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On Pastor Rob Bell And The Existence Of Hell

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:21:50 +0000

I happened upon an article in TIME Magazine about 42-year-old Pastor Rob Bell and the idea that Hell may not exist, while watching the Lakers v. Hornets NBA Playoff Game. (The kind of thing I do after a big Easter Sunday meal with my Mom and Godparents – have a mix of the entertaining and

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Heidi Klum Divorces Seal

Nikky Raney — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:26:20 +0000

Your Ad Here The celebrity divorces just keep on coming, but this one came out of left field for most of us who thought that Seal and Heidi Klum had a perfectly healthy marriage. The duo has four children so that could ensue a potential battle. Klum had her first divorce from her stylist Ric

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Ron Paul Speech Part 1-4

Nikky Raney — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:17:35 +0000

Here are the first four parts that have been uploaded so far from Ron Paul’s speech January 27 in Bangor, Maine. Filmed on my flip cam:

The Mitt and Newt Show

Nikky Raney — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:19:07 +0000

Your Ad Here Last night CNN made the mistake of letting Wolf Blitzer moderate the debate. It goes much better when John King or Anderson Cooper moderate. Last night was the Mitt and Newt show. The two just bantered back and forth about personal problems, their finances and personal things between the two of them.

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Ron Paul Comes to Bangor, Maine

Nikky Raney — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:27:29 +0000

Your Ad Here I woke up at 7 a.m. and went to the Brick Church in downtown Bangor, Maine with my boyfriend, roommate and some friends. There were over 200 people there (and some dogs as well). We watched as his wife and grand daughter sat down and then a huge applause and standing happened

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Lindsey Vonn Wins World Cup St. Moritz Super-Combined

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:44:25 +0000

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn has done it again, this time winning the World Cup super-combined event today, Friday. According to the USA Today, Vonn extended her lead over second-place-finisher Tina Maze by 302 points. Vonn has been on a massive rampaging skiing tear since her announced divorce from husband Thomas Vonn. She has seven World

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Oakland Restaurant Week Ends Sunday, Video Has Almost No Blacks

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:52:47 +0000

This week is Oakland Restaurant Week, where a number of eateries around out town feature $30 dinner offerings – from reports, the participating places are “slammed.” For a good list of participating places, visit http://visitoakland.org/restaurantweek2012.cfm? Or just watch this video that someone with Visit Oakland managed to make with almost NO black folks in it.

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“Welcome Back Kotter” ‘Epstein’ Actor Robert Hegyes Passes at 60

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:14 +0000

This is sad news for any fan of the shows Welcome Back Kotter and Cagney and Lacey: veteran actor Robert Hegyes passed away at the age of 60, and due to an apparent heart attack. He first hit the American Zeitgeist with his character Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein, a Puerto Rican-Jew, on

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Hollywood And Social Media – Zennie Abraham On Tonya Hall Show 8 AM PST

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:06:19 +0000

This blogger, me, or Zennie Abraham, will be on The Tonya Hall Show yapping about my new favorite topic: Hollywood and Social Media. If you’ve never heard of The Tonya Hall Show, it’s a popular and fast-rising radio program exclusively devoted to social media. I’m losing count, but if memory serves, this will be my

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Jeff Fluhr’s New Startup Spreecast.com

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:12:46 +0000

Jeff Fluhr’s a Bay Area entrepreneur and friend who is best known for his first big startup StubHub.com, of which my company Sports Business Simulations, was one of its first and best affiliates. Now, Mr. Fluhr’s launched another new startup that has promise: Spreecast.com. The idea of Spreecast.com is to promote video-based conversations between people.

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Joel Young: Judge Grants Oakland’s Jason Overman’s Restraining Order

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:59:09 +0000

Oakland AC Transit Board Member Joel Young is in hot water again, as an Alameda County Superior Court Judge just granted a restraining order filed on Monday against him and by Oakland City Council Aide Jason Overman. All of this stems from an incident at Make Westing Bar at Telegraph and 18th Avenue in Oakland’s

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Tess Taylor Still Pretty Wild

Nikky Raney — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:38:42 +0000

Even though E! decided not to pick up a second season of Pretty Wild Tess Taylor has still remained a pretty wild girl. As we can remember in the series which aired in 2010 – Alexis Neiers was part of the Bling Ring scandal and a lot of media coverage focused on that. Alexis went

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Do the Colts Control the Great Quarterback Game of Luck?

Dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:11:23 +0000

The Indianapolis Colts have a big decision to make, a decision that could not only affect the future of their own franchise but that of others. The only reason the Colts must decide if Peyton Manning will continue to lead their team from the quarterback position remains purely due to his health. Manning has had

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President Obama’s Nationalist State Of The Union Speech

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:01:13 +0000

President Obama’s State Of The Union Speech was an address that, like the one last month in Kansas, was focused on restoring America’s Economy via not just government investment, but taxes on trade, too. In total, it was a nationalist SOTU, one that called for “nation building” in America, and for Americans of all political

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Oakland Mayor Quan Press Conference On Budget And Redevelopment 2012

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:37:46 +0000

The City of Oakland’s in a bad spot, and this blogger’s not sure if many people in Oakland understand exactly what’s going on. That’s why it’s important to look at the entire 31 minute press conference featuring Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, and then the two “sidebar” videos that are posted below. Oakland is faced with

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Not Easy to be a Baltimore Ravens Fan

MelissaRubin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:28:23 +0000

It is not easy being a Ravens fan. I am a diehard fan, I watch every game, I listen to Baltimore sports radio and I read about them online. My friends and family know about my purple passion, I wear my heart on my sleeve, I support them through thick and thin and I will

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NY Times, Washington Post Show Ecuador President Correa’s Corruption

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:59:05 +0000

For those who romanticized Ecuador as a fair, democratic country with solid “freedom of the press” laws, much like America, it’s time to wake up. As I have explained in blog posts and video like this one… Ecuador is a corrupt country, where press freedom is nothing more than fantasy. See these excerpts from both

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Academy Awards Nominations Announcement Dominates Twitter

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:51 +0000

For the first time in the history of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it has a non-Academy Awards night event that has dominated the Twitter Top Trend list. That happened, and is happening, this morning at just after 6 AM PST, as the Academy Awards Nominations Announcement resulted in as many as

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Academy Awards Nominations: Nine Movies For Best Picture

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:21:12 +0000

Well, the famous, bombastic music introducing the announcement of the nominees for the 2012 83rd Academy Awards has come and gone, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences President Tom Sherak and Winter’s Bone’s Jennifer Lawrence named the major nominees. Of course, there are some surprises, the first being that there are nine movies

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Academy Awards Nominations Live Stream At Zennie62 – 5:30 AM / 8:30 AM EST

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:42:09 +0000

The Academy Awards Nominations for 2012 are just four hours away and you can watch them live here at Zennie62.com. There will be a special live stream screen on the upper right of the blog page, and in this blog post above this text. Oscar nominations ballots were sent out to the over 5,700 members

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Journalists and Election Coverage

Nikky Raney — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:50:06 +0000

The more online media and blogging takes over the less objective journalists seem to be. They seem to be competing with the blogs as well as one another to be the most interesting publication or network. Your Ad Here The most depressing case is Newsweek, which since 2003 had been my favorite magazine. It usually

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City Of Oakland Budget: No more 4-4 behind closed doors

DonMacleay — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:23:10 +0000

No more 4-4 behind closed doors. The last time we discussed our two year Oakland City budget, meaning about six months ago, we heard nothing from our city council members for several weeks after the mayor put her proposal forward. Then 4 came up with one plan, and another 4 came up with another plan.

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Oakland News: Richmond Wins LBL Campus Competition, Mayor Recall Update

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:31:55 +0000

Richmond beats Alameda and Oakland for LBL Second Campus After a tough, competitive battle for the right to play host to the long-planned-for second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, it was announced at 8 AM that Richmond was the winner. Richmond, already location of property and facilities owned by the University of California,

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Superbowl 2012: Rematch

Nikky Raney — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:48:09 +0000

Superbowl 2012 is going to be one that goes down in the books as one of the most memorable. We all remember in 2008 when the Patriots had a flawless season, they had 18 wins going into the Super Bowl to compete against the New York Giants who did not have the same pristine record.

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Gabby Giffords Resigns

Nikky Raney — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:49:37 +0000

Your Ad Here It has been a year since Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona. CNN reports that Giffords will be focusing on her recuperation: “”A lot has happened over the past year. We cannot change that,” Giffords, 41, says in a video on her website, speaking in a halting manner. “I don’t

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AFC and NFC Championship: New England Over Baltimore, NY Giants Over SF Niners

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:07:25 +0000

Today the AFC and NFC Championship Games have started and right now, as of this writing, the Baltimore Ravens Joe Flacco just got sacked by the New England Patriots’ Nosetackle Vince Wilfork. I think the Pats will win because the offense has used the same short-passing approach employed during their 2007 season, where the Pats

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A legend is gone: The passing of Joe Paterno and my memory of his legacy.

