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100 San Diegans Protest Blackwater’s Otay Mesa Training Facility & the Media Ignored It

Frank Gormlie September 13, 2008 2 Comments

Local Mainstream Media Boycott Demonstration – Politicians Are a No-Show OTAY MESA, San Diego, CA. One hundred San Diegans protested…

5 Reasons to Demonstrate Against Blackwater Today – Sept. 13th – at Otay Mesa

Frank Gormlie September 13, 2008 0 Comments

There’s a demonstration against Blackwater being in San Diego County today. From 3pm to 5pm down at their Otay Mesa…

United States Is ‘In Need of Rebellion’

Staff September 13, 2008 6 Comments

By Howard Zinn / Howard Zinn’s Zspacepage Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic…

Union-Tribune Still Covers-Up Mobster Money Behind La Costa’s Development

Frank Gormlie September 11, 2008 9 Comments

Hat’s off to Don Bauder, San Diego’s Reader columnist and blogger, who in the most recent hardcopy and online editions…

Olbermann Slams Republicans For Exploiting 9/11

Staff September 11, 2008 2 Comments

On the eve of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, Keith Olbermann delivered a special comment slamming Republicans for their exploitation…

STILL IN IRAQ

Staff September 11, 2008 0 Comments

9 11 – Where Are We Now Allan Acevedo, Staff Columnist / The Daily Aztec / September 11, 2008 In…

The Value of One, the Value of None

Staff September 11, 2008 0 Comments

An Anatomy of Collateral Damage in the Bush Era By Tom Engelhardt/ TomDispatch.com / September 11, 2008 In a little…

Demand & See “Battle in Seattle” Film Here in San Diego

Staff September 11, 2008 0 Comments

We are asking for your help in getting a powerful story about activism and trade into our local San Diego…

Arizona Election Official Observer Arrested for Questioning Possible Tampered Ballots & Charged with Criminal Trespass

Staff September 10, 2008 0 Comments

by Rady Ananda/ OpEdNews / originally posted on September 7, 2008 During Saturday’s [Sept. 6] audit of Pima County ballots…

9/11 Plus Seven

Staff September 10, 2008 0 Comments

By Andrew J. Bacevich / TomDispatch.com / September 9, 2008 The events of the past seven years have yielded a…

RoboCops: Professional Policing of Political Protest

Staff September 9, 2008 2 Comments

by William John Cox / Media Monitors Network / Tuesday, September 9, 2008 “…the era of Internet journalism makes it…

Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama

Staff September 9, 2008 0 Comments

Published by Luke Rosiak / OpenSecrets.org / August 14, 2008 During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters…

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
Lance Jones on ‘Beers With the Chiefs’: Now We Know the Price of Access: “Perhaps your ire should be directed towards our political system and SCOTUS, who ushered in the “Money Politics” era with…” May 14, 14:12