Mary, Christ, Jane Harman

First, the grand lady of the seas (or some such fancy thing) the Queen Mary 2 will be in and out of Port until March 8th. Picture of the dame courtesy of Mike Watt (thanks! - BTW Watt & The Punkinheads are playing at Sacred Grounds Saturday night, FYI). The two Mary's met in Long Beach last Thursday, at what was quite the party for cruise ship lovers, and she'll be back in town on the 8th if you haven't seen the big girl yet.

Although not really the most important story of the year, a man identified as "Jesus Christ" (probably not his real name, but you never know, mysterious ways and all) tried to drive a tanker full of diesel and gasoline out of the Evergreen docks. He was cornered by some ILWU guys and has been held. Breeze carries the story here.

Remember that DP World Port deal, well, Harman's expressed concern that the deal would involve as many as 20 ports. Still no concern from anyone about the idea that a state owned company from a post-feudal collection of kingdoms where the super-rich dance on the backs of postmodern slaves might not be the best manager for facilities where American workers, including union workers are employed. Maybe I've gone off the deep end on this one. Breeze story here.