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IKEA Cakes Discovered To Have High Levels of Coliform (aka Poop) Bacteria

So let's say you're not really that worried about IKEA meatballs having horse meat in them (the ones in the U.S. reportedly don't), how about coliform bacteria in its almond cakes? Yes, it's being reported that China has halted the sale of almond cakes by IKEA when authorities there discovered ... More >>

Dr. Phil: "Explosive" Interview Today On Grizzly Costa Mesa-Tied Murders

On today's Dr. Phil show, a 25-year-old Orange County actress accused of being an accessory to a sensational 2010 double murder defends her innocence.But pre-episode publicity hints that the interview with the veteran TV therapist may not have gone too well.In promotional material, a hostile Dr. Phi ... More >>

Is John Eastman Hiding Homo-Haters?

Former presidential candidate Fred Karger wants the former Chapman University law professor to reveal who's donating money to his fight against gay marriage

Woman Claims To Have Lost 85 Pounds By Eating All Her Meals At Starbucks

MSNBC reports that a 66-year-old woman has lost 85 pounds by eating all her meals at her local Starbucks. She has an oatmeal and coffee in the morning, and resorts to those pre-packaged boxed meals in the display fridge for her lunch and dinner. It's all about those nutritional labels, she says. It ... More >>

Robert Luis Reil Gets 50 More Years to Engage in Mexican Mafia Mayhem Behind Bars

The good news for those clinging to truth, justice and the American way (brought to you by Mennen) is Robert Luis Reil was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in state prison for his participation in the first Orange County murder of 2010. The bad news for those residing in the correctional facilit ... More >>

LA Riots Remembered

Two decades later, the world still burns

Vons, Albertsons, and Walmart To Stop Selling "Pink Slime" Beef

​What Louis Braindeis once said about sunlight being the best disinfectant can probably apply here. After being "pink"-listed by The Daily as sellers of "pink slime" beef, several supermarket chains have announced that they will stop offering beef that contains the filler previously known as  ... More >>

McDonald's And Starbucks To Get Greener With Coffee Cups

​There's a bit of news that came one after this week regarding how two of the biggest coffee drink purveyors, McDonald's and Starbucks, are both rethinking the way they serve coffee. MSNBC reports that McDonald's is trying out new, more easily recyclable paper coffee cups in about 2,000 of it ... More >>

[UPDATED with No Charges:] Sean Brown, Nephew of Late Nicole Brown Simpson and Son of Anti-Domestic Violence Group Founder, Held for Spousal Abuse

​UPDATE, DEC. 28, 11:08 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office declined to file charges against Sean Brown and his girlfriend Amy Johnson, according to MSNBC.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 27, 12:59 P.M.: In the wake of the brutal murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, her sister Denise Brown of Dana Po ... More >>

Conrad Murray Sued by Newport Beach Attorney Repping Imaging Company

​As if looking at four years in state prison for his role in the King of Pop's death is not bad enough, Dr. Conrad Murray is also facing a lawsuit brought by a Newport Beach attorney on behalf of a Poway nuclear medicine imaging systems company.The complaint against Murray, MSNBC and other media c ... More >>

Loretta Sanchez To Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: You are an Untrustworthy Poseur

Rubio: Look at the flag, not what I lie about.​Two congressional Democrats including Loretta Sanchez tag teamed Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio on MSNBC this afternoon for his fraudulent attempt to hail himself as a victim of Fidel Castro's dictatorial Cuban regime."We don't need someone wh ... More >>

[UPDATED with Protest's Emotional Conclusion:] Hundreds Protest Kelly Thomas' Death, Demand Answers From Fullerton PD

Ed CarrascoA protester goes right up to the door of the Fullerton Police Department.​​UPDATE, AUGUST 8, 1:07 P.M.: After most of the crowd had left for the day, the remaining 100 or so protesters congregated directly outside the Fullerton Police Department and the tone of the protest intens ... More >>

[UPDATED with 17 More Swept Up:] 26 Charged with Carrying Out Mexican Mafia Orders in OC Jail

​UPDATE, JULY 14, 5:01 P.M.: Besides the 26 Mexican Mafia members the District Attorney's office is prosecuting as a result of the Orange County Jail crimes uncovered through "Operation Black Flag," 17 Costa Mesa gang members were swept up by federal indictments related to the investigation.The in ... More >>

Daniel Wozniak's Jailhouse Closeup

[Moxley Confidential] The actor and double-murder defendant's appearance on MSNBC's 'Lockup' has one victim's dad crying foul

This Week in Food: Criticizing Stupid Lists, Loving Stupider Taco Bell Videos, and Smart Moink!

Flickr user D H Wright​Another busy week at SaFII--after the jump, the highlights!

The Hard Cell At the OC Jail

[Moxley Confidential] Deputies locked an innocent man in a cell with a homicidal, white-supremacist gangster and walked away

MSNBC's Five Hottest Foodie Trends... Yawn.

​Don't you just love it when the national media write about foodie trends? It always makes me think they're writing for people in some forgotten backwater who honestly do think that adding a packet of seasoning from Tastefully Simple to a cheese ball makes for a sophisticated, New York-style party ... More >>

MSNBC'S Lockup Extended Stay, OC Version, to Debut Saturday Night

Charles Butterfield, Daughter Killer, Reality TV Star​We've been waiting for this a long time: "MSNBC's popular behind-bars reality show Lockup Extended Stay debuts tomorrow at 7 p.m. Pacific Time." In case the name of the program doesn't ring a bell, you've probably seen it while flipping the cha ... More >>

Congressman Darrell Issa to Oversee Federal Food Regulation: Good or Bad?

