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.…
Republicans Archive
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![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 […]](https://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 […] -
![From an OC Political post today on the OCGOP early endorsements: There were unanimous endorsements for Shari Freidenrich and Tony Rackaukas. I don’t believe that Shari is challenged and given […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Rackauckas-with-blur-around-features-115x115.jpg "OCDA: When I Read This Sentence Just Now, a Chill Went Down My Spine")
OCDA: When I Read This Sentence Just Now, a Chill Went Down My Spine
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 23 CommentsFrom an OC Political post today on the OCGOP early endorsements: There were unanimous endorsements for Shari Freidenrich and Tony Rackaukas. I don’t believe that Shari is challenged and given […] -
![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. […]](https://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. […] -
![Washington and corporate America have not caught up to the reality of more women in the political arena, why? It seems surprisingly obvious; the voices of women are so drastically […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pinkrepub.images-115x115.jpg "Republican Women Are in Control in 2014!")
Republican Women Are in Control in 2014!
Posted on February 13, 2014 | 6 CommentsWashington and corporate America have not caught up to the reality of more women in the political arena, why? It seems surprisingly obvious; the voices of women are so drastically […] -
![Even though I am older than dirt and should have learned a lot in my life, I learned a lot more in 2013. Here are some examples. Republicans and Democrats […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/winship-rooney-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Lessons I’ve Learned from 2013, by Over But Not Out")
Weekend Open Thread: Lessons I’ve Learned from 2013, by Over But Not Out
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 13 CommentsEven though I am older than dirt and should have learned a lot in my life, I learned a lot more in 2013. Here are some examples. Republicans and Democrats […] -
![I give Californian Republicans some credit for what they did yesterday. They revised the website they had used to trick people looking for Covered California health care exchanges into going […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Covered-California-disinformation-site-115x115.jpg "Seriously, Can ANY Republicans Out There Defend This?")
Seriously, Can ANY Republicans Out There Defend This?
Posted on December 4, 2013 | 5 CommentsI give Californian Republicans some credit for what they did yesterday. They revised the website they had used to trick people looking for Covered California health care exchanges into going […] -
![From yesterday’s edition of Scott Lay’s Around the Capitol: As the referendum against AB 1266 proceeds to random sample, proponents would need 92.1% validity to qualify the measure for the November 2014 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Truman-Dinner-Clapping-for-Cassidy-Campbell-115x115.jpg "Anti-Transgender Student Referendum Petition Looks Likely to FAIL for 2014!")
Anti-Transgender Student Referendum Petition Looks Likely to FAIL for 2014!
Posted on November 23, 2013 | 8 CommentsFrom yesterday’s edition of Scott Lay’s Around the Capitol: As the referendum against AB 1266 proceeds to random sample, proponents would need 92.1% validity to qualify the measure for the November 2014 […] -
![Harry Reid just gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate that will rightfully belong in the history books. He’s taking on the filibuster — at least as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Filibuster-reform-graphic-115x115.png "Major, Huge, Breaking, Groundbreaking News on the U.S. Senate Filibuster’s Rule")
Major, Huge, Breaking, Groundbreaking News on the U.S. Senate Filibuster’s Rule
Posted on November 21, 2013 | 58 CommentsHarry Reid just gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate that will rightfully belong in the history books. He’s taking on the filibuster — at least as […] -
![Immigration reform is an issue that has been discussed and debated about for years now yet no national consensus has been reached. Unfortunately, like many other important issues facing the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/immigration-115x115.png "Immigration Reform, back to the front of the line!")
Immigration Reform, back to the front of the line!
Posted on November 6, 2013 | 3 CommentsImmigration reform is an issue that has been discussed and debated about for years now yet no national consensus has been reached. Unfortunately, like many other important issues facing the […] -
![. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vern-and-donnelly-115x115.jpg "GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.")
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 47 Comments. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […] -
![Ed Royce could end the government shutdown and prevent government default. Our guy, right here in OC, could do it. Royce is the Chair of the prestigious House Foreign Affairs Committee, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Young-Kim-Charles-Kim-Ed-Royce-115x115.jpg "Is Young Kim Advising Ed Royce to Continue Holding the U.S. Economy Hostage? Ask Her!")
Is Young Kim Advising Ed Royce to Continue Holding the U.S. Economy Hostage? Ask Her!
Posted on October 9, 2013 | 14 CommentsEd Royce could end the government shutdown and prevent government default. Our guy, right here in OC, could do it. Royce is the Chair of the prestigious House Foreign Affairs Committee, […] -
![(image from SaveAnaheim.com) Since Anaheim’s Special Council Meeting to strip Mayor Tait of his authority to agendize items for public discussion between council sessions, Kris Murray has engaged in open […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kris-murray-dictator-cropped-115x115.jpg "Kris Murray is killing the GOP in Orange County.")
Kris Murray is killing the GOP in Orange County.
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 55 Comments(image from SaveAnaheim.com) Since Anaheim’s Special Council Meeting to strip Mayor Tait of his authority to agendize items for public discussion between council sessions, Kris Murray has engaged in open […] -
![For the second time in less than twenty years, the United States government has been shut down. Is this the work of some enemy foreign government? A terrorist group? Some […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/images-2-115x115.jpg "The World’s Superpower, Governed by Stubborn Children")
The World’s Superpower, Governed by Stubborn Children
Posted on October 7, 2013 | 8 CommentsFor the second time in less than twenty years, the United States government has been shut down. Is this the work of some enemy foreign government? A terrorist group? Some […] -
![This is probably the political news of the day — with likely reverberations for the rest of the decade: [T]he partial closing of the government and the looming confrontation over the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hostages-115x115.jpg "Will Royce, Issa, Rohrabacher and Republicans Who Want Campbell’s Seat Side with the Adults or the Nihilists?")
Will Royce, Issa, Rohrabacher and Republicans Who Want Campbell’s Seat Side with the Adults or the Nihilists?
Posted on October 6, 2013 | 8 CommentsThis is probably the political news of the day — with likely reverberations for the rest of the decade: [T]he partial closing of the government and the looming confrontation over the […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…