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While the nation is talking about the “Earthquake In DC,” and the now estimated at 5.8 earthquake that hit three cities in Northern Virginia, next to the Nations’s Capital, no one is talking about the fact that America has had three earthquakes of “significant” size in just two days. Virginia Earthquake Felt in Georgia (Video) … Read more
This is my 15 second Tout report from earlier today: The large scale earthquake of 5.9 on the Richter Scale, and that struck officially “Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:04 PM,” according to the US Geological Survey, officially hit the following cities: Charlottesville, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and Farmville, Virginia. But unofficially it was … Read more
An awful story placed in my Facebook feed (thanks to Karen Brown) about Virgin Chairman Richard Branson’s Necker Island House Fire, but a story made better by the outpouring of support, the fact that all 20 people in the house survived, and Kate Winslet. On his blog, Mr. Branson has two posts, several photos, and … Read more
A real, real sad bit of news happened about six hours ago: Nick Ashford, the smooth singing voice and part of the team that has been Ashford and Simpson, with Valerie Simpson, for as much of my life as I can recall (and that’s a lot) passed away of complications due to a battle with … Read more
Bravo to Social Media Consultant Brian Solis for working with the now-famous infographics makers at JESS3 for at least trying to categorize media, but the Brandsphere will give your eyes a workout! This is the rationale for the creation of the Brandsphere, in Brian’s own words: In discussions about new media, you will often hear … Read more
Former Ohio State Quarterback Terrelle Pryor will start for the Oakland Raiders by his 3rd year in the NFL. If not sooner. Mark that you saw that in print and on video here, first. You would have to be brain-dead, or not know football, to think that Terrelle Pryor, the most effective quarterback in Ohio … Read more
It’s not like IndyBay could have just had one of their writers blog their own version of the BART Cell Phone Cut Off Scandal, someone who goes by the “name” “ATU 1555” had to go and just plain copy my content, specifically my blog post called “BART Cell Phone and Computer Network Scandal: Transit Union … Read more
Think the events in Libya don’t impact you in America? Keep watch on gas prices over the next year, and you can thank Libya Rebel success for the actions – not that they planned it that way. But Libya Rebels storming Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and capturing Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, have … Read more
The San Diego Chargers walked into Cowboys Stadium for a preseason contest with the Dallas Cowboys and walked out showing signs of regaining the form that made the team one to fear in the AFC West. Chargers QB Phil Rivers and Cowboys QB Tony Romo posted shockingly similar numbers (8 of 11 and 8 of … Read more
Earlier today, I posted a blog entry called Is Burning Man Anti Social-Media?. The post points to what I see as a growing conflict between Burning Man’s “freedom of expression” policies and the expanding social media culture around the event. I turned off comments specifically at SFGate.com, because, for two years I’ve not read them, … Read more
Fights breaking out at Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers games are nothing new, especially when the two NFL football teams get together for their annual preseason game. But there’s an assumption, advanced by a San Jose Mercury News report, that the violence, in the case of a shooting outside the stadium, was gang-related. Folks, … Read more
Did everyone just win the Glee Project? Seems like it. Damian and Sam both have won seven episodes of Glee each, and Alex & Lindsay both won two episodes of Glee each, so in reality the final four contestants of the Glee Project were all winners when it came to Glee and their dreams coming … Read more
Is Burning Man working against the growing social media culture? As Burning Man approaches, once again, this blogger’s not going. But it’s not that I don’t want to, nor am I compelled to write this because of some dislike for the event. What spurred this blog post, were two other blog posts: one called burning … 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
Yesterday, The Oakland Unified School District lost its police chief Pete Sarna, after the officer, allegedly intoxicated, reportedly went off an an “N-word” laced rant against an African American sergeant who was his inferior. As reported by San Francisco Chronicle Columnists Phil Matier and Andy Ross, the result was an internal investigation that resulted in … Read more
UPDATE: Chief Pete Sarna quit before he could be fired. According to Matier and Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland, California School Police Chief Pete Sarna went out on a charity golf tournament, and, well this is how Matier and Ross explain it: The district is looking into accusations that the chief, who is … Read more
The wars for Twitter Followers heat up, as Justin Bieber gets close to, but fails as of this writing to pass, Lady Gaga. The good news for Justin Bieber and his fans is that he’s topped the 12 million follower mark, but he’s at 12,023,483 whereas Lady Gaga has 12,808,614 Twitter Followers. The President, Barack … Read more
The Internet flames burn hot with the unconfirmed rumors that Texas Governor Rick Perry is either Gay, or slept with strippers and escorts, after one Ron Paul Supporter named Robert Morrow went to bat online, writing a lot about what he saw, and claims to have been told, of Rick Perry’s alleged conduct. For more … Read more
