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February 16, 2006
Earthquake weather or whatever...
Yesterday, as Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was submitting to a public humiliation ritual before a Senate committee, his only punishment for letting New Orleans drown (in other countries, such incompetence would result in dismissal from office and permanent disgrace, but in the land o ... More >>
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March 28, 2006
Cheeseburgers and Patsies in the White House
If it wasn't for the cheeseburgers, I might have found this morning's resignation of White House Chief of Staff Andy Card touching. Certainly the reporters– and I use that word loosely– on the various cable news stations did, but then they were just following the White House's lead and i ... More >>
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October 26, 2007
Heckuva job, FEMA
Most reports are characterizing the federal response to the California fires as respectable --- or at least not a Katrina-style fuck up. So it's too bad FEMA had to go and embarrass itself by having fake reporters lob softball questions at a press conference earlier this week. The agency apologized ... More >>
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November 13, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: More Street dirt
More Street dirt: In his pre-treasurer-tax collector days, Chriss Street allegedly billed (and double-billed!) a bankrupt trust "for thousands of dollars in expenses, including a $3,584 laptop computer and $1,200 in office supplies," reports Ronald Campbell at the Register. The records collected by ... More >>
Columns
September 15, 2005
The City That Bush Forgot
The president could hop from one corpse to another and think hes walking on water
News
July 6, 2006
Privatize This!
Ever wonder where your local tax dollars go?
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December 5, 2008
The Border Patrol Gets Pimped Out On Reality T.V.
If you didn't think reality television could get any more crass than the grating weekly doses of collagen-injected OC busybodies, guess again. ABC is scheduled to air its new border patrol reality T.V. show during the same time slot as our desperate little OC housewives beginning in January. T ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Orange County Register Readers Meet Their Nuttier Competition
*UPDATEDIt appears Orange County Register readers watch the Channel 4 news. Or, at least, some of the comments left on KNBC's online version of a breaking story about a man committing suicide this morning on the altar of Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove read as if they could have been lifted from o ... More >>
Features
March 20, 2008
House of Pain: Arther Masaoka's Fight to Stop the City of Tustin From Bulldozing His Home
*UPDATEDIt appears Orange County Register readers watch the Channel 4 news. Or, at least, some of the comments left on KNBC's online version of a breaking story about a man committing suicide this morning on the altar of Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove read as if they could have been lifted from o ... More >>
Features
February 7, 2002
Not Too Late for a War Crimes Tribunal
He turns 91 this week, so its possible Ronald Reagan cant remember. But Jim Washburn cant forget
Columns
September 15, 2005
Wash, Rinse, and Repeat, Repeat, Repeat!
Helping the folks who need it: the GOP
News
May 11, 2006
Department of Homeland Stupidity
Master of Disasters Mike Carona breached secret anti-terrorism plans
Columns
May 4, 2006
Dem Bones
Web Exclusive! Let's Help the Democrats Find Their Spines
Columns
October 13, 2005
A Clockwork Orange
Web Exclusive! Let's Help the Democrats Find Their Spines
Columns
October 6, 2005
Our Vagetarian in Washington
A bumper crop of bad news!? Thanks, Bush!
Columns
September 22, 2005
a Clockwork Orange
A bumper crop of bad news!? Thanks, Bush!
Columns
September 15, 2005
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
A bumper crop of bad news!? Thanks, Bush!
Features
September 8, 2005
Too Much Dick Spoils the Gumbo
A bumper crop of bad news!? Thanks, Bush!
Columns
September 8, 2005
Thank God for That Tax Cut!
Its hard to celebrate 10 years of the Weekly when youre busy hating the president
Columns
September 8, 2005
A Clockwork Orange
Its hard to celebrate 10 years of the Weekly when youre busy hating the president
News
June 16, 2005
Dial M for Mold!
