Day: May 20, 2012

Oakland Coliseum JPA Does Business With Ethically-Questionable Firms

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The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority agreed to start negotiations with AEG to take over management of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex from SMG. That marks the first time since the Coliseum was turned over to private sector management of any kind that SMG was moved out for another organization. SMG’s involvement with the … Read more

Bobby Petrino, Jessica Dorrell Affair Detailed In Jeff Long’s Notes

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The Bobby Petrino, Jessica Dorrell affair that turned into a sex scandal has new Internet search life again today. University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long has released his notes that were made as he was interviewing both Petrino and Dorrell in the wake of Petrino’s admission that he had an “inappropriate relationship” with Dorrell, … Read more

Levon Helm Dies: Sang “The Weight” (“Take A Load Off Annie”)

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Levon Helm died today. He was 71 years old. His website (http://www.levonhelm.com) reads as follows: Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul. Chances are you don’t know the name, but there’s … Read more

Peyton Manning To Denver Broncos; Oakland Raiders Al Davis Rolling In Grave

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Stealing a few days of joy from the San Francisco 49ers Faithful, the Denver Broncos won the Peyton Manning competition, with Manning telling his agent, Tom Condon, to go ahead and consummate the agreement between the organizations. In a way, it was shocking, long, and ultimately upsetting – a perfect zero sum game where someone … Read more

Rick Santorum Has A Problem With Black People

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Why this is not looked at more is beyond this blogger, but GOP Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum has a massive racist problem with Black people. As my upcoming video will openly show, Santorum not only associates Blacks with welfare, he brings up “us,” since I’m Black, in an audience while talking about general welfare policies … Read more

Academy News: AMPAS 94 Percent White, 77 Percent Male

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Just one week before The 84th Academy Awards, the shame of the The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (AMPAS) totally-not-diverse membership was tossed before its collective feet Sunday, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times. The big stat: The Academy is 94 percent white, and 77 percent male. In a path-breaking work of investigative … Read more

Chevron Ecuador: Permanent Court of Arbitration Blocks Ecuador From $18 Billion

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The latest twist in the Chevron Ecuador legal battle has sent Amazon Defense Coalition Spokesperson Karen Hinton into a crazy lather, issuing wild press releases with the angry passion of a diva singer called Samantha who didn’t get the part she wanted in a movie. But the finding of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in … Read more

Alexis Tsotsis Of TechCrunch Says AOL “Undeniably Sucks”

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After it was purchased by America Online – opps, AOL – for $30 million, and saw Huffington Post Founder Arriana Huffington become the boss over it, TechCrunch tech blog has went through a huge change of people over the last year, with the departure of Founder Michael Arrington, CEO Heather Harde, and writers Paul Carr, … Read more

Bay Citizen Failing, Spent $11.4 million, On Life Support

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Regular followers of my blog will remember my constant criticisms of The Bay Citizen, the online news organization that started with a $5 million investment from the now sadly passed on Warren Hellman. Now, after Hellman’s passing in December, the publication finds itself about just over a year from going out of business. Over it’s … Read more

Justin Timberlake: MySpace Panasonic Press Conference at CES

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The Panasonic Press Conference at the Consumer Electronics Show was full of surprises, from women’s soccer stars Brandy Chastain, Alex Morgan, and Heather O’Reilly and the announcement that olympic women’s soccer would be telecast in 3D, to MySpace’s move to television (of sorts). But the big deal of the event was the anticipated arrival of … Read more

MySpace v. Facebook: MySpace CEO Chris Vanderhook Interview

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The Panasonic, NBC, MySpace, collaboration is an exciting one, with Panasonic and NBC teaming up for the 2012 Olympics and showing support for women’s soccer, and Panasonic and MySpace teaming up to bring MySpace content to the television. But the elephant in the room question was “What’s the future of MySpace.” MySpace was Facebook before … Read more

Heather O’Reilly And Alex Morgan Of US Women’s Soccer At CES

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Panasonic, NBC, and MySpace showed their support for women’s sports, and more specifically for women’s soccer when they invited USA Women’s Soccer Stars Heather O’Reilly, Alex Morgan, and Brandy Chastain to the Panasonic Press Conference at the Consumer Electronics Association (CES 2012) Show in Las Vegas. The American sports legends were there to also help … Read more

How To Make An Avocado Milkshake

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I have made a Youtube video about how to make an avocado milkshake. Now, it’s not the healthiest thing, but you’d be surprised at how an avocado can be so delicious. This video will show you how to do it yourself and shows the end result. Hope you enjoy, and you can always substitute ingredients … Read more

Happy Hanukkah Everyone!

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On this first day of the Festival of Lights, just wishing you and everyone a very Happy Hanukkah! Today, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama offered these words: “Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Hanukkah around the world… We believe that through faith and determination, we can work together … Read more

Morrie Turner, Wee Pals Cartoon Creator, Honored By Oakland City Council

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Morrie Turner is the symbol of Oakland’s unique way it expresses its diverse culture. The famous cartoonist best known for his Wee Pals cartoon creations, is as much a part of Oakland’s Soul as the Tribune Tower, Lake Merritt, and the Oakland Coliseum. But, even though Turner’s Wee Pals wasn’t ran in many newspapers in … Read more

San Diego Chargers Zap Baltimore Ravens

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The Baltimore Ravens clinched a playoff spot for the 4th consecutive season before Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers. Clinching was the only bright spot of the day as the Ravens put on a lackluster performance in another nationally televised game. The game was ugly and painful to watch. The Chargers aren’t a great … Read more

49ers Beat Steelers, Win Candlestick Park Outage Bowl

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The San Francisco 49ers played a whale of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and overcame The Black and Gold’s QB Ben Rothlisberger, the Steelers’ Defense, and two power outages to win, 20 to 3. Indeed, the 49ers first took control of the game with opportunistic defense that produced four turnovers, and then won it … Read more

Candlestick Park 49ers Steelers Game Power Outage Due To Disrepair

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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 Not Dead, Posted New Photo

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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

Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan’s Sharon Cornu, Dan Siegel Not Missed

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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

Occupy Oakland: Whole Foods Not Leaving Oakland

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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

Lee Corso – ESPN Anchor Drops F-Bomb On College Gameday

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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

Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas

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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

Occupy Oakland Mobs Uptown Property And Splash Pad Park

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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 is Dead

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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

Good Day Atlanta Uses Breast Cancer Story To Get Web Traffic

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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

Google+ Is New Entity To Facebook – Eric Edge

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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 Shows Muscle Is Hot On Dancing With The Stars

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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

The Scarlett Johansson Photo Scandal, Anthony Weiner, and Fair Use

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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 Wants Vegans on Mars

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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

If You Go Topless On Sunday In San Francisco, Please Look Hot!

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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

Comic Con 2011 – Disney Store, HBO, Tout are set For #SDCC

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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