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ID: Disingenuous Masquerade

2006-08-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

Robert Lee Hotz, a Los Angeles Times staff writer who covers science, says it about a plainly as it's possible to say:
In the border war between science and faith, the doctrine of "intelligent design" is a sly subterfuge - a marzipan confection of an idea presented in the shape of something more substantial.

As many now understand - and as a federal court ruled in December - intelligent design is the bait on the barbed hook of creationist belief, intended to sidestep legal restrictions on the teaching of religion in public-school science classes. The problem is not its underlying theology - a matter properly left to individual religious belief - but its disingenuous masquerade as a form of legitimate scientific inquiry.

Another Neighborhood Watch Walk- Cameras have gone up

2006-07-31T22:00:00.000-07:00

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Well another Neighborhood Watch walk here in Central City east. But I also have some news. The Cameras that the Property owners were getting have gone up. These are directly connected to the LAPD.

Well it looks like it was really trashy today after the 4th of July , all along the streets of Central City East. But it looks like the people who are livng on the sidewalks were sweeping the garbage into the gutter , which means tomorrow is the day that the Big yellow public works trucks show up with the bulldozer to pick up the trash.

Celebration Flag Raising Tuesday, July 4, 2006. 10am-4pm. A July ...

2006-07-29T16:40:00.000-07:00

Celebration

Flag Raising
Tuesday, July 4, 2006. 10am-4pm.
A July 4th 2006 Salute to Los Angeles!
Celebrate Los Angeles' first Independence Day at El Pueblo Historical Monument, home of Olvera Street, with multicultural live entertainment, cannon and musket fire and historical reenactments. Enjoy the "Early California Experience" complete with period costumes and hands-on artisan demonstrations including blacksmiths, adobe brick makers, pottery, quilting, rag dolls, rope making and more. There will also be a children's collage area sponsored by local artists. Free commemorative t-shirts and programs will also be available.
El Pueblo Historical Monument Plaza.
For more information call (213) 485-8372. Free.

Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigration

2006-07-24T13:20:00.000-07:00

Crossposted from The Amboy Times:

2006 (First Quarter) INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigration
Another email...

62% of all "undocumented immigrants" in the United States are working for cash and not paying taxes, predominantly illegal aliens, working without a green card;

95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens;

83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens;

86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens;

75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Albuquerque are illegal aliens;

More than 380,000 "anchor babies" were born in the United States in 2005 were to parents who are illegal aliens; making those 380,000 babies automatically U.S. citizens. 97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid by the American taxpayer;

More than 66% of all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers;

24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;

40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;

48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;

29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually;

More than 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages;

More than 53% of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens;

More than half of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border;

More than 43% of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens;

More than 41% of all unemployment checks issued in the United States are to illegal aliens;

58% of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens;

Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in the United States are illegal aliens;

14 out of 31 TV stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;

16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish-only;

15 out of 24 TV stations in Alburquerque are Spanish-only;

21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish-only;

17 radio stations in Phoenix are Spanish-only;

17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish-only;

More than 34% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;

More than 24% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking;

More than 39% of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;

More than 42% of California students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking;

In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak Spanish;

More than 71% of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by illegal aliens or transport "coyotes";

47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens;

63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens;

66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66%, 98% are illegal aliens;

Less than 2% of illegal aliens in the United States are picking crops , but 41% are on welfare;Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration;

The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University];

The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and businesses employing illegal aliens in 2005 was more than $2.36 TRILLION dollars;

The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican illegal alien is $55,000.00 cost to the American taxpayer in a 5-year span. You, personally, are giving $11,000 every year to illegal aliens.

**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.**

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YouTube Sued For Copyright Infringement

2006-07-18T13:08:00.000-07:00

A Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. on Friday in federal court for allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage onto the popular Web site.

Figures, this was going to eventually happen to YouTube, though things like, for example, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, there is no way to actually leagally aquire this, so putting it up on YouTube is the only way to spread it, because of that fact, there really isn't much copywrite infringement with at least that. Though I have seen complete episodes of tv shows like Seinfeld on YouTube, and that should be removed.

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Credo

2006-07-17T13:13:00.000-07:00

Another Robin Joseph illustration of The Dreaming.

Here is a comment from DanO that I thought I would share with everyone.

