DBD 11-2-10: Vote
by CBKWit on Nov 2, 2010 1:50 AM PDT
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PrintFor all you die-hard Giants Fans (Zoonews) and you band-wagoners (the rest of you), this should be a day of celebration. The City's first world series, and the team's first championship since 1954: enjoy it. I am a hockey/Cal fan first and foremost, and a Mariners/Twins fan when it comes to baseball, so I was not invested very much in this world series. Still, it was highly enjoyable to look around the bar last night, first at the stress and anxiety and finally at the glee and genuine happiness. That so many of my friends are so happy, and that W. and father lost is just icing on the cake.
The happy faces I saw reminded me of myself 18 months ago, when the Pens bucked all kinds of history to win sport's most difficult prize, the Stanley Cup. That mixture of euphoria and relief is intoxicating. And that there's no guarantee it will happen again next year (or in the next 50 years) only makes the celebration more urgent and important.
Unfortunately for you revelers, aside from GoldBlooded, you can't just sit around watching highlights all day on your mom's couch with your urine-stained Giant's blanket and a half-eaten bag of cheetos. You have to shower, go to work, and watch Glee on Fox tonight. And since today is the first Tuesday of November, you have to vote.
If you are apolitical and don't want to read an angry rant (or if you're a Giant's fan and are uncomfortable feeling this happy), just read this article.
Republicans are poised to take the House with a gain of 50-60 seats, and pick up 7 or 8 seats in the Senate. The consensus is that these gains are due to the crappy economy, for which the Democrats are being blamed. This series of events seems pretty straightforward: A republican white house craters the economy. A Democrat takes over as president and attempts to stave off economic disaster, all while republicans unequivocally oppose these efforts at every turn. 18 months later, republicans succeed in convincing the American people that Democrats are at fault for the economy, even though republicans spent 6 years creating the mess, and then did everything they could to make it worse. Blame Obama, the socialist nazi.
It makes me think of two little kids: your big brother smashes all the vases in the living room because he's a dickhead and wants lower taxes for his rich friends pretending to be a heroic slugger like Edgar Renteria. You try to clean up, because he won't and mom and dad will be home soon, but instead of helping he purposefully breaks the broom and shits on the couch. Then your parents walk in and he blames you for not cleaning up the mess in time. Your parents wouldn't buy that, but the fickle, amnesiac American public does and the democrats are about to get sent to their rooms.
Reading that article I linked above drove home how fucked we all are. There is so much money invested in maintaining the status quo that it's easy for me to sympathize with uneducated people who vote republican. Their marketing is incredible. Meanwhile, the Democrats are so scared about losing power (and rightfully so, it seems) that they capitulate on pretty much everything. There's a complete disregard for humanity due to the pursuit and collection of money on one side, and a complete lack of competence on the other.
Frankly, Barbara Boxer (and to a much lesser extent, Jerry Brown) do not particularly inspire me, but what I don't want is a return to bullshit supply side economics. This theory has "worked", in that the stock market has grown tremendously since 1980. Of course, these gains have been completely realized by the very wealthy, while income/wages for the working class are actually lower than they were 30 years ago. The gap between rich and poor has exploded. If you want banks and financial institutions (and their employees) to make a ton of money, while everybody else trends downward, vote republican.
Prop 23 is horrible. We should be doing everything we can to encourage investment in green energy, not actively suppressing it. Just as bringing republicans back into power to fix the economic mess they created is a terrible, shortsighted strategy, so is stopping AB 32. I would much rather make an attempt to fight global warming and transform our economy than help energy companies make more money.
So, take a few minutes out of your day and vote. If you're rich and you want to stay rich, vote for Carly and Meg. If you think global warming's a hoax, vote yes on 23. I would write some sanctimonious line about believing health-care is a right and voting Democrat, but I've already been way too sanctimonious and most of you are probably voting Democrat already. Definitely vote yes on 21. If you're an A's fan and want to ignore you know what, voting will probably make you feel morally superior to those simpletons who focus all their energy on a game of stick ball. Join me in believing the illusion that we can make a difference!
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Let's dedicate one thread to each Prop. Starting with Prop 19: Legalizing Marijuana. What are your thoughts?
Legalizes Marijuana Under California But Not Federal Law. Permits Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Commercial Production, Distribution, and Sale of Marijuana — State of California (Initiative Statute – Majority Approval Required)
Should California legalize the possession and cultivation of marijuana for personal use of adults 21 years and older, and allow state and local governments to regulate and tax related commercial activities?
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Can you get any more stereotypically socially conservative. Are you against gay marriage too? What the fuck does it matter to you what someone does in the privacy of their home?
In other words, Go Bears!
This just in: Royrules22 supports heroin-fueled rape-parties in the privacy of his own home.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll bring the cilantro!
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I pringled
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes — do it (and I will watch from afar to see how it goes)
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Ohioans are the testers, and Californians are the testees.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Would you rather have it be testing grounds for controlled, legal marijuana or testing grounds for violent Mexican cartels trying out new products and techniques….?
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Going to be?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Haha seriously, come on down to the central coast some time Rishi, we’ll take a quick tour of Watsonville, Seaside and Salinas… Then you tell me if the Mexican drug cartels have a strong hold on the California illegal drug market… This would at least severely limit one source of income for them (keep me safe in Santa Cruz folks, vote yes on prop 19)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
it's like that now.
if you want to keep wasting money fighting the organized crime rather than shutting them out through legalization and regulation then vote no.
alcohol and tobacco have very limited smuggling and trafficing issues in the US, cause it’s legal and regulated. very few people get off on breaking the law.
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No
It was pointed out to me that even the SF Chronicle recommends voting against this, and I assume the Chron to be pretty liberal generally. Problems with 19 pointed out by that paper here . Probably the two worst aspects of the law are the fact that there’s no statewide taxation or regulation built in, leaving things up to the counties which would lead to a chaotic mess, and the fact that smoking in a moving vehicle would be OK as long as you’re not driving. I voted no.
I've been Honked...
I still don’t think the no statewide taxation is necessarily all that bad. It will still be taxed. Cities and counties need money, too.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
they can pile up some cash
for the state to raid next fiscal year! win-win.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
But being intoxicated would still be illegal, right?
I don’t know why the statewide taxation part couldn’t be built in later. I didn’t see anything in the text of the prop that prohibited it.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
everything that I’ve heard is intoxication laws would be very similar to alcohol, so if you were belligerently stoned causing problems you could get in trouble (luckily its not really physically possible), though driving high would be treated like a DUI… I’d never heard about the whole legal to smoke in a moving car as long as your not driving thing that giantsfan5 brought up, but as contact highs are pretty much a myth that doesn’t bother me all that much
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The Giants did this last year.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Fuck no.
(am I supposed to buy cilantro right next to the sticky icky?)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I ended up saying no, partly because when I’m tossed up, I vote no (I know what the status quo is), and my sister/mom pointed out the feds have ways of making their displeasure known, to the tune of defunding the federal portion of schools.
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No.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck, maybe, I don’t know.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, let’s hear what you’re conflicted about!
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Some people just fucking hate reggae.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
There are very few things in life I hate more than stoned people. It’s worse than willful stupidity.
Also, having watched some things play out in my own extended family, I think marijuana is a very dangerous gateway drug, far more than something like alcohol. Right now, I think its use is limited by its illegality. If legalized, I would expect usage to increase, and I am strongly against that happening.
Also, people would be soooooooo fat.
I think marijuana is a very dangerous gateway drug, far more than something like alcohol.
Aren’t there a bajillion studies out there disproving this?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
As far as dangerous drug or dangerous gateway drug?
Those are two separate things. I dont know what alcohol is a gateway drug to? Bar pretzels?
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Both, and especially vis-a-vis alcohol.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mean to knock your personal experiences, esp regarding family, and I respect your opinion on this matter, but I’ve always believed “intoxication” is the gateway drug, whether its cigs, booze, weed, whippits or what have you… If some one likes the feeling of getting buzzed enough and they have an addictive personality, the danger of it being a gateway drug is there, regardless of the substance
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Right now, I think its use is limited by its illegality
maybe in states that are no california. i have to fully disagree. weed is WAY Too easy to get for anyone who is even curious. even if you’re not curious and don;t want to get high, people will probably still offer to you.
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no, i was sXe in middle/highschool, and i only started drinking in college. i don;t like drugs but i also do not like drug cartels!
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Was marijuana partially responsible for your tryst with a Stanfurd student?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
If you vote no, you’re denying the state millions of dollars in revenue via taxes from sales for mary jane.
Essentially, if you vote no, you hate California.
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Hasn’t it been discussed repeatedly how there is no tax revenue being raised for the state?
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
The Legislative Analyst things there probably would be:
* The fiscal effects of this measure could vary substantially depending on: (1) the extent to which the federal government continues to enforce federal marijuana laws and (2) whether the state and local governments choose to authorize, regulate, and tax various marijuana-related activities.
* Savings of potentially several tens of millions of dollars annually to the state and local governments on the costs of incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders.
* Increase in state and local government tax and fee revenues, potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
What do you know that the Legislative Analyst’s office doesn’t?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know anything, I just repeat things.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
My concern is one of the two following events:
a) It isn’t heavily taxed and CA doesn’t gain much revenue.
or
b) it’s really heavily taxed and the drug traffickers continue to profit by selling much cheaper weed and also supplying those under 21 who can’t legally buy Marijuana under the proposed legislation.
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For A, even if CA doesn’t gain much revenue, won’t the cities and counties gain some desperately needed revenue? Also, how is it worse than the status quo? For B – basically, your complaint is that the bad things that are currently happening will continue. So I guess that makes me wonder – is the reason you would vote against it because you would rather have a better piece of legislature on the issue?
