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First a Victory, Now a War

Same-sex marriage supporters and detractors react to Proposition 8 ruling, what happens next

Jane Harman, Michael Jackson's Family and Nancy Pelosi's Daughter: Saviors for Orange County Motel Kids and Foster Children?

Courtesy of HBO​Wouldn't it be something if substantial help for Orange County "motel kids" and adult foster children comes not from local churches, Loretta Sanchez or the social-program slashing Orange County Board of Supervisors but a Los Angeles charity, Jermaine Jackson and the daughter of Nan ... More >>

CNN: KFC's Double Down Fails To Take Off

Dave Lieberman​Even as food bloggers and food journalists alike piled onto the hype that was KFC's Double Down, CNN Money is reporting this week that the bunless sandwich is a dodo, flightless and most likely doomed to extinction.

This Week in Weird Meat News

Flickr User etrusia_uk​Didja hear about the hullaballo over a restaurateur in Arizona who thought it was good idea to offer lion meat burgers to commemorate the World Cup in South Africa? Turns out one of the e-mail addressees on his restaurant's newsletter announcing the special meal was an a ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Today's Important Unimportant Election, From My TV Screen to Your Computer/Phone Screen

​11:15 p.m.: Don't be surprised if KOCE is accused of turning over its election coverage to that rare Orange County bird known as the "Democrat." The "live, election night edition of Real Orange" came from the Artists Village in Santa Ana, OC's version of Havana. Their election expert was the Voic ... More >>

Meet Orange County's Other Fact-Challenged, Media-Loving Birther Lawyer

Youtube screen captureFrom left: Anderson Cooper (duh), Paul Rolf Jensen, Lt. Col. Terrance Lakin​Paul Rolf Jensen issued a press release last year in which he called himself a "leading Orange County, California trial lawyer." His personal-injury law firm is based in Costa Mesa.On Friday, CNN anch ... More >>

Weapons of Mass Delusions

Grand Central Art Center

Weapons of Mass Delusion

Grand Central Art Center

[UPDATED:] Breaking: Tornado Warning Issued for OC and Long Beach

UPDATED WITH TORNADO WARNING EXTENDING TO ORANGE COUNTY . . . ​ABC News reports the tornado warning previously issued for Long Beach and south-central Los Angeles County now includes the Orange County communities of Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, Irvine, Fullerton, Costa ... More >>

Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!

Barbara Coe on Lou Dobbs' Resignation: It's Also Obama's Fault

So legendary liar Lou Dobbs quit his CNN show last night, and the expected reactions are flowing in: Aztlanistas rejoice, Know Nothings rail. The campaign against Dobbs was very much a La Raza conspiracy, but California for Coalition Reform head Barbara Coe is also pointing a gnarled, cigarette-stai ... More >>

Feds and State to Californians: Ride Out Swine Flu Alone

CNN carried a report this morning on physicians at the University of Kansas telling students to avoid coming in to the campus health clinic if they contract the H1N1 swine flu virus and that they instead ride it out in their dorm rooms. That's keeping with federal guidelines ... More >>

CNN is a Punk Rocker

sepiamutiny.com​Someone forwarded me this article on Muslim punk in the United States. I read it and think you should too.A major focus of the story is a Boston/NYC group called the Kominas, which I learned from reading means "the scumbags" in Punjabi. The article is pretty good and makes the Komi ... More >>

Orange County Clergy Goes Hollywood for Obamacare

Yes, the people popping up everywhere to disrupt explanations of Obamacare by congress people and administration folk seldom get covered these days. A favorite was two days ago on CNN, when the anchorwoman cut to such a town hall where a U.S. senator was detailing the plan. Without ha ... More >>

Sen. Tom Coburn Tries to Have His Obama-Birther Nutcake and Spit It Out, Too

The birthers apparently won't leave CNN's Rick Sanchez alone. (Welcome to the club, bub). A day after exploiting their nutty cause to his noontime audience--again, welcome to the club, bub--he had U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on his CNN Newsroom program today to explain how the Oklahoma Repub ... More >>

Updating!! TMZ Reports Michael Jackson Dead at 50

TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson is dead at 50. CNN is still only reporting it as "Michael Jackson rushed to hospital." As was widely reported about an hour ago, the much-maligned pop icon was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital earlier today after suffering cardiac arrest. First Farrah Fawcett, ... More >>

Pastor Rick Finds It Chilly in D.C.

UPDATED... Following up on Gustavo's thoughts here: CNN pundit Roland Martin (loved his show, Laugh-In) had this to say about Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren: "There were not many people clapping when his name was announced." That was right after another CNN pundit observed that those w ... More >>

LowBallVideoChatter: Steely Dan, "Black Friday"

Good morning! It's Black Friday, a term some wanker marketing genius coined for the day after Thanksgiving when, ideally, retailers all across this mass-consumer-crazed nation of ours will be (the theory goes) left "in the black." Though in these recessionary times, I'm not even expecting Christmas ... More >>

Election Night Music in OC/LB

Sure, it's fun to sit at home on election night and watch the results come in. I mean, think of all the great moments: Russert with the whiteboard, Florida "erroneously" being called for Gore, and, uh, other things that happened in years other than 2000. But what if you could watch these things - a ... More >>

