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U.S. Armed Forces

  • Columns

    February 9, 2012

    What do Mexicans Think of Ron Paul?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, what's some good Mexican sci-fi?

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    The LA Times Crosses Over

    How the newspaper's cozy relationship with Camp Pendleton hampers its coverage of religious controversies on the base

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2011

    [UPDATED with Director Hating 3D:] Bong Joon-ho Opens Busan West Festival at Chapman University with 3D Version of The Host

    ​UPDATE, NOV. 12, 9:37 A.M.: Introducing a new 3D version of his 2006 South Korean smash hit The Host to Friday's opening night Busan West Asian Film Festival audience at Chapman University's Knott Studios, director Bong Joon-ho said, "I don't like 3D."Cue nervous audience laughter and a smatteri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Kristoffer B. Domeij, Fallen Army Ranger and Santa Ana Native, is Praised and Damned

    Hero of villain?​The death by roadside bomb of Santa Ana native and Army Ranger Kristoffer B. Domeij has drawn two very different reactions. Controversial conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart's Big Peace site wonders if Domeij's death proves the U.S. military is spread too thin as  he was on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Guns, Video Games, Rap Music, and Sumo Wrestling: Coverage of the Call of Duty XP 2011 in LA

    ​The Call of Duty XP event took place over the Labor Day weekend, with publisher Activision making some huge announcements regarding their next money maker game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The event, of course, was filled with gaming tournaments, major announcements regarding Modern Warfare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) in Anaheim Welcomes "Elimination" of Bin Laden

    Hussam Ayloush, CAIR-LA executive director​The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Greater Los Angeles area office in Anaheim issued a statement today welcoming the news that Osama bin Laden, "a threat to America and the world," has been "eliminated." The statement came on the heels of ... More >>

  • Food

    March 10, 2011

    Habuya Represents the Perfect Prefecture

    This Tustin dive dazzles as the first Okinawan restaurant in Orange County

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

    Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    DREAM Activists March Through Anaheim

    ​High-ranking members of Orange County churches, community organizations and Anaheim public school districts join local DREAM Act activists in marching this afternoon for federal legislation providing a pathway for citizenship and higher education to college-bound immigrants and those ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    ACLU Accuses Feds of Retaliatory Deportation of Whistleblower Who Sued Fullerton Company

    ​The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is "deeply concerned" over federal immigration agents detaining and initiating deportation proceedings against an immigrant worker who filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Fullerton-based firm in August for labor and civil rights violations. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    White House Dribbles Out Obama's Iraq Speech Tonight, Anti-War ANSWER Coalition Answers

    ​The Washington Post is reporting that in his speech tonight to announce the end of major combat operations in Iraq, President Barack Obama will say it is time to "turn the page." "Ending this war is not only in Iraq's interest-it is in our own. The United States has paid a huge price to put t ... More >>

  • Film

    June 24, 2010

    American Soldiers

    'Restrepo' captures military life in Afghanistan

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Dengue Fever At Detroit Bar

    Beth Stirnaman/OC Weekly​Watch our slideshow here!The Hype: This isn't the story of a nasty mosquito-borne tropical disease which causes rash and vomiting. Rather, it's the story of how five American males with no aesthetic appeal--but plenty of musical chops--brought a beautiful Ca ... More >>

  • Film

    April 2, 2009

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Aliens,' 'Casablanca,' 'Happy Go Lucky,' More

    Beth Stirnaman/OC Weekly​Watch our slideshow here!The Hype: This isn't the story of a nasty mosquito-borne tropical disease which causes rash and vomiting. Rather, it's the story of how five American males with no aesthetic appeal--but plenty of musical chops--brought a beautiful Ca ... More >>

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    American Heroes and Zeroes

    Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine at sundance '08

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!

    Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>

  • Film

    July 5, 2007

    Rock Em, Sock Em

    Giant robot fights look better than ever in Transformers

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    LAFF 2007: Chasing Ghosts and Iranians

    I think I may finally be getting the hang of this festival schedule. Four shows today, and I never felt close to collapsing from tiredness. Perhaps it was the concession food that kept me going. Speaking of which, doesn’t it seem totally wrong that a hot dog is cheaper than a small popcorn? I’m ... More >>

  • Film

    June 14, 2007

    New Reviews

    We recommend: Brand Upon the Brain!, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Golden Door, Nancy Drew

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    Conservative Bush pal calls for launch of WW4 with Iran bombing

    Dan Chmielewski at TheLiberalOC.com first noted this editorial in yesterday's Wall Street Journal: The Case for Bombing Iran I hope and pray that President Bush will do it. By Norman Podhoretz According to Podhoretz, President George W. Bush is "a man who knows evil when he sees it." In this case, ... More >>

  • Film

    December 21, 2006

    New Reviews

    Black Christmas; Kabul Express; Night at the Museum; We Are Marshall

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Fresh Perspective

    "Fresh perspective" and "new eyes" have been Bush administration buzzwords since the nomination of Robert Gates to be Secretary of Defense was announced. Whether the eyes of Mr. Gates-- which saw no evil when he was the Number 2 man at the CIA while the Reagan administration was busy undermining th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2006

    Good News from Iraq (Fake news edition)

    Somehow it's fitting that the only good news to come out of Iraq recently is the fake news. The New York Times reports on a satirical news show that debuted on the Iraqi sattelite station Al Sharqiya at the beginning of Ramadan. This being Iraq, the show's title is somewhat darker than "The Daily ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    Staying the Course

    At his press conference this morning, President Bush promised yet again that when it comes to Iraq, we'll continue to push on even though we're waist deep in the Big Muddy. Elsewhere in this morning's news we find some milestones of the course on which we are staying. From the Washington Post: A te ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    Dodging Mortar Attacks

    Eileen Padberg

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Cocaine Airways

    A former CIA pilot says secret flights to El Toro could explain a Marine officers suicide

  • Film

    August 24, 2006

    Super Troopers

    A Vietnam war doc with powerful contemporary parallels

  • Columns

    July 20, 2006

    Letters

    'He is smart enough to realize if he didnt get out then, he may have awoken a fortysomething with crazy-colored hair and a tattoo of dragons circle jerking'

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    War Games

    Meant to blog this yesterday, based on something we saw on ABC's Nightline, but it's also reported on by InfoWorld. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on May 4. Among the speakers was a specialist whose company we taxpayers are paying more than $7 million a year. The ... More >>

  • Film

    June 22, 2006

    To Hell and Back

    Michael Winterbottom puts a faceand a hoodon the suffering at Guantanamo

  • Columns

    June 8, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    May 30 - June 6

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2006

    A Third Anniversary Gift for Iraq

    Who knew that our political and military leaders were such a bunch of ol' sentimental softies? As a gift for the Iraqi people to mark the third invasion of their country, our leaders got them a miniature version of the invasion, Operation Swarmer. The mini-invasion has all feature that made that ful ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 30, 2004

    Call Me Irresponsible

    Yes, Its Undeniably True

  • Columns

    December 9, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Yes, Its Undeniably True

  • Film

    November 11, 2004

    Attack of the Puppet People

    How reviewers misread Team America, the years most potent political satire

  • Film

    August 26, 2004

    Back to the No Future

    The War of the Worlds and the evolution of doomsday

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    An Army of One

    Whatever happened to the Brea Peace Vigil?

  • Features

    November 20, 2003

    Where Have All the Blowhards Gone?

    An Iraq invasion retrospective!

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Jingo Fever

    YAFfers try to strangle Surf City council member with yellow ribbons

  • Music

    May 1, 2003

    Not Embalmed Yet

    Rocket From the Crypts locomotive breath

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Kiss My Axis!

    Rocket From the Crypts locomotive breath

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Now Fear This

    Rocket From the Crypts locomotive breath

  • Film

    June 20, 2002

    Dog of War

    Windtalkers bunk is worse than its bite

  • Features

    May 30, 2002

    War! Huh?

    Welcome to the summer of love at a theater near you

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Patriot Games

    How a Newport Beach businessman used granny, apple pie and the flag to bilk patriotic investors

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    The Bob Dornan Hall of Fame

    2001 Inductee: LOU SHELDON

  • Film

    September 27, 2001

    Not a Movie

    Watching the unwatchable

  • Culture

    May 20, 1999

    Black and Brown and Blue All Over

    A Soldier's Play is too at-ease, Two Sisters sparkles

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    The Ho Story

    A Soldier's Play is too at-ease, Two Sisters sparkles

  • Columns

    December 31, 1998

    Good God, Y'all!

    Just another day for you and me in paradise

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