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This blogger felt it necessary to add a post regarding the issue of being blocked from posting at SFGate.com and, according to the emails and exchanges received, due to the Rick Perry blog posts, and the new SFGate.com Executive Director Alana Nguyen’s fear that the take presented, and the way it was presented might “get … Read more
Here’s the video: Everyone is talking about Rick Perry messing up last night at the debate and looking like he was trying to get Ron Paul to help him think of the third federal department that he wanted to eliminate. The time when people need to be most prepared is during these debates, and it … Read more
This blogger watched the Tom Bradley Penn State Press Conference today with very much interest. After all, Coach Bradley, Penn State Football’s defense coach (he’s not listed as “defensive coordinator”) was selected to replace the fired legendary coach Joe Paterno. Here’s some of the press conference: In the full talk, Bradley spent a lot of … Read more
In a turn of events that, if it wasn’t real, would look like the screenplay for a movie, four armed men jumped out of a vehicle in Santa Ines, Venezuela, and grabbed Wilson Ramos – then abandoned the vehicle. But why? Wilson Ramos is a catcher with the Washington Nationals. The 24 year old played … Read more
UPDATE: Oakland Mayor Quan Recall Details Leaked To Zennie62 Apparently giving a response to efforts to recall embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan after her bungling of the Occupy Oakland effort, her husband Floyd Quan wrote an email that has many Oakland insiders up in arms. The basic read of has Mr. Quan calling for the … Read more
UPDATE: Joe Paterno Dies – A Tribute This is a shocking development. Joe Paterno. JoePa. The Penn State Football heac coach, who, since 1966, has won more college football games than anyone else, was fired Wednesday. The decision came from the Penn State Board of Trustees to release Paterno, and University President Graham Spanier from … Read more
Doctor Conrad Murray, who treated Michael Jackson, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Monday by a jury in California, CNN reports. It is said that Murray could face up to four years in prison and he has his medical license suspended. Now, November 29 is the date for sentencing and his defense team will try … Read more
In just about a bit more time than Kim Khardashian was married to Kris Humphries, Eddie Murphy has resigned as host of the 84th Academy Awards, just days after Brett Ratner stepped down as Oscar Producer. The press release from “The Academy” – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – reads like the … Read more
Penn State’s legendary Football Head Coach Joe Paterno announced that he’s retiring after the end of the 2011 Season. This in the wake of the revelation that Jerry Sandusky, his former defensive coordinator, was involved in inappropriate actions with teen age boys. Paterno’s decision is not official; there’s no posting on any Penn State website. … Read more
Here’s an update to the original Zennie62.com blog post: it seems a Houston-based blog picked up my lasted re-telling of the “Is Rick Perry Gay?” question the mainstream media has avoided asking. Here’s what Chicago Pride wrote: Houston — Some bloggers want Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry to answer one simple question: “Are you gay?” … Read more
Alana Nguyen, the new Executive Director of SFGate.com, has blocked Zennie62 from further blog postings on the website of the San Francisco Chronicle. The exact reason for the sudden action wasn’t stated in the email sent to announce it, but emails and conversations the day before pointed to a sudden concern for a blog subject … Read more
In America people have the right to have as many kids as they please, but how many kids is too many? The famous family the Duggars have a television show called 19 Kids and Counting , but now the name will need to be 20 Kids and Counting . Michelle Duggar is pregnant with child … Read more
If the video above doesn’t upset you, you’re not human. On the night of the day of the Occupy Oakland General Strike, Scott Campbell, a 30 year old video blogger, did what vloggers do: use their camcorder to capture a moment in time on video for the World to see. But Scott didn’t think he … Read more
As reported yesterday in this space, a tipster sent an email that explained in some detail possible sites for the movement of the Occupy Oakland encampment currently at Oakland City Hall Plaza. Now, in the blog post, this blogger took time to question the authenticity of the email, but what bloggers do is (in most … Read more
Ok, you know you saw this – Conrad Murray Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In Michael Jackson Death – coming. As this blogger stated, Mr. Murray got too caught up in the celebrity of working for Michael Jackson, and forgot that he’s responsible not for maintaining him as a machine, but for keeping him healthy and … Read more
This blogger’s still picking U.S. Women’s Soccer Star Hope Solo to win Dancing With The Stars, especially after last night’s performance, which caused her to earn her best scores to date: all 9 from the judges and a 27 total. YEAH! Go Hope! Ok, she’s got mean competition from Ricki Lake and JR Martinez, but, … Read more
More at Zennie62.com Yesterday, Sharon Bialek teamed up with famed celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, stepped up to the mic to give graphic details about her alleged sexual harassment encounter with Herman Cain, and immediately found herself the target of charges that she’s less than credible. If you didn’t see her talk on video, here it … Read more
