Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Edwards Fans: Time to Get Serious about Obama

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The party's over, Edwards supporters. It's time to switch your allegiance to Obama, fast and furious. I know Edwards says he's ...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Bill Magavern's 2008 California Ballot Rx

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Well, they're here! The long-awaited Bill Magavern ballot recommendations. With so many people absentee voting, we get requests for th...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Watch Obama's New Hampshire Primary Speech

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Listen, I haven't weighed in lately on the Presidential campaign, or anything. Frankly, I've been preoccupied by a health crisis in...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What My Family is Doing to Eliminate Fascism

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While I was emailing a friend threatening to risk a Giuliani presidency rather than vote for Hillary Clinton, my husband was working a littl...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

California Dreaming in the New Hampshire Primary

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Not knowing (but suspecting) what may happen in the New Hampshire primary today, here are my musings on the way things are shaping up: Despi...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Juno is Mandatory Viewing

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Juno the sleeper comedy in movie theaters now. I'm a sucker for sweet little films. This movie proves that there are...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

"Sitting this one out" by Adolph Reed

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Reprinted without permission--I like this piece. I basically agree with everything he says. It is the best cogent articulation I've se...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

(:)(:)(:) for Escape to Witch Mountain

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Three enthusiastic snouts up for Escape to Witch Mountain the 1975 Disney classic. What is happening to me? I'm in this movie period w...
Monday, December 10, 2007

(:)(:) for No Country for Old Men

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Two snouts up for No Country for Old Men the pointless "thriller" by the Coen brothers (known in Hollywood as "the two-heade...
Friday, December 07, 2007

(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Golden Compass

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Four snouts up for The Golden Compass opening today in Sacramento, California. I struggled with the number of snouts for this one. It is a...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Meet Top Thought Policewoman Jane Harman

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You wouldn't think the Congresswoman who represents drug and street-people laden Venice, California would be the leading Democrat for th...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Could Hillary's Attacks on Obama Help Edwards?

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In what is seriously a 3-way dead heat in Iowa, Edwards may be the beneficiary of the animosity between the two presumed front-runner camps....
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

(:)(:)(:) for The Shaggy Dog (1959)

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Three snouts up for The Shaggy Dog (colorized version) made in 1959. I watched this movie the other day with my kids and I was surprised h...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Dead Heat in Iowa?

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I don't know how much I have to add to the media buzz on polling out of Iowa this week, but I am interested in this. It seems that ther...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

I Heart Hillary

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I feel defensive after receiving comments on yesterday's blog Prediction: Hillary Clinton will not Win the California Presidential Prima...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Prediction: Hillary Clinton will not Win the California Presidential Primary

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I'll let you in on an important political secret: my mother is the unit California Democrat. As she votes, so vote the Democrats of Cal...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Revising the Snout-based rating system

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It has come to my attention that my snout-based rating system, as wonderful as it is, needs revision. Many people have emailed and commente...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

(;)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Deepak Chopra, M.D.

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Five snouts up for Deepak Chopra. This is the first time I've ever used my snout-based rating system to rate a person, rather than one ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

PELOSI CALLS FOR HANDWRITTEN IMPEACHMENT LETTERS?

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This may be an internet hoax, but what do we have to lose--this was forwarded to me from Cindy Asner, Ed Asner's wife, a Hollywood activ...
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Bay Spill, Crises and Public Policy

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Listening to an extensive series of interviews yesterday on the Forum show on KQED (Northern California public radio) about the big oil spi...