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Former Congressman Tom Andrews, National Director of the Win Without War Coalition, released the following statement today:

Yesterday’s comments by Army Chief of Staff General George Casey that the Pentagon needs to begin planning to leave U.S. combat troops in Iraq for another decade …

Despite his admission that California is ungovernable, the Governor soldiered on today, announcing the full slate of revised budget cuts to replace his proposed borrowing, since scrapped, and to fill the even larger deficit estimated by the Legislative Analyst. …

by Jim David

The best singer didn’t win a freaking singing contest. When Kris Allen defeated Adam Lambert as the Season 8 “American Idol,” it was, as predicted, a seismic upset. Endless bloggers posted reactions like “The biggest robbery since Bush stole the election” and “The end of American Idol’s last hope at relevance.”

In the end homophobia won, and everyone knows it.

One of our favorite OB photographers, Jeff Stone, has sent us the following images from our community.  We need you…

March in protest tonight 5pm at Sixth Avenue and Laurel:

In San Diego, supporters of marriage equality will gather to protest the Supreme Court ruling at 5pm today at Sixth Avenue and Laurel in Balboa Park, with a march south down Sixth Avenue to Broadway, then west to the Hall of Justice.

The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved constitutional amendment Tuesday that bans same-sex marriage in the state.The court said, however, that those couples who wed in the state under an earlier opinion from the court, will be considered married.

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, huge crowd moves in and blocks traffic…..

by: Jill Richardson / La Vida Locavore

McDonalds is going to McStudy whether a switch to a token amount of cage-free eggsis a good idea. I’m apparently not the only one who thinks this is a McStall tactic.

The other day I noted that the US Humane Society was congratulating Wendy’s for …

On Monday, the New York Times published a story detailing a multi-million dollar ad campaign launched by Starbucks in which the company put up advertising posters in six major cities and attempted to “harness the power of online social networking sites by challenging people to hunt for the posters on Tuesday and be the first to post a photo of one using Twitter.”

Unfortunately for Starbucks,…

By D.A. Kolodenko

In the same way people are always saying the world is going to end, we also like to identify the deaths of specific places-for instance, “San Francisco died when the yuppies pushed out the artists” or “South Park died when people started calling it South Park” or “The Chicken Pie Shop died when it moved to El Cajon Boulevard.”

But you never hear “Ocean Beach died when….”

by Enrique Morones

Long Time Human Rights Leader and San Diegan, Roberto Martinez passed away peacefully and has finally gone home. The family is very grateful for all the prayers and support which are still very much needed.

His commitment to human rights was a life long commitment …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now classifying Cheerios —— those little round O’s made of oats that have been around since 1941 —— as a drug, and sent a letter to General Mills saying as much.

by Jill Richardson

I’ve got an exciting announcement about a project I’m involved in! Air America just got some competition…

If you know anything about me, you know that I am addicted to liberal radio.