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The Navy used/used them at TOPGUN as part of the aggressor force.— May 13, 2013 9:57 a.m.
Colorado asks General Atomics to clean up uranium mess
You might want to take a glance at the posting date.— May 12, 2013 11:46 a.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
Don Bauder, I wasn't referring to the site having a problem. I was referring to those being criticized, in a tongue in cheek manner. I can imagine that if a senior partner in a firm found out one of his lawyers was publicly making the kind of remarks about other lawyers and judges that surfpuppy619 was making, he wouldn't be to happy. But again, it was really meant as a tongue in cheek remark. I have no idea what you mean about the erotica, though. The Reader is probably the last place I would look for erotica, unless someone picks up a copy and goes for the "cosmetic surgery" ads. LOL— May 12, 2013 8:52 a.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
Not the one I read. According to reader admin, they don't remove comments when someone gets booted, pistolpete's are still around for example, and generally don't when someone leaves, even if they have their registration info deleted, unless they are VERY insistent. Something to do with continuity in the flow of comments, which makes sense. She has deleted both the blog and the twitter account she used, so I would be curious to see the blog in which you say she got the boot by the reader. Do you have a link? But really, who cares. People stop posting on websites all the time and life goes on. Or perhaps if reader admin is watching, perhaps they can tell us what happened to mindy1114 and thestoryteller, since it wouldn't involve revealing any specific personal information.— May 11, 2013 12:35 p.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
Mindy wasn't "excommunicated". She left on her own. According to what I was told, she was incensed by the fact that admin would not move posts that she found critical of her and posters that she deemed to be posting in violation of TOS. Apparently, she sent am email demanding that all traces of her, both of her login identities, be scrubbed from the site, under threat of a lawsuit. According to the person who told me, this was posted on a blog she used to have under the alias KevynSexton, which is the name she writes her "erotica" under and which has since been deleted. I think she now also claims to be a psychic. She did briefly return to the Reader a few weeks later, but all traces of that registration has been scrubbed also. Surfpuppy619 continued to post for several weeks after Mindy initially left, but I doubt Burwell knows anymore about it than I do. He was a regular poster on several other sites I visit. It's actually been close to 3 months since he posted on the Reader site and I haven't come across any posts on the other sites either. He has said a lot of nasty things about other lawyers and some of the judges down there in SD. Maybe someone found out who he is and that caught up with him. Or maybe he just got tired and left. Who knows.— May 11, 2013 11:17 a.m.
CPUC approves fat rate hike for SDG&E
Finally you've come around, Don.!!! Seriously, though I can understand your hopefulness going back a couple of years when Brown appointed Florio, Ferron and Sandoval. However, over the last year or so, there has been ample opportunity for the new kids to stand up and show their stuff. And unfortunately, despite the fact that they are assessing PG& a rather large fine, more than 2 1/2 yrs after the explosion, the new kids have continued to disappoint, at least when it comes to the energy segment, by acting decidedly pro utility. And after a mere 4 months, the newest kid, Carla Peterman, apparently is jumping in line with the others. Kind of disappointing that an Oxford grad could seemingly be so easily "converted". But she has worked with Florio before, so maybe not so much. I'm just glad to see you finally agree that even with these "new" commissioners, it's apparently business as usual.— May 9, 2013 6:31 p.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
Don Bauder, I don't have a personal problem with your biases. As with any otherwriter/columnist, at times I can feel compelled to question or challenge that bias. And I'm quite certain you wouldn't have it any other way. As for showing your age, well the only thing I can say is it's something I used to say to my parents and grand parents and it is something that both both my wife and I hear from our daughter, aged 30 and 24, on an ever more frequent basis. Long before this story, I recall hearing that this word was considered offensive. I can tell you that when I asked I was told by a member of the Jewish faith that they feel the use pomgron, in such a context as your, is offensive. I was told that the origins of the word are Russian and was used to describe attacks against the Jews in tzarist Russia, which if I remember my history correctly, was around 300-400 or so yrs ago, and is now still though of as a violent attack, though now not just singularly against Jews. After your initial reply, and after I spoke with my friend to ensure that my recollection was correct, I did look up the word myself. After literally the first 10 entries I looked at, referred