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Coach-Provocateur Turner: "It's all part of the plan."
NBC reported today that Chargers Coach-Provocateur Norv Turner was in no mood to complain about the officiating during last Sunday's loss to the New Orleans Saints. From the questionable call regarding Melvin Ingram's helmet-tap of Saints quarterback Drew Brees (a …
Strong Mayor addresses Chamber of Commerce, attacks arch-enemy known as Brown
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33133/ You stay classy, Strong Mayor.
More Scandal!
SD on the QT Investigation Reveals California Gas Prices Tied to Single Viejas Slot Machine "Someone hit the triple-bar jackpot on two consecutive pulls last week. And now the rest of you are paying for it." GAMBLING WITH OUR FUTURE? …
Scandal!
Pro-Business Republican Politician Meets with Politically-Minded Republican Businessman! Local media blows lid off of real-estate developer's plan to develop real estate! THEY HAD LUNCH http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33113/ EXCLUSIVE: Photo evidence of DeMaio-Manchester lunch meeting! Picture shows the two men leaving San Diego's …
SDQT National Edition: U.S. airline passengers clench cheeks following news of "Colon Blow" Bomber
Following Apprehension of Bahir "Booty" Baddour, American flyers brace for increased airport security measures. "Oh, crap." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32886/ "It's not difficult to see what's coming, even if it is difficult to think about it" said Joe Pucker, who flies regularly for …
SDQT National Edition: President Obama reverses position on HHS mandate
COVERING THIS STORY LIKE A JIMMY HAT, SAN DIEGO - During a surprise ad-hoc press conference during a fundraising lunch at the home of Mission Hills doyenne Adrienne Hedgefund, the President announced that he had decided to drop the so-called …
U-T San Diego introduces SLU-T
Papa Doug's daily looks to maximize appeal by "combining the popular Sports and Leisure sections and moving them to the front pages of the paper. The SLU-T puts the stuff you love on full display on street corners all over …
Mayor Sanders endorses Carl DeMaio for mayor during zoo visit
Wasted, Exhausted Veteran Takes Occasion to Warn His Chosen Successor About Perils of Office Visit to zoo's "Extreme Jungle" exhibit apparently sparks memory of famed Guns 'n Roses lyric. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/01/32601/ "[GnR frontman] Axl Rose may have gotten fat and happy," …
China Vista?
Chula Vista Bayfront Redevelopment Project Seeks Foreign Investment, Sends Envoys to China Mayor: "They wouldn't own the land, just the buildings and stuff." Leaked photo rendering of proposal causes "concern" among some city officials, but seriously, what could go wrong? …
Across the unbridgeable gulf: Christian pastor partners with satanic porn producer
In the recently released DVD Satan's Sinful Sluts Vol. 10, the latest film from local porn company Meatbucket Films, a character dressed as a priest reads aloud from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians: "For he that sows to his …
San Diego Film Festival opens with locally based remake of 1954 classic On the Waterfront
A Mayoral Candidate - Struggling to Keep His Honor! A Media Mogul - Who Will Stop at Nothing! A Real-Estate Developer - With a Stranglehold on the City! A Professional Football Franchise - That Might Leave Town! They All Have …
Lil' Pimping
Veteran San Diego Pimp Unite to Decries Proposition 35, But Also Decries Child Sex Trafficking "If you outlaw pimping, then only outlaws will be pimps." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/24/32104/ DOWNTOWN, A LITTLE AFTER 2 A.M., JUST LOOKING FOR SOME COMPANY - "Like the …
Romney Blasts California
Republican Presidential Candidate Holds Del Mar Fundraiser, Blasts United States and California as Being on Pathway to Become More Like Europe "But not the good old Europe, with the lords and vassals and stuff. The modern Europe, the one that's …
Seven (Sun)days of Darkness?
As Punishment for Lukewarm Fan Support, Coach-Provocateur Norv Turner Vows to Lose Every Blacked-Out Home Game "If you can't be bothered to show up, neither can we." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/24/32098/ DRIVING PAST QUALCOMM STADIUM ON THE WAY TO THE BEACH - A …
Too much unity in diversity?
Consortium of male Caucasian academics files grievance against UC Board of Regents after appointment of African-American woman to lucrative equity, diversity, and inclusion post. Plaintiffs demand special minority consideration as members of the patriarchy. "There just aren't that many of …
Norv Turner retires!
Famed Coach-Provocateur ends run as head coach, hints at possible return as offensive coordinator. "I'm ending things on a high note. We're undefeated, we beat the our arch-rivals the Raiders, and Antonio Gates hasn't missed a single game due to …
Citing poor ticket sales, Mayoral candidates warn of possible television blackout for debates.
Despite massive PR push, San Diegans fail to sell out Convention Center's Hall H. "It's Your Future" Ad Campaign Produces Public Shrugs: "It's not like they're telling us what's going to happen on the next episode of The Walking Dead." …
U-T San Diego buys SD on the QT
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a swell run here at the Reader. And heaven knows, I've enjoyed occasionally poking fun at Papa Doug Manchester and John Lynch, two sterling businessmen who, as of noon today, will assume full ownership …
9.11.12 Truthers demand independent inquiry into 9.11 Memorial vandalism in Pacific Beach
Citing Conveniently Disappearing Witness and Other Curious Factors, Skeptics Are Quick to Question Official Account "Last time, they found an easy scapegoat in Muslim extremists. This time, it's drunken vandals. Because who's going to believe a drunken vandal when he …
Madden(ing)!
NFL Donates $30 Million to Federal Brain Research in Exchange for Removal of "Concussion" Feature from Madden '13 Video Game UCSD Researcher: "We need the money more than the game needs that level of reality." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/10/31223/ LIGHTING A CANDLE IN …