Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) is making relations between the United States and Afghanistan a little more strained. The outspoken representative from Huntington Beach, who also serves as Republican chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigation, has been barred from Afghanistan. more ›

The 2000 census report for the San Fernando Valley was recently updated and shows some interesting changes. At the request of Congressman Brad Sherman, the Census Bureau updated the report using detailed data from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) in order "to help community organizations, businesses, and government leaders make better-informed decisions affecting the Valley’s future... more ›

Somehow "The Tonight Show" scored a trifecta of controversy tonight as they were able to book the most punk rock of punk rock bands, the most conservative member of Congress, and the wackiest Scientologist all to appear on its air in the same hour. Tonight the Sex Pistols, Ron Paul, and Tom Cruise will all be in Burbank to tape the late night chat show. Strangely, whatever wire service the LA Daily News used... more ›

In 2003, the New York City Council voted to oppose the war in Iraq. Two years later, they drew a resolution for the "orderly and rapid withdrawal" of Iraq. Now, three days short of exactly two years after New York, the Los Angeles City Council, in a 12-2 vote, voted yesterday to support pulling out of Iraq.The council said it approved the resolution because it wants the federal government to end the war, which... more ›

According to an MSNBC online poll participated by over 16,000 people, Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the GOP Michigan debate in a landslide. Sister-station, CNBC, who hosted the debate also had an online poll but they, like Pajamas Media, took it down when they saw that the most conservative congressman in office was winning by such a wide margin. When asked who they thought was standing out from the pack, Paul, who favors the... more ›

LA-based Pajamas Media hates their poll so much that recently it had to remove its winners so that the politicians that they're rooting for will have a chance. PJ Media, who has had a tragic history of fuckups, embarrassments, and going nowhere despite raising millions of dollars, have been holding online straw polls for months. After results of a poll that started the week of September 16th were tallied, anti-war Democratic presidential nominee Dennis Kucinich's... more ›

Recent major events for the LAFD include last night's apartment fires in North Hollywood and Westchester. Busy day on LAPD's blog: a drive-by shooting yesterday, a labor day homicide, Congressman Xavier Becerra's office burglarized, two fatal Skid Row stabbings, a Carl's Jr. robbery and a fatal shooting this morning in South LA. Sparked by the recent heat-reated power outages, Matt Littman at the Huffington Post asks if Los Angeles is in permanent decay: "It... more ›

Texas congressman Ron Paul pointed his pen at his fellow conservatives at the New Hampshire presidential debates yesterday and won the Fox News text message poll, a day after winning the Maryland Republican Straw Vote, to the outrage of Fox mouthpiece, Sean Hannity. Hannity, who clearly hates freedom and obviously believes that all elections and polls that aren't rigged by Karl Rove must be rigged, flat out accused the American people of cheating when... more ›

Today's LA City Beat's LA Sniper column focuses aim on 30th District Congressman Henry Waxman who led the banning of subway construction under Wilshire Blvd. in the mid 1980s. Could you imagine what LA would be like today? A Los Angeles with a subway down the god friggin' most congested city street in America? Instead we have the one of the nation's busiest rapid bus lines, the 720, which the Sniper suggest should be... more ›

- The heatwave that has graciously broken could have lead to 25 deaths here - Republican congressman Paul Gilmour of Ohio found dead in his apartment in DC - Shaq is filing for divorce from his wife of five years. Together the couple had four children: Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me'Arah, 1 - 400 court interpreters are on strike from San Luis to Santa Barbara to LA counties, any chance they're... more ›

With such a groundswell of support for Ron Paul, why isn't the GOP embracing the most conservative congressman on the hill? According to this video, seen on Capitol Annex, Paul delegates who arrived on time at an event in Texas were not allowed to vote. Why wouldn't the GOP be interested in a candidate who could get a lot of Democrats to vote "this one time only" for a man who wants to get... more ›

The most popular story on reddit yesterday and this morning was this blast from Texas Congressman Ron Paul who denounced the continued, failed practice of the United States to involve ourselves in unconstitutional, undeclared wars. After waving off Mitt Romney who tried to interrupt his roll by asking "what about 9/11?", Paul said that he was in Vietnam for five years and saw how pulling out of there did not end in disaster, neither... more ›

#180 - Fuckers can't even spell the Space Shuttle's name right - Local 6 more ›

Today in the House Committee on Appropriations, a transportation funding bill for Fiscal year 2008 was voted on and passed. It included our Purple Line, the subway that is planned and dreamed on for Wilshire Blvd. Unfortunately, it appears that the bill will not fund the project, but rather does something else of bureaucratic importance: it repeals language written in 1986 by Congress to ban subway tunneling along Wilshire. "Metro is deeply appreciative of Congressman... more ›

