Get free daily email updates
Latest Blog Post
Bernie Madoff’s Quarterly Report
12:28 am on Jan 27, 2012
This week, California’s two largest government employee pension funds released their 2011 earnings reports revealing poor performances that may lead to huge taxpayer bailouts. If Bernie Madoff had issued honest quarterly reports like these, his investors…
What They Are Saying

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
Senior Editor: John Hrabe
Bernie Madoff's Quarterly Report

Americans for Prosperity on High School Dropouts
High School Graduates Live 9.2 Years Longer Than Dropouts
Kevin D. Korenthal
VENTURA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER BIDDING DELAYED FOR 2ND TIME

Doug Lasken
THE STATE OF OBAMA'S SPIN






Great numbers from Carl DeMaio.


THE GOLDEN PEN


Blog Tracker
Blog
Tweets
Blog Scan Feeds
Left
Middle
Right
Bernie Madoff's Quarterly Report
New Chapter, New Campaign, New Life
HJTA Website Has Added New Website Features
The Iron Lady: Important Lessons for Leaders in this Excellent Film
Reform Minded Judges Take On the Judicial Bureaucracy
HJTA AND NFIB TO BUSINESS LEADERS – DON’T SUPPORT TAX INCREASES
Mike Schroeder Tapped As Political Director For Gingrich Campaign in California
Marco Rubio and Hispanic Republican Voters
Lawsuit by Steinberg, Perez Will Have Profound Negative Impact With Voters
Freedom and the Internet, Victorious
RDA’s Are Evil, And Do Bad Things To Republicans – They Need To Be Abolished
THE final CA HSR lie is exposed for what it is — fraud
Denying A Coronation Gives Both Romney and Gingrich A Chance To Inspire Me – Good luck.
Breaking News: Federal Court strikes down provisions of City of San Diego’s campaign finance laws
Mark Standriff Joins The FR Blog Team!
Medieval Medicine For An Ailing Economy
Random Thoughts On The California Political Scene
State of the State Response from Taxpayer Advocates
“Think Long” Drops $10 Billion Tax Increase Scheme, Masqueraded As “Reform”
Congratulations to Congressman Ed Royce!
*BREAKING* Gary Miller To Run For Lewis Congressional Seat
U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis – the “King of Pork” – announces his retirement!
Exposing the slimy Delphi Technique used in public meetings
Governor And Leg Analyst Disagree On Revenue Assumptions — Chiang In Catbird’s Seat
Mary England to run for Assembly in the 79th
*Breaking* U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis Calling Supporters: “I am retiring.”
*Breaking* U.S. Rep. Wally Herger To Retire; Endorsing Doug LaMalfa for Congress
Gallegly To Retire From Congress; Strickland To Run
Brown’s “Washington Monument Strategy” = Contempt For Voters
Americans for Tax Reform’s Letter to CA Legislators
Brown’s Proposed Budget Increases Spending, and Creates a False Choice
State Senate District Referendum Almost Sure To Qualify
Indian Gambling Tribal Leaders Fund Effort To Hike Taxes They Don’t Pay
10 IMPLICIT fallacies justifying opulent government pensions
The GOP Presidential Primary: “Our Oatmeal Is Better Than Your Rat Poison”
I’m Endorsing Rick Perry For President.
Great Column on RDA Decision by Ashlee Titus
2011: A Good Year for Taxpayers
Coupal, Del Beccaro and Sowell – Tuesday Reading…
Christmas Day CA Political News Links
A Few Christmas Eve Day News Stories…
Happy Holidays From The FlashReport!
RT @USATOpinion: Opinionline: Is Google 'going evil' on privacy? http://t.co/1W8OhKQb
Excited that @josephphelps is coming to the Dove Canyon Country Club!
@KQED_CapNotes Details... Details... Time for (yet another) apology to @tommcclintock
RT @CapitolAlert: Read the California Supreme Court redistricting decision http://t.co/TEQ9Ly27
A+ effort by #CAGOP, Senator Walters and company. Court decision on redistricting most unfortunate.
@cmarinucci - Duke Cunningham is a traitor.
RT @CapitolAlert: AM Alert: Which Senate maps will state Supreme Court pick? http://t.co/qVRj83Id
Fleischman on Pension Crisis: Bernie Madoff's Quarterly Report http://t.co/71PfRdTW
@paulmitche11 Sounds like the GOP needs to recruit another R or two for the ballot!
@MPDavidson sorry to miss the @Gen_Next event with @charlesjkenny -- stuck in Sacramento! Sigh.
@BrianMarvel I don't know. Let me chew on that.
Do you think Bob Dole realizes that he is helping Newt Gingrich?
CA Progress Report: California Investigates Skin-Lighteners for Dangerous Mercury
CA Budget Bites: Public Schools "“ Not Corrections "“ Account for Largest Share of State Budget
Calitics: A Quick Summary of the Senate Map Legal Opinion
Calitics: CA Supreme Court: Use Commission Maps for 2012
CA Progress Report: Groundbreaking Political Advertising Disclosure Bill Moves to Assembly Floor
CA Progress Report: California AG Harris Turned Down a Guaranteed 60% of the Foreclosure Fraud Deal
Calitics: CA Supreme Court to Decide Senate Maps Today
