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Omitting cell phone users may affect polls

Staff September 25, 2008 3 Comments

People with only cell phones may differ enough from those with landlines By Alan Fram / Associated Press / Sept….

Deal reached on $700B bailout, lawmakers say

Staff September 25, 2008 4 Comments

UPDATE: Deal falls apart as GOP rank and file revolt against ‘socialism’ – go here. Bailout said to provide some…

Pakistani troops fire at U.S. choppers on border

Staff September 25, 2008 1 Comment

UPDATE II: New Report Says That U.S. Ground Troops Exchanged Fire With Pakistani Troops – go here. UPDATE: Pakistani President…

What is the Posse Comitatus Act?

Frank Gormlie September 25, 2008 0 Comments

For much of America’s history, the deployment of federal troops within the states for use as domestic law enforcement has…

Urgent Confidential E-Mail From Minister of Treasury Paulson

Staff September 25, 2008 0 Comments

From: Minister of the Treasury Paulson Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP Dear American: I need to ask you…

Lt. Col. quits as prosecutor in Gitmo case due to unethical suppression of evidence

Staff September 25, 2008 0 Comments

Suppressed Evidence Could Clear Young Afghan Detainee Held for 6 Years; Now Four Prosecutors Have Quit Gitmo Trials Over Allegations…

A US-NATO War In Pakistan? – An Anatomy of the Current Crisis

Staff September 24, 2008 0 Comments

UPDATE: Pakistan Army says it found U.S. spy drone wreckage but denies shooting plane down – Go here for story….

Veterans For Peace End Archives Building Occupation On High Note

Staff September 24, 2008 0 Comments

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:20 a.m. ADT (courtesy of Mike Ferner, VFP) Washington — Five military veterans, all members of…

Video: Vets for Peace Occupy National Archives Building

Staff September 23, 2008 0 Comments

Posted on YouTube by liamh2

Robert Kennedy, Jr.: Votes are being stolen – now – by hundreds of thousands – and the Democrats aren’t doing anything about it

Staff September 23, 2008 0 Comments

A conversation on air america with Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Mike Papantonio . September 23, 2008 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:…

66% of Americans Believe Obama Shares Their Values

Staff September 23, 2008 0 Comments

A Closer Look at the Most Recent NY Times/CBS News Poll: Obama Beats McCain Among Independents, Moderates, & White Women…

Updates on Vets’ Protest & Fast in Washington, DC

Staff September 23, 2008 2 Comments

September 23, 2008: A small group of veterans are currently staging a protest and fast in Washington, DC, calling for…

Jenny on OB Kite Festival — Robb Field Saturday May 16: “The carnival portion of the OB Children’s Kite Festival was dropped some years ago. I do not know why it…” May 15, 09:18
Ronald May on Wonderland — Once Upon a Time in Ocean Beach: “The Ocean Beach where I played in the early 1950s dramatically changed between the South Mission Bay Jetty and Newport…” May 14, 23:52
Lawrance Wishneff on Larry Turner Endorses Richard Bailey for San Diego City Council D2: “We need council members who care about libraries. yes we need full service 7 days a week libraries. do any…” May 14, 19:48
Javier Espinoza on The Growing Controversy Around the Seawall the City Wants to Build at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park: “32 mil on a sea wall with a life expectancy of 50 years with an increasing sea level every year…WTF?…” May 14, 16:47
Frank Gormlie on Wonderland — Once Upon a Time in Ocean Beach: “LOL. I wouldn’t due to the privacy interests of the current occupants. It’s in north OB certainly.” May 14, 16:09
Ralph Teyssier on More on the Sunset Cliffs Seawall the City Wants to Build: “Yes, thanks Katheryn for this article which answers a lot of questions raised from the previous article on this subject.” May 14, 15:58
Greg on Wonderland — Once Upon a Time in Ocean Beach: “You can’t hit us with that fun fact and not say exactly where!” May 14, 15:58
Frank Gormlie on Trump’s Federal Forest Service Threatens 13,000 Acres of Laguna Mountains with Logging, Bulldozing, and Herbicides: “There is a link at the end to the group in opposition.” May 14, 15:57
Ralph Teyssier on During Draconian Budget Cutbacks, City Wants to Build $32 Million Seawall in Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Where Seawalls Are Prohibited: “Hi Frank, That is a very good question. I don’t know anything more that what I read this morning in…” May 14, 15:54
Patrick Ward on Trump’s Federal Forest Service Threatens 13,000 Acres of Laguna Mountains with Logging, Bulldozing, and Herbicides: “Contact info for the responsible people so as to protest these plans would be useful…” May 14, 15:52
Bruce Coons on ‘We Have the Data’ : A Powerful Case for Preservation in San Diego: “No.” May 14, 15:46
Frank Gormlie on Wonderland — Once Upon a Time in Ocean Beach: “Part of the entrance to Wonderland is a section of one of today’s OB apartment buildings.” May 14, 15:45
nostalgic on Sunset Cliffs Seawall : Who, How, Why, What, and When?: “Two separate and completely different plans from two differerent Departments of the City of San Diego for the exact same…” May 14, 14:50
Geoff Page on More on the Sunset Cliffs Seawall the City Wants to Build: “Thanks very much for the summary of important information and the the tie-back illustration. This technology, as you well know…” May 14, 14:49
StephPL on What Is Sunset Cliffs Natural Park?: “You know what just struck me (and has nothing to do with SSCNP)…the above description says that Sunset Cliffs Natural…” May 14, 14:13