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Army platoon interpreter in Afghanistan ends up in El Cajon
What a great story. What can I do to help?— December 16, 2016 12:04 p.m.
Imperial Beach right-wing backlashed
Thank you to Vince for a great article, and for including Ginger Jacobs'great quote about the alternate reality occupied by the racist/white supremacists. Here is actual reality: Barack Obama will be recognized as one of our greatest presidents because of who he is and what his administration has accomplished. As a person he has proven to be a classy, dignified highly intelligent person who is also a great family man. As president he inherited the worst mess of any modern president. Despite outright obstruction from congressional republicans, things are completely turned around and going in the right direction. We have low gas prices, record low mortgage interest rates, no inflation, a record high stock market, unemployment rates below 5%, record high number of Americans with health insurance, and on and on. Obama has been proven right and the obstructionists and their hater/white supremacist buddies proven completely wrong. Congratulations to Imperial Beach for standing up for our American ideals with the Welcoming City Proclamation.— September 14, 2016 6:29 a.m.
"[Breast] Size Matters" billboard down, controversy over
The young lady is right. The doctor and some of the commenters are completely wrong. She did not go looking to be offended. The doctor, in an effort to get publicity, put up an offensive message. It worked. The billboard was offensive and he is getting publicity. But we know that objectifying women is despicable conduct. His response that he was being funny is the same tired old discredited nonsense that jerks always use to try to justify bad acts. Good job, Anna. Sensible people are on your side.— August 14, 2016 7:47 a.m.
San Diego’s pension investments tied to luxury trips?
Did anyone go with Hamrick on these trips? What information was obtained on these trips that could not have been obtained by internet, phone, email, video conferencing, etc? Stinks to high heaven.— August 3, 2016 1:04 p.m.
First opah landing of the year
Going to be an interesting year on the water. I work downtown and frequently jog by the bay. Today I saw tuna crabs swimming between the boats tied up at the foot of Hawthorne Street, just south of the Coast Guard Station on Harbor Drive. Been jogging there for 19 years and have never seen that before.— June 7, 2016 1:38 p.m.
Sharks rampage in La Jolla
Fighting and trying to land a 100+ pound thresher from a kayak is macho foolishness. Worse is killing the thresher just because it happens to cross your path when it is a species that has been overfished. It is a jackass move. Here is a quote from the National Marine Fisheries website: Male bigeye thresher sharks reach sexual maturity at a variable length of 270 centimeters (approximately 9 feet)66 and at the approximate age of 9 years.67 Females mature at about 340 centimeters (approximately 11 feet)68 and at the approximate age of 13 years. The NMFS website also notes that threshers have a low fecundity rate. In April this year, the NOAA reported on a study done in response to a request from the common thresher and the bigeye thresher should be put on the endangered species list because of clearly documented overfishing in the past. The NOAA said that the threshers are currently at a low risk of extinction, although the data is not completely reliable. Ian killed a thresher that was not old enough or big enough to reproduce. Threshers have a history of being overfished and the NOAA has been requested to include them on the endangered species list. Ian killed this one just because he thought it would be fun to hook and fight a 100+ pound thresher from a kayak. That is a jackass thing to do.— May 20, 2016 7:26 a.m.
Sharks rampage in La Jolla
Ian Pike - you are a jackass. Threshers, like most large sharks, have a low fecundity rate which makes them vulnerable to overfishing. They are getting fished out. Threshers do not reach sexual maturity until sometime between age 7 and 13. You do not know whether this one reached sexual maturity and you killed it, so for sure it will not be making any more sharks. Jackass. There is no reason to kill one for fun, and no reason to kill one for sport now when they are in danger of getting wiped out.— May 18, 2016 1:53 p.m.
Dean Spanos's new hired hand
This is exactly what you predicted, Don. The Chargers mistakenly assumed that they would get to move to the Carson site. When it turned out that the Chargers would be second fiddle to the Rams (and a tenant or junior junior junior partner in the multi-billion dollar stadium the Rams are building) you said that the Chargers would come back to San Diego and massage the local politicians into giving up taxpayer money for a new stadium. And here we go.— February 9, 2016 12:52 p.m.
It's not over. Chargers given time to woo San Diego
What Spanos should do is accept being Kroenke's junior junior junior junior partner in LA, move there as quickly as possible and enjoy a $2 billion football palace along with whatever additional revenue the LA location provides. What Spanos will do is go back to Mayor Faulkner and Supervisor Roberts and pretend that he has more negotiating leverage (I'm really going to move this time unless you hurry and give me more money) in a ploy to get San Diego taxpayers to assume a larger of the costs of a new stadium here. And, unfortunately, San DIego taxpayers are going to have City and County employees wasting lots of time and money on the "civic emergency" of the Chargers possibly leaving. A great city does not require an NFL team. A great city is one that is clean and safe, with good roads, good parks, good schools, good water delivery and sewage systems, etc. That, of course, is where the focus should be. It will be disgusting when the Mayor capitulates and spends our money on a new stadium where it will cost $1,000+ for two people to attend a game.— January 13, 2016 6:39 a.m.
"Military age men" at San Diego's southern border
This President has been a complete disaster for the Republicans, and great for the rest of America. The Republicans have been wrong about EVERYTHING. Idiots who waste everyone's time and money and who think that millions of Americans getting healthcare is the greatest crime ever committed. Obama is a foreigner - WRONG. Obama is a Muslim - WRONG. Obama is incompetent - WRONG. Obama is a tyrant - WRONG. I am surprised you dimwits have not rushed up to Oregon to play fort with your brother white supremacists/armed trespasser/tax cheats. fear fear fear fear guns guns fear fear fear fear guns guns fear fear fear fear fear fear— January 7, 2016 12:27 p.m.