Draftnik — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:34:14 +0000

By Dr. Bill Chachkes-Executive Editor-Football Reporters Online-special to Zennie62… It was 1995, and I had just gotten back into coaching after a 7 year absence to obtain 2 graduate degrees. I had just gotten an assistant coaching position (part time) at my old High School where I played 3 seasons and started 2 of

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Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina

Nikky Raney — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:51:08 +0000

Your Ad Here So there have only been 2 percent of the votes of South Carolina, but already CNN says that Newt Gingrich has won. Even though the current percentage has Newt at 32%, Romney at 40%, Santorum at 14% and Paul at 10%. Watching CNN for less than 37 minutes since the polls have

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South Carolina Primary

Nikky Raney — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:27:27 +0000

Your Ad Here Today is the primary in South Carolina and there are only four Republicans left in the race for the nomination. Rick Perry dropped out earlier this week and he endorsed Newt Gingrich. The evening after dropping out there was a Republican debate on CNN with the final four candidates in South Carolina

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SOPA and PIPA Dropped by Congress

Nikky Raney — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:24:27 +0000

Your Ad Here SOPA and PIPA have been postponed indefinitely according to various reports including CNN. This is great news and shows that the Internet protests really do make a difference and have the ability to make an impact. CNN reports: “The Senate had been scheduled to hold a proceedural vote next week on whether

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Justin Timberlake: MySpace Panasonic Press Conference at CES

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:32:06 +0000

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

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MySpace v. Facebook: MySpace CEO Chris Vanderhook Interview

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:51:17 +0000

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

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

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:27:08 +0000

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

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How To Make An Avocado Milkshake

Nikky Raney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:08:04 +0000

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

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SOPA Bill is Censorship – Fight For The Future Video

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:42:49 +0000

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Fight For The Future is a non-profit that launched its anti-SOPA efforts in December. And while it’s still forming – it seeks a campaign manager as of this writing – it’s marched ahead full steam with its effort to inform the

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Robert Scoble Interview At CES 2012 Las Vegas

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:44:06 +0000

Robert Scoble has enjoyed the unique status of celebrity tech blogger, arguably the first of his kind. That status was obvious at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, as Mr. Scoble arrived to a rock-star welcome at “CES Ultimate,” the Sunday evening preview of what the World’s largest tech show has to offer. What’s cool about

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It’s time for people to take the NY Giants Seriously, like 1990

Draftnik — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:39:29 +0000

By Dr. Bill Chachkes-Managing Partner/Executive Editor Football Reporters Online The Giants are one win away from another Super bowl appearance. Let’s let that statement sink in for a moment. The team that few if any gave a chance to in August, September, October, November & December….Is again making noise In January, much like the

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How SOPA and PIPA Impacts You

Nikky Raney — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:13:37 +0000

So how does SOPA and PIPA impact you, the individual surfing the web and not necessarily contributing to web sites or doing any business or marketing on the web. Well, according to PC World one of the aspects that could have impacted you the most is being taken out: “The lead sponsor of the U.S.

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New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game Preview

Dave — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:45:50 +0000

NY Giants @ San Francisco This game has an old school kind of feel to it, between 1981 and 1993 these teams slugged it out in the playoffs 6 times with both teams winning 3 a piece with the likes of Montana, Young & Rice going at it against Simms, Taylor & Ingram. The current

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SOPA is bad

Nikky Raney — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:49 +0000

Here’s a bias blog post on a very hot topic. A topic that I care very much about and am deeply opposed to. The fact that Obama is not going to veto this appalls me and really makes me upset. Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul, Wikipeda and Twitter are just a few against SOPA. SOPA is

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Baltimore Ravens to Face Patriots in AFC Championship Game

MelissaRubin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:07:18 +0000

The Ravens successfully jumped all the hurdles to reach the AFC championship game by beating the Houston Texans in the divisional playoff game on Sunday. Their win wasn’t pretty, but it was still a win and it was their first home playoff victory since 2000. The game featured two defensive powerhouses and the Texans started

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Colts Fire Jim Caldwell After Hiring New GM Ryan Grigson

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:06:14 +0000

Colts Head Coach Jim Caldwell almost lasted with that title after a 2 and 14 season, and just one year after the Indianapolis Colts lost to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. But after Colts Owner Jim Irsay fired General Manager Bill Polian and his son Chris Polian, who was the

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Golden Globe Award Winners List

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:06:43 +0000

Now, the Oscar race is heating up with George Clooney’s The Descendants winning for Best Motion Picture Drama, and Meryl Streep accepting the Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture, and George Clooney getting Best Performance By An Actor for The Descendants. But before we get to the Golden Globe Award Winners List,

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Chevron Ecuador: Kerry Kennedy To Make $40 Million Off Scam Lawsuit

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:31:09 +0000

Talk about being party to an extortion. This blogger saw a Chevron Ecuador-related post on Kerry Kennedy and thought “Man, never saw her name involved in all this much until recently.” Now, I know why. According to The New York Post, the environmental ambulance-chasing, ceviche-eating-while-planning-fraud-on-video, self-described “lawyer for the plaintiffs” Steven Donziger not only gave

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Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots AFC Championship Game Preview

Dave — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:25:52 +0000

Baltimore @ New England These two teams met in the playoffs last year, the Patriots were 8-0 at home but the Ravens literally ran all over the them on their way to a 33-14 victory. That day Ravens QB, Joe Flacco who was struggling with injury completed only 4 passes for 34 yards but you can

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Clay Duke School Board Shooting Reveals Psychotics Among Us

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:26:05 +0000

The shocking 2010 video of an obviously deranged psychotic by the name of Clay Duke walking into a Panama City, Florida School Board meeting and opening fire on its board members, makes everyone, especially school board members, ask if that can happen to them. The scary answer is “yes,” if you consider how it seems

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Mini Kiper’s Top 10 Draft Eligable Quarterbacks for the 2012 NFL Draft

Acarilloqb7 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:03:00 +0000

By Anthony Carillo 1. Andrew Luck, Stanford, 2. Robert Griffin III, Baylor, 3. Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma St. 4. Ryan Tannehill, Texas AM 5. Nick Foles, Arizona 6. Kirk Cousins, Michigan St. 7. Ryan Lindley, San Diego St. 8. Kellen Moore, Boise St. 9. Russell Wilson, Wisconsin 10. Chandler Harnish, QB, Northern Illinois This quarterback draft

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AEG Should Not Run The Oakland Coliseum

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:19:35 +0000

The City of Oakland and Alameda County must reject AEG, the Anschutz Entertainment Group, from being even considered as stadium manager for the Oakland Coliseum, and for one reason: AEG does not have the best interest of the Oakland Coliseum in mind. Why would an organization openly court the Oakland Raiders to move to Los

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Embattled Mayor, Gritty City or Mayor Fighting for Oakland?

PamDrake — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:49:33 +0000

Mayor Quan with friends at Chabot event It’s an old cliché that almost everyone who writes about Oakland feels they must use. You know, it’s a gritty city. The latest one was the New York Times article that touted our new restaurants, which are great, don’t get me wrong. But the writer still felt he

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Time’s Up Tebow

Nikky Raney — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:09:48 +0000

Your Ad Here “All he does is win” is no longer a viable catch phrase, because the time is up for Tim Tebow. The Patriots are spanking the Broncos currently the score is Broncos 7 and Patriots 35. People may say “well it’s not Tebow losing it’s the Broncos.” Well, when the Broncos wins everyone

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Tim Tebow Mania

Nikky Raney — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:43:28 +0000

Your Ad Here Denver Bronco’s quarterback Tim Tebow is the topic and person of interest lately. Every time I turn on the tv even if it’s just the news or if it is a sport’s channel it’s all about Tim Tebow. Everyone seems to be obsessed with him on Facebook and whether you love him

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Stuart Guskind Speaks On Super Bowl XVL Ticket Fiasco, Dallas As Host

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:56:05 +0000

This posting is a tribute to my friend Stuart Guskind, who passed away after an unexpected death this week. The video below gives us a window to remember Stewie by. Well, here the rest, but Stewie’s in Heaven now. The Dallas / Arlington Ft.Worth – but let’s just say “Dallas Super Bowl” – was marred

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CES Confidential: MySpace v. Facebook, YouTube’s Robert Kyncl, Ben Parr

