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October 13, 2006
Prop 90: Enriching the Rich, Making Us Their Bitch
Congressman John Campbell (R-Irvine Company) has signed on to support Proposition 90, the Taxpayer Trap Initiative (or Save our Homes, if you're gullible). This is no surprise; back in September 2005, Prop 90's main backers poured $120,000 into Campbell for Congress, the campaign committee formed to ... More >>
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October 18, 2006
You've Been Warned: Pacific Legal Foundation, CATO Institute come to Chapman
Someone from the Chapman U Federalist Society asked that we notify our readers about the event we're going to notify you about in a couple secs. But, as we explained to the chap/chapette, we will not be able to notify readers in the print edition about this event because we got the notice from the F ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Ya Gotta Hang On
Annie Jr.
Blogs
July 7, 2008
The Bono - Jesse Helms connection
From our good friends at Rock & Rap Confidential: "Jesse Helms died yesterday, the Fourth of July. The LA Times front page described Helms as 'the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics.' President Bush described H ... More >>
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November 4, 1999
Virtual Tax
Cox and Packard find a war they can winagainst a nonexistent tax
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November 22, 2001
Stealth Wealth
Developer Don Koll is bankrolling a Newport Beach 'environmental' campaign
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August 22, 2002
When Prison Guards Attack!
In Anaheim, screws say screw you to prison privatizers
News
March 27, 2003
Dollars and No Sense
In Anaheim, screws say screw you to prison privatizers
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October 24, 2008
OC GOP Goes Back to Its Mexican-Bashing Roots in Fullerton City Council Race
In my latest book, I devote a chapter to the many sins of the Orange County Republican Party but also hinted that they were finally evolving from the slimeball campaigns of the past when it came to scoring easy points off of demonizing Mexicans. Specifically, I pointed to the 2006 Tan Nguyen affair ... More >>
News
April 15, 2004
Cash for Chaos
Mark Levines spring break in Falluja
Blogs
December 8, 2008
Out-of-County Experience: Dim Sum at New Capital in Rowland Heights
If we're in a recession, someone forgot to tell the Chinese. Yesterday, the dim sum crowd at New Capital in Rowland Heights was as crazy as always. Judging by the number of people milling about outside waiting for a table, this go-to place for dim sum in the eastern part of San Gabriel Valle ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
It's Gonna Get Bad, Then Really Bad, Then Really Really Bad ...
Chapman University's annual economic forecast has been known to be overly sunny, but even this year's had to acknowledge that it'll suck huevos through the end of the next year. However, as they faced a crowd of 1,200 huddled in the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Esmael Adibi and ... More >>
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January 30, 2009
Koo's Now Booking Shows at Santa Ana's Yost Theater
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
[Summer Guide] What Not to Do When You're Desperate and Hungry for Money
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
[Summer Guide] Proposed Theme Park Celebrates OC's Part in Bringing the Global Economy to Its Knees
Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Mike Pace
Brea Improv
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June 26, 2008
Is Irvine Industrial Launderer Prudential Overall Supply Cheating Workers Out of a Living Wage?
Brea Improv
News
February 7, 2002
Space Case
Apparently theres something called Space Command . . . and theyll control the weather
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August 16, 2007
Dying Another Day
‘Spy-Fi’
News
December 18, 2003
German Healthcare, Santa Ana Politics
‘Spy-Fi’
Columns
May 31, 2007
It's Your Money
‘Spy-Fi’
Culture
March 8, 2007
Decadence
Web Exclusive! The result of an art conference, Catalyst 18s Wonder-Room has a little of everything
News
March 18, 2004
Empire Falls
Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont
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March 11, 2004
Burning Bush
Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont
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December 25, 2003
German Healthcare, Santa Ana Politics
Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont
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July 3, 2003
Whered My Beach Go?
Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont
News
July 4, 2002
Kooshian Coup?
Controversial AIDS doctor hopes to control countys public HIV programs
News
June 6, 2002
Yes, In My Back Yard
California Fair Political Practices Commission investigates Garden Grove mayor
Film
May 16, 2002
Human Rights and Wrongs
UC Irvine fest exposes worldwide injustice
News
March 15, 2001
Out In the Cold
The countys plan to privitize preschools was supposed to cut costs, not teachers
News
April 20, 2000
Shut Em Down!
Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC
News
January 20, 2000
Highway Robbery - Toll Roads
OCs toll roads were supposed to be the model for our transportation future. Now they look like road kill
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July 23, 2009
Running Dry in the Cove
Crystal Cove
Blogs
September 2, 2009
How to Save Time, Money and Get Wall Street Journal Coverage for Cutting Your Own Hair
How do you get yourself written on Wall Street Journal online? If the nation is gripped by an economic recession whose bad ju-ju has spread even to the usually immune hair salon industry, and you're Dana Point's George Trimm, you start a Facebook group called "I Cut My Own Hair."
