Why didn’t someone ask Philadelphia?
Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Times published Releasing Inmates Early Has a Costly Human Toll. The article described LA County’s early release program and the disastrous results of putting convicted criminals back on the street prior to serving their complete sentences.
As a direct result of the article and […]

I’m not sure what it is about Ferrari drivers but at this rate there won’t be many of them left. If you haven’t heard, another idiot in a sports car killed himself in a single car crash in the Santa Monica Mountains. This time it was a Ferrari Testarossa in Agoura Hills, which adjoins Malibu.
As […]

Say what you want about LAPD but when it comes to a sunny beach day in LA, they are only too happy to show up in force. I’m sure anyone even considering committing a crime on this Venice beach sand berm would have been deterred by the boys from Pacific Blue.

tags: LAPD

The minor league Altoona Curve have a promotion we can get behind:

Inspired by a Los Angeles Angels fan who filed a lawsuit against the club because he did not receive a red nylon tote bag as part of the major league club’s Mother’s Day promotion last May, the Altoona Curve have announced that they will […]

“While some believe Studdard, Bice and Hicks are following in the footsteps of other performers from Alabama — Nat “King” Cole, Hank Williams, Emmylou Harris, Lynyrd Skynyrd …” — Los Angeles Times
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s most famous song is about Alabama … but they’re from Jacksonville, Florida.

You could get your news from Reuters …
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, the securities class action law firm indicted last week on fraud charges stemming from corporate lawsuits it filed, made large political contributions almost exclusively to Democrats since 1999, records show.
The firm and individuals there made $2.78 million in campaign donations to Democrats […]

Washington State makes online gaming for money a Class C felony punishable by 10 years in prison.
State Senator Margarita Prentice (D-Seattle) cares about her constituents so much that she wants to send them to prison for enjoying the joys of playing poker online in their underwear at 3:00 am. I wonder if all […]

“US Faces Bad Hurricane Season” — BBC, 5/22
“Hurricane Center Predicts Calmer Season” — AP, 5/22

“…it was the sickest thing he’s ever seen. Just unimaginable that someone could live in that.”
Those crazy folks from Utah. If it’s not searching for naked women on the net then it’s drinking a case of beer a night and never tossing the empties away. Instead the Utah native stashed the beer cans anywhere he […]

What’s next: Warning stickers to keep desktops off desks?
The new Apple MacBooks include a warning in manual advising customers not to use their laptops on their laps:
“Do not leave the bottom of your MacBook Pro in contact with your lap or any surface of your body for extended periods. Prolonged contact with your […]

Which of the following is true? [Answers are in the comments section.]
1. Team payroll and team wins are not strongly correlated in the major U.S. sports?
2. Labor disputes and lock-outs do not have a long-run negative effect on attendance and receipts?
3. Problems of competitive balance come from the distribution of playing talent, and sports leagues […]

From the newsletter Popbitch**:
On a fashion shoot in a derelict house, Kate Moss wanted to take a pee. The assistant told her:
“Well, there is a loo, but there’s no door on it”.

Kate replied:
“Well how the f*ck do I get in there then?”
An […]

The Los Angeles Times’ Channel Island column reports this morning that KTLA (Channel 5) is blocking their employees from websites LA Observed and On The Record. The Times’ Scott Collins suspects he knows why:
The station has been involved in several ethical lapses over the years, the most recent involving a dining-room makeover for “Morning News” […]

Yesterday the Los Angeles Times ran a story (”A Job Americans Won’t Do, Even at $34 an Hour“) that featured information and quotes from a business owner described as “ambivalent on immigration reform.” This turns out to be a serious misrepresentation and the truth undermines the validity of the story–not that many people will believe […]

The notorious law firm Milberg Weiss has put up a website with their initial PR defense against their indictment yesterday on conspiracy charges. It’s an interesting exercise in talking past the issue at hand:
“The Justice Department’s case against Milberg Weiss is based on unprecedented legal theories, unsubstantiated allegations, and a dubious interpretation of how class […]