Okay, so it wasn’t an actual Irvine Republican but an actor playing one on TV, but considering people in town like Allan Bartlett, Steven Choi, Christina Shea, Pat Rodgers, Lynn Schott, Jeff Lalloway and many others, it wasn’t exactly a…
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Voices From Street Corners (Vol 22): What a Summer….
by Mike Pouraryan • • Comments Off
It has been an absolutely tumultuous and exciting summer, to say the least. As kids go back to school, I reflected upon the Summer as I had the good fortune to hang out with my Son throughout the Summer. For me, the…
“I believe in global warming, but…”
by Saad • • Comments Off
Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, has become the latest of Republicans to recognize the existence of anthropogenic global warming, but at the same time deny any effort to stop it.
Redistricting and Rightwingers: Careful what you asked for
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
As the lines for Congress, state senate and state assembly are finalized as a result of the citizen’s commission established by Prop 11 and Prop 20, those who study the new districts can say they deliver exactly on the promise…
Republicans Ready to Sue Over Redistricting
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The new redistricting maps for Congress and the state senate and assembly appear to be cast in stone, and Republicans are not happy with the new non-Gerrymandered maps. So unhappy in fact, the LA Times is reporting they are preparing…
Do you like Apples? Debt Agreement, Downgrade, Stock Market Fail to Make Applesauce
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
As today’s brutal day on Wall Street spills overseas to a downer Far East market, how do you like that Republican gun-to-your-head debt ceiling deal now? From Sunday’s New York Times, this pearl of wisdom: “It is far too simplistic…
A Debt Ceiling Vote Paid for on a Backs of Working Families
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
I’m not happy with the compromise struck between the President, the Senate and the House on the drastic spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Make no mistake, the spending cuts will hurt the poorest and middle class the…