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
even if CA doesn’t gain much revenue, won’t the cities and counties gain some desperately needed revenue?
I meant both the state and cities/counties. It doesn’t matter to me who does or doesn’t get the money – if it’s undertaxed drug trafficking will probably continue.
is the reason you would vote against it because you would rather have a better piece of legislature on the issue?
Pretty much, yes. This prop would have unintended consequences that a better piece of legislation would avoid.
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Ah, I see. Well, based on the way people have described these ballot initiatives, it does seem pretty reasonable to vote against them because of how difficult they are to modify.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I meant both the state and cities/counties. It doesn’t matter to me who does or doesn’t get the money – if it’s undertaxed drug trafficking will probably continue.
Even if it’s undertaxed, isn’t some tax revenue from marijuana better than none?
Also, you’re saying if it’s undertaxed, trafficking will continue, and if it’s overtaxed… trafficking will continue. Sounds like you’re trying to have it both ways. Regardless, it’s illegal and we have trafficking. How is the proposition WORSE than the status quo, that’s the main thing. Who cares if it’s not perfect??
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Rishi
norcalnick
Scootie
CalBear81
carp
49er16
giantfan5
katster
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I still haven’t heard a good argument from any of them.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
As I said, I was severely tossed up, and when I’m severely tossed up, I vote no. And I’ll admit, fed displeasure and consequences to educational funding is what put me over the line.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
I’m not angry or anything either. She’s entitled to vote how she wants, and she’s clearly given it some thought. I just like discussing the issue.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
THEN WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY WITH ME, ATOMS!?!?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
HOW CAN SHE SHOUT???
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Why not abstain if you’re severely tossed up? I can understand why if you felt that way it might put you over the top. I just don’t think that’s at all likely to happen. California has 10% of the country’s population. We’re a very important state, and they wouldn’t screw us out of displeasure over something as unimportant as marijuana. Especially not the Obama administration.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll admit the school funding issue pushed me into the no camp.
Also, it drives me crazy to abstain. Once I wrote in my mother’s name when I didn’t like any of the candidates for a particular ballot rather than abstain.
It was a tough call, though. It was one of the votes I declared to be a free vote at my house — normally I read the book and the summaries around the internet and inform the other voters, so if I say ‘oh hell no,’ most of the time my folks go along with me. (The last time I declared a free vote was Prop 8, after my mom went around and around and around with me on it.)
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
Yeah, my parents put a lot of stock into what I say too. I was surprised that I didn’t need to do much convincing on Prop 8. They’ve come a long way on that score. And for two very elderly people from India who have never smoked pot, they were both voting for Prop 19 without even talking to me about it.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the Obama admin has said they will aggressively pursue all actions necessary to undo prop 19 and its effects.
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You mean what Holder said? The federal government has very limited capability to do any serious law enforcement on a local level. I strongly believe he was bluffing to affect the election, and he may well have been successful in this. The Attorney General does not, moreover, control education policy.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still confused with the whole consequences to educational funding thing, can you expound on that at all? (Not trying to call you out, I actually hadn’t heard anything about it and education is usually top priority in terms of policy)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
No disrespect meant to katster, but it honestly sounds like a mostly unfounded fear to me, unless there’s more that she cares to elaborate on.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I heard it from my mom and sis, both of whom have a better ear to the ground in regards to educational stuff than I do. (Sis is a substitute; mom taught high school math before she got sick.)
Looking around the internet, it looks like it’s a big theme of the No on 19 campaign — looks like it’s a little different than I was thinking, but possibly it is just fear mongering.
•Would place hundreds of employers, including public schools, at risk of violating the Federal Workplace Act of 1988 which mandates the necessity of a drug-free workplace. This is why public school superintendent John Snavely, Ed.D. warns that Proposition 19 could cost our K-12 schools as much as $9.4 billion in lost federal funding as well as the loss of millions of dollars in federal grants for our state colleges and universities.
Again, I freely admit that’s not the most unbiased source, coming from the No on 19 website, but I trust my sis on this one. I’m sure we’ll all have another shot at it soon, and maybe with a better initiative.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
Hmm, this doesn’t seem conclusive either way. It may be up to the Dept. of Ed. to determine whether we’re complying in good faith or not.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way, I think there would HAVE to be some resolution to this so that we could still get funding. There’s no way the fed stops giving us money entirely.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough. I just decided the risk wasn’t worth it. Besides, it’s the California initiative process. Wait long enough, and you’ll be voting on it again. (How many times have we voted on parental notification of abortion again?)
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
You’re probably right. I don’t even know why I care so much, because I don’t smoke weed. But I think it’s absolutely silly and dumb that it’s illegal.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Think of it like the stimulus package – the first one we passed was better than nothing, but it gave up the opportunity to try to pass something legitimately good.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
what about all of the money spent on jailing people busted for possession?! wouldn’t this help clear up prisons and put REAL offenders away?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Do you really think there are lots of prisoners out there who are in prison solely because they were caught with a joint or two?
There are.
More than 550,000 million in the last decade, at least 60,000 for the last three years.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/sep/03/more_half_million_californians_a
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*scratch the million
I originally said half a million before throwing in the actual number.
My bad.
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If you can find a report that gives a number for those in jail,
Please post it because I can’t find a report that says.
None-the-less, it’s still a waste of time and money for police to bust and fine mary jane users all because they have it on them.
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Proposition 20. Redistricting of Congressional Districts
Should the state Constitution be amended to have the Citizens Redistricting Commission redistrict for the U.S. House of Representatives, to change existing redistricting criteria, and to reduce the redistricting timeline?
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Reduce gerrymandering? Sounds good to me.
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why do you hat gerry?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't!
Why, I loved Gerry McNamara when he was on Syracuse!
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I thought that we gave redistricting power to a panel of judges a few years ago...
Isn’t Prop 20 a simple attempt to overturn this (apparently great) idea based upon the aforementioned amnesia of the voting public….. sound very suspicious to me….
Are you referring to prop 77? B/c that didn’t pass …
No Prop 11....
Which provided for a citizens commission to redraw districts ( Link ). Seemed like a good idea at the time – why are we changing it so soon (passed in 2008)?
As I read more thoroughly...
It appears that Prop 20 adds U.S. House of Congress redistricting to the “citizens panel” (created in 2008 by Prop 11) which does the redistricting for State Senate, State Assembly and State Board of Equalization only at this point.
It is in direct competition with Prop 27 (which seeks to keep redistricting in the hands of the legislature) and if both pass, the one with the most votes will become the law.
NO
It’s equivalent to unilateral disarmament. I believe that all congressional districts throughout the country should be drawn more fairly, but if they’re going to keep gerrymandering in Texas and South Carolina, why should we only do it fairly here in California, and lose vital Democratic seats? In today’s political climate, every seat in the US Congress is important.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Too high to figure this one out, voting NO.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I said no to this, mostly because I want to see how the redistricting committee works out before I add/take away powers. (This means I also said no to 27.)
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Agreed. We just voted to have the redistricting commission established for the state legislature in the last election, and it has not yet gone into effect (and it is running behind schedule and over-budget, of course). Let’s see how it works out for state legislature before we decide whether or not to expand it.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Yep.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I voted no on this.
And on the other redistricting-related one. I think we can find better solutions to the problem (and I do believe there is a problem, though not a horrific one) than through the initiative process. No, I don’t know off the top of my head what they are, but I think smart people could get together and figure it out.
but I think smart people could get together and figure it out.
Yes this is what usually happens when tough problems arise in this state.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to break it to you, but other states have plenty of stupid people as well.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Break it to scootie, not me.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Scootie, there are stupid people everywhere.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Fucking Politics… HOW DO THEY WORK?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You should
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird people there. Ever seen the Werner Herzog movie about it?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
My alias is no longer geographically accurate. When I first started on SBN, I lived in DC. Now I live in Maryland.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
How about Trojapin? Terrajan? Turtle Condom?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that, DC. However, if everything I commented had to be 100% factually accurate, then my creativity would be stifled.
Don’t you live in Bethesda or something? Same thing.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Bethesda is NOT the same thing as DC. We only run the nanny-and-housekeeper bus lines during the week, it’s much more efficient.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh, I know alllllll about Bethesda, trust me.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t you come here for work or something? It’s really better suited to being middle-aged with kids.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Stopped going there, but yeah, I used to!
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the volunteers at the precinct voting location I used in DC was a NIST application security expert – he was saying that the security levels for the electronic machines that the District had looked at were a total joke.
So, it wouldn’t be difficult – for a motivated 13 year old. This rules me out completely.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It makes plenty of sense. All the stupid people from all over the country have congregated there, so he can see it firsthand.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, when did we start talking about LA?
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
That’s why I had to leave… [sobs quietly]
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But Prop. 27 repeals the redistricting commission for the state legislature which we voted to establish in the last election. So if you vote no on Prop. 27, you are actually voting to have a redistricting commission for the state legislature. (Voting this time one whether to repeal something we voted on last time, before it has even gone into effect is a lovely example of how completely ridiculous the ballot initiative system is, BTW.)
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
(Voting this time one whether to repeal something we voted on last time, before it has even gone into effect is a lovely example of how completely ridiculous the ballot initiative system is, BTW.)
Word. We need a better system.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It would probably have to come to that, yes.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 21. Establishes $18 Annual Vehicle License Surcharge to Help Fund State Parks and Wildlife Programs. Grants Surcharged Vehicles Free Admission to All State Parks
Should the state levy an additional annual $18 vehicle license surcharge to provide funds to operate and maintain California’s state parks and wildlife protection programs?
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Man, 18 dollars is less than what I spend on two days of lunch. Why not.
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have you ever tried the famous halal truck at 53rd/6th? i really wanted to, but couldn’t make it when i was there on vacation :(
I probably have. I’ve tried a bunch around that area, but nothing that sticks out. I usually stick to halal places closer to my office when I’m in the mood for that.