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:28:29 +0000

A lot of off-camera and mic and newspaper gossip flying around at the Consumer Electronic’s Show 2012. This is Friday the 13th here in Las Vegas, so I’m sure this day will reveal more interesting items, but for now, here’s what I’ve got. According to MySpace representatives, the new music oriented MySpace’s platform design will

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Jersey Shore: Season 5 Episode 2

Nikky Raney — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:43:16 +0000

Your Ad Here A lot goes on in this episode including a hook up stealing Pauly D’s chain [then giving it back], Jionni borrowing Situation’s clothing, Pauly D’s face peeling frokm tanning, etc, but the most important thing is what goes on with Vinny. Vinny is anxious, he has a lot of anxiety and it

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U.S. Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban

Nikky Raney — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:34:25 +0000

Your Ad Here A video surfaced on the Internet of four United States Marines urinating on the dead bodies of supposed Taliban members. These four Marines have since been identified, and this is definitely not something that they should be proud of. The military careers of the four men are most likely finished. (Anyone who

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Jerry Brown Destroys Oakland: City Layoffs, Deficit, After Gov Kills Redevelopment

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:41:17 +0000

Any doubt about how California Governor Jerry Brown feels about Oakland, where he was Mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007, should be erased after his action to eliminate local redevelopment agencies state wide, one that will have a dramatic impact on Oakland, unless it’s blocked. To understand why, consider that the City of Oakland’s

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A Busy Off Season in Store For the Atlanta Falcons

Dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:22:54 +0000

I did wonder if the first question in Mike Mularkey’s head coaching interview in Jacksonville may have been something like, so what happened to your offense in New York on Sunday? But apparently Mularkey’s relationship with Jaguars General Manger Gene Smith runs a little deeper than that and thankfully for the Falcons their offensive co-ordinator

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Sony Bloggie Live, RCA HD, Flip Video: CES 2012 Camcorder Comparison

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:17:37 +0000

Sony Bloggie Live, RCA HD, Flip Video – Camcorder Comparison, a photo by zennie62 on Flickr. This blog post started as an accident. Just before interviewing USA Women’s Soccer Stars Heather O’Reilly, Alex Morgan, and Brandy Chastain, blogger’s trusty Flip Video Camera (or really camcorder) was stepped on by someone in the crowded Panasonic /

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Women In CE Event Honors Women In Consumer Electronics, But…

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:01:04 +0000

CES 2012 Las Vegas is a (white and Asian) male-dominated consumer electronics industry environment. So much so that an organization like “Women In CE” – which serves as a networking and mentorship platform for women in the business, was needed some time ago. As a member of the San Francisco Chapter of Women In Sports

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New Hampshire Primary Predictions.

Nikky Raney — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:45 +0000

Your Ad Here Today in New Hampshire is the primary and Democrats don’t have much of a choice of who to vote for, since NH is a closed primary and Democrats can only vote for Democrats and Republicans must vote Republican, and the Republican race is going to be far more interesting than the Democratic

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Baltimore Ravens to Host Houston Texans in Playoff Game

MelissaRubin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:59:25 +0000

It is an exciting time to be a Baltimore Ravens fan. Still celebrating their AFC North championship, Baltimore will host the divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans on Sunday. It is their fourth consecutive trip to the playoffs and their first home playoff game under head coach John Harbaugh. The Ravens beat the Texans

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CES 2011 – Steve Ballmer, eine “Quelle der Inspiration”

Anika Erdmann — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:25:08 +0000

Wie auch schon im vergangen Jahr, wurde die offizielle Keynote auf der CES von Microsofts CEO Steve Ballmer gehalten. Dieser Mann ist eine wahre Quelle der Inspiration, hält mitreißende Reden und versteht das Publikum zu begeistern und auf seine Seite zu ziehen! Noch dazu, dass Microsoft Highlight an Highlight reihte! Das Publikum staunte, Ballmer freute

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Celebrities at CES

Anika Erdmann — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:56:32 +0000

At the CES, so announced are lots of celebrities showing up to present products at several booths. Many times it is not only a one hour show but they talk and present then more than three or four times. I bet for an American point of view, all the stars are huge celebrities, well known

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Verizon’s “Borderless Life” at CES 2012

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:23:40 +0000

Verizon’s "Borderless Life" at CES 2012, a photo by zennie62 on Flickr. Verizon has a front-row seat for press coverage. The setup is in the CES Press Room, and where this blogger met a number of representatives of the communications firm (and watched the Steelers v. Broncos NFL Wildcard Playoff Game too). Verizon is showing

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Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Baby

Nikky Raney — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:18:35 +0000

Your Ad Here Beyonce finally gave birth to her and Jay-Z’s daughter who they named “Blue Ivy.” So, Blue Ivy Carter (since Jay-Z’s real name is Shawn Carter). According to MTV News the baby has been welcomed into the world from various celebrities on Twitter (even though a baby can’t read tweets). She was born

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Republicans Debate Back to Back

Nikky Raney — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:48:41 +0000

Your Ad Here Last night at 9 pm the Republicans debated at St Anslem College for the first time without Bachmann, and this morning at 9 a.m. they debated in New Hampshire’s capital. Two debates within 12 hours of each other – that’s a lot of debating. The debate from last night stood out more

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Gold’s Gym Oakland: Kortney Olson FBB Workout

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:32:03 +0000

Ever wonder what a hard-core fitness workout looks like? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In this 21 minute video, you are taken through a fitness workout session with my friend Kortney Olson, a Northern California-based certified personal trainer, model, female bodybuilder, and strong woman who’s changing how people think about women in

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Infografik zur CES

Anika Erdmann — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:54:09 +0000

Die Consumer Electronic Show (CES) fand zum ersten Mal 1967 in New York statt. In Amerika ist es der größte Technologie Event des Jahres und es werden über 140.000 Besucher erwartet. Des Weitern sind mehr als 2.700 verschiedene Aussteller vertreten, die innerhalb dieser vier Tage mehr als 20.000 Neuheiten präsentieren werden. Wen diese Zahlen nun

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Miss Representation

Nikky Raney — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:36:24 +0000

This video needs to be seen by everyone, women especially. Whether feminist or not – all women should be able to appreciate this video: Miss Representation 8 min. Trailer 8/23/11 from Miss Representation on Vimeo. It talks about how the media portrays America and informs that Afghanistan and Iraq have more women in government positions

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Huntsman put all his eggs in one basket

Nikky Raney — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:18:26 +0000

Your Ad Here Jon Huntsman didn’t spend any time in Iowa – he didn’t feel as though Iowa was worth it. It may have been him that said “Iowa picks corn, New Hampshire picks presidents.” New York Daily News reports that Huntsman is banking on a strong NH primary performance. Recently some Ron Paul supporters

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NFL Playoffs: NFL Wildcard Weekend Info

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:30:29 +0000

The NFL has a great press release called “NFL Wildcard: What To Look For.” Here is the NFL summary from NFLMedia.com: WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WILD CARD WEEKEND FROM WILD CARD TO SUPER BOWL: Winners in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl seven times, and at least one Super Bowl participant

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Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.5 Percent, Obama Talks Jobs

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:44:09 +0000

Yesterday, and to the displeasure of GOP Presidential Candidates banking on failure of the American Economy so they can beat President Obama in the November 2012 Election, America’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent, the economy added 200,000 jobs, and continued a five-month string of reports that America added over 100,000 jobs per month. President

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Sears Oakland Downtown Store To Remain Open In 2012 And Beyond

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:32:05 +0000

Sears, facing a drop in sales, announced last December it was planning to close 100 to 120 stores. The local media assumed Oakland, Ca would be one of them, and so danced over Oakland’s grave. They were wrong. On Friday, and while at the Sears Oakland Eye Center, this blogger learned that Sears would remain

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CA Assm. Mary Hayashi Neiman Marcus Shop Lifting Charge Reduced

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:11:02 +0000

Castro Valley, CA Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi was given a dramatically reduced sentence after claims that she tried to take items totaling $2,500 in value from San Francisco’s Neiman Marcus Store got her arrested last October 23rd 2011. Hayashi, who originally said she was not guilty, was arraigned for felony theft, a charge that could have

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Elin Nordegren Tears Down Walls

Nikky Raney — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:38:49 +0000

Your Ad Here Elin Nordegren is known for being the ex-wife of Tiger Woods. It has been two years since he cheated on her with over 20 women and she has since received lots of money. Well, this Swedish model has reportedly demolished her $12 million house in North Palm Beach, Florida and plans to

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Jersey Shore Season 5 Premiere

