Thomas Buckley – Page 6 – California Globe

Political Pointillism: Step Back and See Everything

September 16, 2024 8:42 amSeptember 16, 2024 8:43 am

If you happen to be at the Art Institute of Chicago, you can see Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. If you are not in Chicago, here’s the painting. Anyway, you’ve seen...

Congress Hammers EDD: They Really Are That Bad at Their Jobs

September 15, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 15, 2024 2:46 am

Prisoners got $810 million dollars in unemployment benefits from California’s Employment Development Department – don’t let the name fool you; it’s the unemployment agency – during the pandemic. So many benefit debit cards were sent out the issuer warned they...

Exclusive: California EDD Fraud Money Paid for North Korea Nukes?

September 13, 2024 1:55 pmSeptember 13, 2024 3:47 pm

One of North Korea’s top exports is hair. That’s not a typo and you did not read that wrong and it doesn’t mean fur or wool. It means hair. In 2023, North Korea exported “feathers, artificial flowers, hair” to the...

Another Day, Another Lawsuit Filed Against Los Angeles DA George Gascon

September 13, 2024 7:03 amSeptember 13, 2024 7:03 am

Another day, another lawsuit filed against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon. Wednesday, the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys – the union that represents the 750 or so DDA’s under Gascon’s employ – filed its fourth lawsuit, alleging...

Hochman, Gascon Square Off in Debate

September 12, 2024 8:23 amSeptember 12, 2024 8:23 am

Wednesday night, current Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon and challenger Nathan Hochman faced off in a web-based debate sponsored by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. And it was the last question of the debate that was almost certainly the...

The Silly in Philly

September 11, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 11, 2024 8:01 am

Sometimes when writing a piece, one gets stuck on the “lede,” that pithy opener that encapsulates the rest of the story. But for last night’s triple sucker punch absurdity, there are a plethora of choices, so let’s try out a...

You Think California will Come Up in the Debate?

September 9, 2024 4:21 pmSeptember 9, 2024 4:21 pm

With only a day or so before the first – and possibly only – debate, Kamala Harris is practicing now by shoving a thumbtack into her palm to remind her not to say “California is a country in Europe with...