From MSNBC.com week in pictures. Check the full image here. Gut-wrenching.  I thought Obama was going to bring our troops home? I know, I know, I know..

Honestly I don’t care about the senator Roy Ashburn’s [oh wow that last name is tempting me to exchange one of the letters for some giggles but I WON'T do it!!] sexual orientation. Whatever. We all know the most outspoken anti gay haters are the ones who are having affairs on their wives… with men. [...]

People protesting the state of education in California. Finally. Is anyone surprised the California school system is being decimated now? With immigration, welfare, corrections, and government spending completely haywire, I don’t know how this could

Mayor Kevin Johnson posted a blog called “Mayor Johnson goes green.. starting with shades and nickname“  yesterday. I couldn’t resist a few remarks. My comments are in bold..

“Call me Kevin “Green Shades” Johnson. I’ve had a few nicknames, but none I’ve liked as much as “Green Shades.” The idea of walking around with [...]

That’s right, as banks are slashing our credit limits, raising interest rates, slapping unemployed folks with $40 late fees for being two days late on credit cards, charging outrageous interest rates, foreclosing on homes instead of lowering interest rates, and denying small business loans left and right, bank executives are surfing a tidal wave of [...]

A Ohio man named Terry Hoskins BULLDOZED his $350k home after the bank started foreclosure proceedings on it (and his small business failed).  According to Hoskins, he wanted to teach the bank a lesson. “When I owe $160,000 on a home valued at $350,000, and someone decides they want to

I was in a grocery store the other day and the head of the produce department told me not to refrigerate avocados else they will turn black inside. Anyone who loves avocados as much as I do knows that is not true. Avocados are one of the most fridge friendly fruits in existence. The only [...]

SacBee.com reports today on a story about a “lawmaker” (Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto) who wants to boost the fines for talking on cell phones and/or texting while driving. Man these politicians are shameless.

From BI: “The shadow inventory (vacant units but held off the market “for other reasons”) — rose 3.497 million units from 3.403 million. Fully 13.4% of the housing stock is currently vacant and that degree of excess capacity is very likely going to exert ongoing downward pressure on residential rents and [...]

This article has been updated 2/20/2010 9:55am.

. If the mayor is not seeking new P.R. representation, he should be..