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Lepine Drops Harassment Suit, Receives No Payment. Will Campaign Now Focus on Goldsmith's Domestic Uproars?
Don, I'm not sure this issue is germane to the election. 1986 is over twenty years ago. Aren't they still married today, apparently having sorted out their issues, and stronger for it? Isn't Mike divorced? Doesn't he now have a girlfriend? All of us have a romantic past which, if presented from a slanted angle, can be made to look awful. We know it's one of the reasons many well-qualified people don't run for public office. Rather, Don, turn your attention to what happened as part of the reconciliation process. His estranged wife was made a judge. Just like one of his republican primary challengers was made a judge. How many other political appointments came about as a result of Goldsmith gifting his lucky prospective opponents out of the way? Twice may be a coincidence. Is there a third? I'd really like to know that about this candidate for City Attorney. But details of a marital spat in 1986? They've clearly been resolved. Even the "lurid" description of the assualt isn't much. Not to downplay domestic violence, but this doesn't strike me as anywhere close to the most horrible thing that has happened between spouses. I admit that Goldsmith, of all the alternatives to Mike, is the least objectionable. I'm glad that he rather than Scott "Million Gallon Man" Peters made it through the primary. Goldsmith is no Gwinn. Reporting on the domestic violence front can only help Goldsmith as the shallowness of the story is revealed. Don't think he doesn't already have a well-crafted and timed explanation prepared so he can turn it to his advantage with the help of a sympathetic UT. Instead, please look into those appointments. That might have a lot more depth to it. Certainly it's far more germane to how he would handle the office of City Attorney. With respect, Fred— July 12, 2008 7:19 a.m.
Brace Yourself for Another Bailout: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Near the Brink
China's financing a lot by buying our T-Bills, and not just the war. It's quite scary. Mr. Bubble, and his bubbleheaded followers, bubbled-up in the late-nineties, and have been bubbling over with bubblishous pop talk for too long. We're in serious economic trouble,and it's just started. If China chooses, it can make it worse still. Congratulations to all our dear leaders. Good job, you pantywastes! Fred— July 11, 2008 11:46 a.m.
Lost in the Cracks
This November you can choose the next council member for District 3. Stephen Whitburn is an independent voice for the neighborhoods who is endorsed by Donna Frye. Todd Gloria is a well-connected insider who takes developer money and makes little secret of his ambition to run for mayor. Either one of them would be better than lackluster Toni Atkins. Stephen Whitburn is more likely to listen to Wayne Murphy than well-connected insiders.— July 11, 2008 11:40 a.m.
Brace Yourself for Another Bailout: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Near the Brink
Burwell, I agree with you that inflating the currency is the most likely response of our government to the economic problems we face. Indeed, our dollar's loss against other currencies over the last few years shows we've already been doing that. But please don't invoke the suspension of the Constitution and martial-law just yet. I haven't had my lunch. Bush has already been ignoring the Constitution. Isn't that enough? And since we've already allowed too many of our police to become steroid-popping storm troopers in service of the so-called "War on Drugs", we're sometimes not very far away from martial law either. http://www.theagitator.com/category/paramilitary-… Best, Fred— July 11, 2008 11:31 a.m.
San Diego's GOP central committee in turmoil
I've heard rumors of a campaign disclosure document that shows, right next to each other: 1. payment to April Boling the treasurer of the campaign account 2. payment to April Boling the candidate for City Council. Would the checks would have her signature on both front and back? It would make a nice visual. Dorian, do you know anything about this? Also, Dorian, could you maybe provide us a list of all the campaigns where Boling is currently serving as treasurer? As to Krvaric, I saw him huddling and noodling with McSweeney election night. They make a cute couple. Tony is a Croat/Swede/Right-Wing-True-Christian-American(TM). He's not the first hyphenated Republican in California, is he? What about that other guy who was an illegal immigrant? Is it true that Ahrnold refuses to have anything to do with the neanderthals running the Republican party into the ground in this state? Serves 'em right. Thank you for writing this great article. I bet there's plenty more to come. Best, Fred— July 11, 2008 9:02 a.m.
