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Top Five Classic "30 Rock" Musical Moments

Last night the NBC Peacock plucked one of its brightest feathers as Thursday night comedy staple "30 Rock" aired its final episode. Since 2006, the show's cycled in some of the decade's most memorable music cameos and memorable original songs. With the show's theme and most of its original scores co ... More >>

The Plight of the Tortured (as Opposed to the Torturers for a Change) Gets Big Screen Due

Hollywood's awards season has plopped onto red carpets many stars and players from films and television shows (think Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland) that glorify CIA agents, with director Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker follow-up drawing the most controversy for its scenes of American-endorsed t ... More >>

Maen Areikat, Chief Representative of Palestine Liberation Organization Set to Visit OC

Stationed in the nation's capital, diplomat Maen Rashid Areikat wasn't invited to President Barack Obama's second inauguration. As he told The National, the oversight was relayed as unintentional resulting from outdated contact information. Whatever the case, the chief representative of the Palestin ... More >>

Temple Israel Vandalized by Nazi Douchebags

Just a week ago, Temple Israel in Long Beach was rededicated after major improvements were made to the synagogue complex at 269 Loma Ave. "Improvements" added last night were not improvements at all but disgusting swastikas and slogans sprayed onto the place for worshipers from greater Long Beach an ... More >>

The OCeeker: Friends Church Yorba Linda and the Vapors

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And if you need Jesus ye heathen, Friends Church Yorba Linda may be the place for you. Your pomade-powered prophet visited the historically Quaker fellowship on Saturday night, taking his place among the lily-white saints and trying to stay awake among a rat ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's Crusade Against Muslim Brotherhood Has OC Ties, Supporter Claims

A local supporter of the call by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) and four other House members for an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood's "infiltration" into the Obama administration is using a couple Orange County incidents to build his case.One happened at UC Irvine--although it's not t ... More >>

The OCeeker: The Rock and the Prophet Who Made an Ass of Himself

There are three rites of passage for American men, and a lot of you ball bearers don't know what they are, because you either didn't have a daddy, or your daddy didn't raise you right.The first two are easy, and no, the OCeeker ain't talkin' a mamby-pamby trip to Wrigley Field and some backpacking-t ... More >>

Why do Americans Call Mexicans 'Illegals'?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And what do Mexicans think of Koreans?

Futures of Syria and Bashar Assad Aired at Town Hall

​The focus of the international media may have switched from Syria to Israel-Palestine (for now), but that won't stop the Los Angeles chapter of the Syrian American Council from holding its third town hall meeting in Anaheim Saturday to examine the current situation and future outlook for members' ... More >>

[UPDATED With Criminal Charges, Another Incident:] Boat Carrying Mexican Nationals Capsizes Near Crystal Cove State Park

​UPDATE, JULY 15, 4:17: Four of the fourteen Mexican nationals who were onboard the panga boat that capsized near Newport Tuesday have been charged as criminals -- three for "conspiring to bring illegal aliens to the United States" and the other for illegal entry. The three alleged consp ... More >>

TV Station and Mobile App Team to Fight "Carmageddon" on the 405 Freeway

​A mobile social traffic and navigation app is teaming with a Los Angeles-based television station to provide real-time news and traffic information during "Carmageddon"--the July 15 weekend closure of the 405 freeway in Los Angeles.Waze, which claims to have 4.5 million member drivers in 45 cou ... More >>

QSR Magazine: Middle Eastern Arabic Eastern Mediterranean Food Now "In"

​QSR Magazine is the bible of the fast-food and fast-casual industry, one that's usually good in its reporting. But an article in this month's issue shows how advanced we are culinarily in Orange County, how the rest of the United States, even in this globalized age, is still rather clueless when ... More >>

Contributor to Long Beach St. Hate Professor Kevin MacDonald's Publication Harasses Chuck DeVore

