Workplace discrimination claims at an all-time high
Retaliation claims surpassed race as the most frequently filed charge. By Doug Sherwin / The Daily Transcript / January 19, 2011…
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Posted in: American Empire, Civil Rights, Economy, Labor
General Mills cereal “Total Blueberry Pomegranate” has no blueberries and no pomegranates.
Source January 19, 2011 11 Comments on General Mills cereal “Total Blueberry Pomegranate” has no blueberries and no pomegranates.
Online Protest Organized Against General Mills Natural News / January 19, 2011 A cereal offered by General Mills called “Total…
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Health
Sunrise Powerlink opponents sue the U.S. Forest Service
By Onell R. Soto / San Diego U-T / January 19, 2011 Groups opposed to the Sunrise Powerlink are suing…
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Energy, Environment, Organizing, San Diego
Book Review: “Thirst for Independence: The San Diego Water Story”
Source January 19, 2011 1 Comment on Book Review: “Thirst for Independence: The San Diego Water Story”
Daniel Walker looks at San Diego’s attempts to secure a stable water supply. by Eliza L. Martin / Current Intelligence…
Posted in: Culture, Energy, Environment, Health, San Diego
Nearly Half of Americans Under 65 Have Preexisting Conditions, GOP Risks Them For Healthcare Repeal
Source January 19, 2011 0 Comments on Nearly Half of Americans Under 65 Have Preexisting Conditions, GOP Risks Them For Healthcare Repeal
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet / Jan. 18, 2011 Before the health care bill banned it, Americans with “preexisting…
Posted in: American Empire, Civil Rights, Economy, Health
OB Pot Holes – A Gallery – Choose Your Fave
Here dear readers is a gallery of OB potholes – sent to us by a local who meticulously found, identified, and mapped a couple dozen axle-benders. We have arranged twelve of them in a gallery format.
So go to the image, click on it, and leave a comment under the photo of your fave pothole. (Keep clicking on the image to make it larger for viewing purposes.)
This is part of our two-week “Best Pothole in OB” Contest, begun last week.e
Posted in: Economy, Environment, Ocean Beach, San Diego
Protest vs billionaire Koch Bros – tea party funders – in Palm Spring Jan. 30th
Source January 18, 2011 6 Comments on Protest vs billionaire Koch Bros – tea party funders – in Palm Spring Jan. 30th
Increasingly, Democrats, liberals and progressives are coming to understand that the Koch brothers, a secretive right-wing billionaire family that pours limitless money into virtually every destructive anti-democratic initiative affecting tens of millions of Americans, are “Public Enemy Number One.”
Posted in: American Empire, Civil Rights, Economy, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: Tea Party
The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse
Source January 17, 2011 1 Comment on The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse
Edited by Marjorie Cohn Just published by NYU Press Waterboarding. Sleep deprivation. Sensory manipulation. Stress positions. Over the last several…
Posted in: American Empire, Civil Rights, History, War and Peace
The Selling of MLK
by Lace Watkins / Special to the OB Rag / January 18, 2011 In more than 40 years since MLK’s…
Posted in: Civil Rights, History
What’s His Name? An Essay by Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, Ph.D
Source January 12, 2011 13 Comments on What’s His Name? An Essay by Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, Ph.D
Editor: Shirley Robinson Sprinkles, a lifelong friend of Ernie McCray, wrote to us sharing her thoughts on the events that…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture
Tagged: Arizona
‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
Source January 11, 2011 1 Comment on ‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
The massive death toll of dead birds and sea life should draw attention to the countless other species on the…
Posted in: Culture, Environment
Abbott and Saratoga Sold!
By A.W. Maris / Special to the OB Rag
“Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart
O when may it suffice?” – W.B. Yeats
You don’t see the signs. Especially in these times of gaiety lost amongst an otherwise grey and somber season.
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, Ocean Beach
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