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University offers to foot the bill for Ché Café repairs

Hey and guess what? I'll bet you $50 that "Visduh" a/ did not attend UCSD and b/ does not have a son or daughter who also graduated from UCSD. You know who I am. Now Mr. Visduh come clean and identify yourself. Tell us who you really are. Give us your name and email address. I want to know who this UC grad/UC parent is who says Isla Vista is a slum-ghetto and who says that the UCSD administration called the Che an "embarrassment." I'll be waiting.
— September 6, 2015 11:03 p.m.

University offers to foot the bill for Ché Café repairs

The UCSD administration never ever identified the Che Cafe as an embarrassment. I dare you to show one instance when they did. That slur only exists in a post by an anonymous blogger. And that's you Mr. 'Visduh'. And I quote: "If you're looking for something that really embarrasses a UC campus, look no farther than Isla Vista. It isn't even university property, but when most folks think of UC, Santa Barbara, after they think "party" they then think of Isla Vista. (For those of you unfamiliar with the place, it is a hard-to-access, isolated, slummy student ghetto on the far side of the UCSB campus, as far from the chi-chi streets of Santa Barbara as possible.) Now that's an embarrassment! Little old Che is mild by comparison." Are you, Mr. anonymous 'Visduh' now in charge of identifying official UC embarrassments? Or UC slums? Speaking now only myself of course, I think this hack, crass, crude cheap, jingo loving slurring is not getting us anywhere. KUSI had a piece about a month ago where they said that the Che represented a radical, extreme left wing stance. When I asked if they could identify this extreme leftist position, their reporter and their news director could not come up anything. Just like you. I asked you if you knew how much rents are going for in your "slummy student ghetto" of Isla Vista. You said nothing in response. You can hurl the slime but you can't quite back up what you said. Are you saying Isla Vista, which is composed mostly of UCSB renters, is a slum? How can a group of UC students who are clearly of superior academic performance and upward mobility constitute a slum? I think we are all tired of anonymous slimers like yourself. You know my name. How about you and "Ponzi" tell us who you are. But first explain the above mentioned slurs you throw out because you are anonymous. We're waiting!
— September 6, 2015 10:53 p.m.

University offers to foot the bill for Ché Café repairs

Visduh - What you said in your second post was completely different from what you said in the first. In the first you said SOHO doesn't matter anymore. Only problem is that it was clear to the Che team that in this case it did. They cited SOHO as a major boost for their cause and in helping to get the Chancellor to turn the tide. Why would you invent a rant that says SOHO doesn't matter? If the people who were involved in saving the Che say SOHO mattered, then guess what? It probably did. Then you spew that Che has been an "embarrassment" and that if you really want to find a UC embarrassment let's look at "slummy" Isla Vista. First, do you know anything about rents in Isla Vista? Second I don't think UC students as a whole generally constitute slum dwellers. What was the point of that? I would suggest if you used your real name you would not be so liberal with your slurs. And then I wondered who this "Ponzi" guy is. I am told is he just some unhappy guy with web access who writes things like "The Chaldeans have taken over the ownership of liquor stores in the East County." Just another anonymous internet troll, I am told. That guy William Hamilton wrote some stuff that seems a little off base but at least he uses his name (and his picture, no less).
— September 5, 2015 8:37 p.m.

University offers to foot the bill for Ché Café repairs

Visduh- Do you ever write anything that isn't a negative beat down? The fact is SOHO DID have an impact in this case because it got the UCSD administration and the community at large to acknowledge that this building does have some historical value. Because of what SOHO said about the Che we have heard about SOHO. If the people involved involved in saving the Che say that SOHO was involved in moving the needle, then I think they would know. And by the way, who is "looking for something that really embarrasses a UC campus?" Apparently, Visduh, just you. To many the plight of the Che shows what can happen when people get active and rally around a cause. To you its an excuse to write yet another anonymous slur. Dramatic spurts of random negativity have their place. Morton Downey Jr. just got his own posthumous one hour special on CNN. We can only dream can't we "Visduh"?
— September 5, 2015 5:01 a.m.

Gregory Page and friends to perform free Balboa Park concert

Although you couldn't call it a "sell-out" because it was free admission, the room met its 700-person capacity.
— August 31, 2015 9:57 a.m.

Shotgun ambassador

Visduh: I am told by a couple people who know that Tom and his wife Linda are more than comfortable. The fact that he wanted (wants) to work at 66 does not make him destitute or needy. Why would you expend the energy to write stuff like this? The man has a 45-year legendary career and his work matters to him and his fans.
— August 27, 2015 10:19 p.m.

Lucy's drenched in sweat

Good news. The Casbah dates are back on for Saturday, September 19 and Sunday September 20.
— August 3, 2015 5:20 p.m.

Lucy's drenched in sweat

Charlie reports on Thursday: "Just got done visiting Tony before they wheel him off to MRI. He looks great and is very grateful to still be here. Quite emotional too. Already talking about rescheduling the shows for a month away. I suggested two months as perhaps being a bit more reasonable. His response: 'Yeah, we could use the extra practice.'"
— July 30, 2015 12:18 p.m.

Lucy's drenched in sweat

Was just told by Charlie that after a few nervous days, Tony is awake, coherent and although he's still a little groggy, things look very good following a heart attack last weekend. He is of course being cheered on by his family and friends. "All signs are positive" Charlie reports.
— July 29, 2015 7:23 p.m.

Can Ché stay?

Rusty Shackleford - If that is your real name. I asked you to please document in any way your charge that the Che adjacent area is a haven for drug use. You didn't respond. I also asked what shows did you see there? Again no response. We must now assume you made it up. Bullies like you sure get emboldened when you can through out slurs anonymously or with made up names.
— July 21, 2015 11:09 a.m.

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