MacDonald: Too much of a weenie to do his own dirty work​I don't check Red County regularly anymore, ever since they began switching web layouts every three months or so and de-emphasized county coverage for loser areas of the country. And I definitely don't follow former state senator Chuck DeVor ... More >>

Bacon Challenge--Show Off Your Baconcrafting Skills

instructables.com​Are you a bacon savant? A meat artiste who can weave bacon into an itsy-bitsy, smoky-meat bikini for Lady Gaga? Head over to instructables.com and show the world how you make said swimsuit in their Bacon Challenge. You can win an iPad2 or a piece of All Clad cookware, as if such ... More >>

[UPDATED] Lior Bitton, LA Jeweler Who Filed False Report of Diamond Theft, Ordered to Pay $99,000

​UPDATE, FEB. 4, 4:30 P.M.: Do you spell that name "Lior" or "Liar"?Lior Bitton, who owns a Westminster jewelry store, accepted a plea deal today that had him declaring his guilt to falsely reporting a 4.21 carat diamond had been stolen and fraudulently collecting more than $99,000 from his insura ... More >>

[UPDATED] 24 Civic and Faith Leaders Urge DA Tony Rackauckas to Drop Criminal Probe of Irvine 11

​UPDATE, FEB. 3, 10 A.M.: The Los Angeles Times this morning jumped on the "Free the Irvine 11" bandwagon by publishing an editorial under that headline. Criminal charges against the students "are not appropriate" and "would be overkill" and could result in "a punishment out of proportion to the ... More >>

Abe Foxman, Head of Anti-Defamation League, to Speak Twice in OC This Sunday

​Few folks are more controversial on the Left that Abraham Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League. On one hand, his organization remains on the forefront of tracking white supremacists in the United States; on the other hand, their knee-jerk reaction to categorize nearly any criticism of Israe ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Lior Bitton, LA Jeweler Allegedly Filed False Report of $99,000 Diamond Theft

​Update, December 2, 9:20 a.m.: Earlier this year, Westminster police arrested 36-year-old Los Angeles jewelry store owner Lior Bitton, who was accused of fraudulently collecting more than $99,000 from his insurance company after falsely reporting a 4.21 carat diamond stolen. Now, the Orange Cou ... More >>

6 Steps to Make Ronald Reagan Park a Reality

​Twice motions were made Tuesday night to name a local park after Ronald Reagan, and twice the Newport Beach City Council voted that idea down. "We'll bring this back in some form or fashion, somehow," vowed Mayor Keith Curry, the politico pushing for a park named after the Gipper.Six easy steps w ... More >>

Around the World in Seven Venues, at Filter's Culture Collide Festival

​Cloning won't be necessary to see every band participating in the Culture Collide Festival in Los Angeles. Through some organizational tic-tac-toe, a number of the acts play multiple shows over the next four days scattered around the east side. Despite the abundance of gigs, those who don't stra ... More >>

Shalom C. Elcott, OC Jewish Federation Chief, Chided for UCI Muslim Suspension Boasts

Elcott​The Orange County Jewish Federation & Family Services reacted to the news that the Muslim Student Union suspension has been upheld at UC Irvine with a mix of applause and back slapping, claiming it "has been at the forefront of a community-wide effort to make UCI a hate-free zone for al ... More >>

Orange Bits: Ozzy Osbourne, Barrett Johnson, Rye Douglas

John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyOzzy at Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, back in February '09.​Sorry to leave you hanging for two Fridays, but Orange Bits--our weekly round up of all the OC-related music news that wasn't in the Weekly--is back. Rejoice:

Jewish Conspiracy Unveiled: UC Irvine Bans Muslim Student Union From Campus

​Any hopes of hearing Helen Thomas crack Jewish jokes live and in person at the UC Irvine Laugh Factory are now out the window, according to a story that just went up on the OC Register website this morning. Actually the story has nothing to do with Helen Thomas but it does involve.....Jews!!!!

