THE WALKING UNVACCINATED - Radio host Howard Stern has a reputation for saying things other people shy away from in polite company.
Fox News/Fox and Friends: Larry Elder suggests that Black Americans had better lives during slavery.
On a recent edition of Fox/Fox and Friends, Larry Elder raises two issues.
WELLNESS - Over 100 Democratic lawmakers last week introduced legislation to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60. There is one small problem that needs fixing, though: so-called "Medicare Advantage."
A LINE ON UNEMPLOYMENT - When the California economy re-opened in mid-June, the expectation was that that the enormous Unemployment Insurance (UI) rolls—over 3 million Californians receiving some form of UI—would start quickly going down.
VOICES - Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s baseless claims about unvaccinated Black people being the bearers of COVID-19 were not surprising at all. This is yet another instance of people, and not just elected officials, using Black folks as scapegoats for the failures of the state.
TEXAS GONE WILD - One of the many preposterous claims coming from supporters of the vicious new Texas law against abortion is that bounty hunters — standing to gain a $10,000 reward from the state — will somehow be “whistleblowers.”
COMMENTARY - For all the doom and gloom about China taking over American culture at all levels, and a younger generation that has grown up with Tik Tok and a China-controlled media since at least 2012, there is reason for hope that the American spirit persists.
LA WATCHDOG - While Californians are awaiting the outcome of the vote to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, others are already focusing on the November 8, 2022 ballot.
PLANNING WATCH - The new mantra of the infill real estate speculators and their advocates is end exclusionary zoning.
COMMENTARY-Due to the dead-of-night shenanigans of the regressive Supreme Court, the recent victory of the misogynists in Texas over women’s and girls’ rights to their own bodies will certainly be echoed in other states until and unless Congress can return our rights at the national level.
COMMENTARY - Incumbent officeholders have a built-in advantage in seeking reelection as their position gives them ready access to the press, name recognition with the electorate, and the ability to generate goodwill by being generous with the public’s money.
EASTSIDER - It’s no secret that LAPD officers are bailing from the job and are not being replaced.
9-11 PERSPECTIVE - Twenty years have now passed since 9/11.
CLIMATE CHANGE - As Democrats work to rapidly finalize the details of their $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, climate campaigners on Wednesday urged them to exclude fossil fuels and "false solutions" from a new clean energy program intended to cut down planet-heating emissions.
THE VIEW FROM HERE - The California judiciary is composed of predatory vultures, blood sucking leaches and moral cowards.
SPIN SCIENCE - As the world tries to escape from the grips of a deadly pandemic, America is also battling another, perhaps more formidable foe that is taking over the country. Bootleg science.
VOICES-The Los Angeles City Department of Transportation and past and current Los Angeles CD 14 staff members ignored their constituents’ concerns and recommendations which led to a massive power outage on August 12, 2021, in our Northeast Los Angeles area.
COMMENTARY - They weren’t kidding when they called Afghanistan the “graveyard of empires.”
THE DOCTOR IS IN - The above photo is from the Babylon Bee, which is a conservative satire website that is both snarky and cynical, and can be both serious and comical...from a right-wing standpoint.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Affordable units are supposed to be listed on an online housing registry, but many such apartments don’t appear there. It prices out tenants.
ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Found this story in a 1948 book "The Lore and Legend of Amagansett" Out of print.
IMMIGRATION POLITICS - It’s easy to say, “our immigration system is broken.” Or to declare: “we are a nation of immigrants.”
REMEMBERING 9-11 - September 11 is approaching – the 20th anniversary of the most startling event in the lifetime of most adults.
RANTZ & RAVEZ - In a few days we will know if Gavin Newsom will remain the Governor of the once Golden State of California; or if one of the other 45 candidates listed on the ballot will take over the Governor’s office and lead California’s population down a new path to possible Happier Times with new Leadership, Opportunity, and direction for everyone.
