Was Qualcomm Stadium flooded recently by sewage or rainwater?
by Andy Cohen and Frank Gormlie Last week you probably remember was one of the wettest weeks in recent San…
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, San Diego
Anti-Abortion Regulations Increasing for Women Nationwide
By Lauren Kelley /AlterNet / December 28, 2010 The 2007 Supreme Court decision that upheld a federal ban on late-term…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Ocean Beach is site of liberal vs conservative split among Episcopalians
Source December 29, 2010 8 Comments on Ocean Beach is site of liberal vs conservative split among Episcopalians
Conservative leader Rev. Bausch to hand over keys of OB parish to Diocese.
By Christopher Cadelago / signonsandiego.com/ December 28, 2010
The Rev. Canon Lawrence Bausch expects to surrender the keys to his Ocean Beach church to the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego on Thursday, closing a chapter in an international conflict intensified by the election of an openly gay bishop.
Posted in: Ocean Beach
OB is one of several SoCal beaches closed due to sewage contamination.
Frank Gormlie December 28, 2010 1 Comment on OB is one of several SoCal beaches closed due to sewage contamination.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a number of Southern California beaches were hit with raw sewage due to…
Posted in: Environment, Health, Ocean Beach
Who has more ‘True Grit’-The Duke or The Dude?
Movie Review: John Wayne vs. Jeff Bridges by Owen Gleiberman / Entertainment Weekly / December 27, 2010 It doesn’t take…
Reader Rant: Is it still okay to hate gays?
Reader Rant: I am a gay OBcian. I noticed with broad interest that this blog published a photo and short…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Ocean Beach, Popular, Reader Rant
Giving Obama Some Credit (and a break) at the End of the Year
Source December 27, 2010 2 Comments on Giving Obama Some Credit (and a break) at the End of the Year
by John Lawrence / Will Blog for Food / December 25, 2010 The last days of the lame duck session…
Posted in: War and Peace
Tagged: Barack Obama
Top political stories of San Diego in 2010
Top political stories? There were so many … and so many were, in a word, bad. by Arthur Salm / SanDiego.com…
Right-wing domestic bombers in Oregon sentenced to die
Editor: Why would the OB Rag publish this story? Corporate media is filled with articles about the FBI catching “would-be”…
Posted in: Civil Rights, War and Peace
Bradley Manning’s Holiday Message
Manning’s Holiday Statement:
“I greatly appreciate everyone’s support and well wishes during this time. I am also thankful for everything that has been done to aid in my defense. I ask …
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Veterans, War and Peace
An Ode to My Cat (or why my Christmas was a downer).
It’s 5:35 in the morning, December 26, when I finally begin to type. I’ve been sitting here for almost four hours now, operating on something like three hours’ sleep in as many days waiting for the words to start flowing, or for the bottle of rum at my side to take effect and begin to lull me off to a dreamless sleep.
Last night was Christmas Eve – even though we’re not a true Christian family as much as we are a sloppy mixture of agnosticism and Wicca with a dose of traditional Christian values thrown in …
Posted in: Life Events
Will somebody paint out this anti-gay graffiti, please?
Frank Gormlie December 24, 2010 26 Comments on Will somebody paint out this anti-gay graffiti, please?
The anti-gay graffiti pictured here (see inside) was spotted very recently ago in the alley near Guizot Street between Saratoga and Santa Monica Avenues in Ocean Beach.
Please, the community is asking someone to paint it out. For Christmas sake, or for the sake of the holidays, or for some reason during the season that we celebrate peace, harmony, “good will to all men”, to all women, to all humanity.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Ocean Beach, Popular
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