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Oceanside won’t go to pot
What a bunch of fools. The jails are filled with people who, for the most part, committed crimes while under the influence of alcohol, not pot. The prisons are filled with people who made terrible decisions and committed terrible crimes, most, under the influence of alcohol, not pot. People get in fist fights with cops; beat their wives; crash their cars; say and do all sorts of foolish and sometimes dangerous things-- almost always, under the influence of alcohol, not pot. And yet, take a stroll through Oceanside and check out the number of liquor stores and bars... And they feel compelled to stop the pot shops? You would think they are the ones who must be high.
— June 28, 2014 7:53 p.m.
Ragging
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They should ask DeNiro to be in it. I'm sure he'd do it. He does anything now.
— June 27, 2014 6:35 p.m.
Fishers vs. surfers at I.B. Pier
This is what I call the "lazy man's approach" to law enforcement. It's like the fishermen's rule: if you can't catch what you want, you catch what you can." The scofflaws here are not the fishermen, they are the surfers. They are the ones surfing into the "no surfing" zone, where the fishermen fish off the pier. But, law enforcement can't seem to catch the surfers when they do that so...they flip the rule (very conveniently) to ban the fishermen from fishing in that same zone, because after all, the fishermen are stationary for the most part, and much easier to catch. So, here we go making outlaws our of law abiding citizens and letting the scofflaws get away with what they do. Like I said, lazy law enforcement. Enjoy your donuts, Blue.
— June 18, 2014 12:20 p.m.
Ringleader of casino kiosk scam confesses
I think we just saw (read) the down side to being an independent sovereign nation-- your ATMS are not linked! I can't imagine how else this would have worked.
— June 10, 2014 8:42 p.m.
Rotten bacon
You must be crazy to put up with that bullshit. Don't you see it is only a matter of time before something really, really bad happens to you? You're living in a third-world economic war zone, my friend. It's a place where the cops ARE the criminals and if you think your former crack-smoking cop friends are going to help you when you get bit bad, you may very well find you are dangerously mistaken. I hope I am mistaken and you, like some lucky war zone reporter, may live to tell the tale. I say, consider the tale told and get out while you can. I was thinking of going back down there again but your story has be thinking maybe I better reconsider that plan. It's so sad. It used to be such a wonderful, fun place.
— June 8, 2014 11:22 a.m.
Border Patrol bombarded, hatches plan B
And so it goes...not the reoccupation by Mexico as the men in the barrio sing, but the occupation of North America by Latin America. Personally, I can't wait; in a few years I hope to be enjoying the pupusas and pasteles of El Salvador. Hopefully, no longer sweetened, as my friend Maurice once said, "by poverty." Texas overrun by children. What a riot.
— June 7, 2014 11:52 a.m.
Engage with Edgeland Futurism
You see? This is what I've been saying all along. The post-topian pre-pocalyptic edgtographic ethnofuturism of the surrealistic situational transgressionism that can be found south of the border is what allows students of the bi-geo/political trans-border experience to understand that it is only through fiction that the truth can be known. I also strongly suggest they bang three shots of tequila; have Paco shake their head vigorously from side to side, and pop a paper cup on top of their head before heading back out onto the street to ride the zonkey. That is, if they really want to grasp the essence of what it is to be a real San-Tiagan..
— June 6, 2014 7:19 p.m.
Auditorium report card: AMC Mission Valley #9
No law against dreaming, Brother. That's what cinema is anyway, isn't it? Celluloid dreams? (Yea, I know--digital dreams, now) It would be nice if AMC became more aware.
— June 4, 2014 1:42 a.m.
Auditorium report card: AMC Mission Valley #9
Ha! You must be dreaming, Scott. You actually think those dip-stick half-wits at AMC give a flying puck what the customers see on the screen? That's like going to McDonald's and telling them how you would like your hamburger cooked. Keep dreamin', Baby. Half the time, they don't even know if the film has actually started, or if the sound is even on. It's A-M-C, Scott -- "Always Messed-up Cinema." 18 or 20 possibilities. What a choice.
— June 2, 2014 7:45 p.m.
Politichix and radio dudes do Tahmooressi protest
This guy's story smelled fishy right from the git-go. I can't understand someone getting so confused -- especially if they have recently been to Mexico several times before -- they end up driving to the border crossing, even though there are numerous large signs saying you are ***coming to the border.***..and signs saying this is the ***last exit before you come to the border,*** and big, big signs saying ***guns are illegal in Mexico***, so this one is kind of hard to swallow. Plus, what was the deal with the ladder they also found in his car? So, he's coming to San Diego to get treatment for his PTSD (because there is no other VA hospitals between here and Florida) and he's armed to the teeth...and entering a country that has a border fence (two, I belive), and he has a ladder. Uhhh. I don't know -- like they say in Fargo: "seems kinda fishy."
— May 29, 2014 9:24 p.m.