WEALTH WATCH - Is it not extraordinary that in a country that claims to be as enlightened and advanced as ours, the combined wealth of three individuals – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and investor Warren Buffett – exceeds the total wealth of the bottom half of Americans?
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Mo’ Kelly and Hernan Molina Host Live Special Radio Event 9/13 to Educate and Motivate Latinos and African Americans to Go Out and Vote
RECALL VOTE – When united, California Latinos and African Americans represent 39% of the state’s registered voters. This is a potentially powerful block in the upcoming Recall Election of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Two iconic Los Angeles radio stations, Power 106 and Cali 93.9 with the support of ACCE Institute, whose mission is to improve the lives of California’s underserved residents, will dedicate a total of 12 hours providing important information to their communities about what is at stake in this election during a Live Special Recall Event.
Two well-known commentators and independent political analysts from both communities, Mo’ Kelly and Hernan Molina, will helm this promotion from the respective stations. The “Go Out and Vote” Recall Reports will run on POWER 106 FM in English (7am – 1pm) and on CALI 93.9 FM in Spanish & English (1pm to 7pm).
It Looks Heroic, But You Broke Us
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- Written by Abby Zimet
SAY WHAT? - Grisly milestones, one after the other. On Tuesday, the U.S. hit 40 million COVID cases since the start of the pandemic, with four million in the last four Delta-inundated weeks, over a quarter of them kids. This Labor Day weekend, the number of hospitalized COVID patients was nearly 300% higher than the same time last year, and the number of deaths was over 86% higher.
Today, some 100,000 Americans are hospitalized, almost as many as during January’s COVID peak; we are at over 1,500 deaths per day - almost a 9/11 a day - and climbing. Surges are still spreading across GOP states, many of them southern, where vaccination rates are about 40% lower than in the Northeast and malignant "stooge hack dickdrip" idiots like Gym Jordan are still saying things like, "Vaccine mandates are un-American," never mind George Washington ordering smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army. With Delta now spreading into western and Midwestern states, COVID-swamped Idaho officials on Tuesday announced they'll start rationing health care - aka GOP death camps - by activating protocols for "crisis standards of care." Meanwhile, the usual GOP suspects continue to infect and kill their constituents at unfathomable rates.
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NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-And while it won’t be in person this year – blame that pesky Delta variant – it will bring you up to date info on the trials and tribulations of the Los Angeles City budget.
NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-While earthquakes and wildfires may provide more dramatic images for television coverage, our world has been dominated by an emergency of a different kind for the past year.
POT REGULATION-I’ve worked in marijuana policy reform for nearly 30 years. Throughout my career, opponents of legalization have alleged that “today’s” pot is far more potent — and therefore more dangerous — than the cannabis of prior generations.
420 FILE—As President Joe Biden takes the reins of the federal government, the transition is impacting pending rules and policies from the former Trump administration—including those concerning hemp and CBD.
420 FILE-Over the holiday season, I had a chance to reconnect with an old friend and reflect on all the stuff I learned in high school and college regarding weed.
CLIMATE POLITICS-The Amazon rainforest is arguably the world’s premier asset. Indeed, it’s the world’s most crucial asset in a myriad of ways, nothing on Earth compares.
CLIMATE WATCH - Over the past four years, oil and gas producers have applied for more than 10,000 permits to drill for oil and gas on federal land in New Mexico.
CLIMATE POLITICS-U.S. House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a bill in Congress to overhaul GDP, the nation’s most watched economic indicator.
VOICES - The COVID-19 vaccines have turned an already-divisive America into a ramped-up battle of blame, shame, hatred, distrust, skepticism, and partisan name-calling.
HEALTH CARE - When Betzabel Estudillo got word last month that the Good Samaritan Hospital Child Care Center in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood was closing for good, the news “devastated” her.
FEELING GOOD--The pandemic has altered most people's relationships with consumer goods. One of the most interesting and notable trends that took place over the past year is how people treat fashion, especially with the shift to the e-commerce landscape.