Nikky Raney — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:56:17 +0000

Your Ad Here The Jersey Shore cast is out of Italy and back in Jersey for season 5. The cast goes STRAIGHT from Italy and flies to Jersey – which is weird, because usually they take a break between seasons and hang out with family, but this time they went straight from Italy to the

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Kardashian Barbie Doll

Nikky Raney — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:50:27 +0000

Your Ad Here MTV News has confirmed that there will be limited edition Kardashian Barbie dolls for Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian (I am sure Kris is jealous that she won’t be getting one). In US Weekly a source says that the Barbies will be accurate: “A source tells the new Us Weekly, on stands

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Elin Nordegren: Tiger Wood’s Ex Demolishes Mansion, Dating Billionaire

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:29:22 +0000

Tiger Woods made his ex-wife Elin Nordegren rich in the wake of their divorce, or more appropriately Elin’s split from Tiger. So, what can you do with $100 million? Well, you can smash your two-story, 17,000-square-foot-home built in 1932 that cast $12 million and make plans to build an even larger and swankier new and

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall Effort Scarred By Voter Fraud Claim

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:41:02 +0000

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan undoubtedly fears the recall effort launched against her, but from what this blogger has learned, it’s currently marred by not two, but three (yes, 3) competing efforts, backbiting, and the appearance of voter fraud. How it all started was that long-time Oakland activist Gene Hazzard (who was instrumental in ‘drafting’ then-former

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Nick Cannon Suffers Acute Kidney Failure

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:44:16 +0000

Nick Cannon, host of America’s Got Talent, and husband to the legendary singer Mariah Carey, has what has been reported as “mild” kidney failure. In truth there’s no such thing as “mild” kidney failure, so what he has is “acute kidney failure.” What that means is he could pass away without treatment, and that he

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CES 2012: Sanho, Fitness Tech, iBike, iDevices, Soundmatters, Featured

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:36:54 +0000

CES 2012 starts Sunday for this blogger, and here’s a list of just some of the vendors that will be covered at the largest convention in The World: Sanho – Booth #4606 – North Hall: creators of the “Hyper” Line of products, is launching CloudFTP – winner of the CES 2012 Innovations Award, a portable

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Mitt Romney Wins Iowa Caucus But Newt Gingrich Goes Nuclear

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:23:42 +0000

The Iowa Caucus is over and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the hair-thin-razor winner. Romney beat the man called Richard John “Rick” Santorum by just 8 total votes: 30,015 to 30,007 – that’s it. But even with this, Mitt Romney thinks he won the Super Bowl and that his Iowa Caucus victory is a

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Ecuador’s Corrupt Court Confirms $18 Billion Award Against Chevron

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:58:25 +0000

In an action that comes as no surprise to anyone, an Ecuador appeals court confirmed the decision by Ecuador to award an $18 billion damage award to Ecuador. Ecuador’s court, long accused of bribery and beset with scandal, would not dream of going against the wishes of that country’s President Rafael Correa. Consider that President

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Baltimore Ravens Crowned AFC North Champions

MelissaRubin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:21:36 +0000

After pulling off an undefeated season at home, the Ravens needed to win the last road game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals to secure a home playoff game. The game started off on a high note when RB Rice Ray scored a 70 yard touchdown in the 1st quarter. He scored another 51

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Cenk Uygur On Current TV’s Iowa Caucus Coverage: Says ‘Uh’ Too Much

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:11 +0000

Proud to see YouTuber Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks Show finally make it to the TV screen as he’s tried to do for several years now. His efforts first landed him on MSNBC, but Cenk’s tendency to beat-up some of his guests turned Washington DC against him, and eventually MSNBC President Phil Griffin felt

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Brandi Glanville Of Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Screws LeAnn Rimes

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:29:16 +0000

According to a number of sources, Brandi Glanville of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills is some kind of mess. She managed to get married in what she called a “fake” wedding, saying that she’s a “little nutty,” and reportedly slept with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian just to upset LeAnn Rimes. If you remember it

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Ron Paul Takes An Early Lead in Iowa

Nikky Raney — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:37:45 +0000

The Iowa Caucus may be in its early stages, but Ron Paul is currently in the lead according to CNN. Here is a screen shot: Although it is only the beginning it is a clear lead for Ron Paul – predictions are that Bachmann will drop out after Iowa and that Ron Paul will win

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Colts Should Keep Peyton Manning, Get Robert Griffin III In 2012 NFL Draft

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:04:11 +0000

The Indianapolis Colts have been plugged in as the automatic next stop for Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck. But that’s OK only if Baylor Quarterback Robert Griffin III elects to remain not in the 2012 NFL Draft. If Robert Griffin III, or RG3, comes out for the 2012 NFL Draft, he, not Luck, should be the

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Stephen G. Bloom Angers Iowa Over Atlantic Article

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:19:42 +0000

Want to piss off a whole state of people on the eve of a big media day? Do what University of Iowa Professor Steve Bloom did, and write an article called “Observations From 20 Years of Iowa Life” that basically paints the state of Iowa as old, poor, undereducated, culture-challenged, backwoods, alcoholic, and white. The

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Iowa Caucus Today; GOP’s First Test

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:40:27 +0000

The Iowa Caucus is today and marks the first test of the Republican, or if you like GOP, Presidential Candidates. But just was is the Iowa Caucus? The Iowa Caucus is a gathering of tribes, essentially. In fact, the word “caucus” comes from the Native American term for just that: a gathering of tribes. There

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Sugar Bowl, School Closings, Rose Bowl, Johnny Weir Top Trends

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:32:19 +0000

Today’s trends: Sugar Bowl, School Closings, Rose Bowl, Johnny Weir, and more. The Sugar Bowl’s today and pits the The Michigan Wolverines and Virginia Tech Hokies in a game that VaTech sure needs to win to give a campus still reeling from an attack by a lone gun man a month ago. The Sugar Bowl

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Stanford Misses Field Goals, Loses Fiesta Bowl In Biggest Choke In Sports History

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:10:47 +0000

Awful. Disappointing. Deflating. Some of the adjectives you could use to describe what has to be the biggest choke in sports history. Tied 38-all with just 3 seconds left, Stanford’s kicker, the redshirt freshman Jordan Williamson, hooked a sure-fire 35-yard field goal wide left. If he hit it, Stanford would have won the 2012 Fiesta

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Oregon Wins Rose Bowl, Bill Polian Fired By Colts

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:32:16 +0000

Happy New Year! These two news items may seem unrelated, but actually they are in the mind of this blogger. As I was watching the 2012 Rose Bowl (where Oregon beat Wisconsin 45 to 38) at The Brickyard In San Francisco (a great place immortalized in a series of YouTube videos I made) a ‘news

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Katy Perry Wasn’t Ready For Kids

Nikky Raney — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:26:04 +0000

Your Ad Here According to the Daily Mail it was Katy Perry who was not ready to settle down and start a family. And they seem pretty legitimate since they have the divorce paperwork: Apparently Katy Perry was too caught up in being famous and being Katy Perry and she wasn’t ready to settle down,

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A Very New England Victory

Nikky Raney — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:21:32 +0000

Your Ad Here The New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills in today’s game. The score was 49 – 21, which is incredible for the Pats and could definitely help them inch closer to being in the Super Bowl this year! What a great way for the Patriots to ring in the New Year. This

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Katy Perry’s Divorce

Nikky Raney — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:26:49 +0000

Your Ad Here So, this is my third blog post about Katy Perry. The first one I said that her and Russell Brand weren’t getting divorced, the second I announced that Russell Brand would be divorcing Katy Perry and in this post I am going to be reporting that TMZ and other sources (although TMZ

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Goals for 2012

Nikky Raney — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:33:59 +0000

Everyone has the same Facebook status every year: “NEW YEAR, NEW ME!” That’s annoying. Instead of doing that or making resolutions that probably won’t be kept it is good to make some goals. Here is the video where I talk about some of my goals for the upcoming year.

Who willl win the Iowa Caucus?

