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Friday, September 17th, 2010
As details of the what may have caused the fatal pipeline explosion in San Bruno begin to emerge, it's becoming more certain that negligence on the part of PG&E led to the tragic events. (more...)
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina have burst onto the California political scene as representatives of the "new" direction of the Republican Party. (more...)
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
My initial thoughts after reading the first paragraph of this story were "here's another person being bullied with a CyberSLAPP lawsuit". (more...)
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
It seems that the Simpering Simian's administration wasn't shy about trying to raise the alert level for political gain. Why am I not surprised?
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
With celebrity deaths, adulterous AWOL governors and protests in Iran, it was easy to overlook a couple of interesting decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme court this past week. (more...)
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
If you can trust the polls, then all the propositions except 1F are going to fail. State GOP leaders will predictably spin the old "no new taxes" shtick as the reason voters voted everything down. But I'm not buying it. (more...)
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Senate Republicans were stunned to learn that one of their own is abandoning the party. (more...)
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Since our esteemed state senate Republicans seem hell-bent on taking the entire state down with their stand against taxes, I think it's time that we really consider becoming a true democracy. (more...)
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
eBay's former CEO, Meg Whitman has officially entered the race to replace Ahnold as California's next governor. (more...)
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Every Republican member of the House voted against Obama's stimulus plan. So what happens if the plan passes the Senate, is implemented, and is successful? What will they tell their constituents when they are up for re-election? (more...)
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