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October 2, 2006
Welcome Back Taliban!
You'd better sit down. Today Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist suggested that the best way to deal with the increasing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan ... is to reintegrate the group into the Afghani government. From the AP via the International Herald-Tribune: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill F ... More >>
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December 11, 2006
The Woman with a Limp
When her Aunt Virginia died in 1982, Lorna Catling had no idea that forty years earlier the Gestapo had declared her aunt "the most dangerous of all Allied spies" in France, and issued orders to "find and destroy her." Virginia Hall seldom spoke about what she had done during World War II, and ... More >>
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January 15, 2007
Numbers, Numbers (and a semi-Nun)
First for some numbers that aren't as big as you might think, or others might want you to think. If California were a separate country, it would have the world's sixth-largest economy, one hears time and time again. The governor even repeated the We're Number 6 bleat in his State of the State spee ... More >>
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June 1, 2007
Friday's Haul
An Irvine spy? Irvine businessman and peace activist Ali Shakeri has been imprisoned in Iran and charged with espionage. A State Department official denied that Shakeri was working for the U.S. gov't, though. Gobsmacked: Folks at Capistrano Unified can't fathom how a guy could turn dow ... More >>
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September 26, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Police Seek Laguna Retard
The Fourth Reich: Way before there was “Don’t Taser me, dude!” there was Benito Acosta, arrested by Costa Mesa police after he allegedly spoke too long during a January 2006 city council meeting. Acosta opposed training local police as INS agents, a pet project of Mayor Allan Mansoor. A right ... More >>
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November 13, 2007
Goodbye, Tancredo, and Take Morey With You
Not to pick on Irvine Islamic "expert" Robert Morey any further this week, but I was reminded of his idiocies today, as I bide my time in Fort Collins, Colorado, before a book signing hosted by the Rocky Mountain Chronicle. The paper runs a great column called "Tancrazy Train," which monitors Colora ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Downtown Ozy
Ozomatli
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February 21, 2008
The Laguna Playhouse’s Red Herring (Mostly) Doesn’t Stink
Ozomatli
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September 25, 2003
Xenophobia, the Musical
The closing of our cultural borders
Features
June 28, 2007
From Hunter to Hunted
In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar
Features
September 8, 2005
A Terrorist Tool?
In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar
Music
March 1, 2007
Talk About Pop Muzik
Sandy Zipp, Professor, UC Irvine
Columns
October 26, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Oct. 18 - Oct. 24
News
March 2, 2006
Dr. Jihad
The crusading life of Islam expert Robert Morey
Features
September 8, 2005
Too Much Dick Spoils the Gumbo
The crusading life of Islam expert Robert Morey
News
June 30, 2005
Losers Again
Communists, Bush defeat Little Saigon in human rights war
Unknown
May 19, 2005
Spread Some Aloha
World peace starts at your summer barbecue
Columns
December 30, 2004
Call Me Irresponsible
Yes, Its Undeniably True
Music
June 3, 2004
Koopers Kool
But Blood, Sweat & Tears make me so very cranky
News
November 20, 2003
Patriots Travel Package
But Blood, Sweat & Tears make me so very cranky
Columns
September 26, 2002
Letters
But Blood, Sweat & Tears make me so very cranky
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July 11, 2002
No Escape
But Blood, Sweat & Tears make me so very cranky
Columns
April 25, 2002
Couched in Ignorance
Your TV and the Middle East
Columns
February 14, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Your TV and the Middle East
Columns
December 27, 2001
Terror Town, USA
Your TV and the Middle East
Columns
September 27, 2001
Letters
Your TV and the Middle East
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June 7, 2001
Freedom! We Think
Alleged terrorists family wants answers
News
April 12, 2001
Send George Packing!
