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Kill Bill
Monday January 28, 2008
H1: Kill Bill With Dennis Prager
Prager H1: The most popular Democrat in the country, Bill Clinton, may not be so popular anymore. There is a feeling that he’s hurting Hillary’s campaign because he’s dominating the campaign with his incendiary statements, like comparing Barack Obama to Jesse Jackson… Barack Obama wins a big victory in South Carolina, doubling the vote that his chief rival received… Obama called for change 15 times in his victory speech… Criticizing John McCain is considered beyond the pale by some Republicans. NYT Time columnist and doctrinaire lefty, Frank Rich, who hates the Clintons, thinks that she can’t beat John McCain. He makes another interesting point: if Bill and Hill are running as a tag team then isn’t Bill’s post-presidency fair game for opponents? Obama inspires Caroline Kennedy and her daughter. To do what isn’t clear, but who cares?
Monday January 28, 2008
H2: Making Change With Dennis Prager
Prager H2: Obama calls for change. But what does that mean?… Who is more conservative, John McCain or Rudy Giuliani?
Monday January 28, 2008
H3: Is There a Moral Center? With Dennis Prager
Prager H3: Dennis debates Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, a global faith and justice network and the nation’s leading religious Leftist. His latest book isThe Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America.
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Give Me Your Rental/Landlord Horror Stories
Homeless LA is written by Luke Ford and friends.
Our primary email is [email protected].
Send in your tenant horror stories and your landlord horror stories to [email protected]. We’ll give a prize to the winner.
Your Moral Leader’s Lurid Midnight Confessions
My latest videos are on turning friends into enemies and enemies into friends. Thirteen minutes of exquisite wisdom recorded at midnight.
I used to assume that if you made a friend, you made him for life. It doesn’t always work that way. I have some friends from childhood but many intense friendships burned out. The most stable friendship is one where you’ve turned an enemy into a friend. Then you both have a big stake in maintaining good relations, to show how magnamious and big-hearted you are, and frankly it’s just a wonderful feeling to turn an enemy into a friend. It’s the best alchemy.
Murder In Pacific Palisades

A “domestic dispute” in the middle of Sunset Boulevard in the driving rain led to murder in quiet Pacific Palisades sometime around midnight and a crime scene at the Mobil at the corner of Sunset and Swarthmore in the heart of town. Police at the scene say a man driving the red Honda Prelude got into a fight with his girlfriend, then ran over the woman and a second male, stuffed their bodies into the car and kept driving.

He wound up at the Mobil station. The night attendant called 911. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was removed by the LA County Coroner around 8:30 this morning. The second victim is in the hospital. The suspect is in custody.

Hundreds of Palisadian residents and school kids got to see their first homicide crime scene on the way to work or school this morning. Details are sure change as the day progresses.

The crime scene is yards away from the new Village Pantry restaurant that former Mayor Richard Riordan opened last week on the site of the former Mort’s Deli, known to millions as a location in Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Pacific Palisades, where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once lived, is home to many a Hollywood star and power broker, including Kate Hudson, who made a splash, and director Sydney Pollack, who was honored by Tony Gilroy, at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.





