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- An SUV was driven off the roof of a parking structure at CHOC this morning
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open thread Archive
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![. . . If you’re reading this, then New Year 2016 did actually make it to the Pacific Time Zone. If you have resolutions that you really want to follow, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Resolutions-2016-115x115.jpg "Holiday Weekend Open Thread: ‘Therefore Be It Resolved…’")
Holiday Weekend Open Thread: ‘Therefore Be It Resolved…’
Posted on January 1, 2016 | 14 Comments. . . If you’re reading this, then New Year 2016 did actually make it to the Pacific Time Zone. If you have resolutions that you really want to follow, […] -
![. . . I’m scrambling from one busy week — Council meetings, Anaheim Districting Committee meeting, CATER Climate Change fundraiser — to the next. (Another Districting meeting comes up […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Trump-and-Malyk-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Malyk Bonnet’s Great Day — and is Donald Trump a Fascist?")
Weekend Open Thread: Malyk Bonnet’s Great Day — and is Donald Trump a Fascist?
Posted on August 22, 2015 | 29 Comments. . . I’m scrambling from one busy week — Council meetings, Anaheim Districting Committee meeting, CATER Climate Change fundraiser — to the next. (Another Districting meeting comes up […] -
![. . . Vern’s contributions: A few days ago we got an e-mail this week from the people representing a doctor Zubin Damania, aka ZDoggMD; they thought we would be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/zdogg-el-nino-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: ZDoggMD, the Doctor who broke into song; Zenger’s art comes to Brea … and MORE!")
Weekend Open Thread: ZDoggMD, the Doctor who broke into song; Zenger’s art comes to Brea … and MORE!
Posted on July 31, 2015 | 10 Comments. . . Vern’s contributions: A few days ago we got an e-mail this week from the people representing a doctor Zubin Damania, aka ZDoggMD; they thought we would be […] -
![. . . FIRST – IF YOU SEE THIS QUICKLY… Anaheim and OC citizens are protesting outside Disneyland – at the main gates on Harbor (where it usually says “The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WOT-Collage-Jara-Sousa-Bland-Vern-115x115.jpg "WOT: Disney Protest, Victor Jara’s Killers found, anti-KKK Sousaphone, Kraemer Desmadre & Sandra Bland!")
WOT: Disney Protest, Victor Jara’s Killers found, anti-KKK Sousaphone, Kraemer Desmadre & Sandra Bland!
Posted on July 24, 2015 | 17 Comments. . . FIRST – IF YOU SEE THIS QUICKLY… Anaheim and OC citizens are protesting outside Disneyland – at the main gates on Harbor (where it usually says “The […] -
![. . . It’s Pluto Day! And aside from the science, which is pretty clearly amazing, we on this blog turn to the politics — where the question is […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Pluto-Heart-photo-e1436911391688-115x115.png "Special Pluto Open Thread (Because You Know You Want It): It’s My Happy Heart You Hear")
Special Pluto Open Thread (Because You Know You Want It): It’s My Happy Heart You Hear
Posted on July 14, 2015 | 20 Comments. . . It’s Pluto Day! And aside from the science, which is pretty clearly amazing, we on this blog turn to the politics — where the question is […] -
![. . . 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 "Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread: Disney at 60, St.-to-Be Oscar Romero, Gay Irish Marriage, a Dreamer Graduates!")
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 […] -
![. . . [in progress, keep your pants on] So, what the hell is all this about today? Sounds like a job for Wikipedia: St. Valentine’s Day began as a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cupid-2-115x115.jpg "St. Valentine’s Day Weekend Open Thread.")
St. Valentine’s Day Weekend Open Thread.
Posted on February 14, 2015 | 32 Comments. . . [in progress, keep your pants on] So, what the hell is all this about today? Sounds like a job for Wikipedia: St. Valentine’s Day began as a […] -
![. . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pelerinage-a-cythere-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts.")
Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts.
Posted on January 23, 2015 | 41 Comments. . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational […] -
![Vern sez: I’d thought we were fine for nearly a decade without a “weekend open thread,” but now that Brother Diamond (who gestated in the womb of the Daily Kos) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/HB-Leather-Tramp-2-e1394302488901.jpg "Welcome to Hernando’s Weekend Open Thread – HB Peace, and Leather Tramp!")
Welcome to Hernando’s Weekend Open Thread – HB Peace, and Leather Tramp!
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 16 CommentsVern sez: I’d thought we were fine for nearly a decade without a “weekend open thread,” but now that Brother Diamond (who gestated in the womb of the Daily Kos) […] -
![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 "Rainy March Weekend Open Thread: BUY AMERICAN, an organic garden, and Paco De Lucia!")
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 […] -
![Couple things to get you-all started off this weekend. Follow the Diamond strictures whatever those were. BigBox, where’s the killer videos? Skallywag, where’s the latest stoopid rightwing scandal or outrage-du-jour? […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/southgate-santora-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Susi’s family gets ObamaCare, and Santora Rebels!")
Weekend Open Thread: Susi’s family gets ObamaCare, and Santora Rebels!
Posted on February 21, 2014 | 30 CommentsCouple things to get you-all started off this weekend. Follow the Diamond strictures whatever those were. BigBox, where’s the killer videos? Skallywag, where’s the latest stoopid rightwing scandal or outrage-du-jour? […]
