A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
patriotism Archive
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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 […] -
Why Speculators from Communist China are Snapping Up U.S. Real Estate
Posted on July 21, 2014 | 17 Comments. . . Before we discuss tomorrow’s Irvine City Council vote about a Veterans Cemetery in the Great Park — a vote that, as predicted long ago here and elsewhere, […] -
Sunday, 4:30 – Vern’s Astounding All-American Concert!
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 16 CommentsYou are incited! Two days after Independence Day, Sunday July 6, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at the Huntington Beach Central Library, our Editor in chief Vern Nelson is performing a […] -
Freedom isn’t Free.
Posted on June 24, 2014 | 3 CommentsEarlier this month, sixty years prior, the Allied Forces succeeded in the largest seaborne invasion in world history. This operation led to the establishment of five Allied beachheads from which […] -
Democrats’ Flag Day Celebration in Orange, noon to 3 today! Vern will be pounding the piano keys…
Posted on June 14, 2014 | 14 CommentsLast minute one-flew-over-the-transom thing, but these DPOC Flag Day events can be historic. Two years ago was where Vern and Greg met Diana Lee Carey, learned about the 405 toll […] -
Irvine Council Approves Veterans Cemetery Resolution That May Arm AB 1453
Posted on March 11, 2014 | 7 CommentsSharon Quirk-Silva’s AB 1453, which would have the state commission a new veterans cemetery in Orange County, could be one of two things: (1) a symbolic but ultimately ineffectual statement […] -
An OC Veteran’s Cemetery is Within Our Grasp! Irvine Council Votes TODAY!!!
Posted on March 10, 2014 | 15 CommentsThis year, the State Legislature may approve AB 1453, which if all goes as planned would go forward with plans to build a Veteran’s Cemetery in Irvine’s Great Park — […] -
Rainy March Weekend Open Thread: BUY AMERICAN, an organic garden, and Paco De Lucia!
Posted on March 1, 2014 | 14 CommentsWhere does Matt Cunningham get his bloody “transom?“ As long as he’s been blogging in this county, which is at least a decade now, it’s “This came in over the […] -
Taffy-3 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Posted on November 11, 2013 | 10 Comments“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds, from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” Lt. Commander Robert W. Copeland Commanding Officer U.S.S. Samuel […] -
TAKE BACK THE FOURTH (Amendment) on the 4th – now with great PIC!
Posted on July 4, 2013 | 4 Comments. This came galloping across our transom late last night, sounding for all the world like the hoofbeats of Paul Revere on horseback: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Huntington Beach, CA 7/2/2013 […] -
Fast Eddie Snowden
Posted on June 10, 2013 | 47 CommentsUniversal Exports was the cover company for James Bond as he skulled around for “M” in “You Only Live Twice”….about Sato Industries……..a company supposedly seeking a new formula for Monosodium Glutamate. […] -
The Real Spirit of Patriot’s Day
Posted on April 18, 2013 | 14 Comments. After the horrendous Boson Marathon terrorist attack, we are again reminded that no matter what measures we take as a nation to stem attacks we are still vulnerable. Unlike […] -
Scenes from the HB July 4 Parade – and lots of dancing Loretta
Posted on July 3, 2012 | 3 Comments. 72nd Assembly Democratic Alliance P.O. Box 3628, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92605 Contact: Mark Sheldon, 714-865-5799, msheldon.hb@verizon.net Total Transportation Services, Inc. 18735 South Ferris Place, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220 Contact: […]
![Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread: Disney at 60, St.-to-Be Oscar Romero, Gay Irish Marriage, a Dreamer Graduates! . . . 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 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/memorial-day-on-beach-115x115.jpg)
![Why Speculators from Communist China are Snapping Up U.S. Real Estate . . . Before we discuss tomorrow’s Irvine City Council vote about a Veterans Cemetery in the Great Park — a vote that, as predicted long ago here and elsewhere, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chinese-Flag-Great-Park-Balloon1-115x115.jpg)
![Freedom isn’t Free. Earlier this month, sixty years prior, the Allied Forces succeeded in the largest seaborne invasion in world history. This operation led to the establishment of five Allied beachheads from which […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/freedom-isnt-free-115x115.jpg)
![Democrats’ Flag Day Celebration in Orange, noon to 3 today! Vern will be pounding the piano keys… Last minute one-flew-over-the-transom thing, but these DPOC Flag Day events can be historic. Two years ago was where Vern and Greg met Diana Lee Carey, learned about the 405 toll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/american-flag-with-eagle-115x115.jpg)
![Irvine Council Approves Veterans Cemetery Resolution That May Arm AB 1453 Sharon Quirk-Silva’s AB 1453, which would have the state commission a new veterans cemetery in Orange County, could be one of two things: (1) a symbolic but ultimately ineffectual statement […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Irvine-Council-votes-to-move-towards-Great-Park-Veterans-Cemetery-115x115.jpg)
![An OC Veteran’s Cemetery is Within Our Grasp! Irvine Council Votes TODAY!!! This year, the State Legislature may approve AB 1453, which if all goes as planned would go forward with plans to build a Veteran’s Cemetery in Irvine’s Great Park — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OCVMP-meeting-620px-115x115.jpg)
![Rainy March Weekend Open Thread: BUY AMERICAN, an organic garden, and Paco De Lucia! Where does Matt Cunningham get his bloody “transom?“ As long as he’s been blogging in this county, which is at least a decade now, it’s “This came in over the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/buy-american-115x115.jpg)
![Taffy-3 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf “This will be a fight against overwhelming odds, from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” Lt. Commander Robert W. Copeland Commanding Officer U.S.S. Samuel […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/flag-by-pacific-115x115.jpg)
![TAKE BACK THE FOURTH (Amendment) on the 4th – now with great PIC! . This came galloping across our transom late last night, sounding for all the world like the hoofbeats of Paul Revere on horseback: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Huntington Beach, CA 7/2/2013 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/July-4-2013-004-115x115.jpg)
![Fast Eddie Snowden Universal Exports was the cover company for James Bond as he skulled around for “M” in “You Only Live Twice”….about Sato Industries……..a company supposedly seeking a new formula for Monosodium Glutamate. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/snowden-115x115.jpg)
![The Real Spirit of Patriot’s Day . After the horrendous Boson Marathon terrorist attack, we are again reminded that no matter what measures we take as a nation to stem attacks we are still vulnerable. Unlike […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/carlos-arrendondo-115x115.jpg)

![Scenes from the HB July 4 Parade – and lots of dancing Loretta . 72nd Assembly Democratic Alliance P.O. Box 3628, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92605 Contact: Mark Sheldon, 714-865-5799, msheldon.hb@verizon.net Total Transportation Services, Inc. 18735 South Ferris Place, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220 Contact: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TTSI-truck-115x115.jpg)
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…