Liberal OC: John Williams Just Doesn't Know When The Show's Over
CA Progress Report: To Drive or Not to Drive, That Is The Question: And The Correct Answer Is?
CA Progress Report: Waiver for NCLB the Right Choice for California
Liberal OC: US Energy Department Taps Great Park for 2013 Solar Decathlon
Liberal OC: Unintentional Hilarity
Calitics: The Strange Coalitions on Brown's revenue measures
Liberal OC: Register Editorial: Over the Top on State Of The Union Address
CA Progress Report: Scoring the California Legislature: Who Stood With Consumers In 2011?
CA Progress Report: How to Deny that Fish Need Water
Calitics: Kamala Harris Rejects 50-State Settlement From Banks
Liberal OC: GOP, OC Register Overstate Keystone XL Pipeline Jobs Picture
Calitics: PPIC Poll Shows Large Information Gap
CA Progress Report: The Obama State Of The Union: A Progressive View
Calitics: Proposed Foreclosure Settlement Would Benefit Wall Street, Not Main Street
CA Progress Report: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Bill Advances to Assembly Floor
Liberal OC: President Obama's State of the Union: Shared Sacrifice
Liberal OC: State of the Union Wrap-Up
CA Progress Report: Bill To Label GE Fish Fails in California Legislature
CA Progress Report: Poll: Strong Support for Brown Tax Plan, Opposition to School "Trigger Cuts"
Calitics: Is Fiona Ma settling personal grudges by hurting Californians' heatlh?
CA Progress Report: Collateral Damage: Children and Prison Reform in California
Liberal OC: Happy Birthday Lou
Calitics: The Democratic Endorsement and the Grassroots
Calitics: Tom Hayden Asks Governor Brown Not to Repeal Protections for Shelter Animals
Liberal OC: Democratic Party of Orange County To Pay $2,500 to FEC for Durkee "Mistakes"
CA Progress Report: LA Times Editorial Supports Lungren's Investigation of Hetch Hetchy Use
CA Progress Report: How, Exactly, Does Trade Bring Prosperity?
CA Progress Report: Cuts Force State To Fall Short of Health Care Mandate
Liberal OC: Who has the Early Big Money Advantage in AD-69?
CA Progress Report: Brown's Ballot Measure Ignores Need for Progressive Tax Reform
Calitics: Sanders and Villaraigosa Featured in Mayors for Equality Video
Calitics: Fran Pavley: In SD27, a clear choice for jobs and the future
Liberal OC: The Real Costs to Taxpayers of the Claudia Alvarez Community Forum
Liberal OC: Frenemys "“ Battle Lines in the 69th Assembly District Primary
CA Progress Report: The New, New Jerry Brown: Thinking Big
Liberal OC: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to Resign This Week
CA Progress Report: Article "Baffles" CPR Readers Who Question Sexual Orientation Relevance
LADN Politics: Beutner shakes up campaign team***
CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog: President Obama to raise funds in SF on Feb. 16
Fresno Bee Politics: City of Fresno to be governed by Oversight Board
SacBee Capitol Alert: Union membership dips slightly in California, still 7th highest
SacBee Capitol Alert: Read the California Supreme Court redistricting decision
SacBee Capitol Alert: California Supreme Court denies challenge of Senate maps
Fresno Bee Politics: 21st Congressional candidate Hernandez to give $20K to campaign
Fresno Bee Politics: Rubio for Congress 2016? Campaign account says so; Rubio says no
CA's Capitol- Greg Lucas: Bummer About Those Redistricting Maps, Dude
LADN Politics: San Fernando ticket scandal
LAT Opinion: Phyllis Diller's second act [Mimi Pond cartoon]
Fresno Bee Politics: Former Fresno council member Castillo to seek Fresno Unified spot
OC Register Total Buzz: Gone surfing
SacBee Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Which Senate maps will state Supreme Court pick?
Capitol Weekly/ LA Times PolitiCal: Gov. Jerry Brown: Bullet train will keep U.S. out of Third World
CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog: Four Californians on Romney's Latino committee
KQED's Capital Notes: Supremes Won't Block Redistricting Maps
KQED's Capital Notes: Supremes Pass on Blocking Redistricting Maps
SF Chron Politics: Marco Rubio responds to Berkeley activists opposing him (VIDEO)
SacBee State Worker: Percentage of unionized California workers drifts down slightly
LAT Opinion: The dogs on the trail of the severed head
SacBee State Worker: Does Jerry Brown's plan cut some pension contributions?
OC Register Total Buzz: Supreme Court upholds state Senate maps
LAT Opinion: Romney wins the pandering prize for his debate comments on Israel
SacBee State Worker: Darrell Steinberg: Pension reform must pass 'strength test'
Capitol Weekly/ LA Times PolitiCal: State Supreme Court to leave boundaries intact for Senate races
CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog: Court rejects GOP request to stay state Senate maps