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by yellow fever on Nov 2, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, 18 dollars is less than what I make on two nights of pimping hookers to Rishi. Why not.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions
No
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
No
We have way too many of these little protected pots of money in our state. I LOVE our state parks, but this is a bad move. Plus, no expiration date? From the Chron:
Also, the day will surely come when the $18 fee isn’t sufficient, requiring another ballot measure to increase it. The fee, small as it may sound, hits low-income drivers harder than others.
I've been Honked...
Meh
I’m pretty ambivalent on this. Argument for: we need some way to raise money, somehow, and our state parks are hurting. Plus, if you go to a state park a couple times a year, it pays for itself.
Argument against: More budgeting via ballot box.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pro-taxes, so yes.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
carp hates the outdoors and wildlife
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Hard call. Said yes, but I like parks. I was tossed up hard about this.
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Yes. I go to state parks more than 4 times per year so this will save me money.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
can i switch to ‘yes’?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Did you already actually vote? If so, then yes, just go vote again. Tell them you’re dead.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
What about Proposition 47: Legalizing the smoking of weed in National Parks if a monkey butler is present to ensure no heroin fueled rape parties ensue?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
If the monkey butler is then free to come home with me and do the fucking domestic chores that his simian brethren is currently refusing to do, I would strongly consider it.
I really am doing the best I can to talk your go-slow butler into getting the lead out, but it appears that he worked for a French diplomat at the consulate, and there’s just no reasoning with him or my so-called butler.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
And their notion that they are due 6 weeks’ holiday and a lavish pension starting in 2012.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
fun fact
SF has a proposition to do the very same thing, for a similar amount, to fix roads. I will be selling my car and they will get nothing.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
How much are they talking about charging? Because I have hard time imagining it will match the 7% annual excise tax on cars that I my wife had to pay in Providence.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I forget, $10-$12?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
a year?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
yes
And I didn’t see the bit about the excise tax, no it will not get to East Coast levels.
Also, there was a reduction in VLF by Arnold after he got to office, about $3B. About equal to the state budget deficit the next year, IIRC. So these add-ons are sort of just backfilling that, via unchangeable initiatives.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
They will get something though, because you will a) pay for public transit, b) use the roads less, causing less wear and tear, c) use taxis and other forms of transportation that result in tax revenue.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe
(a) lol MUNI fare collection (I pay but many don’t)
(b) the irony of using a license fee to pay for road improvements is that it is supposed to be a core local government service, so the amount of wear and tear apparently has no rational relation to the amount spent to fix it. It’s kind of like the school bond passed last year to pay for the school construction bond money they used to pay for salaries
© there’s more taxis here now than there were, but I only use those to go to the airport when BART isn’t running. In any case I don’t know what medallion fees support.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It boggles my mind that they can’t even use fare inspectors to make sure people pay the damn fare. Either make people pay or make it free and tax everyone, but the current situation is the worst of both worlds.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
nah
just raise the fares, so more scofflaw, watch revenues go down, then cut routes and drivers. SCIENCE
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 22. Prohibits the State From Borrowing Or Taking Funds Used for Transportation, Redevelopment, Or Local Government Projects and Services
Should the California Constitution be amended to prohibit the state, even during a severe fiscal hardship, from redirecting certain tax revenues dedicated to transportation or local governments?
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Not sure about local government projects, but I think transportation’s kinda important. So I’d vote no as it is, but yes if it were restricted to prohibiting the state from taking funds for local government projects or services.
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No
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
No
General rule of thumb for me: vote NO on any measure that would reduce the flexibility of the state legislature in putting together a budget. Things are so gridlocked in Sacramento, and budgeting for our state is so hard as it is, anything that makes it harder is a bad idea.
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by giantfan5 on Nov 2, 2010 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
rec'd
note this can apply to general obligation bond measures too.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
The state shouldn’t solve its budget problems on the backs of municipalities.
I can understand a No vote, though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I never mandate spending, even when high as a kite, so NO.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not mandated spending; it’s basically keeping the state from raiding the municipal and redevelopment coffers.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
NO.
In times of hardship, I would much rather have money taken from roads than from schools. Why protect these relatively non-critical functions?
On the bandwagon dummy!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 23. Suspends Implementation Of Air Pollution Control Law (AB 32) Requiring Major Sources Of Emissions To Report And Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions That Cause Global Warming, Until Unemployment Drops To 5.5 Percent Or Less For Full Year
Should the AB 32 air pollution control law be suspended until unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year?
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I’d probably have to see the cost/benefit analysis to see how much it’s costing businesses to comply with the air pollution control law and how it relates to unemployment, but I think suspending it sounds like a load of crap from businesses too lazy to act environmentally. So no.
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Biggest No on the ballot… terrible idea… surprise surprise Texas oil companies come through with another genius plan
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 2, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I kind of wonder — where does all the money that gets spent on elections go? How much effect does it have on the local economy? There’s the joke that Meg Whitman’s plan to stimulate the California economy is to run every year, it’d be interesting to hear how that money is spent.
w00t!
My questions are answered! (Link to California Watch and to California Sec of State) [HT SFGate]
SMART Media group made out to the tune of $106.9 million, that’s really smart of them!
“well if the Rangers can’t win, maybe we can fuck up their environment”
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Littering is unlAWFUL
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, what I wrote are the more recent version of the “Don’t Mess with Texas” ad campaign.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
NO
This would suspend AB32 pretty much indefinitely. We are not going to hit 5.5% for 4 quarters in a row for many many years to come.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now that the SF Giants have won I’m ready for civilization to crumble so I’m voting yes.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hell no
This is one of the three props I care the most about. The threshold has only been met twice in the last forty years and it’s an excuse for the big polluters to keep polluting. No no no no and no.
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by katster on Nov 2, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
nay.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
KILL IT WITH FIRE
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 2, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This makes me want to cry and hit people in the face that this even exists. It is the same rage that I feel when I think of how Regan peeled back our Carter-era strict emissions standards, such that our cars are polluting at 1970s levels.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
CruzinBears think all secretaries should be female, the sexis pig.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 24. Repeals Recent Legislation That Would Allow Businesses to Lower Their Tax Liability -- State of California
Should recent tax law changes that allow some businesses to pay lower state income tax be repealed?
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No
Doesn’t seem like a good idea to raise taxes on businesses if we’re trying to attract business to the state. Plus, the recently enacted legislation just seems like common-sense measures to bring our tax law in line with federal laws.
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I think we need a new distinction for small and medium businesses (or even just SOHO and SMB), because I’m not for increasing taxes on the mom and pop shops, but the classification for “small business” includes companies with millions and millions in revenue and the state could use some of that cash right now
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I should know more about this topic than I do….
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Sigh
I voted No.
The state really needs the revenue, but we can’t be undoing budget deals by proposition, and frankly the tax breaks sound pretty reasonable.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
If you like taxes, you would vote Yes, because the proposition REPEALS a tax break.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I apologize and you are correct. Changing my vote to NO. I mean YES.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Proposition 25. Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass Budget and Budget-Related Legislation From Two-Thirds to A Simple Majority. Retains Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Taxes
Should the state Constitution be amended to allow passage of budget bills by a simple majority in each house of the state Legislature and should legislators be required to forfeit their pay if a budget is not passed on time?
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The argument against it is that I’ve heard that legislators will find their way around it and make it even more difficult to pass a budget.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
*ie there are already huge loopholes.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Loopholes around lower vote requirement? What are you talking about?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
As in they’ll just “pass” a ridiculous budget on the due date that will not get signed because it’s ridiculous, and lawsuits/challenges/foot dragging/dealmaking will continue ad nauseum. I can’t remember exactly how but it was on NPR.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I think so. They first needed some fresh air though.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
this is what they've done for a few years now
and most likely did this year, only to have the new gov. convene an “emergency session” to “fix” the “emergency”.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
But if it’s the governor will sign it, all they would need is 50%. How is that not better than the current system of needing a supermajority? You don’t need as much dealmaking if you don’t need as many people to agree.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Or repeal prop 13 so that you have a more stable (not permanent just more stable,) source of income and eliminate spending mandates so that the legislature is actually responsible for things they constantly get blamed for?
Sure, but repealing Prop 13 isn’t on the ballot. This is.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
YES YES YES
Agree with Fever. 2/3 to pass a budget (and to raise taxes) is a terrible, terrible idea.
I've been Honked...
YES
YES YES YES
We have to be able to pass a budget, and most states do it by simple majority. It’s ludicrous that we’re passing a budget 100 days into the fiscal year.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
The forefathers stuck 50% of their cocks in 50% of everything so that’s good enough for me: YES.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
rec'd for historical accuracy
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 2, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yea.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I should state that I’m not actually voting “yes.” I believe legislating through propositions is like mana for Zorlak the Bakersfield Hex Imp, and a plague of gophers will overrun the state. Therefore instead of voting yes I will be donning a grass skirt and doing the Charleston around a small statue of a goat at my polling place.
You have to stand by your principles.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprised CalBear81’s “congrats on winning the world series except spazzy” comment didn’t get the same response from you.
Actually, no I’m not.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
Come on Spazzy! You have taunted and ridiculed me relentlessly any time I have ever mentioned the A’s four World Series Championships, saying over and over that those Championships were meaningless. You have acted as if any mention of the A’s Championships is a person insult to you. Why is it okay for you to taunt and mock and ridicule other people, but you take offense at anyone (especially me, for reasons I have never entirely understood) poking a little fun at you in return?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
You have taunted and ridiculed me relentlessly any time I have ever mentioned the A’s four World Series Championships, saying over and over that those Championships were meaningless.