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Oceanside won’t go to pot
What a bunch of fools. The jails are filled with people who, for the most part, committed crimes while under the influence of alcohol, not pot. The prisons are filled with people who made terrible decisions and committed terrible crimes, most, under the influence of alcohol, not pot. People get in fist fights with cops; beat their wives; crash their cars; say and do all sorts of foolish and sometimes dangerous things-- almost always, under the influence of alcohol, not pot. And yet, take a stroll through Oceanside and check out the number of liquor stores and bars... And they feel compelled to stop the pot shops? You would think they are the ones who must be high.— June 28, 2014 7:53 p.m.
Ragging Bull trailer
They should ask DeNiro to be in it. I'm sure he'd do it. He does anything now.— June 27, 2014 6:35 p.m.
Fishers vs. surfers at I.B. Pier
This is what I call the "lazy man's approach" to law enforcement. It's like the fishermen's rule: if you can't catch what you want, you catch what you can." The scofflaws here are not the fishermen, they are the surfers. They are the ones surfing into the "no surfing" zone, where the fishermen fish off the pier. But, law enforcement can't seem to catch the surfers when they do that so...they flip the rule (very conveniently) to ban the fishermen from fishing in that same zone, because after all, the fishermen are stationary for the most part, and much easier to catch. So, here we go making outlaws our of law abiding citizens and letting the scofflaws get away with what they do. Like I said, lazy law enforcement. Enjoy your donuts, Blue.— June 18, 2014 12:20 p.m.
Ringleader of casino kiosk scam confesses
I think we just saw (read) the down side to being an independent sovereign nation-- your ATMS are not linked! I can't imagine how else this would have worked.— June 10, 2014 8:42 p.m.
Rotten bacon
You must be crazy to put up with that bullshit. Don't you see it is only a matter of time before something really, really bad happens to you? You're living in a third-world economic war zone, my friend. It's a place where the cops ARE the criminals and if you think your former crack-smoking cop friends are going to help you when you get bit bad, you may very well find you are dangerously mistaken. I hope I am mistaken and you, like some lucky war zone reporter, may live to tell the tale. I say, consider the tale told and get out while you can. I was thinking of going back down there again but your story has be thinking maybe I better reconsider that plan. It's so sad. It used to be such a wonderful, fun place.— June 8, 2014 11:22 a.m.
Border Patrol bombarded, hatches plan B
And so it goes...not the reoccupation by Mexico as the men in the barrio sing, but the occupation of North America by Latin America. Personally, I can't wait; in a few years I hope to be enjoying the pupusas and pasteles of El Salvador. Hopefully, no longer sweetened, as my friend Maurice once said, "by poverty." Texas overrun by children. What a riot.— June 7, 2014 11:52 a.m.
Engage with Edgeland Futurism
You see? This is what I've been saying all along. The post-topian pre-pocalyptic edgtographic ethnofuturism of the surrealistic situational transgressionism that can be found south of the border is what allows students of the bi-geo/political trans-border experience to understand that it is only through fiction that the truth can be known. I also strongly suggest they bang three shots of tequila; have Paco shake their head vigorously from side to side, and pop a paper cup on top of their head before heading back out onto the street to ride the zonkey. That is, if they really want to grasp the essence of what it is to be a real San-Tiagan..— June 6, 2014 7:19 p.m.
Auditorium report card: AMC Mission Valley #9
No law against dreaming, Brother. That's what cinema is anyway, isn't it? Celluloid dreams? (Yea, I know--digital dreams, now) It would be nice if AMC became more aware.— June 4, 2014 1:42 a.m.
Auditorium report card: AMC Mission Valley #9
Ha! You must be dreaming, Scott. You actually think those dip-stick half-wits at AMC give a flying puck what the customers see on the screen? That's like going to McDonald's and telling them how you would like your hamburger cooked. Keep dreamin', Baby. Half the time, they don't even know if the film has actually started, or if the sound is even on. It's A-M-C, Scott -- "Always Messed-up Cinema." 18 or 20 possibilities. What a choice.— June 2, 2014 7:45 p.m.
Politichix and radio dudes do Tahmooressi protest
This guy's story smelled fishy right from the git-go. I can't understand someone getting so confused -- especially if they have recently been to Mexico several times before -- they end up driving to the border crossing, even though there are numerous large signs saying you are ***coming to the border.***..and signs saying this is the ***last exit before you come to the border,*** and big, big signs saying ***guns are illegal in Mexico***, so this one is kind of hard to swallow. Plus, what was the deal with the ladder they also found in his car? So, he's coming to San Diego to get treatment for his PTSD (because there is no other VA hospitals between here and Florida) and he's armed to the teeth...and entering a country that has a border fence (two, I belive), and he has a ladder. Uhhh. I don't know -- like they say in Fargo: "seems kinda fishy."— May 29, 2014 9:24 p.m.