Oh No Gillette Didn’t!!!

So, for all you, dudes who are all tweaked about the how-tos of taking a razor to your piece, your prayers have been answered by Gillette! Freelz. I think my jaw only gaped for about the first 30 seconds of this online ad. Seriously. I closed my mouth at precisely 25 seconds in when the [...]

Another Strand of Red Tape Cut for #Eric

I’ve been following Veronica’s Twitter feed the last few minutes, and there’s good news: We did it! We finally got Eric admitted to a hospital. Now of course there is still a long road ahead, but this was the first major step… Tenacity and endurance can pay off!  Thanks to all of you who have [...]

Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter UCLA Transplant Center

Help Save Eric De La Cruz I’ve got a string of expletives running through my head that would make a dock worker blush.  Read this excerpt of a note I got from Eric De La Cruz’s sister, Veronica: They are denying him because now they say he needs supplemental insurance (which no one will give [...]

Another Victory for Eric De La Cruz

Here’s a really positive development!  I’ll let Veronica do the talking: Friends, After five years of fighting for Eric’s disabilty, I am pleased to announce that the judge has ruled in Eric’s favor. I cried. My mom and brother were hugging me, each other, whoever they could. Doctors and nurses have high-fived. I’ve been on the [...]

Eric De La Cruz: Money or Your Life

No one should have to beg to live, but this is what an American is reduced to if they have a preexisting condition and a health crisis.  Twenty-seven year old Eric De La Cruz is diagnosed with weeks to live, but his doctors say that’s an optimistic time frame. KTNV reports: Trent Reznor of Nine [...]

Nine Inch Nails Lends a Hand

Update: $220,000 raised overnight!!!!!!!!!!! My friend Veronica has raised $6,800 of the $150,000 needed to get her brother, Eric De La Cruz, on the list for a heart transplant.   It’s a matter of life and death for Eric.   The full cost of the operation is $750,000.   She has tirelessly used Twitter and [...]

Unconscious Suspect Beaten in Alabama

h/t AH, BenGoshi, & Bham News Stunning video of police officers beating an unconscious suspect is going viral, And it happened about a stone throw away from my house in January 2008. When I initially saw the tape I thought it was Hoover PD because of the location. Hoover.  But Hoover patrol vehicles are SUVs [...]

How to Manufacture Lies: Torture

The spawn of evil, Liz Cheney, was asked if her father had interrogators use torture on prisoners to make them lie and say Iraq had connections to Al Qaeda. She never answered the question.  (She used to be employed by the State Department during the Bush Administration. )  A retired Army colonel confirms to McClatchy [...]

Add Sexting to the Talk

One of every 5 American teenagers has sent nekkid or nearly nekkid pictures of themselves via cell phone. Eek!  Something for moms and dads to add to “the talk!” Another set of stats says 33% of adolescent males and 25% of adolescent females have sent such pictures. Beyond the potential social nightmare of the receiver [...]

Donations for Eric De La Cruz

The donations for Eric De La Cruz”s heart transplant are nearing the $3,500 mark.  That’s 2% of the $150 thousand needed just for him to be put on the list.   The actual surgery is $750,000!  Raising that much money just doesn’t even seem possible, but I was encouraged to see Rachel Sklar from the Huffington [...]