Posts Tagged ‘LA Times’

Road Debris on LA Freeways

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Wow, another reason not to live in LA: “Road debris means a commute paved with peril.”

Pot: Yes, Marriage: No

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

So they won’t allow gay marriage, but California voters, by a modest margin, think they should be allowed to grow and consume marijuana.

Huh.

Area 51 in the News

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the Area 51 article in last week’s Los Angeles Times: “The Road to Area 51.”

UAE President’s Brother Missing

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan, the Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and younger brother of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, is apparently lost: “Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi missing.”

Sketchy.

Apparently his “glider” went down in Morocco.

But the pilot was found in good shape.

Not buying it.

When the manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund with an estimated $627 billion in assets gets lost in a “glider” accident in Morocco I call bullshit.

I mean, this is a family who torture people for fun (see The Sheikh of Abu Dhabi Gets Away With Torture).

I totally bet they’re capable of pushing their brother out of a “glider” for some SWF improprieties.

How Carlton Came to Lost

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

In honor of tonight’s episode of Lost, here’s an Los Angeles Times video of showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse discussing how Carlton joined the show: