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Piecing together a definitive version of this film has been a rather elusive quest over the decades. It's an exceptionally well-told tale, completely unique. The rather glib micro-review irritated me. This film is worth seeing.
— October 29, 2013 4:18 p.m.

Empire Ranch

These stories blow my mind. I cannot imagine these places.
— August 22, 2013 11:30 a.m.

Chalking the plank: Judge won't allow bank protester to claim first amendment rights

Hmm... vandalism? Like that butt-ugly polychromatic statue they erected near the waterfront? Theft? The Murph retrofitting and ticket guarantee? If the crime is large enough, there is no prosecution. "WE ONLY CRUSH LITTLE PEOPLE" So mind your place, citizen. And leave that dangerous, felonious chalk at home! MOST OF ALL, never criticize our "Too Big To Fail" banks. Because their executives will pull the strings on a judge and you'll be in court where the judge will cavalierly declare the First Amendment somehow vacated for the day. VERY CONVENIENT. I actually called the UT today and asked why I could find zero trace of this story. They called me back and told me they were working on it. It's a national story but I guess they're just a little behind the times.
— June 26, 2013 4:36 p.m.

Chalking the plank: Judge won't allow bank protester to claim first amendment rights

This is absurd. VOTE TO ACQUIT if you're on the jury -- you have ZERO obligation to listen to so much as a single word of the judge's orders. VOTE OUR CONSCIENCE. Ignore the First Amendment? Yeah. That'll stand up to an appeal. THIS IS FASCISM AT WORK, CRUSHING SOME CITIZEN BY ILLEGALLY IGNORING THE ULTIMATE LAW OF THE LAND. Can we show up at the closest BoA branch to the courtroom armed with chalk? How many will the SDPD arrest? This story is really pissing me off.
— June 26, 2013 8 a.m.

He chalks the line: City Attorney prosecutes man for writing anti-bank slogans in water soluble chalk

This is completely insane. IF YOU ARE CALLED FOR JURY DUTY ON THIS CASE please visit FIJA.org -- the Fully Informed Jury Association. The strength of the US Jury system is that your duty is not to parrot the judge's orders and mete out punishment to your fellow citizen, but rather that you are empowered and expected to intercept and refuse tyrannical abuses -- AND THIS IS CERTAINLY IN THAT CATEGORY. Vote to acquit! And tell The Toupee and the judge to pound sand up their asses!
— June 26, 2013 7:50 a.m.

Homeland Security grant to send nearly $17 million for weapons, surveillance to San Diego region

So, further funding for the burgeoning police state. Tell me, citizen, did all that Homeland Goon Squad intel do a bit of good at the Boston Marathon bombing? No, because it was a false flag attack. Similarly, during the months before 9/11/01, just about every world government with a decent intel program warned the US about highjacked aircraft being used as weapons. Did we listen? No, we did not. Can you surmise why that might have been? "Homeland Security" (including the folks at TSA who squeeze your 75-year old mother's boobs to protect our freedom) NEED TO GO. And it would be great to see that happen before the US descends into a full-on open-air prison.
— May 23, 2013 1:51 p.m.

Unforgettable: Floating Target, part 1

I love a good sea story and this series has been fantastic!
— May 22, 2013 7:07 a.m.

Roman Abramovich yacht on San Diego’s Embarcadero

I don't comprehend why anyone would want a huge yacht like that.
— May 7, 2013 9:48 a.m.

Doug Manchester’s Grand Del Mar resort scoffs at permits

You know, if he plunked down 35 MILLION then I don't find it any of the City's business, really, if he wants to install "tee boxes" (wth?) or grade part of the property for a horse area. Does the City have some Department of Useless Minutiae with commensurate forms (in triplicate) which must be stamped with the Official Stamp and, of course, a FEE must be paid. All administered by a small but dedicated cadre of pompous bureaucrats. Probably an annual inspection and a renewal form to fill out, too. >does not have a State-permitted heliport and does not appear to meet any of heliport permit exemption criteria And as far as a helipad? Seems pretty cool to me. Is there a problem? Is there another form in the Department of Useless Minutiae if one wants to add a helipad to one's $35 million property? ("heliport permit exemption criteria" reeks of some small minded bureaucrat with a handful of forms he intends to force you to fill out, just because he can) >put in three parking lots, a total of 2.66 acres, again without any permits. Not as cool as the helipad, but, again, this is any of the City's business? Does the Department of Useless Minutiae have a finger in this pie, too? $0.05 per parking space? And we have to have INSPECTORS to measure the width of the painted lines dividing up the parking spaces, I'm sure. I'm no millionaire, but the "violations" detailed bring to mind a slang term for insect excrement. The City comes off as a bunch of wormy little grey bureaucrats, running after every little violation, bleating in their ineffectual nasal voices, measuring how tall the grass is and vigilantly enforcing City Lawn Height regulations. If somebody buys a $35 million property, I'd say let them do as they please with it. I don't see any harm whatsoever. It seems like a petty vendetta.
— May 7, 2013 9:37 a.m.

Beauty goin' down

Terrific article, the happy ending makes it all the better, but I'll bet you ten dollars that boat never had its name lettered in Comic Sans, which entered the world on a dark day in 1994, which, by my calendar, was some time after 1947. Tsk. Type joke: Why can't typographers enjoy movies? The typefaces are not historically accurate!!
— February 25, 2013 12:03 p.m.