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May 25, 11:31 AM

typo on "Talking to vs. Talking at an Animal" This is a very good and fine column about how rabbits have recursive grammar. Particularly apt are the two uses of the author's photo, creating a sense of disorientation and ... Read More.

May 25, 10:10 AM

SBmama on "DUI Crash Leaves 3-Year-Old With Serious Injuries" Ababa, are you sure the child is going to be okay? The last I read, he was transferred to a hospital in Los Angeles for "specialized treatment" just hours after ... Read More.

May 25, 10:07 AM

redbunz on "Pit Bull in a Miniskirt" true ken, its probably the best thing thats ever happened to these poor bastards Read More.

May 25, 10:04 AM

redbunz on "The Angelina Factor" right cancer is genetic, thats why its frequency has gone up 150% in the last fifty years. angelina jolie is a chain smoker, dont hear much about that eh? let ... Read More.

May 25, 10:00 AM

redbunz on "That's No Way to Change the World" and i PREFER the truth, not some crap msnbc segment followed by an ad for lockheed martin or raytheon or the next suicide causing antidepressant. Read More.

May 25, 9:57 AM

redbunz on "That's No Way to Change the World" still waiting on a link..... Read More.

May 25, 9:36 AM

foofighter on "Santa Barbara Teachers Association Elects New Union Boss" Basically the public pension plans based upon 7.5% stock market returns are nothing more than a heads or tail gamble. Heads up - both the taxpayers and the unions win. ... Read More.

May 25, 9:29 AM

foofighter on "Santa Barbara Teachers Association Elects New Union Boss" If you have a pension plan that requires fixed returns and yet base these promises on volatile markets, you have a recipe for speculative disaster. Hello CalSTRS and CalPERS. All ... Read More.

May 25, 9:14 AM

rambler on "Pit Bull in a Miniskirt" Well written, Nick. Read More.

May 25, 9:11 AM

loneranger on "Santa Barbara Teachers Association Elects New Union Boss" First and foremost we must eliminate the bottom 10% of the teachers each and every year. We owe it to the future of our community to provide the best possible ... Read More.

May 25, 9:07 AM

foofighter on "Santa Barbara Teachers Association Elects New Union Boss" Validated puts his/her faith in the "stock market and reformulations" to cure the massive unfunded public pension liability. But no mention of the inexorable financial burden defined-benefit pension plans have ... Read More.

May 25, 8:46 AM

foofighter on "Mental Health Services Deemed Disconnected and Dysfunctional" I got the impression Waller was doing an excellent job as well. Supervisors with a history of micromanaging will have a hard time finding, let alone retaining a new CEO. ... Read More.

May 25, 8:40 AM

foofighter on "Neighborhood Clinics In Real Danger of Closing" Volok, what steps are necessary to tax corporate income not headquartered locally. Seriously, how would you accomplish this because just tossing out wish lists is not a plan. Since the ... Read More.

May 25, 8:33 AM

foofighter on "Neighborhood Clinics In Real Danger of Closing" Time to re-open state institutional care facilities and money and effort wisely spent, instead of the current ineffectual, counter-productive and destructive Homeless Inc. status quo. How much does the city ... Read More.

May 25, 8:28 AM

JohnLocke on "Mental Health Services Deemed Disconnected and Dysfunctional" The CEO was terminated because she tried to actually manage the organization. BoS allowed department heads to come directly to them and undermined the CEO. Blame the BoS, again, for ... Read More.

May 25, 5:51 AM

spiritwalker on "That's No Way to Change the World" Here's another inconvenient fact for Volok to try to explain away: Go to google images and search "military operatives boston backpacks" - apparently, not only were the Boston police running ... Read More.

May 25, 5:37 AM

spiritwalker on "That's No Way to Change the World" Ah, you're such a clown, Volock - I'm not going waste my time watching some stupid video without at least knowing the purpose, so why don't you just give us ... Read More.

May 25, 3:56 AM

geeber on "Which Way to Widen 101?" Volok says - " Hey , We've already started the ball rolling with a letter campaign to shut that ramp down entirely or go to right lane ramps. Can't have ... Read More.

May 25, 3:04 AM

Ken_Volok on "That's No Way to Change the World" Here's some more evidence for you spiritwalker: it's me, Italiansurg and DrDan having a secret meeting in the park. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzAa1s... Read More.

May 25, 2:44 AM

Ken_Volok on "That's No Way to Change the World" Even Al Jazeera had the same time line of that guy being stopped, stripped, questioned, and RELEASED. You should be happy you're wrong. Instead you PREFER the worst case. You ... Read More.

May 25, 2:34 AM

Ken_Volok on "That's No Way to Change the World" How common is a 6'3", 20-something good looking, athletic, dark haired guy in a college town, hmm I dunno? I'm surrounded by them. Read More.

May 25, 2:07 AM

spiritwalker on "That's No Way to Change the World" I completely forgot to mention that my only interest in this story is getting the facts out - "truth" can be very elusive, and I certainly don't expect anyone to ... Read More.

May 25, 1:39 AM

Ababa on "DUI Crash Leaves 3-Year-Old With Serious Injuries" The police were called multiple times prior to her getting behind the wheel and zero preventative action was taken. This could have been avoided and the sbpd is notorious for ... Read More.

May 25, 12:58 AM

spiritwalker on "That's No Way to Change the World" Excellent points, redbunz! I've been here all along - reading comments posted by Volock, DrDan, italiansurg et al is like listening to a flock of magpies - a whole lot ... Read More.

May 25, 12:32 AM

spiritwalker on "The Angelina Factor" I'm sorry, but some day people are going to look back on the idea of preemptively removing healthy body parts in order to "prevent" cancer and say: "What the hell ... Read More.