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Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation

By M. Johnston • Aug 5th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Wow. SCORCHING article about Michelle Obama’s ill advised Spain trip in NY Daily News. Reprinted here without permission.  Guess how many secret service people had to accompany her? 70!!! You gotta read this.
Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation
Andrea Tantaros
Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all [...]

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Prince says the internet is “over”

By M. Johnston • Jul 7th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

In his first interview in 10 years, Prince just told the Daily Mirror “The Internet’s completely over…The Internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be [...]

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Tear-jerker “Dear John” plays like a Lifetime movie with a really good soundtrack

By M. Johnston • Jul 6th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

From the makers of The Notebook, Dear John is a fictional story about a soldier named John Tyree (played by Channing Tatum) who falls in love with the doe-eyed blond from Mean Girls (Amanda Seyfried) while on leave from overseas Army duty.
John promises Savannah he’ll be back in a year. Then 9/11 happens. Much to [...]

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Monday Morning Motivation: To be thankful.. or not

By M. Johnston • Jun 28th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

So last week our one year old Toro lawnmower decided to take some time off. Some bull. The guy who mows our lawn (our son) was in the middle of a nice hot mowing session when it belched a few times and died. Despite our best efforts we couldn’t revive it. I was frustrated because we [...]

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Character assasination: Don’t hate the player, hate the game

By M. Johnston • Jun 26th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

The conversation level around the internet is abysmal. Our collective growth  is being stunted and tolerance levels for diversity is spiraling out of control.  But why? What has caused the tone to dive into the depth of the sewer? One of the main reasons is the absence of personal accountability on the net.
I don’t blame [...]

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Tretheway’s people say they were doing opponent a favor

By M. Johnston • Apr 27th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

You gotta love it; Ray “Wanna-Get-Away?” Tretheway’s people saying they were doing opponent Angelique Ashby a FAVOR by tossing her campaign signs behind the bushes. Then again, Ray Tretheway has been tossing North Natomas behind the bushes since the first houses went up there, so let’s not pretend like this is some kind of breaking [...]

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Now THAT’S what’s up: Roseville couple celebrates 69th anniversary!

By M. Johnston • Mar 25th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share
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More than a mouse stirring this December

By M. Johnston • Dec 18th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Lots going on. Some updates in no particular order..
First, thanks to everyone who contributed to the Good Samaritan fund! We raised $80 and I will be delivering that money to Kim from the Sacramento Bee today or tomorrow. Many thanks to all who gave selflessly.
How about Tiger Woods? I hear he is desperately trying to [...]

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The Road movie true to book form.. save for sappy soundtrack

By M. Johnston • Dec 6th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

The Road – Directed by John Hilcoat.
After thoroughly enjoying the excellent post apocalyptic novel “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, I was excited when a friend told me a movie was in the works. I was even more excited when I stumbled upon a link in Google a few nights ago stating “The Road” had [...]

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Shots fired: Can U.S. senate report penetrate Mayor Kevlar Johnson’s armor?

By M. Johnston • Nov 20th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Poor Mayor Johnson is taking hostile fire again. Shots rang out all over the media kingdom today when two “ranking” [Republican] senators released information gleaned from an earlier investigation of St. Hope. Specifically the report states Mayor J offered to pay a young woman $1,000 per month in return for her silence about a groping [...]

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