Orly Taitz Tops Year-End Lists, Fears "Neuro Magnetic" Attack

​After living through dismissed lawsuits, broken birther alliances, judicial fines and less-than-flattering TV appearances, Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., has finally won something!It isn't Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate.

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: OC Weekly Edition

Another Friday, another edition of Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week. As more than a few readers have noted, you don't have to read the Register to find racist comments. Increasingly, it seems, the knuckleheads are posting their bile on our website--even in the comments section of this very ... More >>

UC Irvine, A Campus of Hate, Bigotry and Intimidation?

UC Irvine: A battlefield?In today's issue of the JewishJournal.com, Judea Pearl--an acclaimed UCLA professor and the father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was decapitated by nuts in Pakistan in 2002--has written "The Crucible of UC Irvine," which slams the Orange County univer ... More >>

Amir Abdel Malik Ali, a UCI Muslim Student Union Fave, an Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Coward

Ali, with a UCI goon trying to intimidate Levin by snapping a shot of himEvery year for the past couple of years, UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union has invited a hilarious hater named Abdel Malik Ali, one so noxious that the Southern Poverty Law Center profiled the pendejo. I'm not sure why the MSU k ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] From Puebla to Palestine

Live from Coachella: Dr. Dog, Amanda Palmer, Henry Rollins, Shirtless D-Bags

Sup. Broadcasting LIVE from the Corporately Sponsored AT&T Cool Down Charge Up tent. I am not really doing either at the moment, though. Philly's Dr. Dog just finished up at the Mojave tent a bit ago, and as Larry David might say, they were "pretty, pretty good." Tracks like "Worst Trip" and "Th ... More >>

Happy Good Friday, Straight From the Email Inbox

Two very different Easter takes arrived in Clockwork's inbox today, Good Friday, from Tim Leedom and Bobby Bible.Newport Beach filmmaker and author Leedom has written extensively about the true origins of religions and religious mythologies. He writes:THE JESUS PUZZLEAt least two times a year, Jesus ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Flow,' 'Prête-moi ta main,' More

[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Saucy Hawaiian at Waikiki Hawaiian Grill

Southern Poverty Law Center Proclaims UC Irvine Guest Speakers Anti-Semitic

For years, conservative students at the University of California, Irvine, have labored mightily to get the country to consider their campus a haven for Jew-bashing. Most of their criticism has been lobbied at the Muslim Student Union, which has done everything from host seminars called "Holocaust in ... More >>

[CD Review] Monotonix, 'Body Language' (Drag City)

[Special Screenings] Local Screenings of 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Spider-Man 2,' More

Hail Jesus: The Weekly and Pastor Wiley Drake Save America, One Day at a Time!

Dearest brethren and sisters of the Internet, God's children all: Let us all join our hands in prayer and thank the Lord for both the Orange County Weekly and Wiley Drake, the Buena Park-based, homeless-person-feeding, gay-bashing, Southern Baptist Pastor. Why blesseth we the Weekly and Pastor Dra ... More >>

2006 of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

2006 of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

Art: For Dummies?

J Flynn Gallery gives us art for ordinary people

More Drudgery

Alex, of course, is right (see his post here) about the drudges at The Drudge Report– among the many kinds of bastards they are, warmongering bastards ranks pretty high since Bush the Younger took office. But I do think he missed the importance of another, much older Encourager of war and slau ... More >>

It's Good to Be Dangerous Again

A UCI historian is one of the most terrifying professors in America

Kosher Bite

Mr. Taliban

Dornan says Rohrabachers got a weakness for terror suspects

The Last Resort

Iraq is rocked, but our desert rocks

Red Ken

OCC poli sci prof harangues college protestors

Kike on the Mic!

Hip Hop Hoodios? Jew betcha!

Diary of a mad county

Seizures in the Middle East

Diary of a Mad County

Hummus a Few Bars

Substance over style at Orchid

Letters to the Editor 1/22/99