"well...
I would invite you to move to Los Angeles and witness yourself the multitudes of disgusting opportunists who routinely prey upon more creative people for ideas they can steal.

if it happened to you once, you could shake it off, but the second time you'd set aside the one "thousand more ideas" credo. its easy to say we all have many ideas because we do, but when you spend your money, sweat, time, and blood devloping an idea, you'll undertsand the sting of having it appropriated to someone else's project."

My reply:

well...DanO
I've spent many years in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Ottawa and New York working at many of the feature and television studios that harbor the multitudes of disgusting opportunists you are talking about. For my entire career I've freely let anyone listen to any concept I had. I have also spent innumerable hours and tens of thousands of dollars developing properties so I can confidently say that I practice what I preach.

Evidently you have had poor experiences when it comes to intellectual properties but I stay true to my credo. No matter how many vultures there are out there it does not out weight the benefits of a disciplined development program and positive exposure.

ACTUALLY, SEVERAL THINGS ARE LIKE HYPNOTIZING CHICKENS.

2006-07-06T18:23:00.000-07:00

several things are in the head, several things as we sit together chez jbl, emp. thing number one is how she sits: pink loafers, black slack legs neatly folded. thing number two is everything that's happened chez jbl, emp., things like hearing buckley and crying, greil marcus holding a door and chris ballew's bald head under bright lights. he was playing a new soundtrack to an old chaplin movie. i was dizzy and teenaged, and so thought more about dude i was with than movie itself. i remember little about the movie, but a lot about later, about eating strawberry shortcake ice cream in a truck, how dude never called back but that was ok.

thing number three was tonight's movie, aka let's rock again, aka dick rude's ode to joe strummer circa 2001. rude and strummer were friends for seventeen years, thus ode is the right word. this is not janky jailbait strummer, it is the strummer who worries about plants stuck too long in too dry dirt, strummer who respects airplane pilots because they actually have to figure things out, also strummer who drinks tree resin and gives honest hugs to teary japanese teenagers. you can tell an honest hug because it is square-chested, pec to pec.

let's rock again is a fleshing-out, the story behind strummer's eleven-year post-clash dark night of the soul. it does not mention the dark night, but you see the parts afterwards, the happier parts and the captain beefheart love. this is not the strummer who lives on my mixtapes, but it is a strummer i applaud, a strummer to be toasted. (considerably dark-er, night-ier, and soul-er is rude's current project, xerox babies, aka los angeles was fulla punks, too. first taste available here.)

2006-05-08T22:00:00.000-07:00

Lakers to aim higher next season

By JOHN NADEL
AP SPORTS WRITER

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Phil & Kobe reunion worked out well, with no apparent glitches. And outside of an ugly finish, so did the Los Angeles Lakers' season.

As for the future, Lakers fans probably shouldn't expect much roster shuffling or a championship contender very soon. The hope is, a title shot isn't too far away.

"We were all about getting to the playoffs and make some noise in the playoffs. We met our goal," coach Phil Jackson said Monday during a break from conducting exit interviews with his players.

The Lakers went 45-37 for an 11-game improvement over the previous season, and took a 3-1 lead over the Phoenix Suns before losing the last three games to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

"We're pleased. We maintained from day one that was achievable," general manager Mitch Kupchak said of a return to the postseason.

But Game 7 was ugly from start to finish - a 121-90 victory by the Suns.

"They're holding themselves responsible," Jackson said of his players. "I have to make them let go of that. The first four games were pretty good."

And the last three weren't.

"We think our future is very bright," Kupchak said. "The good news, really, is this team is together. You cannot predict a major change.

"This is not a stellar year where you're going to see eight to 10 stellar free agents available. We're in the exact same boat as 25 or 26 other teams are in. We have a big window two years from now."

That that might be when something big happens in free agency that makes the Lakers viable championship contenders.

"I wouldn't discount it a year or two down the road. I'm not prepared to say that, although I think that's a possibility," Kupchak said of returning to elite status.

Added Jackson: "Usually you have to go two or three rounds of the playoffs before you can compete for a championship. "We have some core ingredients that are pretty good."

The Lakers have three legitimate big men in Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown and Andrew Bynum. Bryant is a superstar and Lamar Odom is an All-Star caliber player.

