Vern here. Last week Donna (my wife) and I went to Tustin’s Arvida Bookstore to meet my fellow blogger Jeff Pearlman on the occasion of his new book on Tupac Shakur, hear Jeff talk, buy that book, and get him to sign it. Donna’s been a big Tupac fan since the 90’s and always celebrates Tupac Day.
The book, entitled “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur,” looks really good. And FAT. We’re gonna read it as soon as we’re done with 1984 which we’re half-done with.
It was a fun event, Jeff is a very entertaining raconteur. One story he told was the story he told on this video, of re-uniting the mother and son described in Tupac’s early song “Brenda’s Got a Baby.”
Now and then I cross-post something from my fellow anti-MAGA Orange County blogger; the following seems timely. I mean, you’ve already voted YES on this, haven’t you? And if not, what are you waiting for? “Election Day” deadline is next Tuesday!
Vote YES for Proposition 50. It’s a no-brainer.
by Jeff Pearlman, Oct 26, 2025, “cross-posted” from The Truth OC
So surely some of you Truth OC readers noticed I took the last week (or so) off. Duty called, which meant promoting, pumping, selling my new book, “Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur.” Which, cough, is available now. Cough.
Sorry for the vacancy.
Well, I have returned. And today, I want to briefly delve into Proposition 50 (which we all have to vote for). Or, really, I want to delve into the Orange County Republican Party and Proposition 50.
So, across the board, the local GOP is vocally against Prop 50. From school board dungs like Lisa Davis to city council members like Pat (The Human Scrotum Head) Burns to Will O’Neill, the president of the Orange County Republicans, Prop 50 is—they insist—the absolute worst thing since the brief 1978 invention of Herpes-scented Diet Coke.
Hell, here’s Will’s statement, via Instagram …
And they’re mad!
Really mad!
Super mad!
Because this is about democracy, and Gavin Newsom is destroying democracy with this anti-democratic move! It’s awful and evil and … and … and …
They’re full of shit.
Google Will O’Neill and Texas redistricting. Google Will O’Neill and North Carolina redistricting. Google him and any redistricting. Hell, Google Will O’Neill and “destruction of White House east wing.” Google Will O’Neill and “overzealous ICE agents.” Google Will O’Neill and “Pam Bondi overreach.” Do it, one and all, and you will find … nothing. Absolutely nothing. Why? Because he, and his Republican cohorts, are simply spewing their standard partisan bullshit talking points, whining about the death of democracy will sitting silently and watching Donald Trump punish Canada with new 10-percent tariff hikes because he was butt hurt by a commercial. This is only—literally only—about the idea of winning for O’Neill and the GOP. They don’t care about democracy, rights, the American way. They care, solely, about power and control and this warped Christian nationalism that does wonders for wealthy white people looking to become even wealthier.
So, yes, I am back.
And I am bringing the heat.
Vote YES on Prop 50. Because if America’s democracy is gonna crumble to pieces beneath the weight of a disfigured orange man and his 100,000-pound ego, it won’t happen with California’s blessing.
Thug life.
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