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Manchester Purchase of Union-Tribune Raises Questions of Timing
The Onion-Tripudium
— November 18, 2011 4:48 a.m.
San Diego Reader
Announces New "Smokable Ads"
This would certainly create a demand for the Reader to change from a weekly to a daily.
— October 26, 2011 1:10 p.m.
San Diegans on bringing in the feds
I'm not certain that the Hayek-Cancer analogy is accurate. Think of economics as a big giant river. Keynes would have built a dam. Hayek wouldn't have.
— October 23, 2011 6:07 a.m.
Edwin Decker Vindicated
Just how often do you Google-search the words, "Gay Biker," Mr. Mencken?
— October 19, 2011 6:25 p.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
Thank NO GOD for spending millions in taxpayer money to tear down a monument because it frightens you, monaghan. I'll happily take all of your cash money off of your hands now, I wouldn't want the "In God We Trust" thing to offend you. Seriously. Let's meet up from time to time and you are free to empty your pockets and find redemption in the entirely blank pieces of paper I give you in return. I'm just a good pal that way, no need to thank me in advance. I'll keep most of your cash, but I promise to donate some of it to purchase a slide that can be installed for the baby seals to have some fun at the La Jolla Children's pool.
— October 17, 2011 8:50 p.m.
San Diegans on bringing in the feds
When did the government start doing anything for the public good? All they use public funds for is to get re-elected.
— October 17, 2011 8:36 p.m.
Who caused San Diego's massive power failure September 8?
"So there is no incentive to lend." You nailed this. Totally nailed it. The primary purpose of the Federal Reserve is political in nature; at best it creates the very environment it pretends that its purpose is to prevent. At worse, it creates that environment for the single sinister motive of ensuring its own existence. Ron Paul might be a nutjob, but he isn't wrong about the Fed. If the primary motive of banks is to hold money and invest it how they see fit, then the holders of such savings will always be at risk. If the Fed gives them that environment, then aside from killing any chance at economic growth, the incentives for banks to profit from loaning that money toward micro economic type investment are also dead. Keynes said to print money and spend it wherever (the concept of investing in infrastructure is not a requirement of Keynsian stimulus, it is a political attachment to macroeconomic theory), and so the Fed prefers to toss it - indirectly - into the very market it controls. That isn't stimulus nor is it sound economics, it is simply politics.
— October 16, 2011 11:56 a.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
You read it correctly, and there is truth in it. The key word is "promote". Religious symbolism, in fact, has often been invented to NOT promote, which could have been deadly in more ancient times. ICTYS, for example, the "fish" symbol, coming from the Ancient Greek and used as an acrostic during the Roman conquest, was meant to be so subtle as to not alert the Romans of a Christian belief, as it was to help Greek Christians know which Greeks were, in fact, Christians, and therefore not a threat. And the symbol itself probably has deeper ancient pagan roots. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the CROSS actually predates Christianity by perhaps thousands of years. While it is unclear if it served a significant religious purpose or was simply displayed for its ornamental value, some anthropologists have offered that perhaps the symbol was first used to celebrate man's discovery of fire by rubbing two sticks together. Since there is no written history of the era, we will likely never know, but the cross symbol in one form or another can be found in the history of practically every culture on Earth. Was the intent of the cross to "promote" Christianity? That seems highly doubtful. One hundred years ago, some private citizens erected a wooden cross in that location. Ironically, the Klu Klux Klan was responsible for burning that original cross down. The modern "memorial" was erected in the same light as the original. The "Easter" memorial became a war memorial, much as now a lot of religious symbolism hijacked beliefs and standards of an earlier time. Does a cross really promote Christianity? Does the Star of David promote Judaism? If you believe it does, then I guess it does, but then, how much money are you willing to spend razing anything that could be considered as promoting religion on public land? The way I see it, religions have hijacked these symbols and use them as they see fit. They do not own them and they did not invent them (and in fact did not employ their use until relatively recently). To me, it is as ridiculous as tearing out the white sheets in the bedroom at the Governor's mansion because the very same Klan that burned down the original Mt. Soledad Cross employed their use during their ceremonies. Waste of taxpayer money.
— October 15, 2011 1:15 p.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
Perhaps now we can place the Mt. Soledad Cross in the Children's Pool in La Jolla to attract religious Christian seals, as a lasting local symbol of how entirely ridiculous and paranoid that humanity has become. This fight to remove a simple cross, anyone have a dollar amount on what taxpayer money has been spent on it? What a waste of damned time and money.
— October 14, 2011 10:44 p.m.
U.S. Attorney To Target Media Outlets For Printing Medicinal Marijuana Ads
Awesome. While she's at it, make sure that Duffy enforces that law about women driving in housecoats, it's about time those hussy's did some jail time.
— October 12, 2011 5:43 p.m.
