Thomas Buckley, Author at California Globe

If You Actually Do the Crime, Do Not Do the Rhyme

October 21, 2022 8:10 amOctober 21, 2022 7:18 am

There’s stupid. There’s felony stupid. And then there is actually literally felony stupid. Meet rapper Nuke Bizzle. Bizzle – real name Fontrell Antonio Baines, 33, hometown Memphis, TN – shot to infamy in the summer of 2020, posting to You...

Robbing Grandma to Pay Gaia

October 16, 2022 2:30 amOctober 15, 2022 8:20 pm

This may come as a shock to some, but if one plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the production equation, that energy creation capacity must be replaced. But there is a problem – a big one. With the green energy...

Resign Now LA City Council Members, Forget Never

October 11, 2022 4:37 pmOctober 11, 2022 4:49 pm

Los Angeles City Council members Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, and Kevin de(ish) Leon should follow the lead of Ron Herrera – erstwhile head of the LA Federation of Labor – and resign immediately. Obviously, if the trio ever want to...

This Time, Everything Really Is Racist…and Corrupt…and Head-Spinningly Awful

October 10, 2022 2:43 pmOctober 10, 2022 3:17 pm

Racism, corruption, political scheming, and rank stupidity – just another day at Los Angeles City Hall. The by-now infamous recording of LA Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León (or whatever his legal name is), and president...

Time to Face Reality – It’s Over, Eric

October 6, 2022 7:20 amOctober 6, 2022 7:03 am

It seems as if Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents should have spent their money on a retirement cruise rather than a lobbyist for their son. With Congress out until after the November election, the already dim likelihood that Garcetti...

Norms are Karens

October 2, 2022 10:03 amOctober 2, 2022 12:37 pm

“Norm!” “How’s the world treating you, Mr. P?” “Like the media treats a conservative.” “Oof – I’ll have the second one on stand-by.” We all know who “Norm” is, but we can be forgiven for not knowing what “norms” are,...

California’s EDD – Same As It Ever Was

September 26, 2022 6:56 amSeptember 27, 2022 2:17 pm

This article has been updated to explain a correction. “In response to pandemic problems, EDD unveils massive reform initiative.” A headline that anyone has seen? Nope. A headline that should have been seen? Yup. A headline Governor Newsom and the legislature...