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Our commenter BigBoxOfRedWhine found this video from the famed Second City comedy factory online and … well, it’s funny. Anti-Obama, but funny. So what the hell, here we go with…

  The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) that Mr. Obama (I decided stop addressing Obama as president, since he now seems to run the U.S. as a corporation) is working…

1. Let’s Go Right to the Video! This morning (while I was busy at a funeral, or you’d see me on this video as well), a series of speakers sponsored…

Let’s pretend for a moment we’re in charge of building a school for our city and there are a couple of different options as far as location goes.  Site A…

September 11th evokes grieving memories and reflecting thoughts on tragic events. The attack on the WTC and on the Pentagon changed the world. Another tragic event took place on a…

Diablos de los Angeles? Cunningham and Chmielewski. As one fairly new to the world of local politics and blogging in Orange County, I quickly got the taste of how rough…

I’ve known about the proposal to build Irvine’s new (and apparently last) high school near to the soon to be expanded Musick Jail in the Great Park area, but I’ve been…

Tony Jalali is furious.  A fireball of righteous Persian-American energy, he jabs the Varsity Burgers table hard with his short fingers to emphasize his many points. Apparently he’s moved past…

  Fullerton Rag Earlier this week the California State Senate approved SB 1371, a bill that would require drivers to maintain at least three feet of space between their vehicles…

Friend of the blog Stephan “Bax” Baxter updates his story of last week on Fullerton’s ticketing of the homeless, “Fullerton’s Homeless Have Not Mastered the Art of Vaporizing“  : At…

Yes, of course the Weekend Open Thread this week is going to be on the topic of the Stadium Lot giveaway (mostly to Arte Moreno directly, some to the Angels.)  As…

  The mainstream media continues to focus our attention on stories about Syria … meanwhile back home — the job numbers are out for the month of August.  Headlines in major newspapers…

Do you want the analysis first, or the press releases?  OK, fine — analysis first, but then you have to promise to go read the press releases below it.  Promise?  Well,…

All right — if you don’t want to read the first three sections, the latter two of which are a bit fanciful, that’s fine.  Do read sections 4 and 5….

  President Obama claims that there will be “no boots on the ground”, if bombing Syria doesn’t turn out as planned — but how many of us really believe that?  We…

There are no two ways around it, people: I’m going to be writing about last night’s Stadium Lot Giveaway (that’s the name I’m trying out for it right now) for…

The supposedly overriding reason for approving the Stadium Area Giveaway is the need to keep the Angels in Anaheim.  Is this reason legitimate?  No.  Reasons why below the graphic. (1)…

  Let’s say you’re a renter.  A long term renter.  You’ve been in your happy home for a very long time. You and your landlord know each other well, but…