Nikky Raney — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:46:45 +0000

Your Ad Here The Iowa Caucus is on January 3, 2012 (Tuesday), and although it is a caucus and not a primary it is still important. Caucuses are really important for the media to see how a candidate is doing, and this year it will be very important to see who wins Iowa. Watching CNN

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Russell Brand Divorces Katy Perry

Nikky Raney — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:05:06 +0000

Earlier today I posted a blog post saying that TMZ reported not to worry that Katy Perry and Russell Brand would not be getting divorced. On IMDB.com there is an article linking to People Magazine online which has informed the public that Russell Brand is going to be filing for divorce. This is what it

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Ron Paul Celebrity Endorsements

Nikky Raney — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:04:32 +0000

Ron Paul has been endorsed by some celebrities – one of them being American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. Fox News reported that when she announced she was endorsing Dr. Paul she lost some fans, but she also gained a lot of fans: “”I love Ron Paul,” Clarkson tweeted Wednesday night.. “I liked him a lot

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand

Nikky Raney — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:29:08 +0000

Your Ad Here The married couple, Katy Perry and Russell Brand, have both been seen separately and both were not wearing their wedding rings. This has caused speculation from various news sources that the two may be headed toward a split, but TMZ reassures everyone that the duo are not headed for a divorce: “One

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Top 5 Reasons Bachmann Should Quit

Nikky Raney — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:59:10 +0000

Your Ad Here Michele Bachmann should quit. I have put together the top five reasons that I personally believe that Bachmann should just drop out of the race. These are in no particular order of importance. 1) Her Iowa Campaign Adviser left her for Ron Paul. She claims that the Ron Paul campaign offered Kent

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Yvette Prieto: Michael Jordan Engaged To Hot Cuban-American Model

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:04:08 +0000

Well, Yvette Prieto was so sold on Air Jordan, she dated Michael Jordan. Now, she’s about to become Mrs. Michael Jordan. The 48-year-old NBA and Chicago Bulls legend proposed to his 32-year-old girlfriend of three years on Christmas Day, according to a widely quoted spokesperson for Jordan. This is Mr. Jordan’s second marriage, after his

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Sanjiv Handa Memorial Saturday, 11 AM In Fremont, CA

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:25:18 +0000

East Bay News Service journalist and friend Sanjiv Handa passed away due to causes not yet officially known on Tuesday. His family is holding a memorial service this Saturday morning at 11 AM. Here’s the location: Chapel of the Angels 40842 Fremont Boulevard (just South of Grimmer) Fremont, California 94538 (510) 656-1226 I also understand

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Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods Former Mistress, Five Months Pregnant!

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:43:38 +0000

Congratulations to Nightclub Exec Rachel Uchitel, who has quickly and successfully parlayed her controversial relationship with The World’s Greatest Golfer and the scandal that resulted from it and the other 15 or so extra-marital relationships Woods had, into a new career as a true celebrity. Uchitel – who was the first woman to have been

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Cal Loses Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl To Texas 21-10

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:22:06 +0000

The 2011 Bridgepoint (?) Holiday Bowl from San Diego started off as a defensive battle for both the California Golden Bears and The Texas Longhorns, and ended with the Texas Defense causing Texas to prevail 21 to 10. It’s a generally accepted view that you can’t win a game by turning the ball over more

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$206 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Won In Long Island, NY

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:54:35 +0000

Did you win the $206 Million Mega Millions Jackpot from a ticket issued at a place called King Kullen in Middle Island, Long Island? According to The New York Daily News, someone bought a lottery ticket with the number 23, 32, 33, 39, 43, and with the “Mega Ball” 8 drawn too. And apparently that’s

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Sanjiv Handa: In His Absence, Celebrate Caring About Oakland

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:12:12 +0000

Sanjiv Handa, RP? Still can’t believe it. It’s a good idea to blog to get out of my head the idea that in my reality Sanjiv Handa, Oakland’s Gargoyle – head of the East Bay News Service, expert on Oakland Government, gossip about Oakland’s elected officials, and source of intel on the next local government

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Is A Recall Of Mayor Quan Divisive And Harmful?

DonMacleay — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:41:00 +0000

Re: A Recall is Divisive and Harmful As you may know, the Greens have not yet taken a position on this recall effort. As far as I know, we are the only group to invite both sides to come and speak to one of our meetings. And as many remember, we did advise voting for

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What Is The Cure For An S-Curving Back, Or Scoliosis?

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:10:17 +0000

Taking a bit of left-turn from my normal pattern of blogging, today I have an issue with what appears to be an “s-curving” back that makes my body look like it’s literally bent out of shape. It started as soon as I woke up and got out of bed; it’s still with me. And it

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Gary Johnson: Libertarian Candidate

Nikky Raney — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:53:45 +0000

Gary Johnson dropped out of the Republican race and is now going to be running as a Libertarian Candidate, which is funny, because Ron Paul is the most libertarian person running right now – but he is running as a Republican. Ron Paul also said in a newsletter early in the campaign that if he

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Newsweek Was Ruined By Daily Beast

Nikky Raney — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:30:25 +0000

I have been reading Newsweek since 2003 and when Jon Meacham was the Editor it was at its peak. It was doing great – Newsweek was my favorite magazine, but then in 2010 changes were made and The Daily Beast took over. The Daily Beast ruined Newsweek. This is a complete opinion, but it should

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Drew Brees Breaks Dan Marino’s NFL Passing Record

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:06:37 +0000

In a perfect moment for ESPN NFL Monday Night Football, New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees broke Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino’s 27-year-old NFL Single Season Passing Record of 5,084 yards, when he threw a 9-yard touchdown pass in the 4th quarter against the Atlanta Falcons, to put him at 5,087 yards. It’s a remarkable

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The Quest for a Baltimore Ravens Home Playoff Game Starts in Cincy

MelissaRubin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:16:19 +0000

Santa gave Baltimore Ravens fans a win against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday. Though the win wasn’t pretty, it was still a win and kept the Ravens on track for a first round bye and a home playoff game. The Ravens started off on a good note. In the 1st quarter, CB Lardarius Webb intercepted

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Occupy Oakland Grand Lake Benefit – Alan Michaan Interview

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:23:49 +0000

Alan Michaan, the famed owner of the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, is always controversial and outspoken. Here, in this video, he talks about why he elected to establish the benefit for Occupy Oakland and his view on the Mayoral Recall Effort.

Scarlett Johansson Buzz Decreases After Nude Photo Scandal

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:51:16 +0000

Scarlett Johansson is getting a lot of publicity of the good kind, in the wake of the bad publicity caused by the email account hacking scandal that saw revealing private photos of the sexy star spread all over the Internet. But the problem for Ms. Johansson, and an issue for anyone in the business of

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Sony Tablet vs. Apple iPad? No. Two Different Tablets

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:05:44 +0000

As one who has a Sony Tablet, given as a Christmas present from Sony, and one who purchased an Apple iPad for his mother, I think I’m pretty qualified to comment on both tablets. While the basic idea is that one is better than the other, the real question really comes down to age of

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Merry Christmas To Zennie62 YouTube Subscribers, Viewers, Vloggers

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:31:09 +0000

The people who make Zennie62 go are its subscribers. So I wanted to just say thanks to them and to the people yet to come.

Jerome Simpson Flip, Air Jordan Stampede Pepper Sprayed By Cops

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:15:07 +0000

Jerome Simpson, the previously known only to Cincinnati Bengals fans, is now a man with a house hold name. Everyone wants to know who the NFL player was who just did the 360 over a defender and into the end zone, putting his team in the playoffs at the same time. The effort made his

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Oakland Should Sue MLB, San Jose, And The Oakland A’s Right Now

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:30:49 +0000

The reports are all over that Major League Baseball’s long-delayed report on the Oakland A’s in Oakland, and if they should be given permission to leave Oakland for San Jose, will be released “soon,” and the verdict is that the A’s will be given permission to move to San Jose. If Oakland Mayor Jean Quan

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Merry Christmas To You And Yours!

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:33:22 +0000

Christmas is officially here, and it’s marked by Santa Claus’ visit and gifts, and Christmas Eve Mass, what was called “Midnight Mass” but was moved up to 10 PM to give the Pope more time to rest for his Christmas Day Speech. Pope Benedict XVI has practiced for over 60 years. This year, the Pope

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NORAD Santa Tracker Over Iowa Now

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:28:21 +0000

The NORAD Santa Tracker has Santa Claus in Lincoln, Nebraska as of this writing. His next stop is Des Moines, Iowa. What’s the NORAD Santa Tracker? This blogger has blogged about the cool service many times. Here’s a brief: The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children

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It’s A Wonderful Life – The Full, Uncut Version On YouTube

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:14:21 +0000

A friend on Facebook wanted to find the full, original, uncut version of Frank Capra’s Classic It’s A Wonderful Life online. Fortunately, YouTube has it, and the version’s embedable, so you can see it above. It’s A Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, is the perfect movie to remind us all of the

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Why Are Women Jealous Of Fit Women? A Talk With Megan Avalon

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:35:11 +0000

Why are women jealous of fit women? Ask Megan Avalon. Women bodybuilders, fitness models, and female athletes tend to bring out extreme views, especially from, well, other women. Take what US Women’ Soccer Star Hope Solo had to deal with on Dancing With The Stars 2011 when she was called “too muscular.” Or take this

