Category: Environment

Liberal Talk Radio is Back in San Diego

 Staff  May 19, 2009  8 Comments on Liberal Talk Radio is Back in San Diego

By OB Rag Staffer

If you were a fan of Progressive Talk Radio, you are probably still lamenting the loss of San Diego’s KLSD 1360. You may remember the show “This is America” with Jon Elliot. Well, here’s some good news. Jon Elliot is back on the air in San Diego. “This is America” with Jon Elliot is now airing on AM 1700 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM weekdays starting Monday, May 18.

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A Brand New Liberal Radio Statio is Born… In San Diego!?

 Source  May 18, 2009  2 Comments on A Brand New Liberal Radio Statio is Born… In San Diego!?

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.

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US Supreme Court Upholds Medicinal Marijuana – Throws Out San Diego County’s Appeal

 Source  May 18, 2009  10 Comments on US Supreme Court Upholds Medicinal Marijuana – Throws Out San Diego County’s Appeal

A major victory was scored Monday, May 18th, by medicinal marijuana advocates at the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused to hear our very own San Diego County government’s attempt not to have to issue medicinal marijuana identification cards.

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Faulconer Memo to City: Replace Sunset Cliffs Benches

 Frank Gormlie  May 15, 2009  4 Comments on Faulconer Memo to City: Replace Sunset Cliffs Benches

SUNSET CLIFFS, CA. In a memo to CEO Jay Goldstone just released, Councilmember Kevin Faulconer requests that the City replace…

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Something stinks at Wholefoods: Union Busting in Hippie Clothing?

 Source  May 15, 2009  3 Comments on Something stinks at Wholefoods: Union Busting in Hippie Clothing?

Whole Foods Market is a highly profitable corporation that far outperforms its competitors, while maintaining an aura of commitment to social justice and environmental responsibility. Its clientele is attracted not only to its brightly lit array of pristine fruits and vegetables, organically farmed meats, and delectable (yet healthy) recipes, but also to the notion that the mere act of shopping at Whole Foods is helping to change the world.

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What’s happenin’ to the Sunset Cliffs’ benches?

 Frank Gormlie  May 14, 2009  1 Comment on What’s happenin’ to the Sunset Cliffs’ benches?

Benches that citizens have put up along the cliffs at Sunset Cliffs are disappearing. It has been reported by MSNBC that several benches attached to the guardrail along the scenic boulevard have been possibly removed by the City of San Diego for liability reasons.

Reportedly, Councilmember Kevin Faulconer’s office has been flooded with requests for information on the missing benches. SEE MEMO ABOVE

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Organic vs Conventional: Have You Been Robbed?

 Source  May 13, 2009  12 Comments on Organic vs Conventional: Have You Been Robbed?

It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re checking out at your local co-op. You’re behind another member of your community, lining up your organic eggs, organic pork chops, organic milk, organic lamb shank, and organic cheese. You feel pretty content. You’re eating right, in a world full of chaos. Your body loves you.

But organic may not mean the food is better for you. ….

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Is the California Water ‘Drought’ Over-blown by Politicians?

 Source  May 12, 2009  3 Comments on Is the California Water ‘Drought’ Over-blown by Politicians?

Take shorter showers, wash only full loads of laundry, sweep instead of hose your driveway.

These are the messages that Californians are getting as part of the state’s new “Save Our Water” campaign. Water restrictions, farmworker protest marches …

Is this comparable to the worst drought in modern history of the state? Or is it all being over-blown?

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Rock Paper Scissors back in the news?

 Frank Gormlie  May 5, 2009  11 Comments on Rock Paper Scissors back in the news?

We have just heard from friends in the know that Rock Paper Scissors and its controversial closure is back in the news – sort of. The Reader, San Diego’s predominant weekly, is supposed to be carrying an article on it in its Thursday’s edition. Jeff Fagan, the original owner of the arts and crafts store, reportedly refused to be interviewed. …

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A Day Without Tourists – Tijuana Versus the Plague

 Source  May 5, 2009  3 Comments on A Day Without Tourists – Tijuana Versus the Plague

by Mike Davis

“Since everyone is dumping on Mexico these days, you might as well help me do the real thing.”

My friend Marcos Ramirez (aka “ERRE”) isn’t kidding. He’s building a new house in Colonia Libertad, Tijuana’s oldest and most surrealistically colorful neighborhood …

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An Arch to Build a Dream On

 Mary E. Mann  April 27, 2009  10 Comments on An Arch to Build a Dream On

By Mary Mann

Walking down the long row of trailers, I wonder how I will recognize the one that belongs to Daniel Wallace and Judith May. They all look the same. As I near it, though, the ownership of the mobile home is made obvious by a preponderance of what their makers refer to as wobblies, wooden creatures, each with a name and a story. I should have known there would be something.

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Shepard Fairey is not a crook.

 Frank Gormlie  April 23, 2009  1 Comment on Shepard Fairey is not a crook.

by Steven Heller

Even before Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama “Hope” poster became the focus of legal and ethical scrutiny — for Fairey’s use of Mannie Garcia’s A.P. news photo as the basis of the now ubiquitous image — some design critics and practitioners had already questioned the street artist’s habit of “sampling” existing imagery. A scolding essay by Mark Vallen, entitled “Obey Plagiarist Fairey,” which was published online in 2007, accused Fairey, who created the “OBEY GIANT” project in 1989, of “expropriating and recontextualizing artworks of others.”

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