have sued Chevron in what...
[Translate] The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the same-sex marriage appeal at 10 AM, or 30 minutes from now. Beginning at roughly 10 a.m. ET, the justices will hear arguments in the appeal of a federal appeals court panels decision that struck down California’s Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Yesterday, California Attorney General Kamala Harris was on CNN and discussed why Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative banning same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional and how marriage equality is a fundamental...
[Translate] Senator Harry Reid (D) Nevada led a group of red-state Senate Democrats who, Senator Reid says, will not back a gun control bill with an assault weapons ban in it, so he took the provision out of the planned gun control legislation. Senator Reid also said that the expansion of background checks may not make the bill either. See you after the next massacre. This is nuts. Those Dems in the Senate that are afraid to do this – to avenge the memory of the Newtown Children – will certainly face termination. ...
[Translate] The Los Angeles NFL Stadium Financial Scenario Spreadsheet is ready and posted here. That is the document this blogger referred to as the next to come after the initial blog “LA NFL Stadium Financials” post explaining why the “numbers” for a stadium in Downtown Los Angeles as proposed by AEG. I created the spreadsheet initially as a worksheet that formed the basis for the first blog post, but then elected to work on cleaning it up so that it was presentable to the public via the Zennie62 blog....
[Translate] President Obama signs VAWA Into Law The U.S Unemployment Rate is at 7.7 percent, which is the lowest point it has been at since December of 2008, when the rate was 7.3 percent. The 7.7 rate also continues an overall trend of shrinking in the rate since the passage and implementation of the Economic Stimulus package in March of 2009. This is what the Bureau Of Labor Statistics reported today, March 8, 2013: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — FEBRUARY 2013 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 in February,...
[Translate] The Rand Paul Filibuster has catapulted the Kentucky Senator into American History forever. It’s also served to rip the Republican Party apart. Senator Rand Paul’s 13 hours of filibuster on drones and with respect to the CIA nomination of John Brennan drew praise from staunch liberals and progressives like Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, and at the same time it totally pissed off the older rank-and-file Republicans like Arizona Senator John McCain. Meanwhile Couch Potato Conservative bloggers like Michelle...
[Translate] Liskula Cohen is the model who was the victim of the “Skank Blogger” that Rosemary Port was called after her name was made public by Google under court order in 2009. In 2010, Ms. Cohen wrote an explanation of how being cyberstalked hurt her. It’s worth reading. Hello and thank you for inviting me to speak. My name is Liskula Gentile Cohen and I’m here to dispel some myths. You may think you know me from media reports, but don’t believe everything you read. I’m here to give you...
[Translate] President Obama signs VAWA Into LawThe Federal Cyberstalking Law is back. With President Obama’s signature of the bills that comprise the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act, The Federal Cyberstalking Law is back in place. This is how Sections 107 of The Violence Against Women Act reads: § 2261A. Stalking ‘‘Whoever— ‘‘(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the...
[Translate] President Obama signs VAWA Into LawPresident Obama signed The Violence Against Women Act 2013 Reauthorization into law just about 25 minutes ago. The law is quite extensive, and every American should take time to read it, at least once. But that said, here’s a summary of the bill, followed by a copy of the legislation itself. Summary: The The Violence Against Women Act 2013 Reauthorization was introduced by Democratic Vermont Senator Pat Leahy. The law, now signed into action by President Obama, will do the following: -...