According to Max Allstadt, who this blogger interviewed on Thursday and just after he got out of jail for a video that appears below, Occupy Oakland’s General Assembly took a vote “a few hours ago” to place $20,000 in Wells Fargo Bank. Now that last sentence would normally not be news, except that the Occupy … Read more
Constance McMillen Case Study by Nikky Raney In March of 2010 an 18-year-old named Constance McMillen from Itawamba County, Mississippi made headlines nationally when her high school refused to allow her to take a same-sex date to prom as well as not allowing her to wear a tuxedo. The school cancelled their prom, but organized … Read more
Could it be that the whole Occupy Movement’s impacted the National Football League? Call it Occupy NFL. On this Sunday, the Steelers vs. Ravens game that saw the Ravens prevail 23 to 20, the 49ers, Bengals, Broncos, Dolphins, Falcons, Giants, Jets, and Packers all visited their opponents and came away with wins. If you consider … Read more
Kim Kardashian was engaged for 85 days and filed for divorce after a 72 day marriage, but TMZ is reporting that Kim is feeling conflicted. Since she is feeling conflicted she found it appropriate to fly to Minnesota, which is where her husband Kris Humphries is. TMZ reports: “Kris and Kim will be meeting with … Read more
Even though Elihu Harris hasn’t been the Mayor of Oakland since 1999 (and was Mayor between 1990 and 1999), he’s still a fixture in Oakland. Always willing to offer his points of view on various topics (even ones I elected not to include in our interview), Mayor Harris (or “Boss” as I still call him), … Read more
In this sad news from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Gil Cates passes at 77 years old. Mr. Cates produced the Academy Awards 14 times, more than any other person. A popular figure in Hollywood and with the motion picture industry, Gil served with the Academy first in 1983 and through … Read more
Sadly, Andy Rooney dies at 92, and so officially ends the life of one of CBS Television’s most popular figures, and good men. Many will point to what the Wall Street Journal calls the 60 Minutes commentator’s 1,000 segments “mini-essays” but that’s wrong – they were video blogs. Really Andy Rooney was the first video-blogger, … Read more
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will join the U.S. Department of Health Services Assistant Secretary For Heath and Human Services Dr. Howard Koh today for a press conference to talk about a comprehensive national plan to address the viral hepatitis epidemic this space has blogged about before. Mayor Lee and Dr. Koh will also explain … Read more
Oakland is on fire! If you watch Fox News or ABC News or read the hyperbolic posts of Michelle Malkin, and don’t live in Oakland, you’d think just that: Oakland’s burning. But the truth is it’s all a big fat media lie. Michelle Malkin, too. This blogger just ended a phone conversation where Mom called … Read more
Today I went grocery shopping and saw this: Yes, as I am in line putting my groceries on the conveyor belt I see this cover. Now, I am not doing a Trashy Tabloid Analysis right now – so I didn’t look through the magazine at the store, but I did go online and find a … Read more
Oakland’s Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan (a capable and politically smart leader in a tough position) got the Occupy Oakland General Strike crowd count massively wrong: it’s not 7,000, but 100,000. This blogger has been in Oakland since 1974. The largest crowd at Frank Ogama Plaza was for a speech by then-Senator, now President Barack … Read more
Ok, before I start on the presentation of an email from the folks at Occupy Oakland, and then my Tout Stream you can follow today, one question. Why the heck is the City of Oakland holding press conferences at the SAME TIMES the Occupy Oakland rallies are set for? Is this a game to draw … Read more
Let’s face it. With Frank McCourt as its owner, The LA Dodgers were a baseball organization on life support. Having ran the team into the ground, the man more known for his personal issues flooding the news cycle refused to do the honorable thing and stop fighting Major League Baseball, which took operations of The … Read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ began its 30th Annual “Contemporary Documentaries”series on Wednesday, October 19 at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and it will continue through December 7. All the screenings have free admission. The movies will all be screened at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s … Read more
The allegations that GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain was involved in some sexual harassment investigation when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in “the 90s” reminds this blogger of the claims all over the blogsphere that Texas Governor Rick Perry is Gay, and how the main stream media handles the rumors – by … Read more
You see the funniest things while standing in line at retails stores. In this case, it was during a quick trip to the Walgreens located near Lake Merritt here in Oakland, California. While standing in line to pay for items, there was this Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrush that caught the attention of two patrons behind … Read more
Larry Beil of KGO-TV ABC Channel 7 has an anti=Hope Solo bias this blogger had to challenge. The daily anchor of several news programs on the local affiliate, Beil has a weekly ‘Dancing With The Stars Update’ segment that’s presented on 7 Live, their daily pop culture trends show. Larry bet against Hope Solo, and … Read more
A bit of catching up to do on Oakland News, so here we go. Occupy Oakland Occupy Oakland continues to “occupy” the collective minds of Oakland and much of America, just one week after Oakland’s Brutal Tuesday, where police and Occupy Oakland protestors clashed. The result were some injuries to protesters – one fatal and … Read more
