So I Go Shopping and Discover That...

I have bought only things in my 3 major food groups:

Paula Deen HIT In The FACE With A Ham (VIDEO)

Another episode of Swine Flew!!
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Favorite Time of the Year.

Yep, I like this time of year and not just for all the food and pies!! I also use this time to listen to old KFAT radio shows that I recorded back in the fall and winter of 1981 when the station was about to go off the air, due to being sold. KFAT was located in Gilroy, the Garlic Capitol of the world. I have nearly 120 hours of "outlaw country" and eclectic music that only KFAT's djs could produce. I'm currently converting them to CDs on mu MacBook since it's getting harder to find working cassette decks and the tapes are failing. I have Christmas Eve shows and the very last show of all.
Anyone interested in copies can contact me and we can work something out. KPIG in San Francisco is the latest incarnation of that format. Even has a few old KFAT djs working there.
I even have an unused bumper sticker. Wonder what that would be worth on eBay?

The 26 Percent Solution

"Because as if you ever needed proof that 26 percent of America -- that would be one out of every four people you see walking down the street, plus someone else's right ankle -- is totally bat-guano out-of-the­ir-freakin­'-minds crazy, check out this new poll just out:"



That pretty much sums it up for me!!!
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Suzanne Sena, Former Fox News Anchor, Now On Onion News Network (VIDEO)

This is funny. She is certainly qualified to do phony stories, tho now with a punchline.



Good for her.
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The CFTC and Department of Energy Snore Away While the Oil Patch Makes Hay

How many times have I heard this (oil prices have nothing to do with supply and demand) and when will some action to remedy the situation be taken??
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Winter Is Moving In Here In Wine Country

Getting rain (our version of winter) instead of the light frost for the past couple mornings, here in Sonoma County. All the grapes have been harvested, tho way too many were left hanging on the vines due to overproduction. Now it's brandy and fireplace weather. Fortunately I live less than 20 miles from Korbel, so getting the brandy is no chore. Cutting firewood is, and I have finished with the maple tree we cut down last year. Going up in smoke as I type.
For anyone not familiar with the scenery during the fall and winter, here's a photo that clearly illustrates what the vineyards ( and my neighborhood) looks like these days:

My Pal Dale Has New Video on YouTube

One of the videos I produced for Dale is now up and viewable. Dale's "take" on poetry is like no one else I have ever heard.
For techies, this was shot on a Sony DVCam camera, edited on Final Cut Pro and converted to a h.264 Quicktime mov, then uploaded to Youtube. I am not in love with their compression and the video looks darker than it should, but you can still appreciated Dale's performance, which was done without a teleprompter, many a speaker's crutch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UE53EF0uOg

Tobacco Companies Using Loophole To Avoid Hundreds Of Millions In Taxes

Tobacco companies never quit!!
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Kitchen Becomes Studio!

Literally, not in a real estate sense.

Working with Dale Biron to produce some new video for his Public Speaking and Poetry As Change Agent seminars, I decided to make use of the space we had (our kitchen) for the set. I'm sure Dale could find a poem that would give voice to that effort of "making do and doing right."

Used a conventional two light set up, with muslin backdrop. Fortunately, the dogs remained quiet while the tape was rolling... one down side of not having a studio, location sound can be tricky with unexpected party crashers.

Dale just completed a wildly successful series of classes at Dominican College in San Rafael is eager to start a new series next Spring. Check out his website for more info and maybe eventually a glimpse at the videos we made.

http://www.dalebiron.com/speaking_workshops.php

American Idiot in Berkeley: The Raves Are Justified!!

Kay and I say American Idiot at the Berkeley Rep yesterday (actually we ushered to get free tix) and were just knocked out. Not familiar with Green Day's music, but it didn't really matter. From an Audio Visual perspective, I have never seen so much multi-media happening at once! TV screens, projected images, live band on stage, a dancing duet on wires, lights, lights and more lights! Ear plugs are available and some will definitely want to use them. Great, young, talented and energetic cast! I was tired just watching them Hands sore from clapping so much. I highly encourage you to see this play, it's head for New York soon.. like several other Berkeley Rep plays in recent years.
Some pix taken from Green Day's Web site:http://www.greenday.com/site/american_idiot.php

Chevron Corporate Espionage Campaign Backfires; Makes <em>The Insider</em> Look Like <em>Peter Pan</em>

Good. Chevron just raised my gas card (a GE Financial product) interest rate to 27%. Repeat: 27%



That's greed, price gouging, usury all wrapped up in one bundle. Of course, I pay off the balance (if there is one) every month so I don't pay them any interest.



This after another year of record profits!!! The credit card industry is totally out of control and the whores in congress are doing nothing!!!
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Another Randy Republican Surfaces in SC

Here we go again (h/t CrooksandLiars.com)

Let's talk about that. Just last week, I asked this question, what's up with South Carolina Republicans? Beginning with Mark Sanford, the famously wayward governor, why can't they seem to be staying out of trouble these days? There's Governor Sanford, there's Congressman Joe "Big Scream You Lie" Wilson. We just had two county chairmen who essentially said juices are good with money.

And as if on cue now, we have Roland Corning. Who is Roland Corning, you ask? He's a former state legislator, and as of now, his latest performance, former assistant attorney general. Why?

Get this -- a police report obtained by the "Associated Press" is saying that Corning was questioned by an officer after speeding away from a cemetery with a stripper in his car, and with a bag of sex toys. And with some Viagra, Corning, I should tell you, is 66 years old. According to the police: the stripper, 18 years old. She works, by the way, at an establishment known as the Platinum Gentleman's Club.

According to the report, Assistant Attorney General Corning and the 18-year-old stripper gave conflicting accounts as to exactly what they were doing on Corning's lunch hour? In a cemetery? It states that Corning carried the sex toys, just in case.

Neither Corning nor the stripper was charged with anything. But after word reached his boss, Corning was stripped -- pardon the pun -- of the job he'd had since 2000. I mean assistant attorney general, stripper, sex toys, Viagra, cemetery, don't look good. South Carolina -- again?

Eric Schmidt: Web Will Be 'Dominated By Chinese Language, Social Media'

I already speak Mandarin.. have for years. Bring it on!! Job security.
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One of California's More Egregious Pharma Whores in Congress

Read up on who contributed to Issa's campaigns over the years. Note that he took $100k from pharma companies. Guess which side of the health care issue he is on.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/darrell-issas-campaign-contributors

Grayson Calls Linda Robertson A "K Street Whore"

I like this guy!! He should be running the Senate instead of being in the House.



I'll contribute to his presidential run!!
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This Week's Unexpected Analyst's Failures

Every week brings results that were totally unexpected by our Country's sterling analysts.
In other words, week after week, issue after issue, experts and pundits are always wrong. It's not wonder our financial situation is in such disarray.

Here's just one example so far this week (and it's only Tuesday):

CHICAGO – Consumer's confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said Tuesday, fueling speculation that an already gloomy holiday shopping forecast could worsen.

The Consumer Confidence Index, released by The Conference Board, sank unexpectedly to 47.7 in October — its second-lowest recording since May.

Wall Street analysts predicted a reading of 53.1.*

A reading above 90 means the economy is on solid footing. Above 100 signals strong growth.

*See that part about Wall Street analysts? Wrong again? And we bailed these fools out?

Finally Saw "Wicked" is SF

Took many months but we finally saw the show. An amazing production. Great light fx, funny, bright and loud! I can see why people want to see it more than once!!

Dinner at Luna Cafe afterwards... Valencia Street is really becoming a hot neighborhood between 18th and 24th streets...

Important News and Technological Breakthrough!

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.

The iBoob will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size.

This is considered a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.

(Add cymbal crash)

GOP Favorability Rating The Worst Since Clinton Impeachment

Sweet.



And all this despite Faux's desperate, 24/7 push of the GOP brand,



Fail!!
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