This is 100% false. 100%.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
Yes. This is one that I believe to be sufficiently important to the well-being of the state to cause me to vote for a ballot initiative.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Aha! :) I’d asked you about this one yesterday. Good to know.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 26. Requires That Certain State and Local Fees Be Approved By Two-Thirds Vote. Fees Include Those That Address Adverse Impacts on Society Or the Environment Caused By the Fee-Payer's Business
Should the California Constitution be amended to require two-thirds vote approval for the imposition of certain state and local fees that now require majority vote approval?
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Im confused. You say that requiring 2/3rds is bad, but say to vote yes where a yes vote would cause it to be 2/3rds requirement?
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I saw this one as basically a check put in place for if Prop 25 passes… simple majority for anything that doesn’t have an adverse effect on society or the environment
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
NO
Requiring 2/3 for anything is almost always a terrible idea.
Then you mean NO, not Yes
Anyway, I agree. This would really prevent the state from regulating lots of businesses, punishing polluters, etc… It could be really harmful. NO NO NO
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, although somewhat vague, I think this is the key:
Fees Include Those That Address Adverse Impacts on Society Or the Environment Caused By the Fee-Payer’s Business
Don’t hurt my bunnies and (non-furd) trees!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
What??
I think you’re reading it wrong. It’s saying that in order to impose those fees on polluters, it would require a 2/3 vote. That would make it MUCH MUCH HARDER.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
No. Just no. Stop it already with these propositions you assholes.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No
Third of two (oops, typo in the last one) that I care about. No, no, no, hell no. This one, along with 23, is the Texas oil companies trying to weasel out of their obligations in terms of pollution fines and such. Besides, the two-thirds majority on everything is killing the state, we don’t need to add more restrictions.
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katster is a liar and can’t count!!!
p.s. are you a lawyer?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope, I’m a computer tech. It’s a bland life.
I thought about becoming a lawyer, though.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
If you keep lying and screwing up your math skills, you could become a good lawyer someday.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Good start to the lying portion!
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Jesus
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
If in doubt, vote Jesus
The carp electoral strategy revealed!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Proposition 27. Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting. Consolidates Authority for Redistricting With Elected Representatives
Should the state Constitution and state laws be amended to eliminate the Citizens Redistricting Commission established by the voters in 2008, return all redistricting to the state Legislature, and change the redistricting criteria?
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
No
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
Did NOT see that coming
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I vote no on all the Props.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
What about Proposition 83: Officially changing the name of Leland Stanford Junior University to “’furd”?
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That would get an Yes.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
I’ll be cold and dead in my grave before I recognize “y” as a vowel.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
But y?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Because if God had wanted to have “y” as a vowel, he would have mentioned it 6000 years ago when he was dictating the Old Testament to Eve.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No, Yves
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he did
when he dictated it in Greek.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, even I would vote yes on that one. Shall we start a petition drive?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
No
It’s either 20 or 27 here. I voted for 20 and against 27, and I think the rest of the state will, too.
I've been Honked...
I think most people are confused and will vote no on both. Who knows?
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You’re probably right. It’s much easier to campaign to defeat a proposition than to campaign to pass one.
I've been Honked...
I think you can vote NO on both and it will be fine.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
NO
I’m generally anti-gerrymandering, and frankly, we have too many extremists in Sacramento. There will still be a Dem majority with fairer districts, and if Prop 25 passes, we’ll be able to have a reasonable budget. I think we should keep the redistricting commission. In fact, I almost applied to serve on it, but I got started late with my application and didn’t have time to solicit three letters of recommendation.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Where’s the punchline? Voting no.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I said no to this for the same reasons I said no to 21. Want to see what the committee does before I add/take away powers.
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California Governor's Race: Who's the best candidate?
* Jacob Vangelisti (Write-in)
* Carlos Alvarez, Peace and Freedom
* Hugh Bagley (Write-in)
* Rakesh Kumar Christian (Write-in)
* Anselmo A. Chavez (Write-in)
* Chelene Nightingale, American Independent
* Nadia B. Smalley (Write-in)
* Laura Wells, Green
* Jerry Brown, Democratic
* Dale Ogden, Libertarian
* Rowan Millar (Write-in)
* Cassandra A. Lieurance (Write-in)
* Meg Whitman, Republican
* Lea Sherman (Write-in)
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Sigh...
Brown, I suppose. Though like many, I’m not very inspired by him. But who knows, the Giants won the World Series, so anything is possible!
I've been Honked...
you mean, if he is ever not injured?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I have zero expectations for Bridgeford at this point. The injuries he sustained were potentially career ending weren’t they? I think I heard that somewhere.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he injured the shoulder of his throwing arm… so… yeah
4
by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyway, if he gives Cal anything on the field, its a bonus in my view. I am actually putting a lot more hope in Maynard (assuming he can get into school). At least he’s thrown for almost 20 TD’s as a redshirt freshman at a D1 program (even if it was low D1).
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m optimistic about Mansion, of all people. He showed me he wasn’t completely inept last weekend. I hope he can get some confidence this weekend.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too! He’s got the physical gifts at least, which is a lot better off than having a QB who can’t throw very well at all.
Someone just needs to tell him he’s playing with house money right now….and that he can rock Furd’s secondary just like Comrade Riley did last year.
4
by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
we’ll know a lot about the Party Yacht by the end of the season. Not convinced yet but since he’ll finally get some real PT, we’ll know more.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
For 2011, it’ll either by Mansion or Maynard, though I’m feeling more and more like it’ll be Maynard in the end, Jones will be good enough to catch most anything and he already has the whole chemistry thing going for him with KA21…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Isn’t the NC WR recruit who committed another cousin of those 2?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Sooooooo, Maynard needs a cool nick name now (ala Party Yacht)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I think we should call him something Tool- or A Perfect Circle-related
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
are there anymore talented cousins we can snatch? Jeez.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
We snatched two redheaded bros from Oregon State!
PUNK BEAVER BITCHES
(now #2 on my hat list)
4
by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What are you taking stupid pills or something?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess I’m not mature enough to have pop pop in the attic
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What about mayoneggs?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
She’s really funny.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Write-in for Kevin Riley… guy needs a pick me up right about now…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Surely becoming Governor would be like some form of punishment?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
but he's graduating and needs a job.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 2, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Rakesh Kumar’s mom thinks you are an embarrassment to your ancestry!
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I wouldn’t vote for Bobby Jindal if I lived in Louisiana
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but you tend to vote Republican anyway. That’s not much of a demonstration of sub-continental solidarity.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
What about Nikki Minaj?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Apostate! Or whatever Hindus call apostates.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
you probably should, all things considered
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Religion is personal. As long as you’re a good person, who cares how you choose to view the existence (or lack thereof) of a higher power?
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With that kind of attitude, you’ll never be able to burn people at the stake.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
A woman who cares so much about California she didn’t vote for 28 years. That’s longer than most commenters here have been alive.
Don’t forget religious intolerance and homophobia.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t forget Mexicans, magical Negroes and civil rights.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought Republicans like Magical Negroes as long as they were stoic in their suffering? I have got to get on the mailing list for these things.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
you know, you may have a valid point there.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
My dad’s college roommate was a Peace and Freedom city councilman in Ukiah for years.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Jerry Brown cut in front of me on a Southwest flight from Oakland to Ontario last year.
HRMPH!
by Redonkulous Bear on Nov 2, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t see anything wrong with not voting.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Not voting, whatever. Not voting and then trying to enter politics at the top level? Ridiculous.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
Who knows, someday we may have a Missing Barry as President.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
And honestly, if you really care about politics, voting is not the way to go about making your voice heard. One vote is meaningless. Doing something that influences lots of votes and/or policy, now that’s soemthing that might actually be worthwhile.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Um, no. I end up with “representatives” at all levels who don’t actually represent me and that is frustrating but my vote is definitely not meaningless.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Ok, meaningless was a little harsh. We expect, what, 10M people in CA to vote? So your vote does carry a weight of 1/10,000,000 = .00001%. So yes, not meaningless, but pretty darn close….
Of course, in more local stuff your vote carries a larger weight, but still not a large one. I stand by the fact that if you want to really make a difference, you have to do something to affect policy or affect lots of voters.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Your vote for Marshawnthusiast is the most important of them all!
VOTE TWIST! VOTE TWIST!
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Voting Twist is like voting for the Terrorists to win
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
You would be correct if it weren’t for the fact that the electorate is so split, that elections are won by hundres of votes. So indivudual votes are more and more are important all the time.
If you’re going to look at it that way, an individual vote only matters if the election is decided by 1 vote.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure, but you never know who’s vote that could be. So it could be yours! Seriously though even though you are technically correct, no vote counts unless it is cast by an individual and therefore, collectively, every individual counts even if their individual votes do not necessarily decide an election.
Right, it’s the whole problem that no individuals vote matters, but collectively, all our votes matter. It’s not in anyones self interest to vote, but it is within everyone’s self interest that everyone else votes (to best represent the general population).
I don’t vote, nor do I want to. At the same time, I favor mandatory voting Australia style.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s complicated. On the one hand, you have a small number of people not always voting for the common good or if you have mandatory voting, you get a large number of people deciding issues they are uneducated about. Not sure which is worse.
I tend to think most voters aren’t all that educated, anyways. I don’t really believe the non-voters are much worse than the voters. I do believe having the entire populations interests most accurately represented, even if those interests suck, is what we should strive for, and it’s really the whole point of our political process.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Yet on an individual level you choose to take the action opposed to representing an entire population… ?
Correct. Which is exactly why we need mandatory voting laws!
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew quite a number of Aussies who supported them. What a surprise, people on both sides of the issue! I suspect your friends simply envy my ability to legally not vote….
(And yes, mandatory voting is the correct side) :)
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
If mandatory voting laws came with mandatory Australian accents for women, I’m all for them.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh. Um, no. Sorry.