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David Letterman: Lindsey Vonn Shows Legs, No Tim Tebow Or Divorce Talk

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:14:11 +0000

David Letterman was nice to Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn. In the great tradition of female guests on the show (most notably Jennifer Aniston, Eva Longoria, and Jessica Alba) Lindsey Vonn came on the The Late Show With David Letterman and made an obvious attempt to show her legs. And I mean even to the point

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Abby Wambach Wins AP Female Athlete of the Year Award

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:51:58 +0000

After the USA Women’s Soccer Team was eliminated in a most-dramatic finals match against Japan, it looked like the team’s spark plug Abby Wambach would not gain the spotlight she so rightly deserved, and watched as her extraordinary teammate Hope Solo grabbed the many opportunities for stardom (not to mention a whopping increase in Twitter

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Sarah Lacy Strikes Back Against TechCrunch With PandoDaily.com

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:01:36 +0000

TechCrunch Senior Editor Sarah Lacy, who I first met when she was hanging with then-Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas, is the first former TechCrunch staffer (there are a lot of them: Michael Arrington , Paul Carr, Heather Harde, and Lacy) to actually announce that she’s going to announce a first funding round for a new venture

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Ron Paul and Racism: Ron Paul’s Not Racist

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:33:49 +0000

In 2007, this blogger made a video question for the CNN YouTube Republican Debates for Ron Paul, and it was based on the work of Alan Bernstein of the Houston Chronicle, where he wrote: Texas congressional candidate Ron Paul’s 1992 political newsletter highlighted portrayals of blacks as inclined toward crime and lacking sense about top

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Indy Colts Shock Houston Texans, Win 19 To 16

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:34:12 +0000

The Indianapolis Colts shocked Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Field Thursday 19 to 16, and moved their record to 2-13. And they did it with just enough defense (the Texans were held to under 300 yards, with 283), just enough offense, (Quarterback Dan Orlovsky, replacing the injured Peyton Manning, threw for 244 yards), and timely

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Jericho Recommendation

Nikky Raney — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:30:40 +0000

Here’s a television recommendation that is definitely a nice Christmas present. While searching Netflix for a new show and series to get into my boyfriend and I found the show Jericho. Now, although the show only aired from 2006-2008 and had two seasons – this show is addicting. We are in the first season about

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CES 2012 : Mobile, 3D, CE, YouTube, And Digital Hollywood

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:56:02 +0000

Zennie62 will be in Las Vegas for CES 2012 between January 8, 2012 and January 15th 2012, and looking through my press emails, the trend and buzz is concerned with mobile and with 3D. On top of that, there are several interesting conferences within the Consumer Electronics Show that are of note. First off, this

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Mission Impossible Twitter Marketing Successful

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:23:26 +0000

Twitter loves Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. For a movie, let alone a brand, Twitter can be Heaven or Hell. One well-timed, creatively written tweet can cause a flurry of re-tweets and copycats that can trash a movie just as it’s released. Or, Twitter can be the device that makes an unknown movie a blockbuster, or

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Monta Ellis: Sexual Harassment Lawsuit By Erika Ross Smith Panned On Twitter

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:04:50 +0000

Whatever Monta Ellis did, Erika Ross Smith’s just opened herself up to a World of bad media. The problem with what seems to be a flurry of sexual harassment claims and charges in the New Media Age is they are starting to make the accusers look really bad. Such is the case with Erika Ross

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Kim Jong-il Embalmed

Nikky Raney — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:57:46 +0000

Reuters and The Chicago Tribune have both reported that Kim Jong-il’s body is going to be embalmed. This means that his body is going to be on display under glass for a while: “”It’s all about idolizing (the Kim family). They keep their bodies preserved to keep the regime intact,” said Hong Soon-kyung, a former

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Oakland City Council’s Tense Occupy Oakland / Port Hearing

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:10:16 +0000

The video below by “dukkhaboy” on YouTube gives some of the flavor of last night’s Oakland City Council Hearing, as Port Of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin talks against the Occupy Oakland Port Shutdown Action of last week, (and in support of a wild resolution to grant extraordinary police powers to prevent future Port shutdown

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John Boehner’s Being A Fuckhead At The Economy’s Expense

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:25:06 +0000

GOP House Speaker John Boehner (R, 8th District Ohio) should be spanked, horse-collared, tarred and feathered, and just plain slapped in the face for his total fuckhead behavior at the expense of the economy and for nothing more than petty politics. Speaker Boehner – and some of his Republican followers – can’t stand the news

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Debra Messing Separating From Daniel Zelman? It’s The Holidays!

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:53:21 +0000

The news that Actress Debra Messing is separating From husband Daniel Zelman comes as no surprise to this blogger. Not for any inside info on their marriage, but because of something that hit me this weekend. It seems like the holidays – or maybe the 2011 Christmas Season – brings out the worst in relationships.

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Horse Meat Argument

Nikky Raney — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:41 +0000

Ever been “so hungry that you could eat a horse?” Well at the end of November President Obama sparked a lot of controversy when he legalized the slaughtering of horses for meat. Obama signed the 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill on November 18, 2011 that allowed the continued slaughtering of what has been over 100,000 horses

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Happy Hanukkah Everyone!

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:42:04 +0000

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

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

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:41:03 +0000

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

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San Diego Chargers Zap Baltimore Ravens

MelissaRubin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:12:02 +0000

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

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49ers Beat Steelers, Win Candlestick Park Outage Bowl

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:57:26 +0000

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

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Candlestick Park 49ers Steelers Game Power Outage Due To Disrepair

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:23:42 +0000

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

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Jon Bon Jovi Not Dead, Posted New Photo

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:08:03 +0000

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

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The Dark Knight Rises Trailer: Dark Knight Meets Occupy Wall St

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:04:24 +0000

The second trailer for the Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films, DC Comics film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures The Dark Knight Rises, the hotly anticipated third and final installment in the Batman / Dark Knight Series by Christopher Nolan, was released today, and has a message that points to the current income inequality problem in America

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Tell Hope Solo: USA Women’s Soccer Victory Best Sports Accomplishment of 2011

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:46:29 +0000

This is something for fans of Women’s Soccer and Women’s Sport to cheer: Marist Poll of Marist College reports that their poll of “the single best sports accomplishment of the year,” revealed the USA Women’s Soccer victory over Brazil as “the single best sports accomplishment of the year.” The USA Women’s Soccer win this year

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Kim Jong-il is Dead

Nikky Raney — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:38:49 +0000

The 69-year-old leader of the communist nation of North Korea is now dead according to many headlines including the BBC which reports that he died on a train while outside the capital. This story is fresh and still developing. The many news sources that I have checked refer a lot to the stroke he had

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Jasper Bailey Human Beat Box In Downtown Oakland

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:59:15 +0000

Jasper Bailey (AKA Jasper The Beatboxer) is a person I met in Downtown Oakland when I was on the way to Radio Bar. He literally chased me down, asking if I was a producer because he saw me making a video blog of my evening in Oakland to that point in time. Mr. Bailey explained

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JR Martinez A Dad, Kobe Bryant’s Wife Wants Divorce

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:51:38 +0000

Dancing With The Stars Winner JR Martinez and his girlfriend Diana Gonsalez-Jones will have their first child, a girl, in the spring. They met about three years ago, became friends in 2010, and decided to become more than friends this year. One more step for JR Martinez: marry the girl. Someone not talking marriage, but

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Tell Ray William Johnson Waving Bears Are Common

Zennie Abraham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:38:36 +0000

YouTube Comedy vlogger Ray William Johnson’s under the impression that bears who wave at you – or bear waving – is an uncommon thing. As my video shows, it’s quite common! Bears have been in zoos for over a century. After a time, it makes sense they would catch on to the idea that human’s

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The Iraq War is Over

Nikky Raney — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:22:07 +0000

CNN, Fox and all the other mainstream media channels have announced and confirmed that the war in Iraq is officially over. The war began in 2003 and now it has finally come to an end, it is almost hard to believe, but at the same time it is about time. Thank you Barack Obama for

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SFGate.com Traffic Down 11 Percent After Zennie62 Departure

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:34:01 +0000

According to data from the Alexa.com traffic system, the page view traffic for SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, is down 10.8 percent as of this writing, which rounds to 11 percent, just one month after the new SFGate.com Executive Director Alana Nguyen blocked posting to Zennie62 on SFGate.com because this blogger pushed

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Mayor Quan Announces Oakland Parking Holiday

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:53:32 +0000

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan announced that today and next Saturday are “parking holidays” for Oakland. Personally, this is too little too late. When Elihu Harris was Oakland’s Mayor, the office had something called the “Shop Oakland” campaign, which started back in November, before Thanksgiving, and was a major, city-wide marketing event. It featured not just

