Category Archives: Los Angeles
Daily Oddities, July 23rd, 2009
We’ve got lots to talk about today, so lets get right down to the real serious stuff. Globe: Things still really suck for EU little cousins Bulgaria and Romania, where infighting, corruption and graft are making it difficult to get … Continue reading
Life’s a Beach!
Even though it’s anything-but-beach weather in the Sunset, I’ve decided we’re taking a slight detour through some beach related news today, so hang onto your Lotto visers boys and girls, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. It’s been a … Continue reading
Filed under Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Daily Oddities, Los Angeles, nyc
Your Intifada was Made in China: Commodity Fetishism Killing Palestine
A version of this is up at Mother Jones, but this one is too hard for the homepage. Oh the keffiyeh. How long have I waited, in vain, for you to die? Before it was the emblem of the hipster generation, … Continue reading
Daily Oddities: Monday World Edition
There’s a lot to talk about in the World today, so lets jump right into it. You know about Tehran and you know about Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech, so we’re skipping that and getting straight down into the stuff you didn’t … Continue reading
The Absolute Cheapest Fro-Yo there IS
Every bit better than Pinkberry/Red Mango/KiwiBerri/Papamingo/TuttiMelon (notice how YogurtLand wasn’t in that list? That’s because YogurtLand is still better), Quickly’s new take on Korean Fro-Yo is so cheap, you’ll do a double take. And again. Whaaa? What makes Quickly (globally … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, California, Economy, Ice Cream Trucks, Los Angeles
Daily Oddities, June 9th/10th
We’re starting this round of Daily Oddities with something everybody wants–a job! Today’s odd job listings include counting bees in New York City and catelouging controlled substances for the NYPD. Awesome much? Now that you’re gainfully employed, lets take a … Continue reading
NYC Keeping it Real: Marriage Equality All About the Benjamins
Subhead: Civil Rights Fail Well, it’s official folks: the California Supreme Court upheld voters’ ban on same sex marriage in the Golden State, though it ruled to recognize those marriages performed before the ban took effect in November. A dumb … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, California, Economy, Los Angeles, nyc
There’s Something About Top Ramen
Tweet, Google or Facebook Top Ramen and a portrait of the recession unfolds Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Economy, Los Angeles
FINALLY—Scientific PROOF that McDonald’s makes kids fat
I’m not really sure whether to be proud or mortified right now. It took a joint team of top-flight economists from my two alma-maters, UC Berkeley and Columbia University and a comprehensive study taken from 1,000 California high schools and … Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Economy, Los Angeles
Why Online matters, aka Kalashnikov toting coroners in the City of Angels
Are you ready?
Coroners with guns. Yes, you heard correctly, the people we pay to pick up dead bodies, packing heat. The Times reports that investigators from the LA county coroner’s office are seeking the right to carry weapons into the ghettos and gangwar where they do 99% of their thing, because, no fucking duh, it’s dangerous there! Continue reading
Filed under 3rd World Imagineering, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, The Liberal Media
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