To Do Tonight 10/7

Presidential Debate, 6 p.m. Watch the candidates duke it out, town hall style. On CNN. Check local listings. Club Fever, 9 p.m. So hot right now. $5 after 10 p.m. Cantina Lounge 2736 E. Nutwood Ave. Fullerton, CA (714) 879-8094 Kirov Ballet, 7:30 p.m. Perfectly manly. We swear. It's Russian. Oran ... More >>

To Do Tonight 10/2

Vice Presidential Debate, 6 p.m. Tune in to CNN and watch Palin duke it out with Biden. Free of charge! Your house, in front of the TV Gold Fever!, 1 p.m. A safe investment in our troubled economy. Casa Romantica 415 Ave. Granada San Clemente, CA 949-498-2139 Call Sick On Friday, 10 p.m. Follow di ... More >>

Reg Takes Multiple Hits on Multiple-Murder Coverage

Well, the good news is the Register finally took down those "Our marriage is great because of M.E.!" click-thru marriage education ads, which have recently tortured anyone attempting to access the paper online. Guess someone found them tasteless, considering. The bad news? In case you hadn't hear ... More >>

Candy Kush Machines

The future is now; the future is Marijuana Vending Machines. Technically termed PVMs, or Prescription Vending Machines, and now available at Herbal Nutrition Center in LA, the similarity between these and candy or soda machines ends at the name. They're installed behind secure dispensary doors, only ... More >>

Marty Smith returns to Orange Coast Magazine

After eight years with Los Angeles Times Magazine (where he's currently a senior editor), Martin Smith is heading back to OC to be editor-in-chief of Orange Coast Magazine. In a past life, Smith was staff writer and columnist for The Orange County Register. He went on to edit Orange Coast from 199 ... More >>

Fake CNN Site Blames Fires on Mexicans

When a bogus post went up on a fake CNN website late last week with the headline: "Separatists Claim Responsibility for California Wildfires" and which included a "confirmation" by Gov. Schwarzenegger that MECha (the Aztlan-loving student group) had claimed responsibility for the fires, anti-immigr ... More >>

Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: March of the day laborers

In town - the third favorite Dem: Later this afternoon, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards will be at the Disneyland Hotel to speak at the Orange County Democratic Party's 13th annual Harry Truman Awards & Dinner. In a CNN poll released Tuesday, Edwards followed Clinton (51 percent) and Obama ... More >>

Al Gore III - What a dope

Al Gore's 24-year-old son graced our fair county with his presence earlier today - allegedly with an ounce of marijuana and other controlled substances (Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Adderall) he didn't have a prescription for. He was stopped by the OC sheriff's department when they caught him going 10 ... More >>

Congrats to Gustavo

At 8 p.m. tonight--after only a single day in release, Gustavo Arellano's Ask A Mexican reached #165 in nationwide book sales on Amazon.com. What will the number fall to after Gustavo--who appeared on CNN with Paula Zahn this afternoon--ends his national TV, radio and bookstore tour? Could it reac ... More >>

Icey U P

Over on CNN.com there's plenty of coverage on the ice storm. If you haven't heard, a massive weather system caused chaos and death from Texas to Illinois, then relocated towards New England. Thousands upon thousands are without power, 36 are already dead, so naturally I'm going to make a snarky edit ... More >>

Our House Is A Very Very Democratic House

First it was MSNBC. Then it was CNN. Now, finally, even Fox News has acknowledged the (apparently) obvious: The Democrats shall retake Congress. MSNBC predicts a thorough stomping, giving the Dems as many as 234 seats (leaving Repugnicans with 201), with a margin of error of 10 seats. CNN is more h ... More >>

The Natives are Getting Restless

Remember how congenial the OC GOP gathering at the Hyatt Regency Irvine seemed a few minutes ago? Fuck that shit. Election-loss testiness reared its ugly head at 10:20 p.m., our R. Scott Moxley reports from the scene. As the giant TV screen showing CNN flashed pictures of presumed California winn ... More >>

Glum Old Party?

With the Democrats taking the House and threatening to take the Senate at this hour, you might expect the Orange County GOP election night party at the Hyatt Regency Irvine to be a mopey affair. After all, a huge banner in the room proclaims this is "America's Most Republican County." But, other tha ... More >>

How Do You NOT Spell Ethics? K-T-L-A

Anyone been watching the KTLA Morning News lately? The Los Angeles Times, which like KTLA is owned by Chicago's Tribune media giant, has come down hard on anchors Carlos Amezcua and Michaela Pereira, as well as entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, for receiving free stays in a hotel their "news" show w ... More >>

Diary of A Mad County

Terror-Fied

The War on Terror begins at home. My home.

Fish-Free Sea

You may live to see it in your lifetime

Anti-War Fun

Keep Your Hans Off My Blix

Shock and Awe and Shuck and Jaw

Subliminable Action Hero

Irvine's Bush doll takes on Barbie

The Pledge: God and the Devil are in the Details

And Connie Chung is dung

Couched in Ignorance

Your TV and the Middle East

We Can Multitask

Yucef Merhis light-speed world

Sitting Shiva for Us All

First the terrorists hit the U.S., then Riviera hits OC

True Lies?

Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

Fantasy Land

Next time, for sure!

The Prayer Witch Project

Sweatin' to the Oligarchy

A baton to the ribs, winos and great weather!

No-Show Perot

My Life as a Media-Savvy Teen

Or, how I became the voice for my generation