I’m not a fan of Aussie women, or their accents, but we’ve had this conversation before, and that’s all I will say this time around.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, there’s no accounting for taste.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m into spanish women/accents, myself.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Also, any girl that even somewhat resembles Adrianna Lima, so Brazilian girls, too.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Now we’re speaking the same language!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they’re cool, I just think they’re unattractive.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I love me some of that.
I have every kind of fever, except for Yellow Fever, to be honest.
And even then, I can make exceptions.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
omg wut? really?
REALLY? what? omg. really? You’re joking.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
It was whatever the courts wanted it to be.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
And that wouldn’t have mattered if Gore had won his home state, FFS.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh, I voted. I always vote. I just wonder if it ever gets counted.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I would be surprised if you’re vote were not counted. Unless you’re an absentee voter. They are much less likely to be counted.
WHO ARE VOTE?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Given the margin of loss, I doubt it was anything to do with you.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Don’t get me wrong, the debacle in Florida was as close to a legal coup as you’re likely to see in this country, but it was also completely avoidable from an electoral math position.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
His day came and went already. Like 3 weeks ago, in fact.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
5-4 :-P
Technically I think it was 537 votes, or something like that?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You can’t say that the cumulative vote is meaningful while saying the individual vote is meaningless. It’s self-contradictory. I’m sorry that the political process makes us feel insignificant at times… I mean, clearly our opinion is more important than those other 10M people and thus should carry more weight… but this process allows EVERYONE to be heard equally and when you take a step back from yourself you should recognize that this is a very good thing. So if you really want to make a difference, (1) Vote, then (2) Organize, campaign, whatever too have at it. The vote is the fundamental way to participate.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
You can’t say that the cumulative vote is meaningful while saying the individual vote is meaningless. It’s self-contradictory.
Why not? I’m not seeing the problem here. One person doesn’t vote, nothing changes. A large group of people don’t vote, and unless they are perfectly representative of the general population on every issue, it will start to make a difference. I’m not talking about the relative importance of each person, I’m talking about representative the voting public is of the whole population.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m talking about how representative the voting public is of the whole population.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Fine, don’t vote. I reject your justification that you are meaningless.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
It’s all about the alignment of incentives. An individuals incentive, in this case, doesn’t align with what’s best for society as a whole. This is because when deciding whether to cast a single vote, the individual considers whether that one vote will matter or not. So that’s why we need mandatory voting.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
If everyone who didn’t vote would just shut up and take what others who care have decided for them, well then we wouldn’t be having this strange conversation.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I don’t see what’s so strange about this conversation? It’s just a conversation about misplaced incentives…
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I think there is inherent civic value in voting. Just thinking about the candidates and issues is important.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly, though it is possible to do that thinking without actually casting a vote. ;)
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but if someone hasn’t bothered to vote in 28 years, it probably means she doesn’t give a flying fuck, and it’s unlikely she’s really given much thought to the actual issues surrounding her community, her state, or her country. Not impossible, but extremely unlikely.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I vote all the time and I don’t actually care about the community, etc., around me.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I didn’t say the inverse was necessarily true.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, doesn’t seem all that unreasonable to me, but then again….well, I’m not too far off the kind of hypothetical person we’re talking about here!
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
What? You are supposed to take one fact about a candidate and on that basis alone make a descision about their suitability.
I don’t think that’s fair, but I do think it’s fair to use it as piece of the puzzle.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
One vote is meaningless.
Plus, who knows if any one vote I have ever cast has ever been actually counted? Since 2000, I’ve wondered that.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
that's cause you live in Ohio.
i’m quite sure mine are counted (there’s only about 100 voters in my precinct and the county election website breaks down results by precinct).
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 2, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m so monumentally disappointed that Whitman was seriously somehow determined to be the best republican candidate.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I think he was more extreme in the immigration debate, which woulda sunk him in the general. There was a moment when Whitman moved further to the right to try to out Conservative him on the immigration debate.
She actually made some inroads with Latinos initially in the general, but then the whole brouhaha with the maid happened. I dont believe Poizner would have made those inroads at all and would be in a worse position.
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The comment she made to that undocumented immigrant student (a triple major — even if it’s Fresno State, that’s hardcore) who asked her the question about becoming legal and she said no, absolutely not, not even if you were brought here as a kid.
During the Spanish language debate.
Yeah, that was brilliant.
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Spanish language debate
You mean the Univision-sponsored debate?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. The Univision one. That is, the one they were deliberately translating into Spanish.
That said, I think kids of illegals, as long as they do something useful (ie, go to college or join the military) ought to have a chance at citizenship. It’s not really their fault they got brought here.
But what do I know, I’m liberal tree-hugging (but not tree-sitting) socialist scum. ;)
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Why does anybody want this job?
In particular, why is Meg Whitman treating the governor’s office like it’s a prize to be won on ebay?
Went with Jerry, not least because I don’t like people trying to buy their way into government offices. Besides, Cal grad. :)
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In particular, why is Meg Whitman treating the governor’s office like it’s a prize to be won on ebay?
She wants to take the Reagan route to the white house?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I’m not, its Meg that’s soiling one of America’s greatest actors’ name, and you voted for her stepping stone campaign!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
soiling one of America’s greatest actors’ name
If Ron Ron was such a great actor, how come none of his movies are ever on TV?
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
He was an okay actor. But mostly he was in small supporting roles or in B movies, so he rarely got a chance to show if he really could act or not. But if you ever get a chance to watch That Hagan Girl, you should, just because it is so bizarre. It’s one of those movies that leave you wondering why anyone that this was a good thing. 38-year-old Ronald Reagan’s love interest is 19-year-old Shirley Temple (!). And until the end, it is unclear whether he is going to turn out to be her long-lost father or her lover. According to Reagan himself, at the preview, when Shirley Temple told Reagan “I love you” at the end of the movie, the entire audience yelled, “Oh, no!” That line was edited out, leaving the ending just as creepily ambiguous as the rest of the movie.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
I am quite intrigued as to what Shirley Temple looked like at age 19.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
…wow. Was she not a big star after she grew up? If not, why?!
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, what happened?? It’s like she’s a different person altogether. There isn’t even a trace of those amazing big, pouty lips.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I give up, who is it?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Man. I thought she had written “Glenn”, and I STILL didn’t make the connection.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
How do you NOT recognize the man on sight???
good lord people
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Because the list of random geriatrics I might recognize in a picture generally doesn’t include Nobel laureates.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
She gave up movies when she was 21. She couldn’t get decent parts because audiences of that era just didn’t want to see Shirley Temple grow up. She later became active in Republican politics, making an unsuccessful run for Congress before being appointed as a representative to the U.N. and later U.S. Ambassador to Ghana by Richard Nixon, the first woman Chief of Protocol of the United States by Gerald Ford, and then U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia by the first President Bush.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Not a Reagan fan. But, to be fair, he was heavily involved in conservative politics throughout the early 60’s, and made a big impression campaigning for Goldwater in 1964. And he didn’t buy the governor’s office in 1966. He worked hard for it, with the dedicated support of many true-believer conservatives.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
carp, easy
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I met Gov. Brown in the student section of the Big Game back in the early 90’s. He was cool, so I’m voting for him.
Besides, Meggie has that icky gum-smile. How can I trust someone with tiny teeth?
Being an Old Blue means fearing any athletic success.
and she looks like yoda.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Dude…After spending all those millions, she totes could have afforded jaw surgery for the excessive gingival display. (gummy smile)
However, I’m anti-veneers. (Bad for your long-term health)
Think of it this way – who would you rather have bite you in the *ss? An old dude, or a girl yoda with tiny teeth? Less damage from the tiny teeth!!!
Old Toothwrangler
Feh. Brown would likely just gum me a bit, and likely get excess drool on the cheek. But I fear Meggie might actually latch on, draw blood, then start to ingest it like some weird Yoda-like Lamprey.
Being an Old Blue means fearing any athletic success.
by SoCal Oski on Nov 2, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fapping?
About a slobbery gumming or a Yoda-faced lamprey? I gotta know your fetish!
Being an Old Blue means fearing any athletic success.
They might be tiny, but they’re sharp.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Tooth-ist.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
roy, step away from the keyboard, turn around, take ten DEEP breaths, then come back. seriously dude.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Use that language and people might get the idea that you hate women. Me, I love women. Although I did use the C-word when Palin came on TV after the CBS NFL morning show was absolutely no help in setting my fantasy lineup. But I was using it ironically and then I apologized to women afterward.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
shutup bitch
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Crackers?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Not at all
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“Young, dumb, and full of _”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
RR, you might want to consider learning how to express yourself in a manner that can actually persuade people that your views are worth listening to, instead of just calling people names.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
What are people's predictions on the national races?
1) Who will control the House? (My prediction: GOP)
2) Who will control the Senate? (My prediction: Dems)
3) What’s your prediction for the next two years in Washington based on your predictions for (1) and (2)?
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
1) Democrats hold on to a VERY slim majority, surprising pundits.
2) Democrats hold on to Senate.
3) I predict increased timidity from the Democrats (assuming that’s even possible), allowing the Republicans to take back one or both houses. Obama is then re-elected for a second term, and has to fight at least Republican-controlled house of Congress.
I've been Honked...
Democrats hold on to a VERY slim majority, surprising pundits.
And prompting a wave of lawsuits. Boehner and others have been making very optimistic projections, and local campaigns have already been alleging voter fraud for advance voting. If by some freak chance the Democrats hang on to the House, expect challenges to drag on for months.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I suspect that you are right.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah, but those challenges will be bullshit.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess you haven’t heard about the plague of illegals currently swarming our polling places and voting for all kinds of Socialist horseshit. I’ll fwd the emails.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I predict increased timidity from the Democrats (assuming that’s even possible
I don’t know if it’s possible, but if it is, the Democrats will find a way.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I wish I knew. They are really so fucking bad at it, though, it’s shameful.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s it, I’m starting a Root Beer Float Party.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
1) GOP will win the House. Say hello to Speaker Boehner.
