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Public bicycle tools added to Hillcrest bike corral
I hope they add one to the new NP bike Corral...— November 9, 2012 5:33 p.m.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission denies request for hearing on San Onofre
FOE: http://is.gd/6ItJlO snip WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In today’s decision, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed its Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and staff to consider the issues raised by Friends of the Earth in its petition filed June 18, 2012. Specifically, the Commission: Referred to the ASLB whether the current CAL process is a de facto license amendment process, requiring an adjudicatory public hearing; Referred to the Commission staff whether Edison should have sought a license amendment, with attendant adjudicatory hearings, when it installed the defective steam generators in 2010-11; Offered to reconsider convening an adjudicatory hearing if the ASLB denies Friends of the Earth’s request; Offered to reconsider staying the restart of the idled reactors if restart becomes imminent before the completion of the processes ordered above. In addition, the Commission states that NRC staff is “…already evaluating whether these SCE actions required a license amendment”. +++++ From http://sanonofresafety.org/2012/11/08/nrc-launche… Now the BIG question is, if NRC Region IV will find some loophole at the Nov. 16, 2012 meeting, that will allow SCE to do any kind of restart (at any Power) by calling it something like System Pressure TESTING, in order to allow SCE to claim they generated some Power to the CPUC, so that they can get out of refunding ratepayers for their 1.2 Billion Dollar Debacle!— November 9, 2012 11:28 a.m.
Wired Magazine editor-in-chief quits job, enters San Diego and Tijuana drone wars
Using drones is vastly less expensive than any manned aircraft and especially helicopters, so you get far more coverage for your buck or peso, depending on which side of the border you are flying above! I predict that very soon both the US and Mexico will share the same drone data, if they are not doing it already! Another question that needs to be answered is what happens when one drone watches another drone, which had lead me to think of a new word: ***DRONED***... I just sent this to Urban Dictionary: Droned **Definition**: Droned is where one drones movements are being monitored by yet another drone that is not being controlled by the same entity... **Usage**: The border patrol's drone was being droned or watched by another drone that was being controlled by someone that is yet still unknown.— November 6, 2012 2:40 p.m.
Reader publisher makes in-kind advertising contribution to medical marijuana campaign
monaghan, I feel you are in the same "boat" as Sjtorres because my reply to him also goes for your comment! + Your comment about "Introducing this substance" misses the mark since those that want to acquire it can and have been doing just that for a very long time despite the failed *War On Drugs* which has done nothing positive except possibly allowed Big Business to get into the Private Prison business. The USA now has en-prisoned more people than any other Country in the World with the majority convicted of selling small amounts of marijuana. This huge cost is taking money away from other far more important Social Programs like education! I'd like to also mention that the DHS budget is 4.5% of the 2013 Budget while Social Security + Medicare + Medicaid only add up to about 6% of that same budget, so the USA needs to set priorities and one of them is the decriminalization of POT... It just like alcohol, needs to be sold in a regulated way that does not penalize those that have the legal right to use it while also penalizing all those that abuse it, like by selling it to children. Even Law Enforcement is beginning to see the light, and so should we! http://www.leap.cc/— November 5, 2012 9:03 a.m.
Reader publisher makes in-kind advertising contribution to medical marijuana campaign
RF I think Matt was smart to put Jim Holman's name at the top because if he didn't then comments would have pointed out his contribution and hinted that it was some kind of secret big deal when in fact I see it as exercising his right to free speech... Too many feel threatened these days and I believe Jim's donation was a step in the right direction... San Diego needs all the public discussion it can get if we are to retain our previous level of personal freedom in these times of ever more Government Control.— November 5, 2012 8:47 a.m.
California charter school lobby pouring big cash into Ponder school board bid
Great comment about the situation all voters are in! These ballot meaures are so complicated that only the very Wealthy really have any idea of who will profit from them and when it comes to schools it usually is not the students that get the greatest percentage of the money; it goes into building ever greater fiefdoms and construction costs...— November 4, 2012 1:17 p.m.
Haiku - A - Day
☯ Reflection is great As long as you don't focus Just on what you see— November 4, 2012 9:55 a.m.
Reader publisher makes in-kind advertising contribution to medical marijuana campaign
**Kudos to Jim Holman for providing both a public forum *(The SD Reader*) and encouraging discussion on this and any other issue facing SD voters!** Public discussion in San Diego's media is now being punked because Doug Manchester has now limited comments on stories and articles at the *UT*, *Channel 10's* website and also the newly acquired *North County Times* to only those with a FaceBook account and that is "allowed" on only those topics that do accept comments! *The LA Times* is the only major MSM left in SoCal and Doug Manchester is now considering buying it! Our outgoing Mayor Sanders is infamous for telling City Staff to not talk to the Reader, and so it is no surprise that both he and BM are supporting Carl DeMaio, which is their right, but when Doug Manchester does so using the *UT*, then it has lost all its credibility as a fair and balanced newspaper, becoming instead yet another outlet for *Profitganda** in San Diego. Too many of our Leaders ignore the decisions made by voters of San Diego and continue to do what they want to instead and the MM issue is a perfect example! The voters have spoken and support that issue, yet our elected Leaders choose to ignore the fact that they **WERE APPOINTED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC NOT RULE THE PUBLIC.** If the UT can complain about *The Reader's* owner supporting the discussion of local issues, we should complain that the *UT's* Owner's media outlets are only posting *whispers* about the 1.2 Billion Dollar Debacle at San Onofre caused by SCE, which has gotten so much public attention that even the Utility Friendly CPUC has now started to investigate them? Why is the UT not following this major news story with daily updates? I bet it would be real news to most SD ratepayers, that we are now paying about $2 Million Dollars a day and receiving nothing in return from our Utilities, while SCE is paying record dividends to its shareholders! ttps://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BweZ3c0aFXcFZGpv… I see the *The Reader* becoming THE ONLY source of real news in San Diego and the fact that it is still FREE, says volumes about its Owner, Jim Holman; especially when compared to the *UT's* Owner... * http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pr… Profitganda is the use of phony "feel good" information to sell an idea, product or concept to the masses.— November 4, 2012 8:41 a.m.
Reader publisher makes in-kind advertising contribution to medical marijuana campaign
Guess you don't know anyone with chronic pain (or all the other health problems) that have found it to be a cost effective, Natural way to make their lives less of a nightmare! Why penalize everyone for the problems caused by a few; if we did that there would be no Bars selling alcohol in SD because of the problems caused by a small percentage of their patrons or even driving at night because of the problems caused by DUI Drivers...— November 4, 2012 6:56 a.m.
Haiku - A - Day
☯ Is Fukushima A Nuclear Debacle Poetic Justice— November 1, 2012 10:56 a.m.