The biggest question mark is in the backcourt. Bryant's 35.4-point average was the NBA's best in 19 years, but the youth and inexperience of starter Smush Parker and top reserve Sasha Vujacic hurt the Lakers against the Suns.

"The question is, are we good enough at that position? Are we experienced enough? Both of them made strides this season," Jackson said. "We don't believe we have to have a superstar come in for us to advance (in the playoffs). We know we have enough physical talent, we have enough size, we have enough expertise to compete."

Kupchak said he didn't anticipate a major trade this offseason, but did acknowledge a possible need for an upgrade in the backcourt.

The Lakers, well over the salary cap, have only three unrestricted free agents on their roster - veterans Devean George and Jimmy Jackson and rookie Devin Green. George was a key reserve on this team.

"He's probably the one challenge we have during the offseason," Kupchak said. "Basically, the core of this team is intact."

George said he was going to explore free agency.

"I just let them know that I enjoyed being here and I'm open to coming back," he said.

Jackson, who coached the Lakers to three championships in five years, returned this season after a year off. He wrote a book slamming Bryant while he was gone, so there was intrigue upon his return. When training camp started, all eyes were in the record-setting coach and his star player. But no problems surfaced.

"We worked together really well this season," Jackson said. "It was remarkable, from Hawaii on. I think at first, it was like, `How's this going to work?' He really took to the offense, where he was going to play in it. It was a remarkable year for him."

Jackson said Bryant did an especially good job with leadership.

"Kobe was a lot more personable for us this year, was great as a leader," teammate Brian Cook said. "A lot of people did a lot of growing up. Everybody got along from the standpoint of off the court - just a great group of guys."

Bryant said he believes the Lakers grew up.

"When you go through a season like we went through and a playoff series like we went through, those are big steps in our development process," he said. "When we come back next season, you'll see a team that executes better, understands better, is better in pressure situations, is just mature."

2006-04-10T22:26:00.000-07:00

kcbs2la new articles for Tuesday, April 11, 2006Los Angeles: LAX Facelift in the Can
While city officials battle environmentalists over plans to reconfigure the runways and terminals at Los Angeles International Airport, officials at LAX are working on a more basic customer service problem. The airport's toilets are, ...

Los Angeles: LA For Under $100
The NY Times hit up Los Angeles again in the East Coaster's never-ending quest to visit Los Angeles without hating it. This time the reviews of the smoggy city weren't so bad. Probably because they managed to get a room for under $100. ...

Los Angeles: Track Jack Weekly Rankings
Mini-Jack spent last week chillin' like a 30cm villain at Ye Rustic Inn. Most players were too a-scared to even try a guess this past round, so let us reiterate -- in some cases, you do better to guess wrongly than not at all. ...

Real-Time Traffic for Downtown
ATSAC CenterOne of those things that you should know, but might not: If you want to follow how today's protests are affecting traffic (or just want to see Downtown conditions at any time), check out the City's real-time traffic info for ...

New "Top 10 movies set in LA" list...
I saw this new list of the Top ten Movies Set in LA and thought it deserved sharing. Personally, I think that the 1997 Tommy Lee Jones film, Volcano, should be on every "top movies set in LA" list. Any others?

Cloudy day in LA
Yesterday night Yassy sent me a picture she took in Poly a few weeks ago, here it is: (Click on the picture to open a bigger on) Starting from the right bottom: Hisako (Japanese), Makiko (29, Japanese), Sowan (Iraki), Jung (27, Korean), ...

los angeles
where can I cheaply rent a bike in la? and are there any good record stores for thrashy, grinding, powerviolence stuff?

bradbury building
A “vast hall full of light, received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome, the point of which was a hundred feet above…” This sentence from Looking Backward, by Edward Bellamy, a book published in 1887 about the ...

A “vast hall full of light, received not alone from the windows on ...
A “vast hall full of light, received not alone from the windows on all sides, but from the dome, the point of which was a hundred feet above…” This sentence from Looking Backward, by Eward Bellamy, a book published in 1887 about the ...

Award of the month-Kevin roderick
The Award of the Month goes to Kevin Roderick of LA Observed for disseminating the information about Steve Lopez's book deal with putnam. Thanks Kevin. The Artists in skid row will be waiting to see if NAthaniel Ayers will get "his". ...

