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News, Sports, Tech, Politics, Pop-Culture News by Zennie Abraham & Zennie62Media, Inc team
There are calls in some media areas and by some oil industry analysts for Chevron to consider a payment settlement in the Ecuador case, and because the U.S. Supreme Court elected to hear the Shell Oil Nigeria Human Rights case. This is a plea from Oppenheimer analyst Fadel Gheit, as reported in Platts. But it’s […]
Hope Solo can’t win Dancing With The Stars because it would interrupt the Hollywood system that rules the producers of the show. In fact, the producers of DWTS are so afraid that Solo will win, they’re seemingly pulling out all of the stops to make it happen. If this blogger didn’t know better, it would […]
On a 5-2 vote, The Oakland City Council approved a resolution that was crafted by Council President Larry Reid (District 7), Councilmember Pat Kernighan (District 2), and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan (At-Large) to direct over $6 million to hire new Oakland Police Officers if if Measure I passes in November. Oakland voters have already received their […]
While the Occupy Atlanta version of the Occupy Wall Street Movement may not be very large, it has served as a draw-point to bring more attention to the problem of Atlanta Police brutality and inept actions. (For example, an Atlanta woman was arrested because her name matched that of another woman wanted for aggravated assault, […]
Some really interesting tech products are being introduced as we move toward the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Here’s two of this for this blog: Velocomp iBike and SensoGlove Digital Golf Glove. The Velocomp iBike is described this way: … by www.iBikeDash.com, a leading sports technology company and creator of the iBike Dash CC Cycling Computer […]
The Oakland News is dominated by the Oakland Raiders trade for now-former Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback Carson Palmer. In case you missed it, here’s the first seven minutes of today’s press conference at Raiders Headquarters: What cracked me up about the start of the press conference was that Coach Jackson said “There’s a report out there […]
The Oakland Moneyball movie premier, starring Brad Pitt, is shaping-up to be a pretty popular Monday night event, and starts at the Paramount Theater at 6 PM, or about four hours from now. (Expect the area of Telegraph and 18th in Downtown Oakland to be crazy with people and traffic.) Oakland Restaurants will have a […]
A farm in Colorado has to recall its entire cantaloupe harvest due to one of the melons testing positive for Listeria. Listeria is a bacteria that can cause complications during pregnancy, it can cause serious illness to anyone who consumes it. There are 17 states where the cantaloupe is being recalled. The Christian Science Monitor […]
President Barack Obama has laid out a new deficit plan earlier today, Monday, September 19. The New York Times reports: “The president proposed raising taxes by $1.5 trillion, mostly on the wealthy, while making only modest cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, and walling off Social Security from any changes. The plan also would reduce military […]
The best thing about the Jane Lynch Emmy Awards 2011 Opening, other than Ms. Lynch herself (who I didn’t consider attractive on Glee, but off Glee, she’s not bad), was Leonard Nimoy as the President Of Television, who said “Jayne, you were the most logical person to host the Emmy Awards.” The other totally hilarious […]
Last week, former Auburn Tigers National Champion and Heisman Trophy-winning Quarterback now with the Carolina Panthers Cam Newton set an NFL first day passing record, throwing for 422 yards in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Today, Newton did it again. Some said Newton would not play “that way” against the Super Bowl Champion Green […]
The Atlanta Falcons braced themselves for the much anticipated return of Michael Vick (now with the Philadephia Eagles) to the Georgia Dome, where he started his NFL career, and came out with a win. But Vick didn’t finish the game, knocked out with what was later said to be a concussion. The Vick injury happened […]
Yesterday, The Oakland Unified School District lost its police chief Pete Sarna, after the officer, allegedly intoxicated, reportedly went off an an “N-word” laced rant against an African American sergeant who was his inferior. As reported by San Francisco Chronicle Columnists Phil Matier and Andy Ross, the result was an internal investigation that resulted in […]
UPDATE: Chief Pete Sarna quit before he could be fired. According to Matier and Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland, California School Police Chief Pete Sarna went out on a charity golf tournament, and, well this is how Matier and Ross explain it: The district is looking into accusations that the chief, who is […]
The wars for Twitter Followers heat up, as Justin Bieber gets close to, but fails as of this writing to pass, Lady Gaga. The good news for Justin Bieber and his fans is that he’s topped the 12 million follower mark, but he’s at 12,023,483 whereas Lady Gaga has 12,808,614 Twitter Followers. The President, Barack […]
The Internet flames burn hot with the unconfirmed rumors that Texas Governor Rick Perry is either Gay, or slept with strippers and escorts, after one Ron Paul Supporter named Robert Morrow went to bat online, writing a lot about what he saw, and claims to have been told, of Rick Perry’s alleged conduct. For more […]
Is Rick Perry Gay? Did Governor Perry have sex with strippers? While Governor Perry’s camp hoped it would not happen, questions and rumors that Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate Rick Perry is either Gay and, or, slept with strippers and escorts, have resurfaced after Robert Morrow, a Republican, Ron Paul For President Supporter, […]
The master of horror, Wes Craven, heads a Thursday morning panel to present Deadliest Warrior – Vampires Vs. Zombies, and features the following: WES CRAVEN (“Scream,” “Nightmare on Elm Street”) – Panelist MAX BROOKS (Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z) – Panelist STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night) – Panelist RICHARD “MACK” MACHOWICZ (“Deadliest Warrior” […]
The News Of The World phone hacking hearings, now called just “The Murdock Scandal” seems to find new ways to elevate its visibility in pop culture – now comes Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Wendi Deng, and her great right hook. Ms. Deng got up, jumped with her right arm coiled, and struck as she landed, bringing […]
Former Oakland Councilmember and City Attorney John Russo is now firmly planted in his office as Alameda’s first non-Interim City Manager in several years. He leaves Oakland after 16 years of service, and as he revealed during our talk, doesn’t miss Oakland’s City Hall, but still lives in Oakland itself. This is a brief recap […]
Personally being pro-choice this sounds good. Why should men decide what a woman can do with her body? Why should the government? So thanks Romney for not signing the pledge. That will probably make Republicans frown upon him, but maybe it will sway Independents. He writes “I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be […]
The man called the “Oakland Cell Phone Rapist” has been arrested, and the victim contacted this blogger to offer her explanation of what happened that led up to the video. But before that, the arrest details. 47-year old Dion McDaniel arrested Wednesday and charged with burglary and rape. But, according to Henry K. Lee of […]
The activist Professor Cornel West has goals and agendas that are, at best, only partially apparent to the rest of us despite his academic prominence and countless interviews; it’s reasonable to assume that his priorities and tactics fluctuate dynamically. Editor, journalist, entrepreneur, political consultant, photographer, and former Congressional Campaign Manager, Thomas Hayes I’ve been […]
I think it’s safe to assume that there will remain a certain non-trivial segment of the electorate that isn’t so much “for” anything as they are, to put it in plain words, “against President Obama.” Their numbers will fluctuate some, and their fervor (which is to say, willingness to make noise) is likely to increase […]
Following wildly enthusiastic reviews for the World Premiere at the Full Frame Film Fest last weekend, “The Loving Story” has made the Daily Beast’s list of Hottest Films of Tribeca 2011 in New York City this week… check out their entire list! Tribeca features awards for independent films in six (6) categories: World Narrative World […]