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Junior G-Persons
Whoa, first it was Junior Lifeguards, now it's Junior FBI. Who will get in next on the frequently lucrative summer camp boom -- Probation? The Border Patrol? (I'm trying to think of all the para-military groups that march in, well, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade.) And does the FBI charge for this day of fun-under-interrogation-room lights?— July 22, 2015 10:38 p.m.
After 130 years, Daily Transcript going dark
If memory serves, some present-day San Diego scribes used to work at the Transcript: Scott Lewis from Voice of San Diego and maybe Ron Donoho of CityBeat. Donoho may have worked for some other downtown business paper and I have conflated the two.— July 22, 2015 4:25 p.m.
Disappointed with the Reader as a whole
Not exactly contrite, Mr. Snippy, but you are observant. Good you ran these ads to prove your point.— July 22, 2015 4:19 p.m.
Is SDSU chief really hurting for a fatter raise?
Who are these bought-and-paid-for charlatans who are always "reporting" that Cal State University executive compensation "lags 25% behind market?" It's always the same story: "market" forces drive these huge salaries and therefore they should be raised. Nothing about propriety, proportionality, holding the line in the name of a greater good. It's the same business-model argument used to justify too much money for school board campaign contribution limits, city council members, anyone in a top public sector position who's looking to justify a salary bump. It's a disgrace. I'm waiting to hear our SDSU President Hirshman say, "Oh no, thank you, I couldn't possibly accept that raise, really." When we hear that, we'll know we have a quality guy on the job.— July 20, 2015 10:56 p.m.
Elegant and unimportant
A strange combination of paintings to accompany this piece of music. Tell us something about "Spadecaller" which presumably organized the visuals.— July 20, 2015 2:34 p.m.
Iran treaty trashers spending big on San Diego TV
Back to the subject of this excellent story. (I just saw one of these ads late-night on CBS' KFMB/Channel 8. We leave it to Matt Potter to tell us how much money that local station is making off this exercise in the not-so-free marketplace of war-mongering ideas.) Please note that Patrick Dorton, the operative running this disgraceful push-back against Obama's Iran deal, is a guy who worked for Bill Clinton and AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. This is the same group that pays for luxurious junkets to Israel for San Diego's Democratic congressional delegation -- Susan Davis, Scott Peters, Juan Vargas, for sure. I don't know about the GOP contingent. We wouldn't want to support diplomacy over military action in distant foreign lands. We need to put up a big-money fight against the possibility of peace breaking out. Investing in repairing national roads, bridges, parks and public buildings using American workers instead of paying dearly "in blood and treasure" for the war machine we've got? Fixing public education? Funding the National Institutes of Health? Forget about it.— July 19, 2015 3:49 p.m.
The girl comes and goes as she pleases
Then we have the "independent contractor" farmworker who labors in the fields and orchards of California, whose employer-of-record is not the grower but a middleman who hires and fires, establishes (substandard) working conditions and often withholds pay without recourse for the farmworker, whether she is undocumented or legal. "Independent contractor" means a way to dodge union protections for workers.— July 18, 2015 1:16 p.m.
Del Mar Opening Day 2015: Deep Cleavage Leads an Outstanding and Crowded Field
(You are amusing.) What about fourth from left for shortest hemline meets halter-neck deep cleavage? Not exactly chopped liver.— July 18, 2015 12:50 p.m.
America's Finest Sh***y?
Twitter's 140 characters are about all that Charger fans can manage. I saw that John Oliver piece and it was both funny and informative. Who knew there were infinity pools being built into new publicly-financed stadiums? Or aquariums (with fish) behind home plate? Gotta get us one of those: we could put an orca in ours.— July 18, 2015 12:42 p.m.
Hillary's $335,000 Qualcomm speech
Hillary rakes in the bucks, talks a proletarian game and literally lassos the unruly press at public events to keep journalists far far away. The woman is totally corporate.— July 18, 2015 12:35 p.m.