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Avocado growers disappointed by El Nino
The little sprinklers they use now may or may not cover the entire root system as flooding used to do. Water loss from sprinklers to evaporation is considerable, and penetration to the entire root system is rarely the case.— April 20, 2016 12:27 p.m.
Avocado growers disappointed by El Nino
Don't have a print copy. Anyway, my question is about the methodology. Anyone can make a chart, but it has to be made from something. These sorts of things are notorious for being based on shaky calculations and shaky data.— April 20, 2016 12:23 p.m.
Local unemployment stays at 4.7 percent
When the country's goin' down the toilet, when fantasy beats the hell out of reality, alcohol and other drug consumption goes up. Buy alcohol and movie stocks. Be a cynic and get rich off the riff-raff.— April 20, 2016 12:09 a.m.
Doctors in trouble
What's going on? Is there a new censor at work or why are so many comments (even one by the blog author) being removed?— April 20, 2016 12:05 a.m.
Avocado growers disappointed by El Nino
The health benefits of Avocados should be mentioned. Avocados do require water, but it would be interesting to know exactly how the amount of water per pound of fruit is calculated. Agriculture used to be based on what was feasible under natural precipitation. Then the taxpayers were conned/forced into paying for water projects that help make "farmers" (stock brokers, dentists, proctologists, and other "professionals' tax dodges) rich--the same principle was used to "improve" the San Diego River bed at taxpayers' expense, once a less accurately termed its "flood plain," now widely/exclusively termed "Mission Valley," where development was placed in a hazardous location that now "needs" protection, again at taxpaers' expense. Unearned increment on steroids--welfare for the wealthy. That aside aside, what is the cost of water to produce a pound of avocado? What is the difference in cost to provide San Diego homes with that equivalent water? What is the difference between the total cost of treatment of San Diego's water and the same amount of untreated (?) water for avocados and other crops? How do other crops compare in their water consumption and water actually applied? It seems that I have read such calculations on this blog in the past, but I don't remember whether or not they were in the body of the article or in the responses to it. But these questions seem highly relevant to the article's points.— April 19, 2016 9:53 p.m.
Qualcomm pays half the tax it should owe
But that is a CRUCIAL failing. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Obama met with Bush and agreed to go ahead with the first $750 billion bailout. We should at least get our money back! But just imagine what the economy would have done if Obama had sent a check for $2500 tax-free to everyone in the country instead . . .— April 18, 2016 6:57 p.m.
Seymour Lazar, once a puppet of Lerach, dies
http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=303… True or False?— April 17, 2016 11:44 a.m.
Two teams demand millions for stadium upgrades
Who has the *time?*— April 10, 2016 4:27 p.m.
Two teams demand millions for stadium upgrades
Just part of the plan--the tangled web of deceit.— April 8, 2016 9:29 p.m.
Two teams demand millions for stadium upgrades
The media are in the business of advertising, and the only things that need advertising are snake-oil equivalents. If the so-called social media phenomenon ever grows up, that *could* become an antidote for the "mainstream" media's dissembling. Unfortunately, the social media are packed with opineum and other drivel-dope. You can trace this back to the education system that emphasizes belief rather than thinking, passing tests rather than performing, certification over performance.— April 8, 2016 9:44 a.m.