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Day: August 23, 2013

City Of Oakland’s Response To California Controller On ‘Misdirected’ Assets

California State Controller John Chiang has dropped what looks like a legal bomb on the City of Oakland. What I wrote in the last blog post (where the State’s full report is included) was: “The City Of Oakland’s in huge trouble, to the tune of $170 million, unless it can successfully challenge John Chiang, The […]

Mike Silver At NFL Network, Leaves Yahoo! Sports For Upgrade

Mike Silver, my friend from Cal days past and present and future, has finally landed at the NFL Network, and in the process gone fully from old to new media. Mike previously spent six glorious years at Yahoo! Sports, and before that was the legendary Senior Writer with Sports Illustrated. Here’s a talk with Mike, […]

Oakland’s $170 Million Redevelopment Budget Controversy Makes CAO Look Bad

UPDATE: City Of Oakland’s Response To California Controller On ‘Misdirected’ Assets The City Of Oakland’s in huge trouble, to the tune of $170 million, unless it can successfully challenge John Chiang, The State Of California Controller’s claim that it failed to transfer $170 million to a specifically designated “successor agency”, as part of the elimination […]

Making The Rounds With President Obama In New York, On Friday, August 23rd

President Obama is in New York State on his college affordability tour – I’m not with him, but thanks to constant White House updates, it feels that way. During this Friday morning in Auburn, NY, The President made time to visit a gym before heading off to a school, and eventually to his afternoon town […]

Steve Ballmer: Microsoft CEO To Retire Within 12 Months

“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Retire Within 12 Months” – That was on the website over at Hacker News, and came from the Microsoft Website. My reaction: Steve Ballmer was always more of a manager than an innovator. Under his leadership Microsoft had more hits than misses, and the company’s software reach into World industrial […]

Ted Cruz White Supremacist Associations Are Disturbing

Ted Cruz, the junior United States Senator from Texas, is so outrageous I think of him as a Congressman. Senator Cruz fancies himself something of a darling of what he thinks is the intellectual right, and believes himself to be a darling of the GOP and the Tea Party Movement. Senator Cruz is also a […]

Ben Affleck Is Batman, Joining Henry Cavill As Man Of Steel, But Can He Outdo Christian Bale?

Ben Affleck was named as the replacement for Christian Bale as Batman when the exciting Batman and Superman movie (AKA MARVEL-killer) is released on the anticipated date of July 17th, 2015. But the selection of Ben Affleck has lit up Twitter, and to this point of this 23rd, August day at 4 am, the Twitter […]

Zenophon Abraham (Me) Called Celebrity With Kate Winslet?

Zenophon Abraham, er me, was referred to as a “celebrity,” and in the same breath as, get this, Kate Winslet of Titanic fame? That’s Titanic! But thanks to a website called FlyerTalk.com, and a poster named UAL4Life, I was spotted in 2010. Well, this is what UAL4Life wrote: UAL4life Mar 24, 10, 2:37 pm I […]

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