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Nathan Fletcher To Hold Fundraiser For Victims Of Aurora Shootings
Yes....that was/is part of Nathan's rationale .... He worked in a movie theater while in high school ....and was inspired by one of the survivors who was a veteran...who said as soon as he got out of the hospital he was going back to that same theater and was going to sit in the same seat.... Nathan is out of office in December so he certainly was not using this as a campaign vehicle. This may be difficult for the commenters above to accept...but Nathan Fletcher is a thoroughly decent human being.... To those who use their notoriety for good ... Good for them!! I attended and gladly donated to the CO victims ... I encourage you to do the same. www.givingfirst.org .... Look for the Aurora Victims Relief Fund ...— July 30, 2012 9:59 p.m.
Addiction Incorporated
This documentary deserves way more than 2 stars ... it was 15 years in the making. It certainly does not preach and tell anyone they should not smoke. (eventhough we all know smoking hastens disease and death...as the warnings on the package clearly indicate.) The film is about the addiction research and science related to tobacco and tobacco use. You say "a reasonably engrossing film" .... I would say "an extraordinarily engrossing film" ... and an important and compelling one, especially for younger viewers who need this information while they still have a chance to choose not to start... or still young enough to fight off the addiction. This is about an industry hell-bent on addicting consumers and sending them to an early grave ... and the courageous battle of the researcher who blew the whistle with his findings that finally clinically proved that nicotine was addictive...and acetaldehyde, even more so. And the insidious modus operandi of corporate moguls. Granted, the animation may be somewhat of a distraction; but it does provide a little break to digest the heavy information provided. I would bet that the critic who wrote this Reader review is probably a smoker, and perhaps a long-time smoker. As a former smoker like myself who started at age 18 and tried to quit 2.5 years later...and took another 2.5 years to finally do so...and who lost a father to smoking-related lung cancer ... (and haven't all of our lives been impacted by this public menace that should really be outlawed) ... for its journalistic effort over 15 years and the vital public information it provides, this film can't receive enough stars ... for more about the film (which has been edited to 80 min, btw), see www.AddictionIncorporated.com— June 7, 2012 9:17 p.m.
Wealthy "Patriarch of Broadway" Was Snubbed in Attempt to Buy Padres
well this is unfortunate ... the Padres could have been on Broadway ... and with a Nederlander ownership, we would have brought Broadway to San Diego in a bigger way ... sad and unfortunate for the long-suffering San Diego fans ... when teams like the Florida Marlins and AZ Diamondbacks have WS rings and we still don't ... Nederlander was a key component behind the NY Yankees and Steinbrenner success and we shined that on? a little disconcerting ...— May 20, 2012 8:06 a.m.
Democrats to Stage Fundraising Bash at Lerach Estate
you are correct. the settlement should have been a lot more. but the DOJ had been hounding Lerach and his peers for years to try and end his career. and guess who put an wrench in the works toward even higher liability against unscrupulous thieves running corporations and those 3rd party firms, banks, consultants who assisted in the massive fraud? ans: the US Supreme Court ... in a decision while Enron was being settled, the USSC came up with this ... the Court held that "aiders and abettors" of fraud cannot be held secondarily liable ... pretty abominable, eh? especially with you learn that Justice Kennedy, who wrote the opinion, had a relative working at a major bank...and the US Supreme Court is exempt from the recusal requirements that apply to every other federal court in the land ... welcome to America...of, by and for the mega-wealthy ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneridge— November 26, 2011 11:13 a.m.
UCSD Chancellor Joins Bridgepoint Board of Directors
the sad thing is ... Bridgepoint is anathema to higher education. They are scamming our veterans out of millions. and now, Foxe is lending her support to the scandal. UCSD students and alumni should be protesting and demanding her early ouster.— November 24, 2011 8:13 a.m.
How Sempra used cash-balance plans
wow, SP...this is not our father's america. it is no wonder that 20-somethings are in the streets. definitely generational class warfare, wouildn't you agree?— November 24, 2011 7:58 a.m.
How Sempra used cash-balance plans
Getting back to addressing the 'retirement heist' article ... So I take it that the DeMaio efforts to move city workers into 401K plans is I'll-advised? Plos I recently read that 84% of private sector employees had defined benefit retirement plans in the early 1980s .... As of 2009, that number is down to 21% ... If true, no wonder voters are being turned against gov workers ...even if they waived Soc Sec benefits ... The big money powers are getting their way .... Making pension plans extinct ...— November 23, 2011 10:49 a.m.
Democrats to Stage Fundraising Bash at Lerach Estate
read this over ... UC Regents 'allowed loss' was $109 million ... (since they were in charge of the distribution, i think they probably recovered most of that, correct?) i haven't read thru all of these releases. can u decipher? what do u thin the MF Global investors will recover? my guess is zero, or close to it. http://www.enronfraud.com/enr-cgi-bin/mil?templ=n…— November 23, 2011 8:20 a.m.
Democrats to Stage Fundraising Bash at Lerach Estate
i will double-check with my friend about what his aunt's neighbor recovered. what a tragic mess. let's not forget that over 22,000 employees lost their jobs, pensions etc due to ken lay, jeff sklling and the schmuks who took that company down. i stand by remarks that i wish there were "hundreds of bill lerachs at the SEC and DOJ" (not to mention eliot spitzer and gary aguirre)...they got rid of em all, didn't they?— November 23, 2011 2:31 a.m.
UCSD Chancellor Joins Bridgepoint Board of Directors
amen to comments 1 and 2.— November 23, 2011 2:10 a.m.