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I’ve Launched A New Blog With A Friend – HomelessLA.com
My friend writes on homelessla.com:
From Aagla (Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles) we get the Answer: In California, you can’t discriminate against prospective renters on the basis of their income source. For insstance, you can’t put something in your ad such as, “Welfare recipients need not apply.” That’s illegal. But in this case, you can add Section 8 language to your ad because the Department of Fair Employment and Housing does not consider a Section 8 Housing subsidy a “source of income.” Government Code Section (p) (1) says, “For the purposes of this section, ’source of income’ means lawful, verifiable income paid directly to a tenant or paid to a representative of a tenant. A landlord is not considered a representative of a tenant. A landlord is not considered a representative of a tenant.” Although the Section 8 program, which provides rent subsidies to low-income families, has been criticized in the past for having over-burdensome inspections, a cumbersome voucher procedure and complicated rent calculations, the House passed a bill in July attempting to reform the program.
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Robin Garbose
Los Angeles — The tops of moonlit palm trees hovered above hundreds of Orthodox girls and women who drove through the enormous gates of Paramount Studio’s lot to The Sherry Lansing Theater on a recent Saturday night here.
This was no typical premiere. The stars from Robin Garbose’s “A Light for Greytowers” who sauntered across the red carpet leading to the theater were all women clad in modest clothing. Although they seemed at ease greeting camera crew, photographers and media, some had never been to a movie before, certainly not a premiere.
Garbose considers this a Hollywood film — the production crew consisted of industry professionals, and Warner Brothers provided in-kind support with props, sets and costumes, including the original nightgowns from “The Little Princess.” However, the film’s distribution challenges the entertainment business.
“Greytowers” will be distributed to female-only audiences and to women’s groups on college campuses. (It screens in Passaic, N.J., and the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, next week.) Garbose is restricting men from viewing it due to Orthodox tradition that does not permit women to sing or dance in front of men. The movie was directed under rabbinic supervision, especially scenes with the only three male actors in the film who deliberately don’t appear in the same frames as women.
Based on the young-adult novel by Eva Vogiel and Ruth Steinberg, the story is set at the fictional Greytowers orphanage in 19th-century England. It follows the journey of Miriam Aronowitch, played by Abby Shapiro, who is now 14.
Who Profits From Britney?
The Paparazzi
A Britney photo garners anywhere from $250 (for a run-of-the-mill shot of her at Starbucks) to $100,000 or more. The photo agency X17, which has a team trailing her 24-7, estimates that Britney accounts for 30 percent of its revenue: It sold $2.5 million worth of Britney photos in 2007 alone, including $500,000 for its exclusive Bald Britney pics. Competitor Splash News says that Britney accounts for 10 to 15 percent of its business, boosted this year by $200,000 for photos of Britney in a hot tub. All told, Britney probably makes up a full 20 percent of the paparazzi business.Estimated average annual take: $4 million
The Media
If it seems like every time you see a newsstand, Britney is on the cover of another magazine, that’s only because…she is. A celebrity tabloid with Britney Spears on the cover sells 1.28 million newsstand copies, some 33 percent more than the average. Between January 2006 and July 2007, Britney was a cover subject of People, Us Weekly, In Touch, Life & Style, OK!, or Star a total of 175 times in just 78 weeks. During that period, newsstand sales of issues with her on the cover amounted to a staggering $360 million. She’s also topped the annual Yahoo Search rankings in six of the past seven years, slipping to No. 2 only in 2004, when Paris Hilton briefly stole her crown. Searches for Britney were up 60 percent in 2007, the year of her divorce, shaved head, and car wreck. "If there was no Britney, would all Web traffic stop?" asks Vera Chan, senior editor at Yahoo. "I would hesitate to give her that much power, but it’s hard to argue with the facts."Estimated average annual take: $75 million
K-Fed
The most famous ex in America, Kevin Federline is living large off his Britney-fueled image. Nightclubs reportedly pay him about $30,000 just for appearing. And he gets $35,000 a month from Britney in spousal and child-support payments.Estimated average annual take: $1 million
LimmudLA Exposed!
Two shocking new videos from Your Moral Leader.
First: The Fourth Commandment explained as only I can.
Second: LimmudLA Exposed!
