Fresh Juice Archive
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What Officer Ramos did wrong — and why he’ll be acquitted
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 7 CommentsI think that what Officers Manuel Ramos and Joseph Wolfe did in the first 18 minutes of the Kelly Thomas video was morally and ethically wrong. I do not think... -
Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 2 Commentsby John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County... -
“Inglourious Baxter” on Rowe vs. Chaffee
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 18 CommentsFrom Stephan and Noele Baxter, liberal Fullerton activists: WHY TWO FORMER CHAFFEE SUPPORTERS ARE VOTING FOR MATT ROWE IN THE RECALL ELECTION As we continue to learn about new... -
Syrian Artists for Freedom honored by OC pols
Posted on May 14, 2012 | 5 CommentsHundreds attended Sunday night’s concert to raise funds for victims of the Syrian regime’s brutal crack down on protesters that started fourteen months ago. The concert, held at the Grove... -
Missing Safety Documents at San Onofre Reactor – Troubling Consequences. (UPDATE – Found!)
Posted on May 14, 2012 | 5 CommentsThe media has been reporting key missing documents at San Onofre Nuclear Reactor (SONR) related to safety and failing equipment (*) I am deeply troubled and extremely concerned by this... -
Baxter and Diamond on Chaffee and Rowe on Kelly and Ramos
Posted on May 14, 2012 | 18 CommentsIn the bowels of the OJB archives is a draft article I was composing in a response to this comment from Steve Baxter (which I’ve cleaned up a little for... -
A Civil Libertarian Review of the Kelly Thomas Video
Posted on May 13, 2012 | 66 Comments[Warning: don't read this if you want to be a juror in the trial of the officers accused of killing Kelly Thomas. I'm not kidding. As for the rest of you... -
Crossing Delancy Street……
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No CommentsPresident Obama, Vice President Biden, Mitt Romney and half the people of the United States are all a Twitter about the “Same Sex Marriage Concept”. The cover of Time magazine... -
Underwear! The evil, and the magical.
Posted on May 12, 2012 | 1 CommentThe anniversary of President Obama’s taking-out of Osama Bin Laden, as expected, brought more scary news of revenge attempts. Specifically, we learned of more plots from Yemen’s Al Qaeda on... -
Humor, hacking — or hacked off? OC politics gets even weirder
Posted on May 12, 2012 | 2 CommentsSo I’m looking at Sharon Quirk-Silva’s campaign’s Facebook page last night. I want to get some ideas for my own page, snag some design tips without asking for them, that... -
Councilman Whitaker Addresses the Kelly Thomas Hearing
Posted on May 11, 2012 | 9 CommentsAnother good letter. If the Council Majority has published one and someone points me to it, I’ll post that here as well. So has anyone solved the mystery of why... -
Mayor Quirk-Silva Addresses the Kelly Thomas Hearing
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 27 CommentsI’m sure that for some people this will not be enough — there’s no condemnation of other Councilmembers here, no howl to slake a thirst for blood and vengeance. There’s... -
Fullerton Metal Jacket
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 12 CommentsBy The Fullerton Harpoon At the OC Weekly Nick Schou has uncovered an old article about the militarization of the Fullerton Police Department under Pat McKinley. The seminal event of the... -
Fullerton Democratic/Chen Campaign HQ Opens Saturday!
Posted on May 10, 2012 | No CommentsDemocrats in North Orange County — many of whose districts now cross the Puente Hills thanks to the imperial conquest of the region by Diamond Bar during the redistricting process...
