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Will San Onofre Return to Service This November?
According to Edison, they have spent $48 million thus far on repairs and inspections and it has cost approximately $117 million to generate power to replace what San Onofre would have provided, as well as to replace power capacity. Part of that capacity is temporary. Two retired gas-fired units in Huntington Beach that were brought back back on line for this summer will not be available next summer as Edison is required to shut down and permanently retire them at the end of October. Edison also estimates another $25 million is expected to be spent before Unit 2 can be restarted, should approval ever be given. And, of course, expenses for replacing power lost will be ongoing as 19% of Edison's power was generated by San Onofre, enough to power 1.4 million homes.— August 1, 2012 9:27 a.m.
Olympic Pick 'Em
Perhaps San Diego should contract next years July 4th fire works program out to whomever did the show for the Olympics' Opening Ceremony. It was quite spectacular.— July 27, 2012 5:09 p.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
You are entitled to your own beliefs, but the facts are born out that while Wall Street is a large source of funding,but not the largest, this time around very little of it is going to Obama. It's there in black and white for all to see. Of course, it is your prerogative to choose not to look at it.— July 26, 2012 12:07 p.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
Well certainly to you and I, $145k is nothing to sneeze at, but that wasn't your comment. What you said was the Wall Street Banks are a huge source of Obama's funding. I was simply pointing out that this time around, that is not the case, the Wall Street banks are supporting Romney, by almost a 3-1 ratio. The FEC makes the data available for all to see.— July 26, 2012 9:50 a.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
Actually, that's incorrect. The Wall Street banks are supporting Romney this time around based on FEC data released on Saturday, July 21, 2012. His top contributors so far are: 1. GS 2. JPM 3. MS 4. BofA 5. Credit Suisse 6. Citi Group 7. Barclays 9. Wells Fargo The only bank in Obama's top 20 donors is Well Fargo. While they have donated about $275k to Romney, they have only donated about $145k to Obama.— July 25, 2012 6:54 p.m.
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
According to his bio, after a night of partying in Paris, he died when he crashed his Ferrari 250GT into a tree. Tommy Lee is the drummer in Mötley Crüe. He was also married to Pamela Anderson, she of Playboy and Baywatch fame and like Porfirio Rubirosa, Tommy Lee is apparently also well endowed They made a homemade sex tape while on vacation, which was stolen and leaked to the internet. In one portion of the tape Lee and Anderson are driving to Lake Mead when Lee decides to drive with no hands. You can use your imagination as to what he used to steer his truck.— July 25, 2012 3:06 p.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
Well, I suppose that because he tried something for the first time, something later employed by someone else, you could call it ahead of his time. But that "southern strategy" certainly didn't go as intended. Goldwater only succeeded in alienating 90% of the black vote and most of the rest of the country along with them. Besides Arizona, I think he only carried 5 other states, which I'm sure is not what he had in mind. I had to look this up: Goldwater receiver 52 electoral votes to Johnson's 486. Whatever his plan was with regard to that "Southern Strategy" it most surely backfired. And some would argue that Reagan's success was only due to Carters' failures,the poor economy, the energy crisis and the Iran hostage situation, which were only exacerbated by also having to run against Ted Kennedy. I personally think the Iran hostage situation was the main factor in his loss to Reagan. If Operation Eagle Claw succeeds, Carter wins in a landslide. It failed and any hope Carter had of freeing the hostages, either diplomatically or militarily, was gone and with it any hope of being re-elected.— July 25, 2012 2:52 p.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
"Goldwater was ahead of his time on domestic political issues" I almost missed that one. He said in his acceptance speech at the Republican convention: I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! He voted AGAINST the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He supported Joe McCarthy. I'm not sure that you can call that " ahead of his time" Please elaborate.— July 25, 2012 1:11 p.m.
Did President Nixon help finance part of San Diego?
I was just a few days shy of my 14th birthday at the time of the 1964 Presidential election. We were doing a project on it in my HS gov't class, so that was when I first took an interest in politics. At that time, had I been able, there was no way in hell that I would have ever voted for Goldwater, much like I never would have voted for McGovern in 1968— July 25, 2012 11:27 a.m.
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
Would that be the Ferrari reference or the Tommy Lee reference? LOL— July 25, 2012 11:23 a.m.