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Not Another Crappy Orange County Teen Reality Show . . . Oh, Wait, Yes It Is
Poor? What you talking about, Seth?Can you smell that?No, not the smoke from the inland wildfire of the week. That other, more ghastly odor. Go ahead, take a big whiff.SNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNORT!That, dear friends, is the smell of another lame TV show focusing on Orange County teens."WEALTHY TEEN ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
How Many Anti-Illegals, Anti-Liberal Buzzwords Can Royce Work Into His Anti-Healthcare Rant?
Rantin' Royce!It's the home game sweeping the Republic: Count how many anti-liberal/anti-illegals/pro-hater buzzwords and references are in the latest email to supporters from Rep. Ed Royce (R-The White Side of Fullerton).The email (Punctuation, capitalizations and boldface intact) follows after ... More >>
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January 1, 2010
Obama, Economy, War, Swine Flu, Iran Election Crack Alamanac's Top 10 News Topics of 2009
Here are The World Almanac and Book of Facts Top Ten News Topics of 2009:1. Obama Presidency Begins. With the U.S. at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Barack Obama swearing in as the nation's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, DC.her ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
The New and Improved Huntington Beach! (With Interest)
The new Huntington Beach?After having received the unanimous approval of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission in January, an ambitious proposal to remake the city's main corridor is scheduled to go before the City Council on March 1. Many suspect the plan will get the council's nod as well. T ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Lou Correa Refuses His State Senate Per Diem
State Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is not accepting his $142-per-day subsidies for living expenses (called per diem), retroactive to July 1, when this session's budget impasse began.Correa joins three other legislators refusing their per diem, while a fifth has vowed to donate to a nonprofit fu ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
OC's Trillion Dollar Man Worried USA is Heading for a Double-Dip Recession
0 to 60 in 2.6 secondsAll those daily Obama Administration assurances that the U.S. economy is heading in the right direction might just be wishful thinking or cynical public manipulation.Dr. Mohamed Abdulla El-Erian, the chief executive of Newport Beach-based investment house giant Pimco--t ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Oliver Stone's South of the Border Out on DVD
South of the Border, Oliver Stone's documentary about the leftist revolution in several South American countries, wasn't exactly embraced by critics when it hit theaters in June. Entertainment Weekly summed it up as "rose-colored agitprop."
Blogs
November 17, 2010
Explaining the Shitty Economy Through LMFAO's 'Shots'
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyThe Great Recession may have been long declared over, but the pain continues for many everyday people. For the curious, the bottoming out of the U.S. economy prompted inquiry into what the hell went down. The subject of economics, however, is all too often unnecessar ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
Mexican Macroeconomics
Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?
Blogs
December 3, 2010
UPDATED: Artists in Santa Ana Artists Village in Revolt over Proposed Valet Service for Area, Cry Gentrification, Laugh at Laguna Beach
Updated, with new info on the bottom:For years, people have accused the artists in the SanTana Artist Village, that heavily subsidized attempt by Mayor Don Papi Pulido and others to bring "culture" into the city, of gentrifying the downtown. Now, some of those artists are accusing the city of fin ... More >>
Music
July 28, 2011
The Yost Theater Is Ready for Its Closeup
The renovated, revamped venue is ready for its grand reopening. So why aren't all of its downtown Santa Ana neighbors celebrating?
Blogs
August 8, 2011
Downgraded S&P Rating, China, Cuba, Obama, The Illuminati and Their Scary Ties to Newport Beach
As Republicans in Congress and Democrats in the White House argue over whose role in the debt-ceiling crisis led Standard & Poor's for the first time ever to downgrade U.S debt from an AAA to AA rating, evidence mounts that the cause for this possible push into a double-dip recession was bor ... More >>
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September 4, 2011
[UPDATE: Notes from the Protest] Anti-Gentrification Protest to Hit Downtown Santa Ana TOMORROW, During Art Walk
Photo by Carlos CorderoThe Don Papi in his latest conquered territory...UPDATE: For a group that's about to get booted from its space due to gentrifiers, members and friends of the Centro Cultural de México had a gay old time yesterday at their anti-gentrification protest during the SanTana Arti ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Poor Muppet to Debut on Sesame Street
Sesame Street announced that a new, "poverty-stricken Muppet" will talk about hunger struggles on Sesame Street. Named Muppet Lily, her family deals with "food insecurity," and will part of a prime-time special with country singer Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisle ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Irvine Forces City Contractors to Pay their Workers a Living Wage--Unless They're Mexican Crop Pickers
Agran (at right): Can he finally do something progressive after years of being a tool?This summer, the city of Irvine and its apologists made much about its decision to force any contractors doing work for the city to pay its workers a living wage, that progressive wet dream in effect wherever fo ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Arnold F. Peek, Santa Ana Butcher
When the Brave New Urbanists talk about the good old days of SanTana, the days before Mexicans destroyed the Golden City, they inevitably point to people like Arnold F. Peek. Like the Brave New Urbanists, he wasn't originally from the area, hailing instead from Kansas. Like the Brave New Urbanist ... More >>
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