A Word or 39: It feels like Wednesdays are going to be the night with new programming this time of year. It feels like it, but it doesn't look like it since not much of this stuff is watchable. Hidden Palms?? For effsake. Tonight - Wednesday - June 13th, 2007 Mets @ Dodgers (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.) Hidden Palms (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Country club party time The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest... more ›

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... more ›

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. --Matthew 23:27 (KJV) Former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich has admitted he was having an extramarital affair the whole time he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair. But he says in an interview with James Dobson, founder of conservative... more ›

Whether you agree with our Mayor's initiatives or not, you have to give him props for going after all his campaign promises. And we're happy today that he announced that a large political hurdle has been jumped without a scar on the butt. The Subway to the Sea is inching closer. H.R. 238, sponsored by Congressman Henry Waxman and passed on a voice vote in the House of Representatives today, repeals a previous action... more ›

- All five of the Oscar-nominees for Best Supporting Actress have appeared topless, here are their lady parts, and analysis - Defamer - UCLA only admitted 100 African-American freshman last fall. This year they got applications from 2,444 blacks. LAist will be keeping an eye on how many of those are admitted to Taser U. - LA Times - iTunes illegal in Norway - 901am - Almost two months after shaking hands, JD Drew... more ›

Did you know Disney Hall was designed before the Guggenheim in Bibao, Spain? On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote on taking ownership of Disney Hall. If they do, they will rename it to County Hall. Just kidding. (Los Angeles Times) Speaking of the County, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky apparently can sustain about a 9-minute mile for almost a half marathon distance. That's one option if you want to get across the... more ›

- "It turns out Silly String is a great way to find the micro-thin tripwires that set off improvised explosive devices, a constant killer in Iraq." - NJ.com more ›

GQ interviewed former VP Al Gore recently and he took whatever was stuck up his ass that made him appear wooden and beat the hell out of the current administration with it using some amazingly inconvenient truths: It is inconceivable to me that Bush would read a warning as stark and as clear [voice angry now] as the one he received on August 6th of 2001, and, according to some of the new histories,... more ›

If you vote, take a picture like xTx did, above, of your sticker. Then upload the picture on Flickr or Buzznet or somewhere, and put the link in the comments below. One lucky winner will get a cd six pack. Deadline tomorrow at noon. - Experience polling problems? Log them on this nationwide election blog - Voters Unite - Voting snags across the country - MSNBC - Delays in voting in Denver. Dems ask... more ›

- Mob speaks out against Desert Arsonist - "The guy should be hung by his toes. Put him in a public park, get a stockade, let the people judge him. Trial by your peers? Go to a park, let us judge him." - NBC4 - After Bush and Cheney are Impeached, Nancy Pelosi is going to be able to enact Martial Law on every NASCAR event she wants. - - 2/3rds of the US... more ›

- "I think that blogs should die a sudden death," Jared Leto said while wearing mascara. - Best Week Ever - "I'm not sure I can stomach continuing to read National Review." - The Corner - The mid-term election has hit an all-time low when Al Franken's face is photoshopped on the body of a man wearing adult diapers. - Think Progress - AZ GOP Congressman one of the Foleyish men with a Page Problem?... more ›

In a secret contest to see which Republican can implode the freakiest, this afternoon's winner is clearly Nevada GOP Congressman Jim Gibbons, who while running (and winning by ten points, if you believe polls) threatened to rape a casino waitress during a drunken "party" at an upscale steak joint. The woman, a cancer survivor who sounds like a younger Courtney Love made three 9-1-1 calls alleging that the Congressman threatened her life. Close behind... more ›

We can't say that we're regular viewers of Stephen Colbert's show, but every now and then he hits it out of the park and thanks to YouTube we get to see those moments without having to fill up our TiVos with the times he doesn't. With that said, his 430-part series "Better Know a District" is pure edutainment hilarity. Recently Colbert visited with 7-term Congressman Xavier Becerra, and thanks to Atwater Village Newbie, we... more ›

When a horse is born it doesn't start off pretty. There's slime and ugliness and voilence and hooves and nothing seems natural, and then there's the little horse and then he wobbles to stand and then he's standing and then he's walking and then before you know it he's a beautiful horse. Hi, baby. more ›

One-time congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham has been sentenced to more than 8 years in jail for taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors. His crime included not paying $1 million in taxes. Cunningham told the court that he'd fought in Vietnam "because it was the right thing to do." If that was the case (and we think it's an arguable point), his moral compass has since slid out of whack. more ›

- And, finally, Dakota Fanning -- who shares top billing with Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise -- also shares tagalongs and samoas with the Chatsworth Girl Scouts. more ›