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If Tam Hoang ever writes a book....
Carol you prove the need to resist drag queen story time. That you or anyone could think a child could be a drag queen is reason enough to keep drag queens away from promoting their industry to children.— October 9, 2019 12:08 p.m.
The case for civility
one of the best articles I've seen in the San Diego Reader. It's clearly an opinion piece, but don't see how the simple fact of it being in a normally news column makes it masquerading as news. From what I read it sounds like the author is actually saying civility is a means; a means to free and open exchange of ideas, reason, respect, and ultimately to truth. Civility is what allows the lowly to rise in society before getting squished by the powerful who want to keep them in their place. And yes, civility protects the powerful as well, especially from a mob that might be incited to lynch them because of something that is not true. My suspicion is some readers might have a reactionary response to the article and fail to see its merit, because it holds out Hillary Clinton as one example of incivility. And in this environment of incivility, political loyalties come before anything, no matter how truth or merited it might be. I have to admit, I didn't know what obsequious means until I looked it up.— November 14, 2018 4:02 p.m.
Dave Myers, rabble rouser
Is anyone fact checking Myers' statistics? San Diego county only 23 percent white? La Mesa has almost twice as many Democrats as Republicans but hasn't had Democratic control in over a century? Makes no sense.— October 16, 2018 11:22 p.m.
Bauder, Marks, Deegan rile readers
Equating Scott Marks to a Holocaust denier because he asserted the gravity of the Holocaust and defended its victims against people who trivialize what happened to them is idiotic and makes Monty Kroopkin more like a Holocaust denier. In other words Monty is someone who is out of touch with reality, like all the people who equate Trump to Hitler and have changed the definition of Nazi from genocidal authoritarian to person who exercises their freedom of speech to disagree with liberals. Scott Marks and the Reader should be commended for speaking some sense into a climate of sensational political rhetoric.— September 27, 2018 10:52 a.m.
San Diego’s poor pay 95% of family income for rent
Perhaps what was meant to say is people are paying 95%, not of their own income, but of some other statistical average income? But either way still doesn't make sense. Poor people would not be paying 95% of the average income on their own rent. They wouldn't even have 95% of the average income.— September 13, 2018 11:51 a.m.
San Diego’s poor pay 95% of family income for rent
agree it is not fathomable. How can someone use 5-10 percent of their income on utilities, insurance(s), food, supplies, clothing, transportation, communication, etc.. and the other 90-95 percent on rent, says they are wealthy and rent a mansion, or says most of those are things are being taken care of for them.— September 13, 2018 11:48 a.m.
San Diego’s poor pay 95% of family income for rent
incredible one person makes in a second what could change the course of another person's life.— September 13, 2018 11:44 a.m.
Teens to flip Jack in the Box burgers gone
It's good to point out that the labor shortage has more to do with skilled workers than unskilled. A good example of that is when Phil Blair says there are openings at General Atomics, etc.. Any random person trying to apply at General Atomics will not even have their application considered because they most likely will not have the training/experience required for any of their jobs, which all have specific requirements for education, skills and experience. Any random person applying to a fast food restaurant or retail store will have their application considered because the job probably doesn't require much skill and can be learned by just about anyone after hire. But that doesn't mean such people have a good chance of getting hired. Compare the chances of a fully qualified person applying to General Atomics getting hired vs. any random person applying to a random fast food restaurant or retail store. Which one has a better chance of getting hired from that one job application? It's not as easy to get unskilled work as people might think. I know people who have applied to dozens of retail and fast food jobs and never got so much as an email or phone call in response.— September 12, 2018 4:12 p.m.
D’Souza book fifth on New York Timesbest seller list
I would tend to agree more with that, watching the same talking head every night is different than watching a once every couple years documentary.— September 1, 2018 10:08 a.m.
D’Souza book fifth on New York Timesbest seller list
It does seem obvious these film makers would like to make as much money as possible from their work (who doesn't) but are you saying they don't actually believe in their own message? It seems to me both Michael Moore and Dinesh D'Souza sincerely believe in their cause and they message they propagate. It goes without saying they films from either one are biased and will leave out some information a more objective documentary filmmaker might include, but I find it worthwhile watching the films of both because I learn facts that I haven't seen anywhere else.— September 1, 2018 10:06 a.m.