Friday, December 05, 2008
Carolina's Julius Peppers and Vikings Jared Allen Fined $10,000. ProFootballTalk.com - PEPPERS, ALLEN FINED $10,000
ProFootballTalk.com - PEPPERS, ALLEN FINED $10,000: “Julius Peppers and Vikings defensive end Jared Allen have each been fined $10,000.”
Pro-Israel Activist and Friend Dan Kilman Will Be Missed On Oakland's Grand Avenue And In The Bay Area
If you remember a year ago in November, I went out with my video camera and talked to two groups: SF Women in Black and SF Voice for Israel. If you shop at the Oakland Farmers Market, you remember a man carrying a large Israeli flag in front of the Grand Lake Theater. That man was Dan Kilman.
But some think fowl-play in the form of a hate crime had been committed. Red County reports that Kilman had been assaulted by anti-Israel activists before.
Some have made an issue of the fact that Dan was Gay and that perhaps his orientation played a role in his death. I don't think so. When I met Dan to do the video above, he didn't reveal that he was Gay at all, in fact he was with a woman and a small boy he seemed to tend to with great care, so I assumed he and she were married -- they certainly acted that way -- and I didn't think twice about it (but then I don't know what to look for in those matters anyway). I later asked Dan about that and he said she was a friend. The point is Dan didn't wear his sexual orientation on his sleave, that was reserved for his pro-Israel stance.
There's a memorial planned for Dan at this adress:
Please join us Sun, Dec 14, 7:30 PM at
Beth Jacob Congregation
3778 Park Blvd
Oakland, CA 94610
email: office@BethJacobOakland.org
There's also a Facebook page dedicated to Dan here: Dan Kilman Memorial on Facebook
This is that video series:
Part One:
Part Two
Part One:
Part Two
Well, the person in the video with the beard is one I came to call a friend; this a key part of Oakland culture, died recently. He supposedly died from falling down an elevator shaft after trying to climb out of a car stuck between floors. According to the website for "SF Voice for Israel" and where Dan was an active member, Kilman was found dead on December 1st at the bottom of an elevator shaft in a building located at 55 New Montgomery Street in San
Francisco called the Sharon Building.
Francisco called the Sharon Building.
But some think fowl-play in the form of a hate crime had been committed. Red County reports that Kilman had been assaulted by anti-Israel activists before.
Some have made an issue of the fact that Dan was Gay and that perhaps his orientation played a role in his death. I don't think so. When I met Dan to do the video above, he didn't reveal that he was Gay at all, in fact he was with a woman and a small boy he seemed to tend to with great care, so I assumed he and she were married -- they certainly acted that way -- and I didn't think twice about it (but then I don't know what to look for in those matters anyway). I later asked Dan about that and he said she was a friend. The point is Dan didn't wear his sexual orientation on his sleave, that was reserved for his pro-Israel stance.
The investigations under way center on the strong chance Dan's death was a hate crime, a case of antisemitism. More on this later.
There's a memorial planned for Dan at this adress:
Please join us Sun, Dec 14, 7:30 PM at
Beth Jacob Congregation
3778 Park Blvd
Oakland, CA 94610
email: office@BethJacobOakland.org
There's also a Facebook page dedicated to Dan here: Dan Kilman Memorial on Facebook
Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Rise to Record
Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: “Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Rise to Record ”
Cheerleader, Coach Victoria Schattauer Uncensored Photo Online - Tittle-Tattle Blue™: The Post Chronicle
Obama Chief Speech Writer Jon Favreau In "Grabby" Hillary Clinton Statue Photo
But yes, the man on the left in the photo below is none other than Barack Obama's now famous chief speech writer Jon Favreau, who has the same name as Iron Man director Jon Favreau , but in a different pose. He's obviously having a great time with a cut-out photo statue of Senator and now Secretary of State-Designate Hillary Clinton. I don't know who the guy on the right wearing the "Obama Staff" shirt and kissing the cut-out is.
Sarah Palin's Stylists Were Paid $55,000 In Final Weeks
Palin's Stylists Were Paid $55,000 In Final Weeks From the report: Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi -- who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" -- was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.
This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.
In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.
Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi -- who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" -- was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.
This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.
In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.
Al Franken Close To Win: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold
Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold This could push Al Frankin to victory.
