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Immigration - Break it down
This is big. And if we do not get it under control it could easily escalate to things we do not want. The biggest problem is that everyone wants a comprehensive solution after ignoring the problem for decades.
DON”T EAT THE ELEPHANT IN ONE BITE, Break it down.
Work on the border security issue first. If this is not priority #1 then all else will fail. Run the scenarios and think about it. If the solution from our government does not include massive deportation, more illegals will try to flood across. If we try to deport 11 million people they will just [...]
"Did you explain about Hawaii?"
I'm holed up in a condo on Kauai, listening to the ocean crash outside my window. Coupled with the rainfall, it sounds like a meditation tape happening in real time. I ducked out to the grocery store to pick up enough food to last me for a couple days, I'm watching a season two ep of Buffy (specifically, "Surprise" - the most genius take on teenage lust that I've ever seen), and I'm about to get into my PJs. Yeah, I'm pretty much in love with the world right now and can't imagine how it could b
California Love
The Eggface Melting Mama Tour Last date of 2008! Come hang out with me (and super cool Melting Mama) we're gonna be cooking and eating weight loss surgery friendly holiday treats and trying oodles of new products!!! Should be a blast! If you are anywhere near San Ramon/SF Bay Area heck even if you aren't come hang out with us. We'll be at a table too so come introduce yourself and say hey! Use Promo Code: Golden08 to get $$$ off your ticket. Watch for 2009 tour dates coming soon!
Un-believable: SAG Seeks Strike
Unions have pretty much annihilated Detroit’s auto industry and now SAG seems ready to do the same in Hollywood and at the worst possible time. The unemployment rate in California today is such that the many, many everyday jobs lost by those who aren’t multi-millionaire actors, writers, and producers will suffer most because alternative employment’s as hard to find as it’s been in years. The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first
Dig up roses for a White House produce garden?
Posted by Bill Daley at 3:12 p.m. CST The White House garder would do well to sharpen up his pitchfork if the Obamas were to choose Rick Bayless as their executive chef. "Who needs all those roses?" a playful Bayless told the crowd during his cooking demonstration at the FamilyFarmed Expo Saturday. "I'd dig them up for good." Bayless, a chef with cookbooks, cooking shows and two of Chicago's top restaurants, Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, has been just one celebrity toque bandied about in t
In The Papers - Saturday November 22nd
Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today… Globe & Mail: Joanne Kates pulls a "nyah nyah, I was there and you weren't!" this week and reviews the exclusive pre-opening party at Shang, Susur Lee's new restaurant in NYC. (I guess the one consolation to the rest of us is her observation that the food is quite similar to what's being served at Madeline's right here in Toronto.) Beppi Crosariol makes up for taking last week off by whipping through a whole bun
La-la-link Roundup From All Over the Web! 39thandbroadway - The truth behind your size label and your vanity! A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops is drooling over the all diamond necklace from Mauboussin! Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - How to capture classic 3.1 Phillip Lim style for less Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - The Steampunk-stylings of two indie jewelry artists who take wire-wrapped rings to another dimension… Debutante Clothing - Debutante Clothing finds vintage inspi
Greetings from San Francisco - and some thoughts about transit governance
It's looking to be a beautiful weekend here in the Bay Area. I took this photograph last evening as I was walking across the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. To say that the scenery was stunning would be an understatement. One of the things I've noticed during my trip down here is just how many special districts there are. I frequently hear Puget Sound lawmakers and governance scheme backers complain that we have too many transit agencies and too many governments with authority over our transpo
Nibbles: Weight-loss surgery helps mother and child, ginko no prevention for Alzheimer’s and a chicken food fight
Giving birth after surgery less complex Women who undergo bariatric surgery and then get pregnant are usually healthier and less likely to have complications than obese women who give birth. They may also be more likely to get pregnant without medical helps thanks to a normalizing of hormones that happens with weight loss. The report came from a RAND Corporation study of previous research, and was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers looking at 75 studies fo
Reverend Amos Brown: Proposition 8 Causing Rift in NAACP
On Friday night, the San Francisco Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a fundraiser that approximately 450 people attended. The main purpose of the occasion was to celebrate the election of Barack Obama, the first African American president. However, many African Americans refused to attend the event to protest the San Francisco NAACP’s support of same-sex marriage. NAACP San Francisco NAACP’s president Reverend Amos Brown, as reported by San Franci
Attend This Event If You Live In LA
Attend This Event If You Live In LA Official Statement by leading BLACK LGBT organization on this weekend's political action supporting the repeal of Proposition 8 LOS ANGELES, CA -- Ron Buckmire, Board President of the Barbara Jordan/ Bayard Rustin Coalition, released the following statement regarding the Black GLBT March and Protest planned for Leimert Park on the morning of Sunday, November 23, 2008. "African-American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans have something un
Palo Alto police chief resigns - for fighting crime!