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Manchester Purchase of Union-Tribune Raises Questions of Timing
The Onion-Tripudium— November 18, 2011 4:48 a.m.
San Diego Reader Announces New "Smokable Ads"
This would certainly create a demand for the Reader to change from a weekly to a daily.— October 26, 2011 1:10 p.m.
San Diegans on bringing in the feds
I'm not certain that the Hayek-Cancer analogy is accurate. Think of economics as a big giant river. Keynes would have built a dam. Hayek wouldn't have.— October 23, 2011 6:07 a.m.
Edwin Decker Vindicated
Just how often do you Google-search the words, "Gay Biker," Mr. Mencken?— October 19, 2011 6:25 p.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
Thank NO GOD for spending millions in taxpayer money to tear down a monument because it frightens you, monaghan. I'll happily take all of your cash money off of your hands now, I wouldn't want the "In God We Trust" thing to offend you. Seriously. Let's meet up from time to time and you are free to empty your pockets and find redemption in the entirely blank pieces of paper I give you in return. I'm just a good pal that way, no need to thank me in advance. I'll keep most of your cash, but I promise to donate some of it to purchase a slide that can be installed for the baby seals to have some fun at the La Jolla Children's pool.— October 17, 2011 8:50 p.m.
San Diegans on bringing in the feds
When did the government start doing anything for the public good? All they use public funds for is to get re-elected.— October 17, 2011 8:36 p.m.
Who caused San Diego's massive power failure September 8?
"So there is no incentive to lend." You nailed this. Totally nailed it. The primary purpose of the Federal Reserve is political in nature; at best it creates the very environment it pretends that its purpose is to prevent. At worse, it creates that environment for the single sinister motive of ensuring its own existence. Ron Paul might be a nutjob, but he isn't wrong about the Fed. If the primary motive of banks is to hold money and invest it how they see fit, then the holders of such savings will always be at risk. If the Fed gives them that environment, then aside from killing any chance at economic growth, the incentives for banks to profit from loaning that money toward micro economic type investment are also dead. Keynes said to print money and spend it wherever (the concept of investing in infrastructure is not a requirement of Keynsian stimulus, it is a political attachment to macroeconomic theory), and so the Fed prefers to toss it - indirectly - into the very market it controls. That isn't stimulus nor is it sound economics, it is simply politics.— October 16, 2011 11:56 a.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
You read it correctly, and there is truth in it. The key word is "promote". Religious symbolism, in fact, has often been invented to NOT promote, which could have been deadly in more ancient times. ICTYS, for example, the "fish" symbol, coming from the Ancient Greek and used as an acrostic during the Roman conquest, was meant to be so subtle as to not alert the Romans of a Christian belief, as it was to help Greek Christians know which Greeks were, in fact, Christians, and therefore not a threat. And the symbol itself probably has deeper ancient pagan roots. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the CROSS actually predates Christianity by perhaps thousands of years. While it is unclear if it served a significant religious purpose or was simply displayed for its ornamental value, some anthropologists have offered that perhaps the symbol was first used to celebrate man's discovery of fire by rubbing two sticks together. Since there is no written history of the era, we will likely never know, but the cross symbol in one form or another can be found in the history of practically every culture on Earth. Was the intent of the cross to "promote" Christianity? That seems highly doubtful. One hundred years ago, some private citizens erected a wooden cross in that location. Ironically, the Klu Klux Klan was responsible for burning that original cross down. The modern "memorial" was erected in the same light as the original. The "Easter" memorial became a war memorial, much as now a lot of religious symbolism hijacked beliefs and standards of an earlier time. Does a cross really promote Christianity? Does the Star of David promote Judaism? If you believe it does, then I guess it does, but then, how much money are you willing to spend razing anything that could be considered as promoting religion on public land? The way I see it, religions have hijacked these symbols and use them as they see fit. They do not own them and they did not invent them (and in fact did not employ their use until relatively recently). To me, it is as ridiculous as tearing out the white sheets in the bedroom at the Governor's mansion because the very same Klan that burned down the original Mt. Soledad Cross employed their use during their ceremonies. Waste of taxpayer money.— October 15, 2011 1:15 p.m.
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Soledad Cross Ruling
Perhaps now we can place the Mt. Soledad Cross in the Children's Pool in La Jolla to attract religious Christian seals, as a lasting local symbol of how entirely ridiculous and paranoid that humanity has become. This fight to remove a simple cross, anyone have a dollar amount on what taxpayer money has been spent on it? What a waste of damned time and money.— October 14, 2011 10:44 p.m.
U.S. Attorney To Target Media Outlets For Printing Medicinal Marijuana Ads
Awesome. While she's at it, make sure that Duffy enforces that law about women driving in housecoats, it's about time those hussy's did some jail time.— October 12, 2011 5:43 p.m.