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Foxy Knoxy – Amanda Knox’s Nickname

Nikky Raney — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:46:46 +0000

This is a video to go along with my report about Amanda Knox. I am explaining her nickname “Foxy Knoxy” and that the media wasn’t so clever as to make it up – it was actually a nickname from her youth regarding her talents in soccer, but whenever the media used the term they were

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Human Trafficking In Asia: Case Study

Nikky Raney — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:40:39 +0000

This is a paper I wrote for my Contemporary Global Issues class regarding Human Trafficking in South East Asia. If you would like to see my bibliography don’t hesitate to e-mail me. Nikky Raney December 2011 Contemporary Global Issues Brian Jones Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia Human trafficking is a global issue that is not

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President Obama To Make Statement Live At 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:04:52 +0000

According to an email from The White House, President Obama is set to “make a statement” at 12:30 EST, which is 9:30 PST in California. On what, this blogger does not know, but here’s the live stream video area. Update: Obama announced the extension of the Payroll Tax cut for two months. JOIN THE LIVE

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Tim Tebow Meets Chad Ochocinco; Terrell Owens Asks Ocho For A TD

Zennie Abraham — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:55:53 +0000

Now Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow and New England Patriots Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco obviously will be rivals on Sunday when the Broncos play the Patriots in a big game. But that doesn’t mean they can’t meet for dinner or call or text on a cell phone. This photo was sent out via Twitter by

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Chevron Ecuador: Petroecuador Plans To Clean Up Its Oil Mess

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:36:10 +0000

Since 2008, this blogger has said that the Ecuador land damage that Chevron was blamed for was really the fault of the state-run oil company called Petroecuador, and because Chevron has not operated in the country since 1992, and over that time Petroecuador and other oil companies were and were using those oil lands that

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Blasted On Facebook Page

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:08:04 +0000

On December 15th, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, or someone working on her behalf, elected to announce to the World that the Mayor’s Facebook Page would be, in their words, “disabled.” Not to be insulting, but frank: that was a great example of how the Mayor and the Mayor’s Office doesn’t know how to use social

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Barry Bonds Sentenced To House Arrest For Federal Conviction

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:09:44 +0000

Barry Bonds, the Former San Francisco Giants Slugger, got off easy in today’s sentence for Federal Conviction of obstruction of justice. Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, and 2 years probation. Barry has to do 250 hours of community service, and a drop-in-the-bucket $4,000 fine for obstruction of justice. This started because

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YouTube Still Allowing Use Of N-Word

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:01:45 +0000

Even after my video, blog posts here and on AdAge, and constant tweeting and generally Google / YouTube Forum complaints, the filter requested to allow me and others to block unwanted words, in my case the N-word, still isn’t there. This after a new YouTube design and extensive use of Ajax programming. There was certainly

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Christopher Hitchens Of Vanity Fair Passes At 62

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:42:13 +0000

Death is not something one is prepared for, it just happens. That was true last night for the great public intellectual and Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens. This blogger thought Hitchens would beat his battle with esophageal cancer, of which he announced he was fighting in 2010. Very sad, because the thought in my head

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Kyrsten Roth, 15 Reported Missing, Found With Andrew Culver, 20

Zennie Abraham — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:44:44 +0000

Andrew Culver, 20, can’t find a woman of 19 or even, er, 27 years old, so he had to arrange a hook up with 15-year-old Kyrsten Roth, whom he met via the Internet. Kyrsten Roth, eager to escape her parents and become an adult, went out to meet this young man, and turned up missing

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Chris Paul To The LA Clippers; LA Lakers Should Sue The NBA

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:10:47 +0000

The news that New Orleans Hornets Star Chris Paul accepted a trade to the LA Clippers and not the LA Lakers is sad, unless it’s going to be a sign-and-trade deal. It’s sad because NBA Commissioner David Stern nixed the original three-team complex trade that would have sent Paul to the Lakers, yet left them

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The Iraq War Is Over, US Troops Coming Home

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:28:05 +0000

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama addressed American Troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Wednesday announcing the end of the Iraq War. President Obama said: It’s harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -– all the fighting and all the dying,

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New iPhone App: ArtRage To Be Demoed At CES 2012

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:34:29 +0000

Just received a press release on an interesting iPhone Painting app called ArtRage. It’s due to be introduced next month at CES 2012. Here’s the release: Ambient Design www.artrage.com, the leading award-winning creator of realistic art painting software for Mac & Windows, launched today ArtRage for iPhone powerful physical paint simulation software for the iPhone

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Golden Globe Nominations: The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Lead Noms

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:07:08 +0000

The Golden Globes discovers YouTube! Film awards season’s getting off to its normally exciting start, and it’s great to see the Hollywood Foreign Press Association getting into the new media act! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) President Dr. Aida Takla-O’Reilly. has asked Gerard Butler, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones and Sofia Vergara to announce the

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The NFL Coaching Cull (Jack Del Rio, Todd Haley, Tony Sparano) Has Only Just Begun

Dave — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:43:43 +0000

It’s that time of year when heads start to roll; Those heads belong to National Football League Head Coaches. The phrase ‘The Coaching Carousel’ will soon be in full effect within various media outlets, I promise not to use it. As it stands with three regular season games remaining, three NFL Head Coaches have lost their

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Some Questions And Comments About Occupy Oakland

DonMacleay — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:06:16 +0000

Some questions and comments about Occupy Oakland Questions: Is it better now? Is the area around city hall safer? Cleaner? Is business back up? Are there less homeless at 14th and B-way? What was the cooperation about? Was it nationwide? Why? If this was a local sanitation and public safety issue, then why did we

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Rule Changes in NFL Are Completely Changing The Game

Acarilloqb7 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:27:25 +0000

By Anthony Carillo http://twitter.com/#!/CarilloCannon7 If you were to ask Mean Joe Green, Mel Blount, Jack Tatum, Ronnie Lott or any of the most intimidating defensive players in the 70s, 80s and 90s, they would most likely tell you one thing; the league is handcuffing defensive players. Back in their respective decades Green, Blount, Tatum, and

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James Harrison Suspended By NFL For One Game For Illegal Hit

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:13:50 +0000

Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Lineman James Harrison was suspended for one game by the NFL for a horrible hit on Cleveland Quarterback Colt McCoy. Here’s the NFL’s statement: JAMES HARRISON of the Pittsburgh Steelers has been suspended without pay for one game by NFL Executive Vice President RAY ANDERSON as a result of Harrison’s fifth illegal

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NFL TV Agreements Extended To 2022

Zennie Abraham — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:44 +0000

The NFL released a press announcement today explaining that the Sunday broadcast television packages with CBS, FOX and NBC have been extended nine years to 2022. Here’ the NFL’s statement: The National Football League has agreed to nine-year extensions of its Sunday broadcast television packages with CBS, FOX and NBC that will keep NFL games

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#whilewewatch Occupy Wall St New York Movie Premier Livestream

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:57:16 +0000

Watch live streaming video from whilewewatch at livestream.com Kevin Breslin, the brilliant Director of the Oscar-considered Living For 32, and a friend of this blogger is hosting a livestream presentation of his new documentary movie #whilewewatch. It’s a fascinating look at how new media helped spread the message of the Occupy Movement and caused its

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall – Ken Pratt Rips Quan

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:18:57 +0000

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is facing two things: a recall signature gathering process and the wrath of Oaklander Ken Pratt. This blogger literally ran into Mr. Pratt at last night’s benefit for Occupy Oakland, and he gave a video interview that can only be called searing. Pratt’s massively pissed off that Mayor Quan’s aide Sue

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Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Movie Trailer Is Out

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:40:05 +0000

Good Deeds is Tyler Perry’s movie about Wesley Deeds, a successful black entrepreneur (here that Michael Arrington!), who becomes more romantically interested in a a down-on-her-luck single mother than his more “uptown” fiance. Here’s the official plot: A successful, wealthy San Francisco businessman, Wesley Deeds, (Tyler Perry), has always done what’s expected of him, whether

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Lindsey Vonn Not Dating Tim Tebow, But John Elway?

