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The latest Chevron Ecuador case news. Chevron’s August 2011 $96 million award by the International Court at The Hague was confirmed today. According to various reports, Washington DC District Judge James E. Boasberg said judgment in favor of Chevron has been entered in the amount of $96.35 million plus compound interest calculated at the New … Read more
Edward Snowden, the NSA Whisleblower, continues to talk to the press while hiding out in Hong Kong, and makes waves by disclosing information that should come as no surprise to anyone, but seems to. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Edward Snowden claims the NSA is carrying out as many as 61,000 … Read more
GoSmart Stylus Father’s Day Special: Help Dad write, work, play, draw, and paint on his iPad, other tablet or smartphone this Father’s Day at home and at work. Purchase 3 GoSmart Stylus (Magnet or Non-Magnet, priced from $23.95 – $24.95) and 1 is free – you only pay for 2 at Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/XYvu6s Enter code … Read more
The Second Annual MISSSEY GALA this Saturday, June 15th at 5 PM at The Oakland Rotunda (300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza Downtown Oakland, CA), is an event I’m personally asking that you attend, and not just because it will be fun – the program will include dinner, a no-host cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception during … Read more
The Oakland City Council will hold its last budget hearing on Thursday, tommorrow, and before its final vote in two weeks. This is your chance to go to the Oakland City Council Hearing Room and at least get your ideas in before that time. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM, and here’s a link to … Read more
Lindsey Mills and her boyfriend, former NSA operative Edward Snowden, are celebrities, but that’s something Mr. Snowden says he did not want. When Edward Snowden, the so-called NSA whisleblower, stepped forward from obscurity to announce himself as the person who leaked the documents related to an National Security Agency surveillance program called PRISM, he told … Read more
Colorado Springs is being threatened by a fire that my friend, Tonya Hall, of the Tonya Hall Radio Show, says is suspicious. She lives in the town and is helping her friends move out of the area as this blog post is being written. According to various reports, four wildfires across the Front Range and … Read more
Lindsey Mills, Edward Snowden’s alleged girlfriend according to Inside Edition, has hit number five on Google Trends today, as of this writing. And she’s now a celebrity according to Google Insight for Search: Lindsey Mills’ relationship with Ed Snowden was first revealed by Inside Edition, and a blog, said to belong to her, was found, … Read more
The Godzilla 2014 Set San Francisco Police Car Photo provided by Maid Natural on Twitter was just the tip of the iceberg of images that reveal Vancouver’s New Wesminister being transformed into the intersection of Sacramento at Montgomery Street. This confirms that Godzilla’s not only coming through San Francisco, but that it will be the … Read more
Vidoco, Tout, Vine are three of the many seconds-long video-apps that are available for use on your smartphone. I’ve used Tout for as long as, well, since it’s founder and my friend Michael Downing contacted me about its creation early in 2011. Prior to Tout, I was on something called 12 seconds, which was the … Read more
Judge Kathleen “Katie” McHugh, the newly elected Broward County Judge who beat the politically connected Illene Lieberman and Garrett Michael Berman and Robert Abraham Jakovich in the 2012 election for the County Court Group 6 Seat, has come under social media fire for her over-reaction to former New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver … Read more
Tim Tebow’s now a New England Patriots Quarterback, and all that after Pats Head Coach Bill Belichick allegedly said he “hates Tim Tebow.” This blogger thinks Tim Tebow can offer a spark in the form of a kind of offensive change-up. Look for The New England Patriots to use Tebow in running the read option … Read more
Edward Snowden, the NSA Whistleblower who leaked details of a National Security Agency program called “PRISM,” is no hero, but should be pardoned. The reason is that Mr. Snowden talks as if he expects to be hunted, jailed, and punished, perhaps inviting the development of what has occurred: a ground swell of support for his … Read more
Petroecuador, it’s poor oil environmental record already exposed in the Chevron Ecuador case, has another new oil spill to deal with, one that occurred on June 4th, and is now threatening Brazil and Peru, and has placed those countries on high alert, as reported today, Sunday, June 9th 2013. Here’s the account, translated from El … Read more
Rafael Nadal is boring. He’s won the French Open for 2013, and this is for the eighth time. And he made it look easy in the process. Well, OK, not as easy as Serena Williams did when she beat Maria Sherapova yesterday, but still. Nadal beat David Ferrer from Spain 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in … Read more
This, pure and simple, is the worst case of dumping this blogger has ever seen in Oakland. It’s at 353 Euclid at the corner of Euclid and Palm Avenue in Adams Point, near Lake Merritt, Oakland. What’s even worst than that, is the man in the video says this sort of thing goes on in … Read more
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings, take the NHL West, and are headed to the NHL Finals, where they’ll take on The Boston Bruins. It took two overtimes to do it, and the Chicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane’s third goal of the game in the second overtime was the difference, and drove The United … Read more
