I guess I was hoping to speak to a lot of readers who might not be familiar with the term…
Corporatist is good since these types are always affiliating themselves with the big money, the big labor or the big…
Now Ali Taj has raised more than either ADA (like by 40k) and pulido during the same reporting period. Dispelling…
Yeah, it's hard for me to choose the perfect terminology, corporatist, kleptocrat, DINO, vendido, many others, but I decided to…
Chad Bianco up on broadcast with his first spot. Wearing his Sheriff shirt [does he own anything else?] lest we…
I suspect that for most voters the operative motivation will be keeping the other party from winning, even if that…
You're a dog with a bone on this. Equally valid legally, fine (though distinctly defined in law as different in…
The "business Democrat" label is misleading, unless you count kleptocracy, Zionism and cop-loving to the mix. That's been going on…
Spitzer is very particular about who he go after for residency fraud.
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Talley-gate, Race, and the GardenWalk Brown Act violation
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 77 Comments. My old nemesis Matt Cunningham has penned what he seems to consider a righteous demolition of my first piece on the firing of Cristina Talley, in which the thesaurus-toting […] -
Will God Rain on this year’s Anti-Gay Tet Parade?
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 85 Comments. The beautiful and cute folks of the Viet LGBT Alliance really didn’t want me to use that title – a cheerful and generous lot, they want the parade to […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shows the World His Video of, His Uh….r
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 10 Comments… of his assholes. Plural. (I just didn’t want to put that in the story title.) And I don’t mean a body part. And these assholes are people — paparazzi, […] -
Speaking of Gay Boy Scouts… (horrific and hilarious!)
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 16 Comments. With all this news in the news about Gay Boy Scout news, I’m surprised that neither you nor I have heard the fascinating tale BEHIND the Supreme Court decision […] -
Kandice Hawes & OJ’s Debbie Tharp OVER-qualify Medical Marijuana initiative for Santa Ana.
Posted on February 6, 2013 | 83 Comments, Occasional OJ blogger and tireless medical marijuana warrior Debbie Tharp, still fighting Costa Mesa Mother’s Market over last year’s trespassing charges, has completed the herculean task (leading a team […] -
Garden Grove School Board: ‘We Want No Part of a Discriminatory Tet Parade’!
Posted on February 6, 2013 | 2 CommentsCount me among those who have been impressed by Garden Grove Unified School District Board Member Bao Nguyen over the past few years. Disregarding any political cost, he spearheaded the drive […] -
The Great Republican Leadership Conference
Posted on February 6, 2013 | 11 CommentsPutting the cart before the horse is always the well known visual of someone with misplaced priorities. Years ago in 1989, as Ronald and Nancy Reagan boarded their Air Force […] -
So You Want a Career in Orange County Government? Are You SURE?
Posted on February 5, 2013 | 9 Comments. A wave of departures of high-level county managers and executives began in late 2011 with the resignation of David Sundstrom, the elected Auditor-Controller. Press reports were that he was […] -
Facial Reconstructions Gives Us Clearer Picture of Richard III
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsWe recently had our own little controversy in Orange County at the beginning of winter about newly discovered bones of some apparent historical value, in which some commentary suggested that […] -
Tet Offended? OC Viets Want Little Saigon Parade to Discriminate Against LGBTs
Posted on February 4, 2013 | 13 Comments. [Update: Voice of OC has more at this link, including news of a planned protest today for 3 p.m. at the Westminster offices of parade organizers at 14550 Magnolia St. It would be […] -
The Brandman Majority forces out Anaheim’s Latina City Attorney for honestly doing her job.
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 25 Comments. UPDATED WITH PRESS RELEASE AND CRISTINA’S BIO – see below! Cristina Talley has been Anaheim’s City Attorney since 2009, and has been doing stellar legal work for the city […] -
“Don’t Let Them Pull Out Your Teeth” (by James Hepburn)
Posted on February 2, 2013 | 5 Comments[While I’m relatively scarce around these parts for the next 2-3 weeks due to a trial, I will occasionally post articles that I have permission to republish and that seem […] -
My Take on the Pastor vs. the Applebee’s Waitress Debacle
Posted on February 1, 2013 | 19 CommentsLets me start by saying ” I am probably going to insult a lot of people!” with this post and I do not apologize for that. I call ’em as […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Life Hacking
Posted on February 1, 2013 | 4 CommentsIf you don’t find at least five useful suggestions out of this list of 50 — well, I’m just not going to finish that sentence. Credit to a site called […]
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![Weekend Open Thread: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shows the World His Video of, His Uh….r … of his assholes. Plural. (I just didn’t want to put that in the story title.) And I don’t mean a body part. And these assholes are people — paparazzi, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Roseanne-DJ-and-Gordon-Levitt-115x115.jpg)
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![Kandice Hawes & OJ’s Debbie Tharp OVER-qualify Medical Marijuana initiative for Santa Ana. , Occasional OJ blogger and tireless medical marijuana warrior Debbie Tharp, still fighting Costa Mesa Mother’s Market over last year’s trespassing charges, has completed the herculean task (leading a team […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hawes-tharp-115x115.jpg)
![Garden Grove School Board: ‘We Want No Part of a Discriminatory Tet Parade’! Count me among those who have been impressed by Garden Grove Unified School District Board Member Bao Nguyen over the past few years. Disregarding any political cost, he spearheaded the drive […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bao-Nguyen-speaks-on-Tet-Parade-115x115.jpg)
![The Great Republican Leadership Conference Putting the cart before the horse is always the well known visual of someone with misplaced priorities. Years ago in 1989, as Ronald and Nancy Reagan boarded their Air Force […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cart-before-horse-e1360173125188.jpg)
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![Facial Reconstructions Gives Us Clearer Picture of Richard III We recently had our own little controversy in Orange County at the beginning of winter about newly discovered bones of some apparent historical value, in which some commentary suggested that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Richard-III-bones-115x115.jpg)
![Tet Offended? OC Viets Want Little Saigon Parade to Discriminate Against LGBTs . [Update: Voice of OC has more at this link, including news of a planned protest today for 3 p.m. at the Westminster offices of parade organizers at 14550 Magnolia St. It would be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tet-LGBT-115x115.jpg)
![The Brandman Majority forces out Anaheim’s Latina City Attorney for honestly doing her job. . UPDATED WITH PRESS RELEASE AND CRISTINA’S BIO – see below! Cristina Talley has been Anaheim’s City Attorney since 2009, and has been doing stellar legal work for the city […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/brandman-talley-115x115.jpg)
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![My Take on the Pastor vs. the Applebee’s Waitress Debacle Lets me start by saying ” I am probably going to insult a lot of people!” with this post and I do not apologize for that. I call ’em as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/imagesCANNG9IM-115x115.jpg)
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I am old enough to remember, back in the day when Dems first started winning partisan elections in OC. The…