Shaq vs. Michael Phelps...swim challenge! Mangione Aquatic Center (September 15th)...

Phelps has his sights on winning!Is the brute too chunky to slice through to the finish with ease? Golden boy Michael Phelps has challenged Shaq O'Neal to an invigorating round of swim heats to take place before - what will undoubtedly turn out to be - a standing-room-only posse of Shaq and Phelps die-hard fans cheering both competitors...

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CVS...retailer dishonest about sale offers! Staff rude & insulting...

Get ripped off 27/7 at CVS!One day I trekked down to my regular pharmacy and got a rude awakening.Much to my chagrin, the corporate giant that runs CVS gobbled up the retail outlet I was loyal to, without so much as a:"Wham-bam!  Thank you man!"Like Wal-Mart before it, a CVS invasion into the mainstream marketplace has been making waves across...

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Trading A Two Party Duopoly We Call Democracy

I heard a BBC interview with a philosopher/mathematician speaking of how debates without new input are useless and counter productive as no one changes anyones mind as their ideas are set, and without new creative concepts that must come from a place outside the logical rational cognitive mind but rather from stepping aside and attaining a new view that will be productive and cause innovation and thought(much as an actor changes from role to role to use various techniques to portray a new character) known as relativity vs reflexivity if you wish...

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Michael Jackson...death a homicide! Overdose of drugs...

According to the Coroner, Michael Jackson's death was caused primarily by propofol (a powerful anesthetic) in combination with a sedative known as Lorazepam (Ativan), and is being recorded as a homicide.Some are speculating that the findings that Jackson died due to "acute propofol intoxication" increase the likelihood of criminal charges...

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Keep some dollars (Australian and Canadian and Hong Kong but not the USA)

30 or 15 year, and so a new manner of bundling would take place based on mortgage maturity that was within payment boundaries, and 65 year or 82 year or 46 year would all be available. Their duration would probably not vary much from now in the 9 to 10 year area, and futures (not swaps by banks and brokerage firms and insurance companies) could be used for hedging. And given 100 years (or at least extended out past the current less than a year duration on debt, we could restructure, add health care plans and retool america from the unfair global...

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I Get that a lot...CBS reality show filmed at Yogurt Stop! Pump your own in WeHo...

Heidi Klum punks customers on CBS Comedy"I Get that a Lot" Yogurt Stop No. 1 Frozen Yogurt(Los Angeles Magazine/Editors/July)My charming gal pals at Yogurt Stop in WeHo have a lot to crow about!Producers from a reality show  - "I get that a lot" - made a pact with the winsome twosome (lovers) to film a segment of the candid-camera-style comedy...

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Beaver to Wally: "Somethings Goofy"

Lately, for the last few decades, the equity markets rally from mid spring thru the last of August and then "something happens". I look forward to the recovery all speak of (and not just an end to the precipitous fall of the US economy slowing) to unemployment and September in general. The curve is steep and should be. I am very surprised it is not steeper, and that the general (but for the short end) is still so low given such a "recovery" is in place. The stock market seems to think all is fine and getting better. To me, unless jobs are surprisingly...

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Phonetics...when you don't know a rat's a** about English! Fake it...

In recent months, an intriguing phenomenon has reared its curious head in Los Angeles.Of course, as you are no doubt aware, there has been a big brouhaha around the country about illegal immigrants, their right to work in the U.S. pending legal documentation, and the need for Immigration reform.One of the pet peeves out here on the West Coast pertains...

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Mega Millions...buy a ticket! Someone's gotta win...

California residents were cueing up at the crack of dawn to snap up tickets for the Mega Millions lottery.Why not?The kitty (a big pussy now!) has soared into the hundreds of millions.Too bad Officials couldn't spread that out a bit so that a dozen or so folks got $50 mil or so, instead of one lone winner get the whole enchilada!Of course, if I win...

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Michael Jackson...funeral at Forest Lawn for King of Pop! August 29th...