2) GOP will pick up 6-7 Senate seats, and will fall short of a majority there.
3) G-R-I-D-L-O-C-K. More obstructionism from the GOP, very little will get done.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
What that actually means is that we’ll keep spending boatloads of cash, maybe perpetuate the Bush tax cuts, and go further into the hole. I may pass on the opportunity to celebrate.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I suppose it’s nice that someone’s excited about it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Not so much when that person is Rishi.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s be fair here, girls are good looking pretty much anywhere in CA. Have you seen the Northeast? I’d probably even take girls from Sacramento! over them.
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And it’ll all be the Dems fault we can’t get this ship turned around by 2012!
Then we can finally usher in the Palin era! I eff’n can’t wait to hunt by helicopter, assault weapons and all!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
That’s not going to help your campaign against legalizing marijuana very much..
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
In all honesty, the pot issue is really, really low on my list of political priorities.
If it passes, it’s not like I’ll take the streets to protest it.
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YOU WERE JUST IN THE STREETS YESTERDAY!
AND ARE LIKELY TO RETURN TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!
Dont lie!
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You’ll be too stoned you bandwagon stoner.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
1) Corporations
2) Corporations
3) Nothing will change.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
Someone won something.
Congratulations to the Giants and their fans. Grant and McCovey Chronicles with more.
So, so many things had to go right for this. Nine teams had to pass on Tim Lincecum. Twenty-nine had to pass on Aubrey Huff. Edgar Renteria had to play through a torn bicep and a strained old. Some players had to stay healthy, and other players had to get hurt to make room for the players who would lead the Giants to a World Series title.
The Giants won the World Series. The San Francisco Giants. No foolin’. It’s on Wikipedia and everything.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 5:02 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Announcer: "Hey Tim, how does that (World Series trophy) look?
Timmy: “Shinny”
Congrats Giants, way to keep it in the Bay and keep me interested in baseball into November, even if I am an A’s fan
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Nov 2, 2010 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The dude right below Timmy seems to be angrily pointing at somebody!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
that's Eugenio Velez
Fresno’s answer to… well, I forget.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats, Giants fans.
As you all are aware, this Dodger fan hates your stupid team, but I gotta give them credit. Your boys completely outplayed the Rangers and totally earned your victory. Enjoy it.
Not too much, though :-P
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha, that’s pathetic, dude. Your team wins the World Series and all you can post is “LA sucks”.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT, RUSSELL ATOMSAREENOUGH
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd for russell martin suckage
flagged for hatting on atoms, who is a much cooler Dodger fan than Twist.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
ha
Twist fooled you too. Atoms was very nice when I showed up here. It almost made up for Twist.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
TRUE STORY, BITCHES
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I was at lunch, sorry for the delay
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey atoms?
This is a really classy move. Thanks.
In your honor, I will admit, as much as I hate the Dodgers, Kirk Gibson’s homer in game one of the 1988 World Series still makes all happy. It was an amazing moment.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
NEVER FORGET
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
hey the Giants should have prepared for earth quakes better, learn from that whole 1906 thing and sack up
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I’m taking a history of CA class right now, and one of the most interesting things that we talked about was how the SF earthquake is one of the main reasons that allowed for LA’s ascendancy into a legitimately powerful city.
Hist127AC w/ Kerwin Klein. I couldn’t possibly give less of a fuck about history, but it counts for AC and historical studies and the lectures are pretty interesting. And he’s a pretty interesting lecturer, even though his schtick gets old kinda fast.
Nice. Make sure to show up on the last day of class, he shares a nice tidbit of California history that might surprise you.
I've been Honked...
I overslept that day. What is the tidbit?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
It has to do with a type of sex act first innovated in the fair city of San Francisco (now home to the World Champion Giants!).
Shhh, don’t spoil the surprise for boomtho!
I've been Honked...
The Hot Plate Special was invented in SF? Who knew?
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 2, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought the
‘angry dragon’ was a japanese invention
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 2, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I will never look at Rice a Roni the same
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Its when you give some one something, then try and take it back when you realize what you’ve lost
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
What term was that? I can’t be bothered to go and look it up myself.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I couldn’t possibly give less of a fuck about history
those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I hate that quote. History is always repeating itself, except when it isn’t….
But seriously, for every similarity you can find between one situation and another one from previous history, I could find you a difference.
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course every situation is unique, and history never exactly “repeats.” But the primary way human beings learn is through experience. A child who burns himself learns not to put his or her hand in the flame again. If that child did not learn that lesson, he or she would be burned over and over again. History is the collective experience of the human race, and thus the best source of learning what the potential consequences of our choices are.
An example: When this country was in the grip of war fever in the run-up to the Iraq war, I was struck at the similarities to the “July Madness” of 1914, when the people of almost every country in Europe went into a war frenzy. The people and leaders of just about every one of those countries were certain that the war would be short, victorious, and would accomplish all their goals. “The boys will be home for Christmas” was the popular saying. They were, but it wasn’t Christmas 1914. It was Christmas 1918. And 20 million or so of those boys didn’t make it back at all. And far from accomplishing the goals of the participants, the war resulted in the toppling of the governments of many of the countries, and the stage being set for an even more horrific war 20 years later. Similarly, many people here were convinced that the Iraq war would be quick and easy, and would accomplish a number of important goals. That war turned out to be neither quick nor easy, and certainly did not accomplish all of our goals. Of course there are major differences between those wars, and the experiences of World War I and Iraq don’t mean that every time a country gets into the grip of war fever these will be the results. But it is a valuable lesson about how easily people and leaders can be drawn into unthinking support for a war, and how that war can turn out to be much longer and much more horrible than people expect. If more people remembered this, perhaps they would be more skeptical the next time they are tempted to believe that a war will be quick and easy, and would weigh the potential consequences more carefully. That is the sense in which I have always understood that quote about the need to learn from the past to avoid repeating it.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Hear, hear!
coming from someone who wishes they had majored in history instead!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Do you have a child-burning stove???
I hear that’s a really economical way to heat your home – talk about a renewable resource! Lucky dog.
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The next earthquake is going to give Sacramento! beachfront property.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Look at it this way Twist: if the A’s were only going to win one of those three World Series, they won the right one.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
by CalBear81 on Nov 2, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
True Statement
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, kat :)
I’ll also take some small comfort that an NL team from CA beat dubya’s Texas team. I wish it were us instead of you guys though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Atoms,
That was quite classy of you.
Please consider yourself warned. That type of behavior has no place in the DBD, much less at CGB.
:)
Old Toothwrangler
Yknow I congratulated the Giants, too, nobody is thanking me for being classy!
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www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
he's ambidextrous
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought you bought Jason Giambi’s lucky gold thong.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
by yellow fever on Nov 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, you guys are being a lot less insufferable than I had feared, so I figured it was the least I could do :)
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I appreciate it man.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
More coverage from SBN Bay Area
I stayed up and wrote about these.
MLB World Series 2010: Baseball “Experts” & 49 States Looking Pretty Bad After Picking Rangers
MLB World Series 2010: An Historic Run By The Homegrown San Francisco Giants Pitching Staff
Barry Bonds Ecstatic, Willie Mays Emotional After Giants Win The World Series
Willie Mays, greatest Giant of all, watched game from home and told the Chron he had to leave room after final out.
Mays: Oh, man, I don’t get overly excited about baseball, but looking at these kids and how excited they were, I had some tears in my eyes.
Why Willie Mays had to leave room after game: “I had to get out of here for a minute because I’m not used to getting emotional like this.”
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 5:12 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
"I had to get out of here for a minute because I’m not used togetting emotionalthe giants winning like this
congrats to Willie and all the former G’s who built the program… Next up, new A’s stadium and 3 more rings! Ok, well, get me a salary cap, then we’ll talk
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
sorry
you’ll get a 32-team September Madness tournament and like it!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats, Giants fans! I wonder what that winning-it-all feeling is like. Some day, Bears …
Link: Caple today
I grew up in Washington state rooting for the Giants, listening to their games on the radio (we could only pull in night-game broadcasts) and begging my parents to take us to San Francisco for a summer vacation to see them play. My mother never relented, telling me that if we went to San Francisco there would be an earthquake. And when I covered my first World Series and got tickets for my father, brother and brother-in-law, and finally got to Candlestick Park for the first time, sure enough there was an earthquake. (Always listen to your mother.) The Giants always rattle you.
This one was special.
The best moment came when I went to call my grandfather, the reason I’m a Giants fan, and found the line busy. A second later, my cell phone rings, and it’s my grandfather, calling to celebrate. :D
So now I have to figure out (a) how much a world series champions pennant costs and (b) if I can get it to Sacramento! in time to give it to my grandfather when he comes down next weekend to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
My brother (a Giants fan back to the 1970s) called me last night and said he was still wondering when someone was going to announce it was all a mistake and take the championship away. Too bad he doesn’t like college sports. He would make a perfect Cal fan.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES!
Every roster move and every transaction was an attempt to lead to this. Every barstool argument about the merits of Mike Aldrete or Eugenio Velez, every guttural cheer in the close wins, and every expletive in the close losses was created with the implicit understanding that the San Francisco Giants could possibly, maybe, if everything broke their way, could conceive of having a chance to potentially one day win the World Series. Maybe. The Giants would win, and they’d hold the trophy up high as idiots ran around and sprayed each other with champagne.
