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Carlsbad Man Admits Killing Parents with Machete
Did anyone bother to find out why he felt he had to kill them. Maybe they did something to really annoy him == If only murder were legal to commit against those who annoy me............REALLY annoy me.— October 8, 2011 7:05 a.m.
Who caused San Diego's massive power failure September 8?
Furthermore, we didn't have to bail out the firms...it's just that they are politically connected and got the government to bail them out. == Of course. Goldman Sachs would have been BK without the AIG bailout-and AIG was bailed out because GS owns half the top executive positions, in nearly every department, in government. GS should have been FOTCED to go BK. That si what BK courts are for. That is how a free market is SUPPOSED to work. As it is the bailouts/QE I/II/III harmed the poor and middle class, destroyed it, whiel the idiots that wrecked havoc on America, and the world, by gaming the market with toxix, bogus mortgaged backed securities kept their millions, and even billions. This is why we see the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. Average people are getting screwed royally. i caught this video a few days ago, and while I do nto agree with everything the guy said I do agree with much of it-and no one accuses me of a liberal bias; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yrT-0Xbrn4&featur…— October 8, 2011 7:03 a.m.
Kessler Case May Be Headed for Settlement
OK, here is hwo iut could go- There was a lawsuit against the Orange County Dept of Social Services over two employees improperly taking two children from her mother. The lawyer was a guy out of San Diego, and the only reason I remember him is because he graduated from that unaccreditied La Mesa law school-Sierra LS. Anyway, they offered the County $500K to settle, County refused. Trial. $4 million judgment. County appeals to CA district court fo appeal-loses. County appeals to CA Supreme Court-loses. County appeals to US Supreme Court-who refuses to take the case-loses. $4 million turns into $10 million from accruing interest. Add in a few more milion for lawyer fees for the appeals process and it was $12 million. So the costs on a trial can vary widely and the sjky is the limit, that is why most companies never go to trial, they will be BK if they go to trial and get hit with a whopper liability judgment. The opposite is true of gov and thei agencies/employees, they use OPM, and are not worried abotu goinng out of business. BTW-the two OC social workers who cost taxpayers $12 million, one retired the other was promoted. Only in government.— October 8, 2011 2:47 a.m.
Steve Jobs Died
i know. btw-i am gettibg automatic notifications for the first time to my m comments anyone know how to turn it off— October 7, 2011 10:06 p.m.
Kessler Case May Be Headed for Settlement
They have to settle now that the judge will not grant a summary judgment in favor of the city. If SD goes to trial the odds are it would be a multimillion dolalr judgment, and ff SD appealed and lost that could double. Add in lawyer fees and SD could be looking at a $10 million plus global judgement.— October 7, 2011 5:02 p.m.
Steve Jobs Died
I can only go but what I have read from various (mainly newspaper) sources. One of which was that Jobs falsley claimed in swron court documents that he was sterile and incapble of having children. This claim was made under oath, subject to a perjury charge. That turned out to be false. A blood test in the 1970's would have ruled within a 1% margin of error on paternity, it would have been very easy and simple to make the call on whether he was the biological father. As I said, he squared it away in the end with his daughter, but not his biological father. My only criticism was that he walked out on his kid, when he had resources greater than 99% of America.— October 7, 2011 3:10 p.m.
Steve Jobs Died
Steve Jobs was not perfect. Who is? = I agree, no one is perfect. Jobs did change the world. The bad news was he did abandon his daughter-the good news is he came around and fixed his mistake.— October 7, 2011 8:44 a.m.
Steve Jobs Died
Jobs certainly had character flaws, the most glaring was his refusal to admit paternity fo this dsasughter- and denied her emotional and financial support for a very long period. There are reports hius daughter Lisa-from Jobs HS girlfirend, were on welfare while he was a mutli millionaire-that kind of conduct is as bad as it comes.— October 6, 2011 11:50 p.m.
Steve Jobs Died
Chinese ownership when the stock price collapses and its products will designed by Chinese engineers and made in Chinese factories == Sorry B-Chinese engineers do not have the brainpower or mindset that America has.— October 6, 2011 2:51 p.m.
Controversy at USD: AFFIRM or DENY?
In his September 20, 2011 "Almost Factual News" blog, Walter Mencken, misleads readers to believe he spoke with both University of San Diego president Mary E. Lyons, PhD, and USD professor of chemistry Debbie Tahmassebi, PhD, about a recent $600,000 National Science Foundation grant, but he did not. The information attributed to Drs. Lyons and Tahmassebi is completely fabricated and untrue. We understand the nature of this satirical column. Sincerely, Pamela Gray Payton Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs University of San Diego == No, you do not understand the column or the nature of it. It is hard to believe a person who holds the title of Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs University of San Diego does not have an once of social intelligence. Are you really this dumb Pamela?? Or are you too playing a satire card?— October 6, 2011 2:13 p.m.