Pearly Gates at Forest LawnOn August 29th, Michael Jackson will be laid to rest at Forest Lawn in the "Great Mausoleum", in the Holly Terrace where Hollywood's legendary greats have gone before him - Carole Lombarde, Jean Harlowe, and Clark Gable - to name a few.Not unlike an Egyptian King of yesterdyear, the Prince of  Pop's tomb will be a sumptuous...

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Gary Cooper...commemorative stamp unveiled @ Gene Autry Museum! September 10th...

Gary Cooper was larger-than-life - a dazzling screen idol - and adored by many.Now, it has been announced that a U.S. commemorative stamp in his honor, will be uveiled next month at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles (September 10th).The Postmaster General is making a big ta-do about it, too.Leonard Maltin will be on hand to act as...

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Twilight...stars to tour! Bloodthirsty fan demand...

Those blood-sucking Twilight Vampires are coming to an upscale Hotel near you! Over the next three years, in response to a heated fan demand, Twilight conventions will start to tour the globe. Organizers are still tweaking the three-day events which will feature clips from movies, panel discussions, photo ops, contests and parties, maybe even a lock...

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That Darn New Math Is So Confusing

Well lets see GDP is the same, no revision that is noteworthy but for the drop in...

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That Darn New Math Is So Confusing

Well lets see GDP is the same, no revision that is noteworthy but for the drop the deflator, and jobless claims came out initially last week at 565000 and this week reported at 570000. .....oh, yes the revision up from 565000 to 580000 means in the old style math we have 15000 more filing initial OOWBs (out of work blues) which is exactly what Reuters reported and AP but Bloomberg said (correctly but with a new math twist) jobless claims fell. And then check Yahoo, AOL, and on to other media even closer to the "people" and advertisers and hell,...

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Michael Jackson...reality film to screen in limited run!

Dangerous only to himself? Rehearsal footage shot over a span of a scan few weeks (leading up to Michael Jackson's much-anticipated return to the stage for a series of sold-out concerts to kick-off in London before his unexpected demise) has been edited into a feature film slated to screen in a limited two-week run."This is it" (in retrospect, it truly...

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Google...Swiss residents irate over privacy issues!

Officials who hail from the land of the majestic Alps are hopping-mad with the suits at google for ignoring Switzerland's privacy laws.According to Hanspeter Thuer, the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, images that Google captured on the sly for inclusion in their world-wide mapping service failed to obscure the identities of pedestrians in plain...

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Gelsons...rip-off prices, moldy stale food, Managers that discriminate and offend!

Stale rolls, overpriced water, and wilted flowers a specialty!Years ago when I was residing on Flores Street in West Hollywood, I was so spoiled when it came to shopping for groceries and household goods.Just a hop-and-a-skip away, Mayfair Market beckoned with fresh fruit and vegetables at reasonable cost, a wide selection of name products on the shelves...

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U.S. Dollar...white powder dividends! Greenback up to snuff...

The buck stopped here!Imagine that!Along with thousands of other Americans around the country - and especially in that neck of the woods otherwise-known as Detroit (motor city!) - you imagined that the mere presence of a greenback or two in that sweaty little palm in the throes of this wide-reaching recession was capable of rustling up a buzz or two.Wrong!According...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger...sword play holds sway! When push comes to shove...

My Kingdom for a steely-hard sword!That Arnold can be a tough negotiator!Just ask the State Legislators he fought hand-over-fist with during the recent California Budget crisis.Yup, that one was a squeaker!After quite a bit of sparring (and fancy footwork) - the cigar-toting muscle-flexing former body-builder - ended up ruling the day, though.Even...

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English...please! Rude employees speak foreign language...

Lately, there appears to be a growing anti-English trend among shopkeepers and fast-food outlets in the Los Angeles area, that I personally find rude and insulting.How about you?As customers patiently wait for their orders to be served up, employees at a handful of local establishments often converse amongst themselves in a second language such as...

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