LA Lit - Matvei Yankelevich and Anna Moschovakis
LA-Lit interviews poets and writers in the Los Angeles area. Reflecting the shifting nature of Los Angeles as a place, this may mean writers ... LA-Lit is a place for the literary culture of Los Angeles to develop and exhibit itself. ...

THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE" HITS #1 ON AMAZON.COM LIST
Since its world premiere in May, the movie has had theatrical exposure in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and dozens of other cities. Five screenings around the United States are currently scheduled for April. ...

Welcome to "free" Kurdistan: "Maybe in 10 years it will be OK to ...
In a videotape of the incident that was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, dozens of militia members and security agents could be seen standing idle as rioters destroyed cars parked outside the office, pelted the building with stones ...

New York: United Fare Sale, Cheap Japan
Cross-country, $228 Philadelphia to Los Angeles isn't bad. There are a few international offerings as well, though it's mostly a case of jacked-up spring fares to Europe coming down a bit. More unusual are finds like $760 Philadelphia ...

Sonic Youth tour dates
July 9 Forum, Los Angeles, CA with Pearl Jam July 10 Forum, Los Angeles, CA with Pearl Jam July 13 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA with Pearl Jam July 16 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF CA with Pearl Jam ...

The Future Marches in LA -- and Denver, Chicago and...
500000 people marched yesterday in Los Angeles against making being a global economic refugee a felony -- and they were joined by hundreds of thousands ... The march in Los Angeles was the largest political rally in the city's history. ...

[EVENT] Sample Sales -LA
Where: Cooper Building, 860 South Los Angeles Street, between Eighth and Ninth Streets, suite 318, Downtown (213-624-3474). ... Where: 832 South Mansfield Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth Streets, Los Angeles (213-689-9932). ...

Los Angeles: Rats on Snakes on a Plane
So I'm taking the American Airlines redeye from Los Angeles to New York last night, and fortunately had both a good book and an empty adjacent seat. So I'm all stretched out luxuriously -- not like the trip out, where not only was I ...

Los Angeles: Jacktracker: Day 5, 10 pm to 11 pm
The only Tarpon Drive around Los Angeles is in Huntington Beach, California, which you know well because the International Surfing Museum is located there. But that's about 75 miles away from Hidden Valley, and we won't presume Evelyn ...

LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Mark your calendars, folks - the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is rolling into town at the end of the month, April 29 and 30. ... Elsewhere, the mighty Jim Ruland compares Los Angeles and Flagstaff book festival posters and comes ...

2006-04-02T21:19:00.000-07:00

kcbs2la new articles for Sunday, April 02, 2006Ed Schultz Profile, Fargo-Moorhead, Los Angeles Times, Sheldon Drobny
In Sunday's Los Angeles Times, that's exactly what's happened for Big Eddie Schultz, ... Carried live in Los Angeles on KTLK (1150) weekdays, noon to 3 pm, ... (In Los Angeles, after a year on KTLK, his number of listeners has doubled ...

Los Angeles Collision Sends 8 To Hospital
On Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 10:16 PM, five Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, ... The cause of the collision is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. Submitted by Jim Wells, Spokesman Los Angeles Fire Department.

Los Angeles Paying Biggie's Mom $1.1 Million
No substitute for justice, but I'm glad she's getting paid.. and that The Man is taking a much-deserved L: LA to Pay Notorious BIG Family $1.1 Million The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1.1 million payment to the family and estate ...

VJ Fader - Who’s That Asian Boy? [Release]
Los Angeles native James Cui aka VJ Fader has released his first Audio/Video track – a wonderfully campy asian gangsta-boy hip hop track called “Who’s That Asian Boy?” Available for viewing here, and download as MOV, WMV, Google Video, ...

Tijuana, Holbrook, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Paris, Natchez ...
Natchez, Tijuana, Los Angeles, Denver, Paris, San Diego, and Holbrook, AZ are now up. Also, each page now has a drop-down-breadcrumb-like menu to aid navagaztion and hopefully allow visitors to discover new cities and photos.

Million March for Immigrants Rights in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Times say half a million. People in the crowd were saying that the ... Whichever it was, and, of course, it wasn’t possible to make a count, this was clearly the largest protest of any kind in the history of Los Angeles. ...

