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Juror bails out San Luis Obispo rancher jailed over conditions at his housing for the homeless | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:04 -0800

Juror bails out San Luis Obispo rancher jailed over conditions at his housing for the homeless | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times:

It won’t be three hots and a cot on Thanksgiving day for San Luis Obispo rancher Dan De Vaul, who was sentenced to 90 days in jail earlier this week for illegally housing [homeless] tenants on his property. De Vaul, 66, will enjoy turkey with all the trimmings after being bailed out Tuesday by one of the jurors who convicted him of two misdemeanor violations. Mary Partin, who posted De Vaul’s $5,000 bail, told local reporters that she regretted her guilty votes and wanted to help him. His release at 6:15 p.m. came a day after a San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge ordered him to serve 90 days in jail for unsafe conditions at his Sunny Acres ranch.

A jury in September convicted De Vaul for building a three-story dormitory without a permit and for housing residents of his sober-living program in unsafe conditions, including exposed electrical wiring. He also has illegally stored junked autos and trucks, officials have said.

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"I expected [flak from doing the Diane Sawyer interview]. It’s an obvious thing to do. They think..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:14:32 -0800

“I expected [flak from doing the Diane Sawyer interview]. It’s an obvious thing to do. They think that I have an agenda to destroy [Chris Brown’s] career and that’s not what that interview was about for me. There are more creative ways to do that. That interview was solely about these young girls. Just inspiring them and being the voice for them and talking about my situation so that they can have something to hold on to. The hotline went up crazy because finally they had the courage to call the hotline and say “I’m going through this, I want to get out of this relationship”. I mean women who wanted to commit suicide so say what you want but we are saving lives here.”

- rihanna, via bossip

empty los angeles. (boing)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:40:48 -0800

empty los angeles. (boing)

"John McCain, yesterday: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday night that the attacks on Sarah..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:55 -0800

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John McCain, yesterday:

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday night that the attacks on Sarah Palin, his former vice presidential running mate, are unlike anything he has ever seen.

“I’m entertained and sometimes a little angry when I see this constant, vicious attacks by people on the left,” McCain said of Palin during an interview with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren.

“’I’ve never seen anything like it in all the years that I’ve been in politics,” McCain continued, “the viciousness and the personalization of the attacks on Sarah Palin.”

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John McCain, 1998:

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?”

Because her father is Janet Reno.”

”

- via dailykos (And McCain knows vicious when he sees it) (via brooklynmutt) (via apsies)

alright, who slowed down time

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:18:58 -0800

i am going to die in this office today, aren’t i? especially as you east coast fuckers get off work and go about your holiday fun while i am still here.

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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:03:59 -0800

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Arbitrary or what?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:17:43 -0800

chainofknives:

This has been bugging me for a few days: Can anyone explain why the words “Russian roulette is not the same without a gun” are bleeped out whenever Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” video airs on MTV (MTV Hits, that is) — but the network seemingly has no problem airing the video for Rihanna’s “Russian Roulette” unaltered? Am I missing something?

xoxo, michaela

what’s missing is my (still hypothetical) masters thesis on standards and practices as applied to pop and hip-hop music on radio and tv from 1990-2010. it would totally analyze all this. anyone want to send me to grad school?

"Imagine you’re sailing to a new home overseas when the unthinkable happens: shipwreck. Somehow in..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:40:04 -0800

“Imagine you’re sailing to a new home overseas when the unthinkable happens: shipwreck. Somehow in all the chaos, you manage to find a lifeboat and scramble aboard with only a backpack containing your laptop, CDs, and DVDs. After several days at sea on the verge of death, you finally float ashore an uncharted island, where you find people in a primitive society without electricity. They ask if you need food and water. “Yes, please,” you gasp. “Fine, what do you have to trade?” Shocked, you eagerly show your electronics. “That is of no use to us. Do you have anything else?” Realizing they’re serious, you ask if you can roam the island for food. “No,” they reply, “All this belongs to us. Go find your own island.” Then, in stunned disbelief, you watch them turn and leave you to die amidst your useless wealth. After considering the obvious evil of this example, I have a simple question. Just how sure are you that it’s perfectly okay for you to enjoy all those electronic gadgets while so many people in this world don’t have food and clean water?”

- Andrew Tallman (via azspot)

via zd.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:48 -0800

via zd.

so remember that one time i started making infused vodka? well...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:47:47 -0800

vodka, post infusion, in their bottles

spiced vodka and tanks

pumpkin spice vodka (contains no tires)

so remember that one time i started making infused vodka? well it has infused! and bottled! and had labels put on it! please behold.

baby lion cubs! tons more photos and video via zb.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:02:25 -0800

baby lion cubs! tons more photos and video via zb.

(design is mine)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:56:41 -0800

(design is mine)

raquel sakristan (wooster)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:33:47 -0800

raquel sakristan (wooster)

The annual Olympus BioScapes contest consistently yields amazing...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:48:47 -0800

The annual Olympus BioScapes contest consistently yields amazing microscopic-scapes and this year a bonus: a glandular font, courtesy of Dr. Ma. Ivy Clemente’s Glandular structures from Fibroadenoma and Nodular Prostatic Hyperplasia cases. (boing)

The Weekly Standard - HuffPo's Misogyny: The NSFW Path to Liberal Journalism Success

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:03:09 -0800

The Weekly Standard - HuffPo's Misogyny: The NSFW Path to Liberal Journalism Success:

The Huffington Post’s methods for getting traffic of late put it at a distinct disadvantage when trying to argue credibly about respectful treatment of women.

so given the coverage, i had thought the AMAs were just a two...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:12 -0800

so given the coverage, i had thought the AMAs were just a two hour sex orgy featuring adam lambert and the cast of good morning america, but i sat down to cruise through it on tivo and it turns out some other things happened! one of those things was this kelly clarkson performance of ‘already gone’ which, even though it is not one of my fave songs from the album, was notable both because she looked like twenty hundred million bucks and because her voice seems just effortless.

The coinage “fangst,” referring to Twilight’s...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:07:59 -0800

The coinage “fangst,” referring to Twilight’s genre of emo teen-girl vampire stuff, turns out to already be the name of a delightful and diaphanous hanging storage unit from Ikea. (boing)

solid proof that all matter is made up of fuzzy golden...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:20:17 -0800

solid proof that all matter is made up of fuzzy golden retrievers. (boing)