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![. . . While other local blogs we won’t name squander their barrels-full of pixels on propping up the already-powerful, fashioning cattywampus justifications for their unjustifiable deeds, inciting hate against […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dreamstime_s_19777438-115x115.jpg "Orange Juice Changes the World: Our Top 10 Posts of 2015… plus 12 Chestnuts!")
Orange Juice Changes the World: Our Top 10 Posts of 2015… plus 12 Chestnuts!
Posted on December 28, 2015 | 39 Comments. . . While other local blogs we won’t name squander their barrels-full of pixels on propping up the already-powerful, fashioning cattywampus justifications for their unjustifiable deeds, inciting hate against […] -
![OJB will likely pass another milestone tomorrow (or today, when most of you see this, given how late it is being posted on Saturday night. Vern cares not about these […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/five-million-115x115.jpg "You’re One in Five Million (OJ views!)")
You’re One in Five Million (OJ views!)
Posted on June 13, 2015 | 13 CommentsOJB will likely pass another milestone tomorrow (or today, when most of you see this, given how late it is being posted on Saturday night. Vern cares not about these […] -
![. . . The Orange Juice Blog wishes all its readers a THOUGHTFUL Memorial Day, and drive safely out there! This is your three-day Weekend Open Thread, in which you’re […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/memorial-day-on-beach-115x115.jpg "Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread: Disney at 60, St.-to-Be Oscar Romero, Gay Irish Marriage, a Dreamer Graduates!")
Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread: Disney at 60, St.-to-Be Oscar Romero, Gay Irish Marriage, a Dreamer Graduates!
Posted on May 23, 2015 | 10 Comments. . . The Orange Juice Blog wishes all its readers a THOUGHTFUL Memorial Day, and drive safely out there! This is your three-day Weekend Open Thread, in which you’re […] -
![SHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/votebox-115x115.jpg "The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!")
The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!
Posted on May 19, 2014 | 80 CommentsSHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […] -
![Last year around this time I was asked to become a featured blogger for a great women’s activist website called Ladybud Magazine. I started one of my original articles asking […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mimi-mmj-moorlach-115x115.png "Mimi vs Moorlach on Medical MJ: Must the GOP go down in a death embrace with the Drug War?")
Mimi vs Moorlach on Medical MJ: Must the GOP go down in a death embrace with the Drug War?
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 67 CommentsLast year around this time I was asked to become a featured blogger for a great women’s activist website called Ladybud Magazine. I started one of my original articles asking […] -
![. . . Spoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yak-steele-danielle-115x115.png "The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 Comments. . . Spoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful […] -
![. . . “…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paul-lucas-cannabis-e1392709184983.jpg "The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments. . . “…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car […] -
![We all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party. […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paul-lucas-pier-cropped1-115x115.jpg "The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.")
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party. […] -
![“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jabberwockandmore-115x115.jpg "O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…")
O Frabjous Day: Our Alt-Weekly correctly identifies our Scariest People! We elaborate…
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 26 Comments“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” As this past Halloween approached, the county’s alternative weekly, the estimable OC Weekly – whose motto LIKE […] -
![. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Tet-Toro-5-115x115.jpg "Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.")
Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 42 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […] -
![. The Pulido Shill site run by our founder is in hysterics this week: “Save Paul Walters!” screams their top banner ad. “It Is Time to Save Our City Manager […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Walters-illegals-115x115.jpg "Some things Santa Ana should know about their City Manager Paul Walters.")
Some things Santa Ana should know about their City Manager Paul Walters.
Posted on January 22, 2013 | 36 Comments. The Pulido Shill site run by our founder is in hysterics this week: “Save Paul Walters!” screams their top banner ad. “It Is Time to Save Our City Manager […] -
![. First I’ll name the stories that I’m NOT counting, as our most-read of the year, and why. For one thing I don’t believe ten thousand people clicked on MY […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/new-year-fireworks-115x115.jpg "“Brilliant. Scabrous. Irreplaceable” – The Orange Juice’s Top Stories of 2012.")
“Brilliant. Scabrous. Irreplaceable” – The Orange Juice’s Top Stories of 2012.
Posted on December 31, 2012 | 6 Comments. First I’ll name the stories that I’m NOT counting, as our most-read of the year, and why. For one thing I don’t believe ten thousand people clicked on MY […] -
![. . . So, I don’t remember if I mentioned this here, but a couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from fabled “anonymous” OC blogger Joe Hill. And, at […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/joe-hill-115x115.jpg "Introducing our newest blogger – Joe Hill!")
Introducing our newest blogger – Joe Hill!
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 36 Comments. . . So, I don’t remember if I mentioned this here, but a couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from fabled “anonymous” OC blogger Joe Hill. And, at […] -
![. (by Vern Nelson, editor, and Greg Diamond, associate editor.) July 2012 was the best month that Orange Juice Blog has had since the 2010 election (and its purchase by Vern […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/McKayla-2001-115x115.png "We Kick Ass, We Take Names — The Orange Juice Runneth Over!")
We Kick Ass, We Take Names — The Orange Juice Runneth Over!
Posted on August 12, 2012 | 24 Comments. (by Vern Nelson, editor, and Greg Diamond, associate editor.) July 2012 was the best month that Orange Juice Blog has had since the 2010 election (and its purchase by Vern […]