​With the newest Congress sworn in comes Capitol Hill's traditional musical chairs of parties switching leadership roles for committees and the like. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is charged with investigating the government's regulations to see if they're overreaching. Th ... More >>

Nativo Lopez Cries 'Racist,' Appeals Court Cries 'Defamation'

[Moxley Confidential] Split decision in Overhill Farms case has chilling free-speech implications, dissenting justice asserts

Loretta Sanchez Hits Hardball, Slams CA Insurance Companies

Tough luck, kid.​Despite President Barack Obama's heathcare reform laws, California insurance companies are balking about offering policies to children with pre-existing conditions.That obstinance today drove Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to Hardball on MSNBC where she said Democrats ... More >>

Steven Tyler New 'American Idol' Judge

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​MSNBC reported yesterday that Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is the new American Idol judge, although Fox officially says "no comment."   Apparently negotiations were finalized late last week, meaning Tyler got his request for a top-notch wardrobe and makeu ... More >>

Supreme Court Doesn't Help Orly Taitz; 12-Year-Old Does

Christopher Victorio / OC Weekly​On July 8, Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz filed an application with the Supreme Court of the United States in a (maybe) last-ditch attempt to avoid paying the $20,000 in fines levied on her by a federal judge last year. On Thursday, though, Justice Clarence Th ... More >>

Orly Taitz Featured in MSNBC Documentary Premiering Tonight

John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​One of the sharpest birther-watchers around, David Weigel of the Washington Post, recently swore off any further coverage for Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz. "As far as I'm concerned, the Taitz trainwreck ended on Tuesday when she rode a wave of publicity to 26% in Cali ... 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 >>

Banning Divorce Picks Up Steam. Seriously

​As proponents of same-sex marriage in California argue amongst themselves whether to pursue a Prop 8 nullification initiative in 2010 or 2012, a "concerned Christian and political activist" is aiming for the earlier date for his measure to ban divorce in the Golden State. John Marcotte lasr fal ... More >>

Keith Olbermann Weighs in on the John Ziegler WCPAC Kerfluffle

MSNBC's top talker spent some time last night on the confrontation between John Ziegler and David Keene at the Newport Beach Radisson this past weekend: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy If you missed it, Olbermann at one point speculates that Zielger was "de ... More >>

MSNBC's Olbermann: OC Register Editors Suck Ass

Who's Minding the Mint? ​In case you've been living in a...wait a sec, let's just not go there...uh,if you haven't been reading the newspaper or reading the internets for the past few days, you might have missed the dumbest fucking decision probably ever made by an editor anywhere on the planet. W ... More >>

Video: Birther Nutjob Orly Taitz Suffers MSNBC Meltdown

Just in time for Barack Obama's birthday--it's today--the queen of the so-called "birther" movement, Orly Taitz, appeared yesterday on MSNBC to talk up her latest "evidence" that Obama is not an American citizen. That "evidence" is an obviously forged "Republic of Kenya birth Certificate" that was ... More >>

Wiley Speaks! On Keith Olbermann Naming Him "World's Worst Person"

Pastor Wiley DrakeWell, guessed who showed up in the ol' email inbox, responding to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann naming him the "World's Worst Person"? It's First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake, who drew the dubious distinction for saying he's prayed for the deaths&n ... More >>

Wiley Drake Gets the Keith Olbermann Stamp of Disapproval

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Pastor Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park has been previously recognized for interfaith gestures, helping the less fortunate and sheltering the homeless on church property despite threats from lawsuits, ... More >>

The Prodigy Are Still Changing Their Pitches Up, Probably Not Smacking Bitches Up

Reminder: Kogi in Santa Ana Today, at the Santiago Art District Artwalk. Makes it to Yahoo's Front Page and MSNBC.

Keith MayAs you may already know: One of the Kogi trucks will be at the Santiago Art District Artwalk today,Saturday May 16th, 7-10PM.Rest assured: This one won't get cancelled or broken up by police. All the proper permits have been secured, etc.However, since Kogi made it to the front page of Ya ... More >>

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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 >>

Hugh Hewitt Worst Person in the World!

To tell you the truth, I haven't regularly watched Keith Olbermann since his days as a sportscaster on KTLA-TV Channel 5 and KCBS-TV Channel 2--and even as an elementary school wab, I found him annoying. I hear his MSNBC show The Countdown is pretty entertaining--but again, I find him irritating so ... More >>

Friday's Headlines & Surprises: The Drake Two-Step

Dancing With the Fibber: UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake has inspired a new dance. We’re calling it the Drake Two-Step, and it goes like this: hire, lie, fire, lie, rehire, wiggle. For a story in today’s Times, Drake admits that he “bungled” the firing last week of Erwin Chemerinsky a ... 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 >>

Diary of a Mad County

Aug. 9 - Aug. 15

Diary of a Mad County

Aug. 2 - Aug. 8

Commie Girl

Something About Mexicans
Its time we had a conversation with Gustavo Arellano

Diary of a Mad County

The presidents conservative critics

Fat Man Talking

Everything I ever really needed to know about television I learned from Jerry Nachman

Gorbasms

Schwarzenegger gets OCs nuts excited

Anti-War Fun

Wings of Desire

Bird³s pilgrimage to mega

We Love to See You Smile From a Tree