Serena’s French is so good now, it’s being praised on Twitter, and to such an extent that “Serena’s French” hit number 7 on the Twitter Trend list just now. All of this after Serena Williams beat Maria Sherapova 6-4, 6-4 to win the 2013 French Open in straight sets, and for the first time since … Read more
Serena Williams beat Maria Sherapova in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, to take the 2013 French Open. And while Maria Sherapova worked to make a game of it, really, it was no contest. The first-time-since-1995-pairing of number one and number two in Women’s Tennis ended with Williams winning at Roland Garros for the first time since … Read more
Maria Sharapova, the number two Women’s Tennis Player in the World and Serena Williams, number two Women’s Tennis Player in the World, are playing now at the French Open at Roland Garros Paris. It’s the first time that number one has faced number two in 28 years, or since 1995. Here’s two live Twitter tweet … Read more
The New Parkway Oakland at 474 24th Avenue in the Uptown District, is something to see. It’s kind of tucked way in a warehouse that’s much larger than it looks, and is just around the corner from a corner cafe on Broadway and 24th that has been several different businesses over the years. The hosts … Read more
If you’ve ever wanted to ride in, or better yet, drive an electric car like the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, BMW ActiveE or Ford Focus, you can tommorrow, Saturday, June 8th. Electric vehicle experts and owners will gather at the San Francisco Civic Center to share their knowledge of and experiences with the latest plug-in … Read more
Alex Gibbs, the Denver Broncos’ recently hired Coach Consultant, and the man who, with Mike Shanahan as coach and John Elway as quarterback installed a modern version of the zone-option running and blocking system once employed by the Dallas Cowboys under Tom Landry, says “cornerbacks are shitty tacklers.” That’s just one of a number of … Read more
Technorati is a long-time-in-existence (in blog directory and news aggregator that was originally started by David Sifry, who I finally had the pleasure of meeting in his post-Technorati days, and at the TechCrunch August Capital Party of 2008: Then, Zennie62.com was Zennie2005.blogspot.com, but using Zennie62.com to refresh to that site, and had a Technorati authority … Read more
Samantha Power was, some time ago, it seems, one of this blogger’s favorite candidates to be what she has become: UN Ambassador replacing Susan Rice. What I’ve always liked about Ms. Power, from a distance, is a keen mix of fearless observation, rapier intellect, and incredible good looks. I’d also, long ago, wrote that she … Read more
The entire legal team of the California Public Utilities Commission charged with investigating the deadly Pacific Gas & Electric Co. explosion and fire has resigned from working on the case, the City of San Bruno has learned, leaving no CPUC legal experts with detailed knowledge of the case during the final penalty phase against PG&E. … Read more
(This is the companion to the vlog: Charice Pempengco : Glee Star Is Lesbian Gay; Do Filipinos Care? – By Nikky Raney for Zennie62) Charice Pempengco is the now former Glee on Fox TV star, who played Sunshine Corazon. On Monday, during an interview with Filipino talk show host Boy Abunda on The Buzz, he … Read more
Dennis Wu, a very respected member of the international and Recognized Business and Community Leader is now the newly elected Chair of The Recology Board of Directors. Mr. Wu is Managing Partner and co-founder of WuHoover & Co., a professional CPA firm, and has served as a member of the Recology board for the past … Read more
The Nokia Lumia 928 Phone Twitter Party has started online and in the process of the discussion led by @tapinflunce, the hashtag #Reinvented hit #7 in Worldwide Twitter Trends. The deal is if you answer any of the following questions, you could win a Nokia Lumia 928: What do you value most about a smartphone … Read more
The Nokia Lumia 928 Phone Twitter Party starts online in just 10 minutes! If you answer any of the following questions, you could win a Nokia Lumia 928: What do you value most about a smartphone camera? What’s your biggest photo fail and why did it happen? What went wrong? What makes a great picture? … Read more
Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” single is now number one in iTunes downloads and this was achieved in just 24 hours, and with an amazing San Francisco social media tour of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter that you can review here: The effort also boosted Miley Cyrus’ Google Insight For Search Ranking, as seen here, from … Read more
Deacon Jones, The Secretary Of Defense in the NFL, passed away at the age of 74 on Monday. Jones was perhaps the best defensive end in the history of the National Football League, and was part of the famed “Fearsome Foursome” that consisted of Rosey Greer, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen, and Mr. Jones. It’s impossible … Read more
The Miley Cyrus “We Cant Stop” SF Social Media Tour caused the singing and acting and social media icon to do with the Social Media Industry, what celebs have done with the TV industry in decades past. Then, a celeb would fly to New York City or LA to do the “talk show circuit, and … Read more
This is the latest installment in the weekly TransBay Transit Center 10-Day Construction Update – this one from Friday, May 31, 2013 to Sunday, June 9, 2013. Without further interruption, here’s the latest news, starting with today, as there was no weekend work. Weekday Work (6/3/13 – 6/7/13): Night Shift: Excavation and Internal Bracing Work: … Read more
Miley Cyrus, who rose to fame via The Disney Channel, before striking out as a teen sex pot singer and movie actress (remember my video on her lap dance?), is one of a number of celebrities and brands to schedule Twitter-based question-and-answer sessions and to help in promotional efforts. In this case, the promotional effort … Read more