Los Angeles Clubs of the Moment

May 12, 2003 – 12:00 am

[ via Rohit Khare ] It’s too easy to make fun of the scene, but remember that back in the days of the Bubble, there were exclusive, A-list events to introduce Capital to entrepreneurs. Both scenes had plenty of people in Porches, and the likelihood you would receive an invitation was proportional to how likely [...]

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Just wait until California gets our own Neo-Con Consensus

April 26, 2003 – 12:00 am

I’ve been scanning the Mirror World of Christian Conservative weblogs– of which, I may have more to say later –and found an entry at Josh Clayborn’s where the concept of Bay Area Seccession is pounced on and worried like a small furry mammal in the jaws of a pit bull.
California secession has been discussed here [...]

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Burning the Man with the Mermen

February 7, 2003 – 12:00 am

Ed-Eye Walters videoed the Burning of the Man in 2002. Then he mixed it to a soundtrack of The Mermen playing Burn. [ QuickTime ]

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350 eBooks in XML

January 26, 2003 – 12:00 am

The University of California Press has placed 350 titles from their electronic catalog online.
The University of California Press eScholarship Editions are made available through a California Digital Library purchase from netLibrary of 1,500 electronic book files on behalf of the UC community. eScholarship, which supports experiments in the production and dissemination of scholarly communications, converted [...]

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Have yourself a Xenu, little Christmas

December 26, 2002 – 12:00 am

L. Ron Hubbard –pulp writer and general cultural menace– sends Seasonal Greetings from Beyond the Grave.
When my friend M. gave me a tour of Hollywood, he pointed out that most of the area’s downtown was owned by the Church, and that making “Free Keith Henson” wisecracks would bring on the security bulls faster than taking [...]

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Secede!

November 12, 2002 – 12:00 am

[ via Cyn G. ] Is it time to reinvent Alta California?
We’d be happy for awhile, but as Tom Clifton observes, we’d be fighting with Southern California in no time at all over water, oil, and whatever dumb ‘reality’ shows Hollywood came up with.

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Election 2002: California Governor’s Race Map

November 6, 2002 – 12:00 am

The Red and the Blue revisited. Fortunately, in this case, the Red have no population mass.

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You Can Take My Ferret From My Cold, Dead Hand

November 4, 2002 – 12:00 am

[ via Matt Austern ] Pat Wright, the Libertarian Party’s candidate for Lt. Governor of California, explains why he believes in limited government.

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The Nation Endorses Ballot Measures to Enfranchise the People

November 4, 2002 – 12:00 am

Woot, that’s a partisan headline. :)
The Nation has endorsements for measures to improve elections. If you’re in California, I encourage you to consider Proposition 52, which would allow citizens to register and vote on Election Day.

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Grey don’t want to hear about this newfangled economics thing

October 31, 2002 – 12:00 am

Meanwhile, Lynne reports that California Governor Grey Davis wasn’t in any mood to talk auction theory and electricity markets a few days ago.
Sigh, I don’t trust Davis any further than one of the sacks of money he gets from the prison guards, but he’s a known quantity.

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Responses to Yesterday’s Posts

October 31, 2002 – 12:00 am

Over at W6 Daily, Phillip responds to my links from yesterday. And no, there’s nothing funny in the break room coffee at Apple, aside from it being undrinkable.
Nutter v. Nutter
I compared Rall and Lileks because I thought both theories were silly. Serial killing isn’t Al Quida’s MO, they go for the mass murder (heck, they [...]

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@!$# Monkey

October 27, 2002 – 12:00 am

That, and Livan didn’t help much either. Oh well, six months and I can root for the A’s again.
But hey, they played hard, and I’m proud of them. After all, the Angels may have won the series, but they still work for Eisner.

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Bonds, Sanders, Snow preempt Rally Monkey

October 19, 2002 – 12:00 am

Game One, Giants. Too ’nuff said.

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In which yhos challenges LA blogdom to a wager

October 16, 2002 – 12:00 am

Update: Tony’s agreed to the wager. My forfeit is now $20 if the Angels sweep.
So it’s a SF/LA series. Giants versus Angels. P2P versus the RIAA. Wine versus The Mouse. Software versus Hollywood. Liberals versus Conservatives. Tony says the Angels will sweep the Giants. Feh. He says the Giants’ pitching staff is overrated. Feh. Livan [...]

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Tony talks up those Angels

October 5, 2002 – 12:00 am

If all goes well, the hated Yankees will be gone from the World Series race this afternoon. Thanks Angels. However, Oaktown is going to 0wn you in the ALCS.
Oh fsck, I just turned on the game… 11 - 2 Twinkies? Come on A’s, don’t make me look the f00l.
Damnit. We’re going back to Oakland for [...]

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