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.
Are they one single household now? They apparently claimed to live in separate domiciles and served on different city councils…
Ease of constructing and deploying? You're right that they can both be weighed into the ultimate calculus, but that's also…
You are not licensed to wield the "pink toad" metaphor. Eric isn't either, but he's irrepressible.
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![Three guys are downing beers at a local tavern. One guy says: “I’m a Marine and I served on Iwo Jima. I helped raise that flag you see in all […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/three-guys-in-a-bar_modified-115x115.jpg "The Supreme Court and the Valor Act")
The Supreme Court and the Valor Act
Posted on February 22, 2012 | 3 CommentsThree guys are downing beers at a local tavern. One guy says: “I’m a Marine and I served on Iwo Jima. I helped raise that flag you see in all […] -
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The Fair Board Is TRANSFORMED.
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 15 CommentsExcellent news for all of us who care about not only the Orange County Fairgrounds, but also the quaint notions of accountability, open governance, and justice for crooks: Governor Brown […] -
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T. R. BlackEye responds, with characteristic gusto, to a form letter on PIPA from Senator Boxer.
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsDear Mr. Black: Thank you for writing to me regarding S.968, the PROTECT Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). I appreciate hearing from you. As you may know, the bill’s authors are […] -
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Campbell’s Oop! Not Even County GOP Says “Mm-mm Good”!
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 17 CommentsEvery once in a while I get someone saying to me, “Yeah, but does Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang really have a chance against John Campbell in the new CD-45?” My answer […] -
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Irvine 11′s Osama Shabaik Dropped From TEDxUCIrvine Conference
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsOsama Shabaik, one of the “Irvine 11,” is still listed online as a speaker for an upcoming TEDxUCIrvine conference planned for March 3, but a change.org petition in circulation is […] -
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Pension Intrigue – Reform Advocates Victimized?
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 22 CommentsOver the last few years I have read many writings and studies about public sector pensions and the perceived unfairness and unaffordabilty of them. The frequency and intensity of these […] -
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Anatomy of Real Estate after the Crash and Burn
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsOn February 17th President Obama released a report from his Council of Economic Advisors entitled: “To Recover, Rebalance, and Rebuild”. On page 99 of the report begins a very impressive explanation of […] -
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Restore California’s “Millionaires Tax” is Unstoppable!
Posted on February 19, 2012 | 44 CommentsIf you’re one of those drinkers of the Republican Party Kool-Aid (no offense to any intelligent registered Republicans out there) – if you believe our state and nation “doesn’t have […] -
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Celebrating Life…can be painful.
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So Long, Pham! Dovinh is Last Vietnamese Standing in AD-72. (Or IS he?)
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 30 Comments. . . The most dangerous job in politics: Vietnamese Republican candidate in AD-72. Back when we redistricting geeks were attending Commission hearings last year, what would become AD-72 was supposed […] -
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Jeremy Lin’s triumph and Xi Jinping’s American visit: the Taiwanese View!
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments. . . (This should get a lot of hits.) With so much China-related happening in the American news this week, you know our weird Taiwanese animator friends at Next […] -
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Young Asian Actress Regrets Being Lured Into Abusive Relationship
Posted on February 16, 2012 | 12 Comments. . . Meet Lisa Chan — but if you follow politics — or if you watched the Super Bowl in the state of Michigan — you probably already have. […] -
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Sacramento Sam Speaks on Sholes, Single-Payer, and Screamers
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Is T-Rack’s Case Against Kelly Thomas’ Murderers Designed to Fail? Sipowicz thinks so…
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 22 Comments. . . Born To Lose: The Do-Nothing DA’s Recipe For Failure by Joe Sipowicz I’ve been thinking about this for months. It’s been gnawing at my spinal cortex. It’s […]
Corporatist is good since these types are always affiliating themselves with the big money, the big labor or the big…