Joe Garofoli of San Francisco Chronicle : How much did an ambassadorship...
ow it would be gauche to say how “much” a prime diplomatic post “cost.” But a new study by Penn State University professors Johannes W. Fedderke and Dennis C. Jett tried to put a theoretical price tag...
View ArticleJudicial Watch Petitions Courts in Support of California Proposition 8 ;...
“On January 29, 2013, Judicial Watch joined with the Allied Educational Foundation (AEF) in filing an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of California’s Proposition 8,...
View ArticleDick Cheney : Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and by degrading the...
View ArticleReport: A second U.S. Attorney in California to probe Lance Armstrong, this...
Despite comments Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney in Southern California saying he would not renew the investigation into Armstrong that he dropped last year, another arm of the government is again...
View ArticleCalif. attorney general Kamala Harris sues Standard & Poor’s [TLR Note: YR...
California’s attorney general on Tuesday joined the U.S. Department of Justice and several other states in seeking billions of dollars in damages from the debt rating agency Standard & Poor’s for...
View ArticlePatrick Kelly of Wilson Elser Moskowitz & Edelman — President of the State...
Consistent with The Leslie Brodie Report’s commitment to integrity and adherence to the highest level of ethical journalism, and in order to report on both sides of a controversy while affording those...
View ArticleTIMELINE January 15, 2009: With Friends Like Chris Young of Keker & Van Nest...
With friends like these This article was published on 01.15.09. Friend of K.J. Advertisement “Well, that’s a bit presumptuous,” Ms. Bites grumbled. “Sorry, I just thought—” Bites stammered. “No, not...
View ArticleSamuel Keker of Chevy Chase, MD — former CEO of U.S. News & World Report,...
Samuel J. Keker, who spent decades with U.S. News & World Report as a business-side manager and retired in 1984 as the newsweekly’s chief executive and chairman, died Dec. 15 of pneumonia at his...
View ArticleAddendum to profile of Mark Friedman of Fulcrum Property: Co-chair of...
“Friedman is betting on Sacramento’s sophistication and culture with award-winning projects like 16th and J’s Elliott Building (home of Mikuni and P.F. Chang’s) and the O1 lofts (in partnership with...
View ArticleChuck Grassley Drills Down on Lew’s Cayman Island Investments
President Obama won reelection in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman...
View ArticleYolo County Man Sues Subway, Claiming ‘Footlong’ Subs Come Up Short
A Yolo County man is suing the franchise owner of Subway restaurants because he says their heavily marketed “footlong” sandwiches are not, in fact, 12 inches long. Attorneys for Richard Springer of...
View ArticleIsraelis puzzle over mysterious death of Mossad’s ‘Prisoner X’
A handful of facts are known about Ben Zygier: He was born Sept. 12, 1976, in Melbourne, Australia, and he died in Israel on Dec. 15, 2010. In between, he was involved in a number of Jewish...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds conviction of ex-lobbyist Kevin Ring on “honest...
The conviction of former #lobbyist Kevin Ring, a one-time ally of uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was upheld Friday by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a unanimous, 24-page decision that makes for...
View ArticleProfile of Kip Lipper — Brother of Donna Lucas of Lucas Public Affairs [TLR...
California statehouse staffer is a superstar of his own Kip Lipper, who is as renowned inside the Capitol as he is anonymous outside, is responsible for some of the nation’s most groundbreaking...
View ArticleAddendum to Donna Lucas of Lucas Public Affairs : brother Kip Lipper, Darrell...
GOLDEN PACIFIC BANK DIRECTORS : (L-R) Donna Lucas, Richard Claussen, William Hauck and Pat Fong Kushida of sham entity CaliforniaALL CALIFORNIA FORWARD DIRECTORS: Donna Lucas, Sunne McPeak, William...
View ArticleTIMELINE Nov 2009 – THE HILL: Barack Obama Accused of Favors For Sacramento...
From The Hill A GOP congressional report accuses the White House of doing favors for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star and prominent ally of President Barack Obama. The report was...
View ArticleState Bar Of California Accuses Former Yolo County Deputy District Attorney...
According to a press-release dated Feb. 14, 2013: “The State Bar of California has filed disciplinary charges against a Yolo County attorney for allegedly failing to comply with ethical rules while...
View ArticleSources: Prisoner X Ben Zygier arrested after leaking Mossad work to ASIO...
Suspected Mossad agent Ben Zygier was arrested by his own spymasters after they believed he told Australia’s domestic intelligence agency about every aspect of his work with the Israelis, sources say....
View ArticleAddenda to List of Prospective Defendants in Suit to Be Filed In Sacramento...
*THE LESLIE BRODIE REPORT STRONGLY URGES THE READERS TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSION REGARDING MISCONDUCT BY ANYONE (Top , L-R) PG&E, SCE, Verizon, Voice of OC, UCI...
View ArticleOn Graft, Jesse Jackson Jr., and The Black Caucus [ TLR NOTE: Hard to escape...
How did Jesse Jackson Jr. manage to illegally accumulate so much stuff over a seven-year period? Finally brought to justice, Jackson summarized his scheme for the judge: “I used monies that should have...
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