It’s over, Johnny. Rambo: Last Blood was the final nail in the Rambo coffin. This week, we look back on the first and fourth installments of Sylvester Stallone’s fivefold franchise. First Blood (1982) Abandoned, betrayed, …
September 18, 2020
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Unexpendable Rambo
Playboy.com rates SDSU worst party school in the nation after it narcs on Sturgis
Playboy magazine may be history, but its website is still active, and last week, the brand used its longstanding reputation as the nation’s official arbiter of party hardiness to issue a simply epic beatdown on …
September 18, 2020
Protestors accuse Trump Boat Parade of trading in racist stereotypes
“Nearly 70% of Black children cannot swim,” says Sharon Bleat, head of San Diego’s Grievance Brigade. “And they drown at a rate three times higher than that of white children. So when a bunch of …
September 18, 2020
Kukai: founder of the “mantra” school of Buddhism
Kukai From the deep, dim, most distant past, A thousand thousand tomes we hold Of sacred texts and learned lore Profound, abstruse, obscure and dark, Teachings diverse and manifold — Who can encompass such a …
September 18, 2020
SinShip Spirits is putting tiki cocktails in a can
Back in the days of Prohibition, party boats would sit off the coast of San Diego and other California cities, just outside U.S. jurisdiction, where revelers could booze, gamble, and otherwise indulge. “They had free …
September 17, 2020
Margaret Fuller: wrote first major work of feminism in the US
Flaxman We deemed the secret lost, the spirit gone, Which spake in Greek simplicty of thought, And in the forms of gods and heroes wrought Eternal beauty from the sculptured stone,— A higher charm than …
September 17, 2020
Rapper Chris “KILLcRey” Reyes transitions to Twitch for performance streaming
Twitch is an internet streaming platform known for its live video game streams. Its name is based on gamers’ vernacular for the act of twitch video gaming, in which the player abruptly moves, or twitches, …
September 17, 2020
Ma’s House Chinese Halal: genuine Uyghur food
“OK. What else?” “OK. What else?” “OK. What else?” The gal’s taking a food order at max speed over the phone. She reads all the items back. “OK. Xié xié (thank you)!” She clacks her …
September 17, 2020
Tropical terrycloth
Released just over a decade ago, the debut full-length from Americana fiddle rockers Lexington Field featured their take on classic traditional Irish tunes like “The Wild Rover” and “Molly Malone,” as well as original songs. …
September 17, 2020
The controversy behind Maïmouna Doucouré’s Cuties
Remember when Cuties were orange and tasty and sold by the box? They still are, just don’t expect any promotional tie-ins with Maïmouna Doucouré’s controversial debut feature, the straight-arrow coming-of-age dramedy Cuties. Why the recently …
September 17, 2020
The evolution of Belle and the Dragon’s “Trees” video
Belle and the Dragon’s new video “Trees,” shot in Barrio Logan, evolved from the confluence of two situations: An inability to emulate John Travolta’s swagger; and a lust for the perfect vegan taco. “Originally I …
September 17, 2020
Mainly Mozart does drive-up at Del Mar Fairgrounds
There is some live music in San Diego these days. On Friday, September 11, I and my kids were able to attend Mainly Mozart’s drive-up Resilience concert at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. According to Mainly …
September 16, 2020
Chalk talk for Chief David Nisleit
On August 27, San Diego’s chapter of Black Lives Matter held a protest in the Poway cul de sac that is home to San Diego Chief of Police David Nisleit. The “black women and femmes” …
September 16, 2020
Todd Gloria gets cash from Juan Vargas cronies
The Inzunza principle The San Diego mayoral campaign of Assembly Democrat Todd Gloria has picked up cash from a close associate of two former aides to Democratic South Bay congressman Juan Vargas. Casey Haeling, a …
September 16, 2020
Local teacher defends his profession
The past six months have been a bewildering time for education. Many teachers I know have been filled with anxiety about how best to instruct our students and how to support them emotionally online, all …
September 16, 2020