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
OB Businesses Hurting After “Terriers” Canceled
Editor: Here’s a brief piece from Channel 10 News about businesses hurting because of the cancellation of “Terriers” the great…
Posted in: Labor, Media, Ocean Beach
Tagged: Terriers
Ocean Beach: Stay away from the water! It’s a sewage spill!
No Swimming At San Diego’s Ocean Beach As Sewage Spill Flows Into San Diego River From Santee By Ed Joyce /…
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach
Hey Santa, IKEA is anti-union.
Editor: Thinking about buying some IKEA furniture for Christmas? Think again. Read this. KEA Knocks Down Labor Rights by Phil…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Labor
OB Rag Exclusive: New Wikileaks release details CIA surveillance of Ocean Beach
Dixon Guizot December 23, 2010 17 Comments on OB Rag Exclusive: New Wikileaks release details CIA surveillance of Ocean Beach
The ongoing drama surrounding leaked diplomatic cables came to Ocean Beach today when the Wikileaks organization released a report from…
Posted in: Are You Kidding?, Culture, Satire, War and Peace
Tagged: wikileaks
The recent windy and wet storm did NOT move the Long Branch Torrey Pine one inch!
Frank Gormlie December 23, 2010 6 Comments on The recent windy and wet storm did NOT move the Long Branch Torrey Pine one inch!
Local activists and a Torrey Pine tree specialist have taken measurements of the Long Branch Torrey Pine, before, during and after this huge Pineapple Express storm – which was wet and very windy – and the tree did not move one inch.
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
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