Fresno Bee Politics: Lanare needs money just to stay in hunt for state water funding
Press Enterprise Political Empire: POLITICAL EMPIRE: New weekly politics show launches
CalBuzz: Snorking Spilled Milk: Mitt Beats Down Newt
SacBee Capitol Alert: Assembly passes bill sparked by Caylee Anthony murder case
SacBee Capitol Alert: Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye fights Calderon's court bill
SacBee Capitol Alert: California Supreme Court to rule Friday on state Senate maps
Press Enterprise Political Empire: STEINBERG Mortgage relief a priority
SacBee Capitol Alert: Assembly passes measures to expand private health insurance
SacBee Capitol Alert: Think Long announces it will back California Forward's measure
SacBee Capitol Alert: Steinberg: Extending redevelopment agencies 'not going to happen'
Press Enterprise Political Empire: CONGRESS: Boxer says transportation bill is gaining momentum
Capitol Weekly/ LA Times PolitiCal: Jerry Brown talks taxes, pensions at L.A. Chamber of Commerce
LAT Opinion: President Obama, winner of Florida debate?
SacBee Capitol Alert: California single-payer health care bill stalls in state Senate
CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog: Bill on media access to prisoners advances
Capitol Weekly/ LA Times PolitiCal: State GOP chairman backs Tony Strickland for Congress
SacBee Capitol Alert: Senate approves bill restricting picketing at funerals
CA's Capitol- Greg Lucas: Another Try at Restricting Picketing at Funerals
Fresno Bee Politics: Fresno building permits fall in 2011
OC Register Punch: Obama the Angry, part II
OC Register Punch: Another Global Warming Oops Moment, and it's a dilly
OC Register Punch: Obama energy policy versus Obama energy rhetoric
OC Register Punch: Newt the repentant, Mitt the, uh, well what do you say he is?
OC Register Punch: Obama the Angry
OC Register Punch: So Californians are OK with higher taxes? Not exactly.
OC Register Punch: Obama hits the campaign trail at full speed
OC Register Punch: High-speed rail's risks getting riskier, more expensive
OC Register Punch: This is supposed to be an argument FOR high-speed rail?
OC Register Punch: Gingrich's surge means what?
OC Register Punch: Gingrich, the media, infidelity, so many variables
OC Register Punch: Playing global warming games with glaciers
OC Register Punch: Perry out. We hardly knew ye. Or maybe the problem is we got to know him
OC Register Punch: Debt? What's the big deal. Do you have kids?
OC Register Punch: Romney the rich guy underscores income inequality?
OC Register Punch: This electric car news isn't as good as it sounds at first
OC Register Punch: We need to thank Gov. Jerry Brown about that tax stuff
OC Register Punch: Huntsman out. Gee, that should change things a lot, hm?
OC Register Punch: Republican 11th commandment apparently has been amended, if not revoked
OC Register Punch: Even more resignations at high-speed rail than we thought
OC Register Punch: High-speed rail slowing to a crawl?
OC Register Punch: How about this 1 percent? Grandma
OC Register Punch: Why wouldn't everyone believe Jerry Brown when he talks budget?
OC Register Punch: Cap and trade tax ahead
OC Register Punch: GOP's Ron Paul problem persists. What to do?
OC Register Punch: No identification? Who is that voter?
OC Register Punch: About that 1 percent the Occupy folks want to throttle"¦
OC Register Punch: If you believe the governor's budget numbers you deserve them
OC Register Punch: Shred some birds to save the planet
OC Register Punch: Not to be out-done, Obama wants to increase spending too
OC Register Punch: Does anyone really wonder why California is collapsing?
OC Register Punch: Jerry Brown's surprise budget
OC Register Punch: Taxes? Californians may want more. Incredibly.
OC Register Punch: New GOP chief. That should fix things. Well, maybe not"¦
OC Register Punch: Occupy something or other for some reason or other
OC Register Punch: As the I"m-not-Romney field narrows so will his lead
OC Register Punch: Global warming report card: not what you might expect
OC Register Punch: Obama in his own words: a prescription for GOP victory?
OC Register Punch: Oil? You betcha
OC Register Punch: 2011 global warming wrap up
OC Register Punch: Reality differs from what you might believe, if you rely on mainstream media
OC Register Punch: Where to cut federal spending? It's not so hard
OC Register Punch: Bachmann says it's only a flesh wound"¦
OC Register Punch: So, you want to subsidize solar energy? Do you realize"¦
OC Register Punch: Polls say the winner is"¦ (if you can believe it)
OC Register Punch: Green energy begins to resemble Soylent Green
OC Register Punch: Mitt Gingrich, or something like that
OC Register Punch: While Mark is on vacation"¦
OC Register Punch: Landsbaum's out of here for a week off "“ see you after Christmas