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:57:40 +0000

Lindsey Vonn has become a popular topic to search about and speculate about online. For example, Ms. Vonn’s a top Google Trend today, and all for new old news that she says she not dating Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow. Before Tebow, she was linked to 16-year-old Parker MacDonald. But through it all, she’s managed

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VidBlogger Nation Airs On Xfinity On Demand In 10 Cities

VidBloggerNation — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:13:24 +0000

Vidblogger Nation is a new first-ever social TV network airing on Xfinity On Demand featuring self-portraits by 10 VidBlogger tastemakers such as Ann Spade, Jen Friel, Sarah Austin, Jessica Berry, Rocco Leo Gaglioti, Sacha Heppell, Jenny Scordamaglia, Ann Spade, Tony Thomas, Jeff Wiesenbaugh, and Zennie Abraham — all sharing stories of people, places and things

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The Occupy Oakland Port Action: ILWU Union Games The Movement

Zennie Abraham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:24:49 +0000

The Occupy Oakland Movement certainly has its factions, so it’s hard to say ‘the movement as a whole thinks one way,’ but the bottom line is the current majority is taking actions that are driving people who were supporters away from it, and leaving it the pawns of those with their own political agendas. There’s

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Men In Black 3 Trailer Has Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:50:24 +0000

The Men In Black 3 trailer is out and presents the Sony Pictures release that brings together Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, as Agent J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) and a new comer to the MIB universe, Josh Brolin, who plays a younger version of Agent J. Made at a cost

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Amanda Knox: Case Study

Nikky Raney — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:37:23 +0000

Amanda Knox was an American student who decided to study abroad in Perugia, Italy in 2007. Knox was 20 years old at the time and was living a British student named Meredith Kercher who was 21 years old. In October of 2007 Knox became romantically involved with a 23-year-old Italian man named Raffaele Sollecito (Trendski).

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Gloria Allred: Twitter Users Hate She’s Involved In Syracuse Sex Scandal

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:37:51 +0000

If you want to insure instant lack of credibility for any issue just call in famed lawyer Gloria Allred. This blogger has long admired Ms. Allred’s work in advancing the cause of equal treatment for women in the workplace, but her recent actions have carved her more in the mold of a celebrity smut chaser

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God Particle Annoucement: Clearing Higgs Boson Confusion

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:49:31 +0000

The one reason “god particle” is the number two most popular search on Google Trends as of this writing is because a huge number of lay people are hearing about today’s announcement this morning, and undoubtedly think this refers to some proof of the existence of God. It doesn’t. What it does prove is how

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Texting and Driving Up 50% Despite Laws Banning It

AllisonMReilly — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:51:55 +0000

New statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that texting and driving has increased to 0.9 percent of drivers in 2010, up from 0.6 percent in 2009. The NHTSA derived these percentages by staking out selected stoplights and intersections to count people using cellphones and hand-held devices that allow them to text, to view directions,

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Citizen Media – The New Documentary #WhileWeWatch

Karen A. Brown — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:41:15 +0000

As associate producer on the new documentary, #WhileWeWatch, from Director Kevin Breslin and 8com, I have had an opportunity to dive, in a face-to-the-pavement sort of way, into the new wave of citizen media. Livestreaming, blogs, free press, immediate video uploads to youtube minutes after it is filmed. Watching arrests that seem completely unwarranted from

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Gawker Most Valuable Blog In America At $318 million

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:18:38 +0000

For those who’ve not woke up to the new media space and the value of blogs, here’s the latest information from the Wall Street Journal’s 24/7 blog. In ranking the top blogs using Quantcast to evaluate traffic, 24/7 reports that Gawker is the most valuable blog at $318 million. That’s the price the blog would

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Reggie Bush : Kim Kardashian, Bush Farts In Public, Sort Of…

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:28:30 +0000

Leave it to, of all people, Reggie Bush, to give us a laugh. After the Miami Dolphins v. Oakland Raiders game of a week ago Sunday, Bush took to the press conference podium and farted – or it sounded like it. As it turned out, Bush grabbed the mic to move it closer to his

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Uploaded WordPress 3.3 For Zennie62Blog.com

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:01 +0000

WordPress just made its new update WordPress 3.3 available, and this blogger uploaded it for use at Zennie62Blog.com. It’s a much better and smoother version of Worldpress than before. The links are easier to see, and faster to respond to the cursor touch. Beyond that, it’s said to make posting faster and easier, but this

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Syria Killed Over 5,000 Says United Nations Report

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:10:02 +0000

Syria’s methods of cracking down on protest are horrifying, and the United Nations (UN) assets that the country has killed over 5,000 of its own people. According to AlJazeera: The UN’s Navi Pillay said on Monday there were reports of increased attacks by opposition groups on President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces but highlighted “alarming” events

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Lindsey Vonn, Maybe Not Tim Tebow Dating, But Robby Tebow?

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:38:07 +0000

The Lindsey Vonn Date With 16-year Old Parker MacDonald There’s an old saying about male / female friendships: the guy is always the emergency dick as in “in case of emergency, break glass.” Regardless of what Olympic Super Star Lindsey Vonn says, it looks for all the World like she’s dating one of the Tebows.

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Occupy Oakland Wrong On Port Of Oakland Protest

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:41:38 +0000

At first, the Occupy Movement, and it’s offshoots including Occupy Oakland, the best known of them other than Occupy Wall Street, started with a noble purpose, bringing attention to the many people who were being laid off from work, and kicked out of their homes by the “big banks” – the organizations that received bailout

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Jennifer Aniston Called Sexiest Woman Of All Time

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:21:40 +0000

There’s no question but that Jennifer Aniston is an attractive, engaging, beautiful, and sexy woman. Ms. Aniston has managed to successfully become a part of our American pop culture. Someone you know just by her name. It may make you think of Friends, or any of her movie roles, or her eventually failed marriage to

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Cincinnati Xavier Fight, 4 Suspended, What’s Race Matter?

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:46:09 +0000

Saturday’s Cincinnati Xavier fight that started toward the end of the basketball contest was a sad moment in American culture. The brawl started back during halftime of the game and toward the end of the game the same two players got into each other’s faces, but it was Xavier Freshman Desmine Wells who really started

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Tim Tebow: Denver Broncos QB Blasted by Hot Chick at SF Bar

Zennie Abraham — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:27:55 +0000

What’s so much fun about this Zennie62 YouTube video called “Denver Broncos Tim Tebow Blasted by Hot Chick at SF Bar,” are some of the reactions to what Kelly said. Here’s the video: The video was created after a visit to Aventine, a bar and restaurant in San Francisco (and where I made this Michael

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NL MVP Ryan Braun Fails Drug Test

Acarilloqb7 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:50:16 +0000

By Anthony Carillo Is no one clean in Major League Baseball anymore? The 2011 National League Most Valuable Player, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug. He was asked to give urine samples during the playoffs, and he knew weeks before he got the award that he was going to

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Golden State Warriors Owner Disses Oakland On Channel 5 KPIX

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:59:37 +0000

Last night, Golden State Warriors Co-Owner Joe Lacob was a guest on Dennis O’Donnell’s sports show on KPIX TV, Channel Five in San Francisco. Dennis asked Lacob about the possibility of moving the GS Warriors to San Francisco. Rather than defend Oakland, Lacob did not rule out the possibility, he just said that the Golden

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Occupy Wall Street Global Revolution LiveStream

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:08:14 +0000

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com This lives stream presents the latest information about the national protest efforts. But this blogger must make the observation that many of the protests impact the 99 percent, and not the one percent. This is, once again, liberal hurting liberal. Stay tuned.

Occupy Oakland Port of Oakland Strike Live Stream, Twitter Stream

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:38:15 +0000

The planned Occupy Movement / Occupy Wall Street / Occupy Oakland protest at the Port of Oakland’s underway and already the City of Oakland has sent out several press releases that will be posted here. The Port of Oakland shutdown effort is a wild one because the people who work at the Port aren’t at

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Chevron Ecuador: Enviromental Scientist Ignores Data, Makes Up New Claims

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:19:47 +0000

Lost in the flurry of lawsuits around the matter of Chevron oil production operations in Ecuador until 1992, – including Ecuador’s claim that Chevron did not clean up the land, and Chevron’s counter that it not only did clean up the land used, but that Ecuador’s state-run oil company Petroecuador took over the pits and

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Green Bay Packers Destroy Oakland Raiders, Now 13-0

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:54:51 +0000

Oakland Raiders fans (like this blogger) can erase any dream that the Silver and Black would be able to knock off the Defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers and stop the midwestern team’s win streak at 12 games for the 2011 NFL Season. The Raiders were destroyed by the Packers 46 to 16, and

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Tim Tebow Strikes Again: Denver Broncos Beat Chicago Bears In OT

Zennie Abraham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:32:54 +0000

What Tim Tebow – the Denver Broncos Quarterback who Dallas Cowboys’ Owner Jerry Jones once said he “couldn’t get on the field,” prior to the 2010 NFL Draft and the man who may have captured Lindsey Vonn’s heart – is doing is suddenly not funny. Under his leadership, the Broncos have earned six straight wins,

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