Reporting that the “largest gay rights group in New Jersey has just voted unanimously to stop giving contributions to all political parties (they only gave to Dem. committees)”, John Aravosis predicts:
I suspect we’ll see other state gay rights groups follow NJ’s lead, which is based on, whether intentionally or [...]
Iranian regime leaders are vowing a show of national solidarity and power on Revolution Day, February 11th. The Islamic republic risks tough new sanctions in pushing ahead with its nuclear program.
** OBAMA TODAY. President Barack Obama is in Washington today.
Washington continues to groan under the weight of extreme weather.
Obama [...]
The Times' obituary of Rep. John Murtha appropriately highlighted two aspects of his life: his status as a decorated former Marine and his fierce opposition to the Iraq war that "helped catalyze public sentiment against the conflict." What long has been fascinating to me is the popular assumption -- [...]
The Santa Ana Girls Softball League will be hosting their 3rd Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 13th! The breakfast will be held at
beautiful Carl Thornton Park 1801 W. Segerstrom Santa Ana from 8am to 10am.
This park has a great playground a [...]
California State Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg discussed his version of “pension reform” on the Ronn Owens’ radio show on KGO.
It is good that the senator is looking to reform public employee pensions somehow, but the interview demonstrates a lack of understanding about the scope of the problem [...]
The following report was written by Katie Brandenburg of the Washington bureau.
Latino voters could play a key role in deciding the outcome of key 2010 political races across the country,...Conservatives hot about global warming ballot measure - Sacramento News & Review
Always good to read the lefty view of the news. In this case, they're gloating over the biased title and summary given to the AB 32 suspension measure from Jerry Brown.
HuffPo
Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is ugly. Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is race-based. Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is being bankrolled by conservative political groups — and all of it promoted by Fox News. But focusing only on those [...]
Wallace and Gromit rejoice! We have more Cheese Cave news.I’m not one to beat up on people for trying to leave a small economic footprint and doing their small part to protect the environment, but when they advocate gigantic job-killing government programs to force people do the same, I have a problem.
No, I’m not trying to kill the planet. [...]
While I have made clear my choice in the Republican primary for the United States Senate seat from the Golden State, I have yet to weigh in on the contest for Governor. Up until recently, I had been equally impressed by both candidates, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and State [...]
Jay P. Greene, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, writes on Obama’s Education policies:
In a major address last March, President Obama declared that his administration would “use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It’s not whether an idea [...]
And now it’s going to get even better to be a bank.
Why?
Because the first part of the Fed’s exit plan will reportedly be to increase the amount of interest the Fed pays on “excess reserves.”
I have praised the way the president has been moving to repeal Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell (DADT) because he has been working with military commanders to develop a means to effect repeal without compromising the effectiveness of our armed forces.
To see that it is possible for gay people to serve openly [...]
Andrew Sullivan: The Atlantic's Breast Expert?
More and more it's becoming clear that Andrew Sullivan must have been abused as a child by some woman in his life at the time. Following that I guess it was open season on the young and unfortunate lad. [...]
For those who subscribe to the belief that more guns is the solution to deterring gun violence, aim your scope on the efforts of Open Carry advocates, who convened in the city of Walnut Creek on Saturday to raise awareness about California’s gun laws. About 100 such advocates gathered in [...]
No big surprise here except Tom Campbell probably won’t support it (or I will be surprsied that he will) and Chuck DeVore will claim he was the first and only true blue supporter of neutering public employee unions in California.
From the press release:
During a speech at the Fairbanks Republican [...]
Not to get all nit-picky, Dems, but Ms. uh, Failorina, as you refer to her, is running [...]
* Patty Berg is officially out of the Insurance Commissioner Race. She hadn't been really campaigning, and her campaign account shows less than $3,000. Her listed consultants are now informing reporters that she is officially out of the race.
* CalBuzz suggests Steve Poizner go blue-collar populist against MoneyBags' [...]
One issue where we differ with probably 90% of our readers is the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy for gays serving in military service. It was enunciated in 1993 by Bill Clinton, later endorsed by George W. Bush and John McCain, along with many conservatives. I suspect that for [...]
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Like many intellectually-inclined individuals born in the Midwest, I chose to attend college in New England and settle in cities outside my native region, first living in the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area and now in Los Angeles. And while many of my peers who made similar journeys share my [...]
The comments on the last two posts about Sarah Palin are starting to get nasty and personal (as opposed to just nasty), so I thought I'd try and shift the discussion to something less controversial. Like, say, healthcare reform.
The Times editorial board on Monday urged Democrats [...]
There, I said it. Former Asm. John Laird is neither flashy nor overly charismatic. But when it comes to quietly doing the work of the people, nobody works harder, knows his stuff better, or really understands the budget better than John Laird. [...]