to these violent attacks specifically mentioning those against the Jews, I figured there was no need for any further discovery. Btw, if you were read my original comment again, you would find that I only said that I knew some people who would take offense to the word, not that I was offended. and really, though I guess it could be taken as such, it wasn't meant as a "critical". Really more just as an FYI. Like others, I may not always agree with your opinions, which I am sure is not what you expect anyway. And, as with other journalists I read, at times I feel compelled to refute or challenge your claims; or to attempt to at least. But unlike most others, on that rare occasion that I or anyone else for that matter, happens to successfully "challenge" you, It's not a big deal for you to acknowledge it, your "mea culpa maxima, as it were. It is has more frequently been my experience that not a lot of others in your profession do such a thing, at least not willingly. In fact, to me it seems a growing number of them take criticism poorly. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— May 9, 2013 1:10 p.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
I don't know so much about the pure American angle, now that most Levi's are made overseas, but they certainly are an iconic name. As for Qualcomm, don't forget their continuing efforts to import "talent" via the H-1b Visa Program. As I recall, in 2012, they filed something like 1500 requests on behalf of applicants and only something like a couple dozen were denied and over 90% of the positions were in SD.— May 9, 2013 12:25 p.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
Dubya, I generally comment here on the Reader site for a few reasons. Maybe to add a little humor to the discussion, occasionally in the form of sarcastic humor. Or either to add information to the discussion or to point out and/or correct inaccurate information, or to try and get additional information on a subject. Or sometimes to give my own personal viewpoint/opinion on the subject being discussed or a comment that has been made. Sometimes my viewpoint/opinion is critical of what has been written or I want a more specific, more detailed explanation than has been provided. For example, I know several people of Jewish faith who would find Don Bauder’s the use of the word pogrom offensive, in the context or manner in which it was used and said so. I also would like to know what Don Bauder’s own personal and individual beliefs are as to what types incentives SDG&E should be “forced” to offer, since he wrote that he would like the CPUC to force them to be offered. And so I asked, several times. We used to spend a fair amount of time in SD and would usually pick up a copy of the Reader. At one time we actually had a mail subscription. Now, I generally read the digital edition, noting that as of yet, this week’s edition has yet to be posted, and later go online to the stories/blogs to either ad my own thoughts or see what others have to say. I believe the very first comment I ever posted on the Reader site was on a Don Bauder story way back during the Petco construction debacle, probably late 2003 or early 2004. And while I regularly read the works of several others in the Reader, those of Don Bauder are the ones I most look forward to and therefore, most frequently comment on. How about you, Dubya? On whose writing do you think you most frequently comment? To your point, I did a little survey, strictly unscientific, on my own commenting. In the last 30 days, I have commented on 27 stories/blogs with 12 of those written by Don Bauder. I have posted 73 comments, with 27 of those being what I would label a direct reply or response to a Don Bauder comment. Of those 27 comments, 7 comments on 3 stories/blogs are critical of or questioning what Don Bauder wrote. Or as you so eloquently labeled it, taking umbrage. Like it, don’t like it, whatever ever blows your skirt up. Don Bauder is a big boy and most certainly has had far worse things written about him or said to him face to face and I think he probably couldn’t care less. I’ve made it no secret that in my opinion Don Bauder’s personal biases show through in his writing from time to time and sometimes his age also. And I don’t think he would deny it, either. BYW Dubya, let me ask you this. When was the last time you actually chose to use the word macho as an adjective in a conversation? I quite literally can’t remember the last time I used it or even heard it used in a conversation I was having.— May 9, 2013 10:40 a.m.
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
"Levi's are quintessentially macho, thus appealing to violence-hungry men" Seriously?? That has to be one of the absolute stupidest things I've ever read. First off, I know of no one who uses the word macho any longer. Second, this isn't the '50's; James Dean and Marlon Brando are gone and no one is wearing Levi's and tshirts with a pack Lucky Strikes rolled up in the sleeve. I've been wearing Levi's literally since I was big enough to fit into them and being "violence hungry" has nothing to do with choosing to wear Levi's. Next time you get to the big city, take a look around and see who;s wearing Levi;s. My guess is they aren't going to be " violence-hungry men".— May 9, 2013 2:15 a.m.