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U-T must pay former carriers $3.18 million, will appeal
OK Don, now I understand, nothing has really changes since 5th Century BC Athens when it was Oligarchs oppressing lower class slaves.— June 22, 2013 3:15 a.m.
U-T must pay former carriers $3.18 million, will appeal
Thanks for the definition Don, let's see if I got this right: "Independent Contractor" = Slave v.21C Is that also what they call Asians who work for American industry for about $1 per hour so they don't have to hire pesky Americans who demand more than $1 per hour from oligarchs like Wal-Mart Billionaires?— June 21, 2013 12:34 p.m.
Is "Enron by the Sea" tag apt again?
San Diego shall continue to be known as "Enron by the Sea" as long as we continue to allow corrupt judges, including one who is now the City Attorney, who are subservient to GOP oligarchs.— June 20, 2013 1:01 p.m.
U-T must pay former carriers $3.18 million, will appeal
This is one more application of the Republican Doctrine to turn American labor into slave labor, along with the slave labor they use by exporting American jobs to other countries to do for less than a dollar per hour. Wal-Mart is the most infamous example that enriches each Billionaire Walton family member using the old Southern model of plantation slavery, this time in Wal-Mart stores throughout the entire United States. This post documents another example that republican papers like the U-T and Register support the return of slavery in the United States, while they also editorialize support for the GOP Commandment to destroy all American labor unions and the American middle class. It's time for a Declaration of Independence against the GOP because their 2012 presidential primary debates, Romney's rhetoric, the "HATE OBAMA" U-T ad for "2016" and the GOP controlled House prove beyond all doubt that they are dedicated to ending American Democracy.— June 20, 2013 12:49 p.m.
Members of sports gambling ring indicted
This is one more application of the Republican Doctrine to turn American labor into slave labor. Wal-Mart is the most infamous example that enriches each Billionaire Walton family member using the old Southern model of plantation slavery, this time throughout the entire United States. Republican papers like the U-T and Register are just more examples that slavery is making a comeback, and one of their commandments is to destroy all American labor unions and the American middle class. It's time for a Declaration of Independence against the GOP because their 2012 presidential primaries proved beyond all doubt that they are dedicated to ending American Democracy.— June 19, 2013 2:57 p.m.
CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
Seems like everything associated with the utility industry has become corrupt beyond belief, especially including CPUC and UCAN who were supposed to protect us, the worst treason of all. Hopefully, you and the READER can save the people from skyrocketing rates that the San Onofre disaster created.— June 13, 2013 11:50 a.m.
CPUC commissioner proposes use of storage systems
"For just once, can't our civilization triumph over greed?" THAT IS INDEED A MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU ASK DON. One most important reality check answer was written by John Maddox, late editor of "Nature" who wrote a most important book before he passed on, "What Remains to be Discovered" where he discussed in his chapter "Avoidance of Calamity": "Unconventional sources of energy, although free from CO2 emission, are physically incapable in the next century of substituting for any but a small part of present energy consumption. ---- Is the planet (in the anthropomorphic sense), and are national governments in particular prepared to accept the implications the small armies of scientists will be required to remove persisting uncertainties and to devise effective strategies for the avoidance of calamity? The experience of recent years in rich countries is not encouraging. Research communities are everywhere under pressure to be more ‘relevant,’ usually understood to mean that they should assist with national competitiveness in the production and sale of tangible traded goods. ---- Yet preparedness requires that these activities should be supported on a scale, and with a vigor, that is likely to meet the unknown needs. That is on sign that the rhetoric of survival is not matched by resolution. ---- Worse, the strategies eventually adopted internationally are usually burdened by the compromises required to override the vested interests of many of the participants. ---- In reality, there is no reason why any of the potential calamities now foreseen, even the most scary among them, cannot be avoided. But avoidance requires vigilance and courage. Will we have enough?” THAT IS THE #1 QUESTION— June 11, 2013 2:10 p.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Don, what you are saying is there is no champion for ratepayers in San Diego, and California, who can protect us from criminal acts by SCE (San Onofre), SDG&E (firestorms), PG&E (gas pipeline deaths) and CPUC/Peevey (all of the above) that have already caused public safety disasters.— June 10, 2013 1:44 p.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
“Who should pay for San Onofre fiasco? The answer is obvious” By Michael Hiltzik LATIMES June 7, 2013 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-201…— June 8, 2013 3:10 a.m.
Edison shutting down San Onofre permanently
Don, as you must know, "pressure on Peevey from Brown's office" is a farce, and a cover-up for Brown if that outrageous statement is true. The fact is that Peevey should have acted long before now when the steam generator tubes carrying radioactive water were suspected of being an unsafe design and construction by some of the engineers. The fact that is now known without a doubt is that SONGS was an unacceptable threat to public safety due to SCE corruption, negligence and incompetence during design, manufacture, construction and operation, threats that the CPUC/Peevey participated in creating. It must not be overlooked that another long-term tragedy is that we needed nuclear power to have any chance at all in eliminating CO2 producing power plants that are unacceptably accelerating climate changes already. But Fukushima already hammered many nails into the coffin of nuclear power, and then SCE/CPUC proved they were just as corrupt and criminally negligent about public safety as their Japanese counterparts. Greed wins again, and the long-term future of humanity is increasingly, unacceptably threatened. Current adult generations have failed again to protect the future for our grandchildren and future generations.— June 7, 2013 1:54 p.m.