Brace Yourself for Another Bailout: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Near the Brink
The basic economic problem of our age is a dangerous meme that has permiated our society, repeated every day by the media, so that it has become an unquestioned assumption. Price Rise = Good Price Drop = Bad The only way to get some rationality is to stop treating markets like horse races, and focus on their role in finding prices that reflect their value. I'm not holding my breath. As long as the media and corporate swindlers convince investors and the general public that they should ignore underlying truth and be overjoyed to turn a quick buck we'll continue this mistake. That Freddie (no relation) and Fannie are failing is no surprise really. What else could happen with so much bull***t in our financial dealings. It's actually good that the house prices are falling, and I suspect they've got a long way to go yet. This means that todays renters will have an opportunity in the future to buy a house. Same with stocks or any other item that can be bought and sold. Up or down is irrelevant. That's just price correction based on better information. What matters is the quality of information we have to make our value decisions and set prices. When we're fed a bunch of happy hoo-hah as prices are going up, we're just setting ourselves up for these kind of falls. If so-called financial journalists and talking-heads would stop cheerleading irrational exuberance of all kinds, maybe we can avoid ugly corrections. For now, we have to figure out how to deal with the hangover from our stupid binges of enthusiasm. This correction is going to be wide and deep.— July 11, 2008 8:36 a.m.
It's Official, If a Bit Silly: We Have a Bear Market. More Disturbing: General Motors Could Go Bankrupt, Says Analyst
fumber (Don is correct, it oughtn't be capitalized) graces us with his words of wisdom, and as always we are enlightened. Here I've been a fool using those scented green pine tree danglies to hide the stench of my liberalism. I should have been downing handfuls of salt and peper instead. My mistake...— July 7, 2008 8:51 p.m.
It's Official, If a Bit Silly: We Have a Bear Market. More Disturbing: General Motors Could Go Bankrupt, Says Analyst
Johnny, I do my best to be of service to the Reader commentariat by providing vital knowledge for the whole community. At least now you know what Fumber means when he calls you "panty waste". As the wise and venerable Bauder says: "Words do funny things. There is pantywaist and also panty waste, in honor of Fumber." Indeed, Fumber is so physically attractive and overwhelmingly masculine (not "pantywaist" at all) that he causes this condition spontaneously on sight. Many are the females afflicted by his mysterious power. Do they consider it an "honor"? Don, writing from his secret mountain headquarters buried deep under a volcanic mountainside in the Rockies clearly, unambiguously, and forthrightly says yes. (Re-read the above quote to remove any doubt as to the absolute veracity of any and all of my past and future claims. Now never again dare question again if I make stuff up. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, I never ever in a million years would exagerate.) So when our august friend Fumber deigns to honor us with his labels of wisdom, he knows whereof he speaks. After all, am I not corpulent? This is why Fumber cannot be confused with Bobbie "Skittles" Kittle, who knows not whereof he speaks. Rather, our good buddy Skittles knows who for he speaks...the pantywastes described in my Random* Dictionary. Best, Linguistic phrenologist to the stars, Fred (I cannot call it Fred's Random House Dictionary because naturally I'm homeless and unemployed in addition to being obese and smelling strongly of hemp and vodka. Therefore, I just walked away from the House (underwater on the mortgage anyway) and kept only the Random. I hope this clears up any misconceptions that may have occured and deeply regret any misunderstandings caused by this inadvertent elipsis...)— July 7, 2008 12:30 p.m.
San Diego 13th Largest Tech Employer; Tech Jobs Pay More Than Double Average Private Sector Wage
105% of the average wage is great for us fortunate tech workers, but it's one of the few (and dwindling) opportunities to make enough money to live in the San Diego region. I don't know how it is for biotech, but in IT most of us who start out here and are ambitious eventually find ourselves leaving San Diego for more interesting work. San Diego is certainly not Silicon Valley in its opportunities, but costs nearly as much. Still, it is interesting to see that almost 10% of the local private workforce is in high tech firms.— July 7, 2008 11:40 a.m.
It's Official, If a Bit Silly: We Have a Bear Market. More Disturbing: General Motors Could Go Bankrupt, Says Analyst
I suspect that the (overwhelmingly) men who devise the swindles corrupting our country wore pantywaists while young, traumatizing them for life, and developing in them the urge to domination and control at the expense of all else, including our long-term interests. In person, I'm sure they are pantywaists as well, with mincing manners and high flown rhetoric dribbled atop their pretensions to culture and refinement. In secret, however, I suspect they buy used female undergarments online, then retreat to their vast estates, protected by private security guards and lush landscaping, to lock the doors, pull the blinds, and wallow in their guilty pleasures. These corporate titans, you see, are mere mortals, flawed like us all. But no matter how you spell it, these pantywastes are destroying our patrimony. (Anyone appreciate my valiant attempt to bridge the parallel threads here?) So down with the "Pantywastes" (my new hybrid spelling proposal). Fred's New Random Dictionary Pantywaste: Noun 1. Business person who knowingly destroys longterm economic and social value. Note: This is in contrast to "panty waste" as describe elsewhere in this blog. Please use accordingly. Best, Dr. Fred Williams PhD. Linguistic Phrenology— July 7, 2008 7:41 a.m.