That’s why we spent so much time trying to figure out if it was a good idea to trade Kirt Manwaring for Rick Wilkins, or hoping that Milt May really was the heir to Willie McCovey’s throne: the stupid, unrealistic promise that the San Francisco Giants could win the World Series.
Words fail.
So, so many things had to go right for this. Nine teams had to pass on Tim Lincecum. Twenty-nine had to pass on Aubrey Huff. Edgar Renteria had to play through a torn bicep and a strained old. Some players had to stay healthy, and other players had to get hurt to make room for the players who would lead the Giants to a World Series title.
The Giants won the World Series. The San Francisco Giants. No foolin’. It’s on Wikipedia and everything.
More to follow tonight. I didn’t exactly have one of these posts sitting in a glass case.
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by Rishi on Nov 2, 2010 6:47 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Isnt that literally the same story as 2 posts above?
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In this case, it’s acceptable to keep posting the same story over and over.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL, fair enough, but what about getting stories from various outlets instead of literally the same story?
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
heh
swindled you out of Ohio Bear and Rishi for a slightly used Missing Barry. PLAYED!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
WHOSE MINE???
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
no-trade clause?
I think not. You need a better agent.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Little do you guys know I’ve actually been drafted by GSoM, as well. I think I may pursue a career with them.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m calling your bluff. Fuck with me and you’ll be stuck at Liberty Ballers
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I’m surprised you haven’t gotten the invite [to be a mod] yet, MB. Not only are you an excellent writer who’s extremely knowledgable about hoops, but you’re also consistently respectful of posters with different views. (I can only aspire to your level of patience!) Keep it up and you’ll probably get the call-up someday…
From a GSoM mod to me, today. Not a good call on your part. ;)
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Firstly, that was offered by their version of the Follettarriat. So powerless!
Secondly, you said youd TURN IT DOWN IF OFFERED! So, dont come in here like you got another offer in your back pocket.
You just lost all leverage! Also, credibility
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
this will not work
no backsies, you’re stuck with him.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Its all part of my plan to waive him after 3 weeks and name Grant as that mod to be named later!
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Things are looking better and better for me at GSoM. Sorry. ;)
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
except for the part
where you have to write about the Warriors.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
GSoM is just using you as a pawn in their never ending battle against Sactown Royalty!
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I’m hoping a rivalry with Sacramento! does eventually develop. Definitely doesn’t exist right now. I could see Tyreke and Steph helping to take our franchises to relevance so we actually develop one (with the assistance of that “PG” rivalry)…..
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s more like a member of the hit squad, really. And all I said is I’m not interested in being a mob. I can still be part of their team!
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a suspicion that you are doing it out of some sort of “revenge” against Avi for what you perceive he did like 2 weeks ago.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Nah, I legitimately missed his post.
I already got “revenge” for that from the time I stole all your recs after the Giants made it to the World Series.
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by Rishi on Nov 2, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
DAMN YOU REC THIEF!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE I WROTE IN YOUR NAME FOR ALL THOSE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I AM NOW TAKING ALL THE MONEY FOR PUBLIC PARKS AND MAKING PUBLIC BARS INSTEAD
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by Rishi on Nov 2, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t be ridiculous WC could never stand for a black sheriff!
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
IT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD.
I woke up this morning expecting it to have all been a dream but then THEY STILL HAD WON. And they WON in 2010 FOREVER.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So you no longer believe that winning the World Series is meaningless? Congratulations, you have take the first step into a larger world.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Why are you commenting on a sport you haven’t cared about in twenty years?
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
Why are you celebrating a championship which you have repeatedly said is meaningless?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
If you can find one single instance of me saying “the world series is meaningless” I would love to see it. The conversation in question probably had me saying something like “I don’t care if your team won before I was born.” The two statements are not equitable. Frankly I find it incredibly petty of you to constantly bring it up, especially right after the team I’ve been following since I was 5 just won a World Series for the first time since the 50s.
I find it really ironic that you “left” your team after being disgusted with MLB, and now whine that caring about attendance is stupid when the A’s are so close to not existing in Oakland, specifically because no one goes to their games.
Yes, I care about attendance. Attendance is why the Giants just won a World Series, the ultimate goal in baseball. Are you really so obtuse you can’t see that?
PS, really? Singling me out after the Giants won a world series and making shit remarks to me personally? Even Atoms had a congrats. fuckin GROW UP.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
. Attendance is why the Giants just won a World Series
Huh? Even if you’re arguing that increased revenue from stadium profit keeps the Giant payroll high, it would be tough to argue that free agent money spent is why the Giants won the World Series.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
This team above all other teams I’ve seen in recent memory won the World Series precisely because everyone, big paycheck or small, played some kind of role. I think the Giants played fucking amazing, had some great luck, and some seriously positive juju on their side to win this thing. So whether or not you wanna run some regression analysis correlating $‘s spent on victories, I don’t care, I genuinely believe that this win would not have happened with MANY (or maybe any) other combinations of players. Bigtime payroll flexibility (something a team like the Marlins or A’s definitely do not have) enabled that. If we couldn’t spend 95 mil (or whatever it’s up to now), simply put we would have a different team, and would that team have won the WS? I sincerely doubt it.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
I would argue that the team succeeded because they failed. Brian Sabean made so many bad signing and trades that the team sucked for a solid 4 years, ensuring high draft picks. This played right into their clear organizational strength – identifying and developing elite pitching prospects, directly resulting in the Giants drafting Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey. I mean, Huff and Torres, two of the three best position players on the Giants, are exactly the type of players the A’s would take a flier on. Thank God we were the ones that got lucky.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
If Sabean hadn’t so much money to “fail” with, then surely the team wouldn’t have made those bad trades, which won us the series! Yaaay money!
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
On the other hand, maybe the Dodgers can take this path to victory.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey was the only top 5 pick of that trio. And it wasn’t just that group that lead us to victory. We’ve clearly done a good job of developing amateur talent over the last few years. MLB is not the NBA – it’s not all about getting top first round picks – it’s about drafting a number of guys with talent, and it’s something we’ve done. Having higher picks certainly helps, but it’s a much, much smaller factor than doing a good job drafting/singing amateur free agents and then developing them. We won because we did a good job finding those talents and developing them.
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This hugging it out part may take longer than anticipated.
Okay then, folks. Let’s watch the low blows, kidney shots, and personal attacks.
It’s a mildly ridiculous argument, but that’s kind of par for the DBD, I suppose. For what it’s worth, I don’t think CB81 wasn’t actually serious about giving you grief…more along the lines of a tweak.
I don’t know about you, but I still feel pretty damn good. It was amazing to see that band of scrappy misfits pull it together and come through time and time again. Yeah, I have some friends giving me a grief over this or that. Whatever. That was a post-season run for the ages…It was perhaps one of the greatest sporting moments that I’ve ever witnessed.
/goes back to basking
Old Toothwrangler
You should see the signing bonuses we gave Posey and Lincecum. Yes, that money is still a great investment, but our club doesn’t hold back on spending money on R&D (in other words, signing prospects)….
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m frankly a little disappointed that with all the politics in this DBD, the real spite is coming out over baseball.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Now we're getting somewhere
don’t call me a limey you sponging public school malcontent!
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
The guys in my old fraternity were laughing at me, but I was legitimately crying. I was in Berkeley, so tough to get to downtown SF for the celebrations, but my buddy who works at a consulting firm in The City sent me a video of everybody going nuts in a bar, so I felt like I was there. I then spent the rest of the evening listening to the KNBR postgame show (highlight: Flemming drinking victory champagne) and the CSN Bay Area postgame with Willie Mays and Barry Bonds (who I’m pretty sure was drunk, btw) calling in. Just epic.
I've been Honked...
Grant's new tattoo:
I was thinking of something simple, like the head of Buster Posey on the body of an eagle, and the head of Matt Cain on the body of a lion, and they’re flanking Tim Lincecum, who is riding a manticore and wielding a longsword made out of change-ups. The other cheek will have Cody Ross, Madison Bumgarner, and Edgar Renteria transforming out of robot form, just shooting everything in sight.
For a moment there, I thought this would be the first day in years that I didn’t wish for more butt cheeks, but there you have it. There just isn’t enough room.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Ahem
For all you die-hard Giants Fans (Zoonews)
Uh, yeah. I’m here, too.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I can attest that Ohio Bear is a true Giants fan. Sure, he doesn’t have any Giants stuff in his office, and he doesn’t hat the Dodgers as much as he hates UCLA, but he’s a Giants fan and has been for years.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions
BOOM LAWYER'D
Costs assessed to?
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Hmm… to which A’s fan should we assess costs? I’ll have to noodle this one a bit.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions
that line
like most of this post is tongue in cheek. I do think there are plenty of bandwagoners out there (not that that’s a bad thing), but I’m sure there are plenty of long time suffering fans too. Enjoy it!
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
there are plenty of bandwagoners out there
*cough*RISHI*cough*
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not fighting it! Have fun with it. I’m just calling a spade a spade, that’s all.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
What about your plan to punch all bandwagoners in the face??
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Not all bandwagoners
Maybe Rishi, though :)
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Prop CGB1
To punch Rishi in the face. I vote yes!!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Except for the fact that I haven’t been complaining.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Funny thing is not a single Giants fan I know, not even the most die-hard ones, care that I’m a “bandwagoner” (you know, in spite of the fact that I’ve lived here my whole life, grew up watching the Giants at Candlestick, etc.) — it’s only Dodgers, Padres, and A’s fans.
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Yup. Welcome aboard! Well, I know a few that would grumble but they are too happy to care.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 2, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I signed up for this nonsense in 1993 BAR-RY BAR-RY so I’m no lifer myself. It’s just enough pain to qualify for a misery admittance to the diehard club but I know my place in the fan hierarchy all the same. You don’t hear me calling KNBR and sobbing: saving that for the Rose Bowl next year.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
January 2013 we are riding the Party Yacht all the way to Pasadena!
