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As this is written, the NFL Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh Steelers has been twice interrupted by a power outage. A transformer blew up just before the start of the game, delaying it for 20 minutes. Then, during the middle of the 2nd Quarter, the lights went out again. According … Read more
Jon Bon Jovi is not dead. A blog called dailynewbloginternational.wordpress.com posted a fake news post with this headline: “International Rockstar Legend Jon Bon Jovi dead at 49.” The blog post was communicated via Twitter, and the result was a viral spread that eventually caused “Bon Jovi” to be a Twitter Top-10 Trend. The post went … Read more
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan wants a new team! There has been a rash of staff changes in the wake of the unpopular eviction of Occupy Oakland from Oakland City Hall that happened Monday of last week. First, that legal adviser and Oakland legend Dan Siegel resigned last Monday was the worst kept secret in Oakland, … Read more
A rumor started that Whole Foods on 27th and Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, the 50,000 square-foot store that has revitalized a long-dead part of Oakland’s Adams Point, and can be seen in this Zennie62 video from September 26, 2007… was going to leave Oakland after an attack by protestors at first connected to Occupy Oakland, … Read more
ESPN’s Lee Corso is known for getting really excited about his picks to win NCAA games on the network’s College Gameday broadcast. But in this case, Lee went way over the top. In the act of criticizing show guest and Olympian Carl Lewis for not picking The Houston Cougars to win on Saturday, Corso grabbed … Read more
This is a paper I wrote for my American History Class, and I thought I would share it with you. Nikky Raney November 22, 2011 20th Century American History Jennie Woodard Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas Anita Hill was an attorney-adviser for Clarence Thomas in 1981 at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights … Read more
As this is written, there’s a helicopter over Downtown Oakland on Sunday morning. According to the blog of Occupy Oakland, the organization took over the much-talked-about abandoned lot in Downtown Oakland’s Uptown District, and bordered by Telegraph and 18th Avenues next to the Fox Theater and the Uptown Apartments. Occupy Oakland reports that: Occupy Oakland … Read more
Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan Rebels earlier today, various news sources have reacted similarly to the reaction that came from Osama Bin Laden’s death. The Libyan people are shown as being very happy now. The headline story for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and BBC were all that Gaddafi was killed – not all … Read more
This was shameful. Just plain awful. Good Day Atlanta just ran a segment on Janae Veal, a 30 year old Alanta breast cancer survivor who talked about how she’s recovering, making breast cancer sexy, and looking forward to serving her personal trainer clients. Fine story. Except that at the end of it, Beth Galvin, the … Read more
Facebook’s Manager of Global Communications Eric Edge took time to talk with this blogger at DigitalWest, the first West Coast-based conference for the trade magazine Advertising Age. In the video, Edge gave kind of a quick overview of where Facebook is today, saying that the social network is “in a really good place.” “The value … Read more
Hope Solo was wronged. Let’s get that out of the way. A blogger at the Seattle Times, and a woman at that, for some reason decided to take off after the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team Star with this title: “Hope Solo told to be ‘more feminine’ on ‘Dancing with the Stars’” That choice of … Read more
Just over ten days ago, a nude photo of Scarlett Johansson was posted on Twitter, and rapidly went out all over the place on Twitter. This blogger was informed of it, and the news rapidly placed the name “Scarlett Johansson” on the Google Trends list. Anything that’s a trend is noted by this blogger and … Read more
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have gone another step higher on the crazy ladder. MSNBC reports: “Animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has sent a letter to space entrepreneur Elon Musk, founder of rocket company SpaceX, urging him to make any SpaceX missions to Mars vegan. “We … Read more
According to SFWeekly Blogs, there’s an event in San Francisco on Sunday from 12 noon to 3PM in Mission Dolores Park, at Dolores St. & 18th St., called “Go Topless,” and is organized by GoTopless.org, and some group called “the Raelians.” This blogger really doesn’t care that “Go Topless” is really a stupid publicity stunt … Read more
With Comic Con 2011 still in this blogger’s sites, a two-hour flight delay gives me some time (not a lot) to make this blog post from SFO Airport. (Hopefully, I get out of here and on to San Diego!) Here’s a brief run down of more Comic Con event news, with Zennie62 coverage sponsored by … Read more
Jackass Ryan Dunn will no longer bring laughter and crazy stunts to the fans of Jackass. Today at 3 a.m. Dunn crashed his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 as it went of the road in West Goshen Pennsylvia and then bursted into flames. Reports from the Los Angeles Times inform that there was an unidentified passenger … Read more
This important San Francisco News is about an upcoming Transbay Transit Center-related meeting this Wednesday. As you know, the Transbay Transit Center is currently under construction, replacing the demolished Transbay Terminal. Part of the new development includes a giant, dramatic rooftop park. The park has always been a focus of discussion and debate, shown in … Read more
The GOP majority in the MN state legislature invited controversial “Reverend” Bradlee Dean, who advocates the killing and or incarceration of gays, to make the opening “prayer” for today’s session. Dressed in a track-suit, Dean used the time to question the religious affiliation of U.S. President Barack Obama. Bradlee Dean, opening 20 May 2011 MN … Read more
Well, it looks like Oakland’s got a center-stage position in this story of Judgement Day May 21, The End Of The World 2011, or The Rapture, or The Apocalypse, or whatever. Harold Camping, the founder of Family Stations, Inc., and the producer of the assertion that the end of the World was coming, well, tomorrow, … Read more
