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The KKK peaked in San Diego in the 1920s
We would like to forget, but shouldn't, Tom Metzger, who won thousands of votes locally in the 1980's.— January 10, 2018 1:12 p.m.
Kill your boyfriend, go to jail
I was too broad. But teachers who argue that adult behavior is innate at birth, and learned behavior isn't important, might be depressed and need a vacation. I want them to know they change lives, almost as much as those who raise us in our earliest years. We can't change genetics, we can educate better.— December 14, 2017 2:51 p.m.
Kill your boyfriend, go to jail
Freud's thesis, that brutal nineteenth century upbringing caused adult neurosis, has won the day. No reputable scholar today argues that a lack of parental violence "spoils" the child, but this was once axiom. Elsewhere Freud argues that the incest taboo is instinct, and therefore genetic. No one argues one side of the nature versus nurture argument exclusively, both obviously influence, the proportion is all that is in question. But in the public sphere, those that argue for nature are at best nihilist, since human genetics can't be easily improved. At worst, some argue for genetic "improvement", by racist atrocity. The recent memory of this partly explains your professor's strident opposition to genetic explanations of "character". Those who teach, or write, naturally must focus on learned behavior.— December 13, 2017 11:38 a.m.
Claim says deputies used excessive force
If you think poor people sue more than rich people, your mind is a ghetto.— December 13, 2017 10:17 a.m.
San Diego less vulnerable to, but not free of, fracking
I would have to redefine "professional", before I called him that.— December 8, 2017 1:58 p.m.
San Diego less vulnerable to, but not free of, fracking
The "landscaping" is plainly atrocious, and our our local flora refuses to grow in the sloppy bulldozing. My grandfather was a geologist with Shell Oil, as a young person I saw many "mature" oil fields, and a well pumping on a hillside doesn't offend me. But flattening a hillside does offend, and the green sludge spewing from the wells is unsightly at best. Seems likely that this is regurgitation of the fracking fluids. If the surface runoff is polluted, the purity of the groundwater seems irrelevant. I would love to see the examples of Kern County incarcerating oil company employees for pollution. This might do something to change their reputation as oil company stooges.— December 8, 2017 1:54 p.m.
San Diego less vulnerable to, but not free of, fracking
After a bloated paragraph of personal attacks, you claim to have no space for the details of your scholarly refutation. We should remember that even a real jackass knows things we don't know. Unfortunately they just bray and kick, so we don't respect or understand them. To win respect we should share our expertise. Refute the evidence. The pollution we see in the photo seems obvious, explain why this is safe. I'm open minded on fracking.— December 7, 2017 4:02 p.m.
Old bike-sharing company, new plan
Deco bike charges a hefty overnight fee, so the "last mile" idea never made sense, unless there was a kiosk outside the final destination. That might be why the bar reports success, perhaps drinkers use them to assist their bar crawl. Deco Bikes are absurdly small, and the rents quickly exceed the price of a new beach cruiser, which is $100.00. The sooner the City and Deco Bike realize the stupidity of this particular scheme, the sooner we might try something better.— October 28, 2017 4:57 p.m.
Mission Beach's last big chunk
Fifty nine units, even more densely packed than the rest of that pricey slum. Even the slavish lackeys cheering this development know it's a disgraceful crime. Our parents fought for years to pass the building codes that made this illegal. Outside money bought the School Board and City Council, that cheerfully break those laws through loopholes. We see scores of new construction sites rape our City with criminally overbuilt travesties. This City must be developed, but public land should be used for public purposes, construction should follow the spirit of the law, and the wholesale legal bribery of our politicians by developers must be confronted.— October 16, 2017 9:32 a.m.
Mission Beach's last big chunk
Only the those duped by local developers or their lackeys could compare the Filner accusations to Weinstein. Filner did nothing in comparison to our current President, and subsequent to the incident, prevailed at civil trial against the accuser the District Attorney claimed was felony kidnapped in front of a crowd. The Filner case was public frenzy whipped up by developers enraged when he accused them of bribing the City Council. Imaginary victims don't justify this. I'm tired of those who don't doubt complete fabrication. How can anyone defend themselves against unnamed accusers? You disgrace real victims of sexual predation, that aren't married to political enemies, that don't sue for thousands over nothing, that exist.— October 16, 2017 8:45 a.m.