OB Rag

Recently elected Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed a bill that would eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for most public workers and slash their pay and benefits.

Walker has also notified the state’s National Guard to be on alert for actions taken by unsatisfied state, county and municipal employees.

The Student Loan Swindle An Interview with Alan Nasser By Mike Whitney / CounterPunch / February 2011 Alan Nasser is…

Private Blackwater-type Military Training Center to Be Constructed in Imperial County by Kanya D’Almeida / TruthOut / Originally published Feb….

Diary of a Mad Coed in her Prime: A Conspiracy of Dunces* By Kit-Bacon Gressitt / Excuse Me, I’m Writing…

Two OBceans are in the news over the last several days: David Klowden – who began a facebook opposing renaming the Coronado Bridge after Ronald Reagan, and George Murphy – who has been an activist in OB – on the OB Planning Board and as current Chair of the Friends of the Ocean Beach Library, as well as in the City-wide gay community. We celebrate them both here … take a look.

5:37 am pst NBC News reported Friday that Mubarak had left Cairo, citing a high-ranking official and a security source….

By Al Jazeera / February 11, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters are expected to march onto the streets…

8:44 pm PST It is Friday, Feb. 11th, in Egypt and massive demonstrations are expected in Cairo and elsewhere. They…

Where “Inalienable Rights” Have No Meaning

by Roberto Rodriquez / CounterPunch / February 9, 2011

Jose Olivas holds a drawing of a baby as he protests against Arizona’s Senate bill 1308 and 1309 outside Arizona’s Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona, 7 February 2011. The two bills seek to overrule the 14th amendment of the US constitution by denying American citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants.

SeaWorld in San Diego is announcing today, according to the San Diego U-T, that it plans a real roller coaster…