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My day started with a crazy kiss on the way home. Just me and the Torah.
Is Pico-Robertson Boring?
I’ve lived in and around Pico/Robertson since coming to L.A. March 30, 1994.
I love it here but not for the intellectual excitement. I usually have to drive outside of the community to find that.
Most people, Jews or goyim, once they’ve practiced something for a long time stop thinking about it (except to improve and deepen their practice be it golf or Judaism). People who get into habits don’t like to question their habits. Who has the time and the energy?
There’s a lot of propaganda in Jewish life that Judaism is all about asking questions. Baloney! As Judaism (or almost anything I know) is practiced, only safe questions are kosher. Any question that challenges fundamental beliefs (such as Biblical criticism, archaeology, etc) are not welcome in orthodoxy, any orthodoxy. "Orthodox" means "correct belief." Go to a Republican or a Democrat meeting and you won’t find people eager to rethink their fundamental beliefs.
Orthodox Judaism in Pico/Robertson is primarily a way of life. People have to work so hard to pay their mortgages and put their children through Jewish day school that they rarely time and energy left to engage in intellectual questions (and I don’t regard apologetics as particularly intellectual).
Once you belong to an Orthodox community, it quickly tends to become the overwhelming social reality in your life. It starts to affect all of your behavior and you have to be a real weirdo not to conform.
Luckily for my readers, I’m a real weirdo and some of them say I make Los Angeles Jewish life more lively.
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She Lost Her Virginity To Spiderman
I’m listening to this interview with actress Christina DeRosa (Entourage). She’s asked about the most famous person she’s hooked up with.
She says: "The most famous person I’d say is Leonardo Di Caprio."
Heck, that beats my dinner with 53yo Kitten Natividad.
Hmm, I went out with Kendra Jade who was with Jerry Springer and Leonard Di Caprio.
Christina: "We had friends in common. It was my first time in Las Vegas. I was with a bunch of girlfriends. It was his birthday party. Toby McGuire and Leonard were together… My girlfriend had Toby. It was kinda weird because it was her first time."
Host: "She lost her virginity to Spiderman?"
Christina: "I didn’t have any emotions attached as much as she did. That’s the trick because you know…"
"[Leonardo] was drunk. It wasn’t the best sex I’ve ever had."
Host: "Did he yell ‘I’m the King of the World’ when he finished?"
Christina: "I don’t think so."
Christina emails me: "Thank you for your blog. You sure know how to spin the truth. The truth is I did not have sex with Leonardo although I would have if he was not drunk. Drunken sex is futile."
From Christina DeRosa’s MySpace:
Born and raised in the great city of New York, Christina was first exposed to show business at the young age of only eight when Christina was cast in her first professional musical singing and dancing as a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz along side, Natalie Hershlag (you figure out who that is now) and immediately fell in love from the love from the audience. Christina has come a long way since then, after graduating from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television, and attending such prestigious programs as The Larry Moss Studio, The Groundlings, and The Lesly Kahn Institute, DeRosa has been working steadily in film, television, commercials, and modeling. The actress, in 2008 will appear in four movies ‘Extreme Movie’, ‘2 Dudes and a Dream’, ‘Marco Polo’, and ‘Palo Alto’. Christina is currently acting in a 1970’s Revenge Film entitled ‘Run Bitch Run’ and a thriller called, ‘The Lost’ along side an amazing cast, C Thomas Howell and Tom Sizemore, just to name a few. On television, Christina will appear on the Comedy Central Smash Hit Show ‘Reno 911’, and a role was specifically written for Christina to appear on the HBO Show ‘Entourage’ The First Cut Is The Deepest aired on June 24, 2007. Check out this Italian/Latina on all US Spanish Television channels in a Dodge Commercial currently airing. In addition, soon she will appear on the CW Show ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ as ‘Trixie’. Christina DeRosa currently is the spokes model for ‘Shoes For The Stars’, a unique shoe design for a unique woman www.shoesforthestars.com. In addition, Christina is featured in the July 2007 Playboy issue as The After Hours Babe of the Month. Aside from her acting and modeling, this multi-talented firecracker also sings and is busy collaborating with music producer Ralph Churchwell, who produced for Lenny Kravitz, The Baha Men, and Beth Orton. Christina DeRosa’s career is HOT and getting HOTTER! Check ouWWW.CHRISTINADEROSA.COM to see more of ME.
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