Dailies Praise Argyros as a Civic Leader, Ignore Allegations His Firm Ripped-Off Tenants
News
July 20, 2000
The Terrorist Next Door
The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all
News
October 7, 1999
A Too-Modest Proposal
El Toro Airport Watch No. 118
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June 8, 2009
Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos
Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly t ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos
Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly t ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
McKinney Follows UC Irvine Speech With Israeli Detention [UPDATED, THE SEQUEL]
UPDATE: MCKINNEY IS ON HER WAY HOME, REPORTS ATLANTA-JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ...Former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) is shown speaking at UC Irvine May 13 as part of the Muslim Student Union's controversial, three-week "Israel: The Politics of Genocide" teach-in. Here she makes the c ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Register Report on State Dinner for India Leader Is Bombayboozled
Rep. Ed Royce loves Indiana food.Not that yours truly would want to get into a pissing match with the Orange County Register over typos, but Washington Bureau chief Dena Bunis' "Total Buzz" blog post on Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) attending President Barack Obama's first State Dinner--in ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
Drive Announced for Anti-Slavery Ballot Initiative
Aaron Cohen in the field.While sometime Costa Mesa resident Aaron Cohen travels the globe in his quest to end human slavery, a drive for a voter initiative to strengthen human trafficking laws and increase trafficking victims' rights was announced in his home state today. California Against Slave ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
"Most Egregious of Any Investment Fraudster or Ponzi Schemer This Court Will Ever See"
John Anthony Miller made promises to clients of his Newport Beach-based investment companies, JAM Jr. Enterprises and Forte Financial Partners, of "guaranteed" annual returns of as much as 18 percent per year, telling investors that their money would be invested in foreign currency trading, oil w ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Rep. Loretta Sanchez Condemns Vietnam Cyberattacks, Assorted Douchebaggery
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is "outraged" that Vietnam used malware to illicitly monitor the Internet activity of human rights and democracy activists.
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Eating Tijuana, Part Two
Dave LiebermanI wanted to see whether the news reports were true; I missed Baja and the laid-back lifestyle it represents. When Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA offered a quick one-day tour, I jumped at the chance to see whether it was time to go back.I'm happy to report that it is. No soldiers ... More >>
News
August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied
Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.
Blogs
July 20, 2010
Eating Tijuana, Part One
Dave Lieberman"You're insane." "You're going to die, you know." "Are you stupid?" "Can I have your car?" Such were the reactions I got when I mentioned that I would be taking part in a culinary tour of Tijuana given by Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA: total certainty that I would never ma ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
WikiLeaks Expose Questionable Details From Dana Rohrabacher's Visit to Honduras
R. Scott Moxley told you in October about Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) having inserted himself in the violent 2009 coup that toppled the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. Was Dana Rohrabacher Playing Kingmaker in Central America?To refresh your memory, th ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
You'll Flip Over Pat Robertson Seminar in Costa Mesa
From 2-4 p.m. Friday, associate professor of history David Marley hosts a seminar at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa based on his 2007 book, Pat Robertson: An American Life. "This is a fantastic lecture for VU students because Pat Robertson is such an influential and important person in Chris ... More >>
Columns
June 23, 2011
Where Can a Gabacho Live in Mexico?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And is there any beef between Mexicans and Ecuadorians?
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Locals Push Bill Spreading Religious Freedom
A Santa Ana-based group pushing for religious freedom worldwide has launched a new advocacy campaign aimed at beefing up the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and, with it, U.S. foreign policy. Turmoil in Nigeria, the Middle East, Northern Africa and Pakistan--including the burning of ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Jose Solorio and Tony Mendoza, Assembly Democrats, Blasted for "Anti-Business" Bills
SolorioA proposed law authored by one Orange County assemblyman is being called a big favor for big labor, while legislation from another has powerful California business interests lined up against it.The legislators are Democrats and California Latino Legislative Caucus leaders Jose Solorio of S ... More >>
Music
September 15, 2011
The Sad Saga of the Playground Festival
[Mental Notes] Plenty of finger-pointing about the epic fail of "OC's Coachella."
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Futures of Syria and Bashar Assad Aired at Town Hall
The focus of the international media may have switched from Syria to Israel-Palestine (for now), but that won't stop the Los Angeles chapter of the Syrian American Council from holding its third town hall meeting in Anaheim Saturday to examine the current situation and future outlook for members' ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Dengue Fever Going Back to Southeast Asia to Tour for the Third Time
Lauren DukoffDengue Fever is going back to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in November on the "Electric Mekong Tour" with the cooperation and support of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. embassies in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and local promoter in Cambodia, Dickon Verey. The band received the Arts E ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Mexico As Imagined By the Washington Post
Flickr user yarhargoatIt gets fatiguing reading the same articles on travel to Mexico that parrot the U.S. State Department over and over again. Precious few of those people have ever actually been to the places they're writing about, but they turn the fear dial up to 11, the result being that Am ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Marbel A. Para Popped for Poaching 42 Spiny Lobsters from Marine Sanctuary
Photo by Magnus Kjærgaard/Wikipedia CommonsA Riverside County man was cited Sunday for allegedly poaching 47 California spiny lobsters from Laguna Beach waters within Southern California's new marine sanctuary zone that went into effect Jan. 1.State Department of Fish and Game warden popped Mar ... More >>
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