Barack Obama Fills Top Posts at a Sprint - NYTimes.com
Issues Pressing, Obama Fills Top Posts at a Sprint - NYTimes.com: “CHICAGO — The call summoning him was somewhat cryptic. Only after Gen. James L. Jones showed up in a hotel suite for a one-on-one meeting with Barack Obama did it become clear what was going on.”...
Caroline Kennedy To Replace Hillary Clinton As NY Senator?
The Note: Caroline Kennedy would be an excellent choice for NY Senator.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Obama Transition Team: The Economic Team And Staff - Video
A very revealing online look -- and the first of its kind -- at the Economic team, the Obama Economic Transition Team and the staff behind them.
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily » Layoffs At Struggling Hollywood Reporter; Variety’s Stylephile Latest Victim Of Recession
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily » Layoffs At Struggling Hollywood Reporter; Variety’s Stylephile Latest Victim Of Recession The Hollywood Reporter's another newspaper harmed by the one-two punch of the economy and New Media.
Ms. Huffington Shills a Book She Didn't Write / Jossip
Ms. Huffington Shills a Book She Didn't Write / Jossip Jossip slams Arinna Huffington's new book on blogging.
Gannett Blog: Day 3: Job losses near 1,800; Salinas whacks 31%
Gannett Blog: Day 3: Job losses near 1,800; Salinas whacks 31% The Salinas Californian cut 130 jobs in that small town. Ouch.
Oprah: Sarah Palin Is Snubbing Me
Oprah: Sarah Palin Is Snubbing Me Personally, I don't think Oprah should lose sleep over this. Palin's issue may be one of skin color and politics. I hope I'm wrong, but Governor Palin has a lot of growing to do in the area of race-relations. She's still in the 20th Century.
NEW YORKER SLAIN BY S&M MADMAN OBSESSED WITH VICTIM'S WHIP-MISTRESS GIRLFRIEND - New York Post”
Loading “LAWYER'S DEADLY SECRET - New York Post”: “SLAIN BY S&M MADMAN OBSESSED WITH VICTIM'S WHIP-MISTRESS GIRLFRIEND”
David Gregory and Meet The Press - LEAKS PEEVE NBC- New York Post
LEAKS PEEVE NBC- New York Post And to which this blog was one of the main leakers. See: David Gregory!?! NO!
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Hillary Clinton Secretary of State Choice is Obama's Genius
On Monday, President-Elect Barack Obama introduced Senator Hillary Clinton as his choice for Secretary of State. It was a brilliant move for several reasons that I discuss here: CLICK
Atlanta Slave Grave Site to Landfill Controversy Happened In Baltimore
CNN's Rick Sanchez is thankfully focusing on a story in Atlanta where a slave grave site is planned to be moved to make way for a landfill site for trash.
I'm not kidding.
And Sanchez is right that this happens more in the South than anywhere else. For example, I uncovered this story in Baltimore as far back as 1996:
I'm not kidding.
And Sanchez is right that this happens more in the South than anywhere else. For example, I uncovered this story in Baltimore as far back as 1996:
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| Author: | Sherrie Ruhl |
| Date: | Feb 11, 1996 |
| Start Page: | 2.B |
| Section: | METRO |
| Text Word Count: | 715 |
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A landfill, with the accompanying rattle of dump trucks, and dust, dirt and debris, would bring the end of the church, Mrs. [Violet Hopkins-Tann] said. "Who is going to want to attend this church or live in this community if there's a landfill here?" The cemetery is adjacent to a 100-foot gravel pit that would be part of the Maryland Reclamation landfill, running west along Gravel Hill from Earlton Road near Havre de Grace. Mrs. Tann said she believes Maryland Reclamation proposed a landfill at the site in part because much of the community is African-American and poor. "They think if they wait long enough, we'll give up. Well, that's not going to happen," she said. Why this happens in the South is anyone's guess. But it certainly must stop. | |
Zennie62 Bill Gates Question On Newspapers On CNN TV Today
I asked Microsoft Founder Bill Gates this question which was selected to be used in Wolf Blitzer's inteview with Gates on CNN's The Situation Room today: The Huffington Post, a website, was valued at $100 million, more than many newspapers. What should newspapers do to survive in the 21st Century?
What do you think? What should newspapers do?
This is the iReport version: Zennie62 on CNN
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