I don’t very much care for your sympathies. I don’t need it. I suggest you look at your own life…
Yeah, you love talking about lawsuits. But this fact remains until you are convicted, you are not guilty but of…
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
Greg Diamond Archive
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![1. Anonymity If there’s one thing that you should have learned over the past couple of years, especially since the Snowden leaks, it’s that you are not reliably anonymous. You […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Weasels-ripped-my-flesh-mag-cover-115x115.jpg "Two Essays: Anonymity and Assholery")
Two Essays: Anonymity and Assholery
Posted on October 5, 2013 | 65 Comments1. Anonymity If there’s one thing that you should have learned over the past couple of years, especially since the Snowden leaks, it’s that you are not reliably anonymous. You […] -
![Yes, we came first, damn it. I shoulda done this post on July 11, but the time she slips away. Yes, 7-11 was the ten-year anniversary of this august and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/beating-chest-over-10-years-115x115.jpg "WE CAME FIRST – Ten years of the Orange Juice Blog!")
WE CAME FIRST – Ten years of the Orange Juice Blog!
Posted on August 5, 2013 | 70 CommentsYes, we came first, damn it. I shoulda done this post on July 11, but the time she slips away. Yes, 7-11 was the ten-year anniversary of this august and […] -
![. 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 […]](https://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 […] -
![Hey, as Republican Conservatives with a heroic history of supporting Ronald Reagan and George & Laura Bush…..there is every indication that we stand with our own principles and are not […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Paul-Newman-115x115.jpg "Greg Diamond should replace Frank Barbaro!")
Greg Diamond should replace Frank Barbaro!
Posted on December 14, 2012 | 21 CommentsHey, as Republican Conservatives with a heroic history of supporting Ronald Reagan and George & Laura Bush…..there is every indication that we stand with our own principles and are not […] -
![And again — R. Scott Moxley comes out with another column responding to my reply (which, allegedly, “no one read”) to his first column trashing me for, uh, being a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Journalist-115x115.jpg "Moxley’s Apparent Brain Damage Worsening; Professionalism Circling the Drain")
Moxley’s Apparent Brain Damage Worsening; Professionalism Circling the Drain
Posted on October 8, 2012 | 44 CommentsAnd again — R. Scott Moxley comes out with another column responding to my reply (which, allegedly, “no one read”) to his first column trashing me for, uh, being a […] -
![Well now. Though I’d planned on working on other things tonight, mostly this new Facebook page of mine agitating for people to do something about an actual scandal (which I welcome […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Moxley-on-Greg-Diamond-115x115.jpg "Apparently, I Somehow Broke Poor R. Scott Moxley’s Brain and Left Him Gibbering")
Apparently, I Somehow Broke Poor R. Scott Moxley’s Brain and Left Him Gibbering
Posted on October 4, 2012 | 80 CommentsWell now. Though I’d planned on working on other things tonight, mostly this new Facebook page of mine agitating for people to do something about an actual scandal (which I welcome […] -
![[Disclosure: this is about as conflicted as my writing here gets, as I’m both the author and the subject of this story — but given that it’s a direct response […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Greg-Diamond-Bad-115x115.jpg "GOP Flack Slams Greg Diamond for Failing to Prostitute Himself; Called ‘Worse Than Hitler”")
GOP Flack Slams Greg Diamond for Failing to Prostitute Himself; Called ‘Worse Than Hitler”
Posted on September 28, 2012 | 31 Comments[Disclosure: this is about as conflicted as my writing here gets, as I’m both the author and the subject of this story — but given that it’s a direct response […] -
![. Some of the better speeches from Anaheim’s August 21 council meeting. Sorry it took me so long to get these, but they’re still relevant and worthwhile. Thanks to the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/6-Anaheim-speakers-115x115.jpg "Great Anaheim videos: Duane, Diamond, Moreno, Amin, and clown activist E. T. Snell!")
Great Anaheim videos: Duane, Diamond, Moreno, Amin, and clown activist E. T. Snell!
Posted on September 1, 2012 | 12 Comments. Some of the better speeches from Anaheim’s August 21 council meeting. Sorry it took me so long to get these, but they’re still relevant and worthwhile. Thanks to the […] -
![. I have one heck of a lot of writing to do today about the election returns, but I want to give people something to chew on in the meantime. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Huff-looking-rightward-e1427389497923-115x115.jpg "Bob Huff’s Campaign Contributions Received and Made Since Jan. 31")
Bob Huff’s Campaign Contributions Received and Made Since Jan. 31
Posted on June 6, 2012 | 7 Comments. I have one heck of a lot of writing to do today about the election returns, but I want to give people something to chew on in the meantime. […] -
![. You probably already know that the Orange Juice’s own fabled hell-raising liberal/Occupy blogger, Greg Diamond, is running for state Senate up in the north-OC District 29, which includes the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/diamond-and-huff1-115x115.jpg "Our own Greg Diamond takes on RINO Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff!")
Our own Greg Diamond takes on RINO Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff!
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 24 Comments. You probably already know that the Orange Juice’s own fabled hell-raising liberal/Occupy blogger, Greg Diamond, is running for state Senate up in the north-OC District 29, which includes the […] -
![Occupy Santa Ana’s “Necessity Village” protest action — designed to push the argument that people have biological needs to sleep and eliminate body waste and that the City should facilitate […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Necessity-Village-last-day-crop-115x115.jpg "At the Crackdown of Dawn: SA Police Bust Homeless in last 15 minutes of Occupy Protest")
At the Crackdown of Dawn: SA Police Bust Homeless in last 15 minutes of Occupy Protest
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 10 CommentsOccupy Santa Ana’s “Necessity Village” protest action — designed to push the argument that people have biological needs to sleep and eliminate body waste and that the City should facilitate […] -
![Yes, this 2010 slate mailer suggested voting for Jerry Brown and Abel Maldonado, Tony Strickland and Bill Lockyer, Kamala Harris and Larry Aceves. Now that’s what we call “Independent […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Slate-Mailer-example-115x115.jpg "Campaignkillers #1: Dear Ginny of ACME Slate Cards")
Campaignkillers #1: Dear Ginny of ACME Slate Cards
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 1 CommentYes, this 2010 slate mailer suggested voting for Jerry Brown and Abel Maldonado, Tony Strickland and Bill Lockyer, Kamala Harris and Larry Aceves. Now that’s what we call “Independent […]
I can draw all the attention I want. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why people like to put…