Who says Los Angeles doesn't have ancient statuary? Here is a fine ...
Who says Los Angeles doesn't have ancient statuary? Here is a fine example that I happened upon while driving through one of the nicer neighborhoods in the metropolis. Notice the newspaper wrapped in plastic she is holding, ...

MLB Team Profiles: Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers. 2005 Record: .438 (71-91), 4 th place in NL West. 2004 Record: .574 (93-69), 1st place in NL West. Who’s Out: Milton Bradley (OF), Antonio Perez (INF), Duaner Sanchez (P), Steve Schmoll (P), Eddie Murray (P), ...

Kevin de León Calls on Candidates to Refrain from Negative ...
The 45th District includes the following neighborhoods: Angelino Heights, Ascot Hills, Atwater Village, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Cypress Park, East Hollywood, East Los Angeles, Echo Park, El Sereno, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park, ...

Sexual Predator on the Dwontown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council ...
And especiallly if he will be thinking he is going to represent the Artists of Downtown Los Angeles and be a predator of the homeless at the same time . Think again. He was appointed by JAson Waters to be his alternate and sworn in ...

Greetings and Welcome To Each of You!
Its my extreme pleasure to take over this famous blog, and to have the opportunity to introduce all the folks in Los Angeles to the wonderful world of agriculture! Indeed, nature's wonders are bountiful and I hope you all take a bite. ...

Los Angeles Times: "US-Indian Nuclear Deal No Shoo-In"
Subject: **Los Angeles Times: "US-Indian Nuclear Deal No Shoo-In" To: rajeev.srinivasan@gmail.com. http://www.latimes. com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usindia31mar31,0,1575532.story?track=tottext LOS ANGELES TIME, APRIL 1, 2006 ...

Los Angeles: Casbah Cafe
Casbah Cafe is one of the Silverlake neighborhood originals, or at least it feels that way. The insipid waitresses are devoid of personality, but if youÂ’ve been in LA for even five minutes, then youÂ’re well used to that. ...

SAT NIGHT: LOS ANGELES > FILM SCHOOL & CLOUD ROOM
TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES - FILM SCHOOL + THE CLOUD ROOM @ THE TROUBADOUR april 1 CLOUD ROOM FILM SCHOOL Space Mtn Tickets $10 adv / $12day of show • 8pm TROUBADOUR • 9081 Santa Monica Blvd • HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 ...

iris, messenger of the gods
Who says Los Angeles doesn't have ancient statuary? Here is a fine example that I happened upon while driving through one of our nicer neighborhoods. Notice the newspaper wrapped in plastic that she is holding. ...

Downtown Los Angeles loft/condo listings added to ultimateLA.com
Take a look at Los Angeles Real Estate, where we have added many Downtown LA ... The Brockman - condo/loft conversion of a 1917-built Downtown Los Angeles building. ... Library Court - new condo/lofts in heart of Downtown Los Angeles ...

CArdinal Mahony urges catholics to pray on Wendesday for Congress
Roger MAhony the Cardinal of the Arch Dicoces of Los Angeles is urging all Catholics to pray and fast on Wedensday for out legisaltors in the Congrees as they debate the Immigraiton legislation. ...

Stealth Bomber to fly over Downtown Los Angeles
To All Downtown Property Owners: > > > > Our friends at Dodger Stadium have notified us that > as part of Opening Day on Monday, April 3rd, a B2 > Stealth Bomber will fly over Dodger Stadium as well > as all of Downtown Los Angeles. ...

UVA Interactive LED Installation
I’ve been working on installation-type projects recently, and this LED project by UVA is right up my alley. Thanks to Jim Olson for the heads-up. UVA LED Installation (3MB QT Mov)

Spiderman Leaves a Parting Gift
A Nice Parting Touch Too many Downtown film shoots come in, disrupt life and then go about their merry way. Sure, they pay their location fees to the building owners and they're well within their rights to do it, but it's not a good way ...

Los Angeles

2006-02-24T16:08:00.000-08:00

The City of Los Angeles IPA: /lɒs.ˈæn.dʒə.lɪs/ (from Spanish Los Ángeles /los.ˈaŋ.xe.les/) also known simply as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the world's most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. It was incorporated as a city in California on April 4, 1850, and is the county seat of Los Angeles County.