Black fungus triumphs over tenants at Costa Mesa apartment complex
Features
December 30, 2004
Diary of A Mad Year
2004 regurgitated
Columns
November 25, 2004
Diary of A Mad County
2004 regurgitated
Features
September 2, 2004
Its Snot Unusual
Im George W. Bush, and I Approve This Destruction
Columns
November 6, 2003
Hosed
Forest fires? Blame Bush
News
March 21, 2002
Mondo Washington
Forest fires? Blame Bush
News
February 4, 1999
Prescription for Disaster
If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?
Blogs
April 10, 2009
Cypress College Recognized for Muzzling Free Speech
Photo by Gregory MiguelA hand-cuffed activist is led away from an anti-abortion protest at Cypress College last year.The independently funded Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression cites the administration of Cypress College on its 18th annual list of the "best" Muzzlers of Fr ... More >>
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July 6, 2007
Coming Sooner or Later: When Will the City Fix the Bixby Park Bandshell?
On February 19, 2005, after a heavy rainstorm, a massive tree fell on the historic, art deco-era bandshell in Long Beach's Bixby Park, the pride of the city's Alamitos Beach neighborhood since 1927, and more recently, a home to the homeless and weekly pottery classes. The tree crushed the building, ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Orly Taitz Bombards Media; Media Says 'Get a Life'
First, a copy-paste: Please contact USA today and demand that they provide the readers with info about January 26 trial. If they refuse, report them to FCC, as defrauding the public in connection to electionsThat's right, folks: On her blog, Dr. Orly Taitz says that USA Today would be ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Dave Eggers to be Honored in Anaheim for Sensitivity to Muslims
By David Shankbone/Wikipedia CommonsDave Eggers at the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius author Dave Eggers will be presented the 2009 "Courage in Media" award at the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' 13th annual banq ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2010
Loretta Sanchez: "American Hero"
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is an "American Hero."
Blogs
January 22, 2010
OC-Based Rescue Team Members Talk About Their Canceled Trip to Haiti
Photo by Jim FraserBruce Newell (left) and Bob Scheibel (right) on duty as reserve firefighters at OCFA station 16 in Modjeska.Structural engineer Bob Scheibel is no stranger to disaster. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was flown to Ground Zero on the only flight across U.S. skies that night, to help stabi ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Orly Taitz Appeals $20,000 Fine to Supreme Court
Trevor Keen / OC WeeklyIt seems like ancient history now, but it was only in September that a federal judge in Georgia threatened to fine Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz with $10,000 for filing a frivolous lawsuit--and then doubled the amount of the fine when Taitz continued to accuse him of treason.A ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
OC On Flash Flood Watch, Snow Summit Closed Today
Yes, Southern California, it's true. Water is falling from the sky in a crazy phenomenon called "rain." Which means that stuff is getting wet and people are freaking out. It's best to be very careful out there. This morning, the National Weather Service put Orange County ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
[UPDATED: TCA's Thoughts] Time for a Rematch? TCA Rekindles 241 Toll Road Talks, Citing Japan Devastation; Surfrider Foundation Responds
Surfrider FoundationThe swindle'n continues.UPDATE, MAY 9, 4:20 P.M.: The basis for the most recent PR campaign--pushing the need for additional evacuation routes in the case of a emergency at SONGS or Camp Pendleton--was a concern expressed in a public poll from November 2010 (months before ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Federal Action Sought:] No Neighboring Nukes Tempt San Clemente City Council
UPDATE, MAY 18, 11:31 A.M.: Facing a full house of potential voters opposed to the continued operation of the nearby San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the San Clemente City Council decided Tuesday night to send letters to lawmakers seeking removal of radioactive waste from the plant. ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
[UPDATED with No Action:] San Onofre Nuke Plant Shutdown Tempts San Clemente City Council
UPDATE, JUNE 22, 4:36 P.M.: Travel back in time, kiddies, to one month and four days ago. The world was so much different then. Facing a full house of potential voters opposed to the continued operation of the nearby San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the San Clemente City Council g ... More >>

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