Is Rick Perry Gay? Did Governor Perry have sex with strippers? While Governor Perry’s camp hoped it would not happen, questions and rumors that Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate Rick Perry is either Gay and, or, slept with strippers and escorts, have resurfaced after Robert Morrow, a Republican, Ron Paul For President Supporter, … Read more
Believe it: Anderson Cooper, Hope Solo May Pose Nude for ESPN, Terrell Pryor To NFL. Read on! This just in: CNN’s Anderson Cooper is a human and not a humanoid: it’s not so much that he “lost it” in talking about Gerard Depardieu – in fact, Cooper was correct in drawing attention to a matter … Read more
Yesterday, Christine O’Donnell, who probably became the first candidate for Senate ever to be the focus of a “kiss-and-tell” blog post in Gawker (the “I’m not a witch” comment is played), taped a segment of the CNN Piers Morgan Show, and didn’t finish it. Here’s what Christine O’Donnell did: This blogger agrees with The Christian … Read more
A fun, raunchy time talkin’ about Jennifer Aniston’s anticipated Marriage, Taylor Swift Legs showing during a wind blowing, and US Women’s World Cup Soccer Team Goalie Hope Solo becoming, in caps, a Sex Symbol. First, Ms. Aniston. In Touch Magazine, which has become this blogger’s favorite gossip rag (no paid endorsement here), has Jennifer Aniston … Read more
Safe is action star Jason Statham’s latest movie, to be distributed by Lionsgate October 28th, and that, even without a website, movie trailer, or extensive synopsis, as of this writing, is still the focus of major buzz, and several YouTube videos taken from film shoots, mostly in Philadelphia. Now, Safe has a new poster that … Read more
Anyone who voted for Bachmann at the straw polls was able to enjoy music from Randy Travis, Grammy winning country singer. Bachmann spent lots of money getting him out there and made it so if people wanted to watch the singer perform they had to vote for Bachmann in the straw poll. What a way … Read more
TechCrunch Founder and Editor, and friend, Michael Arrington, has weighed in on Warren Buffett’s op-ed in the New York Times Monday entitled Stop Coddling the Super-Rich. It’s a work worth reading. To put it simply, Warren Buffett explains how the super-rich essentially make money off making money, and it’s that money which they allow to … Read more
The popular, Grammy Award-winning Lady Antebellum elected to cancel their planned concert show for this week, and in the wake of the collapse of a 50-foot-high stage just before the Sugarland performance at what is called the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand last Saturday at the Indiana State Fair. The tragedy killed five people, four at the … Read more
Last week will probably go down as one of the worst in BART’s history. But the assumption is that it was bad for BART’s riders and management – forgotten in all of this controversy were BART’s workers. The people who make BART work every day, running the trains and helping passengers, picked Monday to add … Read more
Contrary to what some readers angrily claimed it would not do, the Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into the BART Cell Phone Service Interruption Scandal. The claim in this space was that BART’s turning off station cell phone service last Thursday night wasn’t legal, and the blog post upset many people. But the … Read more
When I met and talked to Professor Cornell West and Talk Show Host Tavis Smiley at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the concern then was, as Professor West put it, how we (African Americans) use the historic election of Barack Obama as what was then the Democratic Party’s first black presidential nominee as a force … Read more
Just call Texas Governor and new Republican presidential candidate ‘Pay To Play Perry.” As I write this, Mark Halperin’s back on MSNBC (after getting too big for his pants in talking about President Obama) talking about Rick Perry in sloppily glowing terms that only a conservative like Halperin can. It’s not surprising Rick Perry’s problems … Read more
In less than one week, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) Computer Network has shown signs of extreme vulnerability, and now, after Sunday’s computer hacker attack to its website, BART should consider alternative, emergency methods of running trains on the system. The reason is that, while BART says the website is “wholly separate” from … Read more
The CMA (or Country Music Association) Music Festival aired today on ABC, and managed to take both Google and Twitter by storm, with groups like Lady Antebellum hitting the Twitter Top Trends list. But the one group that garnered the most attention was The Band Perry. The Band Perry wowed observers by bringing what one … Read more
Despite coming in third place in the Straw Polls yesterday, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the race. The Associated Press reports: ” “I wish it would have been different. But obviously the pathway forward for me doesn’t really exist so we are going to end the campaign,” Pawlenty said on ABC’s … Read more
This, the Sugarland Stage Collapse Indiana State Fair Tragedy, is simply the most horrifying video this blogger has ever posted. On Saturday, as the country band Sugarland was preparing to perform, powerful winds and thunderstorms were building. To the credit of the event organizers, they were evacuating people from the area around the stage when … Read more