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Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
Egad--from the armpit to the bunghole's five-star eatery? Consumption? But, you survived!— July 20, 2013 7:17 p.m.
Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
Bagehout said "To illustrate a point, you must exaggerate much, and you must omit much."— July 20, 2013 6:35 p.m.
County unemployment rate rises to 7.3% in June
I wonder how good the statistics are. (Lies, damn lies, and statistics?) What's the confidence interval, and what confidence can be placed in it? The implication of the number to the right of the decimal point implies plus or minus .1 percent? Is the Devil in the details or "God?"— July 20, 2013 6:26 p.m.
Rural/Metro ambulance service has deep financial problems
Detroit-Upon-Pacific.— July 20, 2013 6:14 p.m.
Port, Sunroad sued over planned waterfront restaurant
The End is Near. (fizzle) It appears that even the Reader is being hollowed out, albeit slowly. Non-staff blogs are closeted. Staff blogs no longer have short quotes from comments on the home page, and have been slowly muscled aside by commerce, once-effective email notifications of article/blog activity, have fizzled. 'Twill be interesting to see how the fifth-columnists (oh, I might as well get credit for the pun) invade and destroy every entity that appears to be effective from within . . .— July 20, 2013 6:05 p.m.
If you want streets repaired, it looks like you can forget it
Cities by the score in default, sucked dry by "deals," and nobody of any consequence going to jail . . . the steady implosion of the USA.— July 20, 2013 6:02 p.m.
Federal government to audit CPUC over San Bruno handling
ALL "public" fiefdoms which answer to no one, not even the legislature (e.g. CPUC and port districts) should be dissolved and replaced by entities which answer to We, The People. And "we" should have our own extra-governmental "watchdogs" to keep them at heel (am I inverting metaphors here?). Of course, "we" will then have to have watchdogs to watch the watchdogs, ad infinitum. Citizenship. An informed electorate. Uh, oh--somebody's gonna cite UCAN . . .— July 20, 2013 5:51 p.m.
Saldana says Filner's actions not illegal
". . . why would Marco Gonzalez, who does not have experience in dealing with sexual harassment cases, offer his services to women in such cases?" It couldn't be TV publicity, could it?— July 17, 2013 10:32 p.m.
Saldana says Filner's actions not illegal
May I suggest that the "Filnergate" discussion be taken up here and the previous one abandoned? All of that hand-wringing (over 80 comments--which is GREAT!) caused my computer to "time out." I got on by a trick, but others may just give up. Now, back to trial-by-media. I admit that I first thought it was a good idea--and maybe it is, to *televise* trials. But *trying* cases in the media is something else. The disgraceful conduct of TV lawyers and judges in some past trials of goading "the public" into hanging the accused to sell soap and line their pockets is reflective of a truly degenerative state into which we have sunk (to paraphrase W.C.). The lawyer-robbers and their keepers have such supreme arrogance that they won't be stopped by mere words--they will have to be caught in some "lewd" act in some sleazy motel or some canyon in Balboa Park to be divested of their penchant for self-righteousness and hypocrasy to reform them. Uh, oh. I'm wrong again! The People of Privilege cannot be changed. Most of the one's I know--very good people, mind you--have known nothing but privilege and consider anyone who lacks this "quality" to be clearly inferior to them. Patronize the inferior--let them eat cake, but don't really listen to them. We have become an opinionation, ruled, even (especially!) in the courts by "expert" opinion. What chance do we have in the streets. Fire hoses and gas and tanks and Big Brother spying and snitching await anyone who dares to oppose them. Lesson: Oppose them. We have no choice but to stand our ground.— July 17, 2013 10:27 p.m.
Ignoring friends' advice got Filner into trouble
Ah, HA! FINALLY!!!— July 17, 2013 9:54 p.m.