August 2011
broadcast schedule
We (royal we — meaning me/Visalia Buzzword) have the two following events confirmed:
Mt. Whitney Homecoming
Cowhide
I’m in the process of shooting off emails to see if we can do:
Redwood homecoming
El D homecoming
Golden West homecoming
Battle for the Saddle will never happen unless I can get another person in on it (and a few more Low End Boxen — though perhaps if I am...
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Things the city I live in is known for:
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Being featured in season 2 of 24
Being the setting of Ken Park
Kevin Costner going to high school here for a semester.
don’t forget teenage pregnancy and meth
also KMPH was in a Battle of Los Angeles advert so that counts for something
Oh true… But only like 3 people saw Battle of Los Angeles.
very true! but hopefully more...
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Things the city I live in is known for:
captaintattybojangles:
Being featured in season 2 of 24
Being the setting of Ken Park
Kevin Costner going to high school here for a semester.
don’t forget teenage pregnancy and meth
also KMPH was in a Battle of Los Angeles advert so that counts for something
Reblog if you're a strong black woman who don't...
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REBECCA BLACK AT THE VMA'S. OH GOD SO MANY SEATS....
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The Tea Party moves to ban books →
If people whose main concern is making kids stupid and compliant get upset at kids’ exposure to music videos and video games, it’s because they see those things, like books, as potentially horizon-broadening. Strangely, the religious right sees things the way I do in this way – they don’t see a significant difference between fiction in a book, on a stage, or on a screen. The big...
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Human rights irony for the US and Arab world →
Throughout US history, promoting individual rights and civil liberties has been central to how Americans defined themselves. To be American was to champion liberty and rights. These were repeatedly billed as inherently American values. Even when they encountered contradictions such as US support for brutal dictators, Americans’ faith that more often than not the United States used its...
Rick Scott Takes the Piss Out of Florida Taxpayers →
But with 96 percent of applicants passing the test with flying colors (and another 2 percent getting inconclusive results), the state is having to buy back a lot of clean pee: 11.5 gallons at $34,300 every month, assuming an average sample size of 1.5 ounces and and average test price of $35. Not only that, but Florida’s rules allow parents who fail the test to designate another adult who...
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The Value of School Newspapers →
Journalism classes are being crowded out by the urgency to drill students on core standardized-testing subjects. Cash-strapped states and districts are squeezing electives and extracurricular offerings in search of savings; one state, Kansas, nearly stopped financing journalism on the grounds that the profession no longer offers gainful career opportunities. And image-conscious school...
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Fewer Californians smoking cigarettes, but hookah...
californiawatch:
Between 2005 and 2008, the number of California adults who had ever used a hookah jumped by more than 40 percent, to 11.2 percent among men and 2.8 percent among women, according to researchers at UC San Diego. Among young adults ages 18 to 24, 24.5 percent of men and 10 percent of women had used a hookah in 2008. Read more.
Raquel Alexandria: Two freshmen cholas pushed me... →
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Two freshmen cholas pushed me and my friend out of the way to cut us in the lunch line even though they already had food.
M: “You know, it’s funny because it’s always the freshmen!”
R: “Yeah, the damn kids think they own the place!”
M: “Oh, look. There’s a trash can right there!”
The…
assert yourself girll
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“As far as I’m concerned — the Tea Party can go straight to Hell.”
– Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, speaking to her constituents at a town hall event over the weekend. (via officialssay)
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California Watch: In California, unemployment... →
californiawatch:
California’s unemployment rate remains the second-highest in the nation – 12 percent in July – but among some demographic groups, joblessness is even higher.
The unemployment rate among 16- to 19-year-olds in California was 34.2 percent last month, according to the state’s analysis of…
why am i in all of these demographics. jesus hates me
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