Palo Alto police chief resigns - for fighting crime! Category: Blacks, Crime, Diversity Is Our Greatest Strength, Equality, Racism Schmacism Lynne Johnson, who has 33 years on the Palo Alto, California police department, is retiring five years after becoming the city’s first female Chief of Police. She’s quitting after a three week long uproar over her “racism”, etc. In other words, the uproar was because she wanted to fight crime. Palo Alto is 2 percent black. But after a rash of 17 robber
Another big upset late last night, and by a big margin: California absolutely crushed Rutgers. The final score: 66-52-- and that reflects a late RU run; at one point a frustrated CVS yanked all her starters at once. You can credit the Berkeley defense if you like: the Scarlet Knights spent six minutes without a point. RU fans are more likely-- fairly or unfairly-- to credit the referees: the Scarlet Knights got whistled for 26 fouls, as against the home team's nine.
Saturday Morning Musings ...
Make Time for Small Reflections NaBloPoMo-Day22 Photo Hunt-Reflection, Sky Watch #21 & Haiku Friday #92 ... are at Sacred Ruminatons. Haiku Friday #91 is below this post. An excellent holiday idea for your consideration In case you missed it the first time around, there's still time to participate in the Holiday Mail for Heroes program sponsored by the American Red Cross. Click the link for specific & important guidelines to ensure your cards can be passed along to service members, v
iBioSeminars
iBioSeminars Category: Science & Society I just discovered this great resource - iBioSeminars. It's a web based resource where you can watch some of the most important Cell Biologists give talks on basic research. The website was the brainchild of Ron Vale. From the latest HHMI bulletin: Vale, of the University of California, San Francisco, also wants to illuminate the colorful side of science, though not quite as literally. His approach: online seminars that reveal scientific fact as well
Gonzalez Destroys Lopez
By Manuel Perez: Former World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (40-6, 34 KOs), now fighting as a super bantamweight, totally destroyed Colombian Reynaldo Lopez (30-6-2, 21 KOs) on Friday night, taking him out in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Gonzalez, 27, [...]
Brigham Young with 27 HUSBANDS?
Pharyngula wants to take the good old Mormon idea of baptism by proxy for the dead and, in light of the LDS support for Prop. 8 in California, convert the dead to being gay by proxy. My dea just carries things one step further, into his plural marriages.There is no god and I am his prophet.
Ice Truck Killer
Take a look at this amazing Ice Truck Killer… Mosaic. Mariann Asanuma designed this while working in LEGOLand California. I am still trying to figure out how she did it. Check out more Mariann’s mosaics and creations over at her blog.
Debt Rattle, November 22 2008: Ordinary People
Nevius: Prop, 8 battle boosts Herrera's profile
Earlier this week, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was presented to a gathering of the city's political movers and shakers. Unfortunately, says Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, a friend and supporter, "He was mistakenly introduced as the district attorney. That's the problem. A lot of people don't know what the city attorney does." But people are starting to catch on. Although the battle over Proposition 8, the constitutional measure that bans same-sex marriage, se
Lesbian school president forced to resign by Roman Catholic Church for speaking against Prop 8
A young casualty of Prop 8 Robin McGehee was a dedicated parent at St. Helen's Catholic School in Fresno, Calif. Even before the Mississippi transplant enrolled her son, Sebastian, in the pre-K program last year, she volunteered at the school because it was right in her neighborhood. She helped St. Helen's secure their first email address and Web site and worked with students on public speaking since she teaches communications at the local College of the Sequoias. When McGehee enrolled he
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