Springsteen releases protest song. https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=Dt8Bt5_uI1yNMyn3
Dr. Oz doubles down on Armenian xenophobia. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThyj9Q3T/ https://abc7.com/amp/post/gov-newsom-reviewing-dr-oz-video-appears-target-van-nuys-bakery-owner-reports-business-drop/18497419/ I blame Oprah!!!
He may have had a point. https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo
Yeah, Mardahl, I haven't forgotten about you. The Mardahl story is still on my short to-do list.
I feel like the elephant in the room is the often overlooked, underreported role the mayors Father (and VOC INSIDER)…
Jewish Zionists are losing their sh*t over the uci student government’s modification of the definition of anti-semitism. Of course the…
Oh, Vern. You need police approval if you want to get a Conditional Use Permit. The coming and going of…
Or, third possibility, there are just so many weird aspects to the story that I found it fascinating. Like I…
Boy either you REALLY HATE COPS or rent is due so I suppose a few hundred words penned as Bushala's…
Water Archive
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Victory at Standing Rock!
Posted on December 4, 2016 | 10 Comments. . . . GREG: This has been part of Vern’s beat, so he’ll get to tell the story when and as he pleases. For now, we’re just letting you […] -
OC Water Warriors head to Standing Rock!
Posted on December 1, 2016 | 1 Comment. . . THIS IS WHAT A MEDIA BLACKOUT LOOKS LIKE. Week after week, wall-to-wall speculation on Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on all the major TV networks, and not a […] -
Mesa Water on Conservation: in Cuba, Maybe, but Not Here.
Posted on November 20, 2016 | 4 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop […] -
Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!
Posted on August 27, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […] -
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune!
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […] -
Flint, Michigan, Offers Tragic Example of How ‘Fiscal Responsibility’ Can Lead to Policy Insanity
Posted on January 19, 2016 | 21 Comments. . . The state of emergency declared in Flint, Michigan due to the lead poisoning of its drinking water, highlights the severity of the situation and the policies that precipitated this crisis. The […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Rock Doctor’s Improved Desal Concept wins Acceptance of his Peers
Posted on December 18, 2015 | 35 Comments. . . The Orange Juice Blog proudly congratulates its official singing geologist, Dr. John C. Hoaglund III, otherwise known as “The Rock Doctor” – a friend Greg and I […] -
San Diego Has Too Much Water – But is Paying a Billion Dollars for THEIR Poseidon Plant!
Posted on December 2, 2015 | 2 CommentsSan Diego will be raising water rates to pay for a new Poseidon Desal Plant - even though the already have an excess of water. -
Superfun in the OC North Basin….
Posted on September 27, 2015 | 5 Comments. . . *The great GWRP……Ground Water Reclamation Projects of Orange County are designated as the Poster Boy/Girl for the reason why we don’t need Desalination in our towns and […] -
OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.)
Posted on August 16, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […] -
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […]
![Anaheim’s First 2017 Meeting: Appointments, Agendizing, People’s Homeless Task Force. . . . Well, once again I’ve written a long comment that my colleague Greg insists should be its own post. But bear in mind, this is just a REPORT – […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vanderbilt-kring-barnes-115x115.png)
![Anaheim 12/20/2016: Faessel Surprises; the Empire Strikes Out! . . . Who was that dapper, bald gentleman at the right end of the dais Tuesday night? It couldn’t have been (could it have?) Steve Faessel, the 5th-district council […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/team-tait-with-faessel-115x115.png)
![Victory at Standing Rock! . . . . GREG: This has been part of Vern’s beat, so he’ll get to tell the story when and as he pleases. For now, we’re just letting you […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/more-victory-115x115.png)
![OC Water Warriors head to Standing Rock! . . . THIS IS WHAT A MEDIA BLACKOUT LOOKS LIKE. Week after week, wall-to-wall speculation on Donald Trump’s cabinet picks on all the major TV networks, and not a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/big-crowd-115x115.jpg)
![Mesa Water on Conservation: in Cuba, Maybe, but Not Here. . . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bockmiller-1-e1479695758190-115x115.png)
![Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings! . . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ocwd-fuckfaces-e1472345158735-115x115.jpg)
![Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune! . . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dancing-puppets-e1468686474668-115x115.gif)
![Flint, Michigan, Offers Tragic Example of How ‘Fiscal Responsibility’ Can Lead to Policy Insanity . . . The state of emergency declared in Flint, Michigan due to the lead poisoning of its drinking water, highlights the severity of the situation and the policies that precipitated this crisis. The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Flint-water-protestors-115x115.jpg)
![The OC prepares for El Niño. . . . 1. Register for AlertOC. Wednesday the Orange Juice Blog took another field trip, this time at the invitation of the County itself, in the person of Communications […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dirty-snow-12-15-226-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Rock Doctor’s Improved Desal Concept wins Acceptance of his Peers . . . The Orange Juice Blog proudly congratulates its official singing geologist, Dr. John C. Hoaglund III, otherwise known as “The Rock Doctor” – a friend Greg and I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rock-doctor-carbon-neutral-115x115.png)

![Superfun in the OC North Basin…. . . . *The great GWRP……Ground Water Reclamation Projects of Orange County are designated as the Poster Boy/Girl for the reason why we don’t need Desalination in our towns and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Water-115x115.jpg)
![OC can do Desal better: Use salt to lock up CO2 emissions. (Longer footnoted version.) . . . Vern here. As dissenting OC Water Board member Phil Anthony told us recently, if Orange County decided we really needed a desalination plant, “we could make it […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carbon-neutral1-e1439946234472-115x115.png)
![Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project. ‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sulnick-jokes-11-e1436742307760-115x115.png)
Compare and contrast Alex Pretti and Kyle Rittenhouse.