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The Party Yacht’s last voyage is 2011, mate.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
How does this championship change the meme, “I think the Giants did that last year”?
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I’ve tried so hard to get “The A’s did that next year.” started and it’s been a bumpy road to say the least.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
the A’s did that next year!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 2, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I SAID THIS FIRST
HEY EVERYONE I SAID THIS FIRST
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
thanks! i also enjoy taking credit for the pringle meme. everyone should rec my posts in honor of my genus whenever anyone uses it!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
It now applies to championships in 2011.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
rec'd for having a bandwagon
that finally did not lose a wheel to Scott Spiezio, get set on fire by Steve Finley, driven off a cliff by Jose Cruz Jr., or ground into sawdust by Bobby Richardson.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
racis
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
At least I’ll admit it, I was a Giants bandwagoner this post season… I grew up liking the team as my second favorite, I liked Barry Bonds for many years, but I only really followed the A’s… The 89 World Series was a dream scenario (and it panned out that way too, minus the whole collapsing of the city of Oakland)… So when the Giants were making a push and the A’s weren’t going to make it, it was easy for me to support the other Bay Area team in their efforts… No shame there, band wagoning is fun, and its not like I’m pretending to be something I’m not and say I was a die hard fan all along
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
For reals. I have seen enough Eric Karros HR’s at Candlestick for two men.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Ohio Governor's Race
Kasich®
or
Strickland (D)
Let me know for whom Ohio Bear and I should vote.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
Didn’t your paycheck from McDonald’s say to vote for Kasich?
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
I only intern at McDonald’s, no paycheck.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap, I just trademarked Kasich’s name! I should send him a cease and desist letter pronto.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s possible? Because there’s a whole slew of people I’d like to see cease and desist.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Nov 2, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dear DC Trojan®,
You are instructed to immediately cease and desist using the name Trojan®, which is now owned by me. From now on, I suggest you and others formerly known as Trojans® instead use the name “Douchebags”, which is much more appropriate.
Warmest personal regards,
Owner of the Trojan® mark.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wow, you must be tired. This is lamer than your normal contrarian, anti-RR schtick.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Dear CALumbus Bear,
I have received your cease and desist communication regarding the use of the word “Trojan” in my SBN alias. I first consulted the University of Southern California on the matter, and they indicated that as long as I 1) do not attempt to gain payment under such alias, and 2) am not the University of South Carolina, may continue to use the aforementioned alias.
Prior to receiving this assurance, I consulted local counsel regarding your suggested alternative nomenclature, to wit:
instead use the name "Douchebags"
I am advised by both Hogan & Hartson LLC and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLC that while the State of Ohio has not officially applied for trademark of the term “Douchebags” to describe it’s native inhabitants, the weight of tradition and common practice suggests that there is a de facto trademark. They further advised me that your efforts to guide me into a position of increased legal liability, not to say personal physical risk from enraged Ohioans, is legally actionable. However, they have also suggested that we can resolve this via the assessment of costs rather than bringing suit.
If you are amenable to 1) withdrawing this inappropriate cease and desist letter, and 2) assessing costs against one TwistianHook Esq, whom we believe to be responsible for the content of California Golden Blogs, then my counsel feels this episode can be concluded swiftly and without further issue.
Yours etc,
DC Trojan
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
by DC Trojan on Nov 2, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Dear Sir and/or Madam,
I can certainly agree as follows: letter withdrawn, costs assessed against Twist, and a general stipulation that Trojans® are Douchebags.
Best personal regards,
CALumbus Bear
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd the whole exchance. nicely done.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 2, 2010 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Dear CALumbus Bear,
I am pleased to agree to the first and second of your stipulations. However, as a result of the third stipulation, I am now in receipt of a number of letters of complaint purportedly from various residents of the state of Ohio. These letters are in the form of burning paper bags containing feces. They also have a return address which is the same as your office, with various routing labels including “Department of Posted Poo,” “Office of Shipped Shit,” and “Team of Delivered Dung.”
Given the amicable tone of our communiques, I can only assume that these were sent in error and I have arranged for their return to your office. All shipping costs have been billed to Nathaniel TwistianHook Esq.
yours etc.,
DC Trojan.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I will direct the full force of my voting power pursuant to the whims of CGB. True democracy at work!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions
He won’t get any votes. His Love Assassin membership card got revoked for inactivity.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
Do I have pics and a detailed description of the alleged events in my inbox? No? Then it never happened.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
Don’t hate the player. Hate the game.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Ok, that’s 1 vote for Strickland and 1 vote for write in candidate Rishi – Love Assassin. Dead heat right now.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks kinda like Gerard Butler from 300.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
Giants FTW!
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
2010 Giants: WORLD CHAMPIONS!
by 49er16 on Nov 2, 2010 7:11 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I pretty much love every single picture of Matt Cain.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I pretty much love every single picture of Matt Cain.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Updates on the GIANTS VICTORY PARADE
Because now we can finally talk about it
San Francisco Giants victory parade will be Wednesday, November 3, at 11 a.m.
The public is invited to line the sidewalks along the parade route or gather in Civic Center Plaza for the celebration.
The parade will proceed south on Montgomery to Market Street, then on to Civic Center Plaza. Mayor Gavin Newsom is likely to present the team. The city will host a ticker-tape parade from its Financial District to Civic Center Plaza. The parade will end with a celebration on the steps of San Francisco City Hall.
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by Rishi on Nov 2, 2010 7:17 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Will there be much gaiety?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 7:21 AM PDT up reply actions
If you're a Giants fan -- heck, as long as you're not a Giants hater -- you should go to this if you're in the City
I went to the 49ers victory parade after they won Super Bowl 29. Same parade route. The atmosphere was awesome. Something tells me this will be even better.
Wish I could be there.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I don’t care where you are. You should go to this. The city has been waiting over 50 years. We’ll never see something like this again.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
plea for sanity
Please don’t wear your A’s gear and then grouse about people not being nice to you. Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, and their brethren did not have to look at melees with Giants fans on their parades.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
In 1972-4?
Stoneham was busy looking at real estate guides for Toronto, Tampa, and Schenectady for stadium sites. Not the high point of Giants interest in the bay area.
And more importantly, they would have had to go to Oakland. If they weren’t on that bandwagon, they weren’t on BART.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Schnectady Giants. How come that never happened????
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Buffalo owns the territorial rights
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
It was only Toronto then. Tampa came later.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
when did Schenectady come?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Then. how come you scheduled a meeting for the same time as the parade?
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
The stench of excuses are overpowering in this room…
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
me too
hoping for pointless meeting rescheduled to more appropriate time to put me to sleep
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re going to have jobs for the rest of your life. San Francisco is only going to celebrate it’s first World Series once.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you guys should just meet real quick, celebrate together and get your interviewer in a cozy mood, then go back and do the interview for reals… easiest job ever
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Wow, I’m sorry it took so long, but I’m happy you’re in on the party now… I practiced on sparkling cider bottles as a kid, so when I was called up to the big leagues I was a pro bottle popper…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I’ve drank champagne tons of times, but never popped champagne like we won a championship game before.
This is going to be an expensive hobby, isn’t it?
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only if you do it in clubs/bars… you can go pick up a case of $3 bottles and pop em all to your hearts desire
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Number of bottles popped will depend on how many championship bandwagons you jump on.
by sec119 on Nov 2, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I know, it starts in FiDi. I was responding to Twist’s thing about it starting in Chinatown — it doesn’t. If you don’t want to call it FiDi, I guess technically it’s just outside the edge of North Beach.
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too bad Twist doesn't live in the Bay Area
he could visit SF once in a while.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
OMG RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE!!
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Scenes from San Francisco last night
You know, to celebrate the SF GIANTS WINNING THE WORLD SERIES!
If you watched the game at home, you probably were imaging how insane SF would be. So I went out to AT&T Park with a couple buddies and joined in the rowdiness. It was complete chaos. Honestly, the last time I saw the city like this was in 2008, when Obama had won the presidency. Embarcadero was filled with cars just blaring their horns and celebrating. Fans were spilled throughout the street everywhere. Directly in front of the stadium, the roads were closed to car traffic and there were massive crowds, all chanting, hugging, cheering together.
It was incredible to be a part of it.
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Updating xmas list for that AWESOME SHIRT.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
rec'd
for being with fans at the yard, rather than poseurs at City Hall waiting to shout when the light on top of the TV camera went on.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you count the attendance? That’s important, you know.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Of course when you have to wait 50 years for one, as compared to year in and year out, the parade is gonna be well attended
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Keep working on the new insults you evil A’s fans! Something will stick I’m sure!
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
“Ha! It took you FIVE games LOLOLOLOL LOSER GIANTS FANS!”
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
to be fair, it only took the A’s four to win it when they faced the Giants
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I remember the Embarcadero Freeway too
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The wait is a necessary part of the championship. It makes it that much more worthwhile. Imagine when Cal finally makes that Rose Bowl.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
sadly
by the time that happens the Rose Bowl will be played on Christmas Day matching the 5th team in the Pac 10 against the 4th team in the MAC
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah, can’t go too often, or it loses that certain something that makes it truly special.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Next thing you know you’d be a USC fan.
“Ugh, the Rose Bowl, again?!”
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Not by much, Rishi.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
You must have me confused with an As fan.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That’s what I get for trying to recycle an As / Giants fan meme after having z’d through all of the back-and-forth of late.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Your coping skills are very well evolved.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m trying to be nice, because this is a Cal blog, and I suspect that’s what confusing you.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Have you not Oregon play? Even without sanctions we weren’t going to the Rose Bowl.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Oh dear, that should have read “have you not seen Oregon play?”
It’s rather like dying of dysentery.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No, this gives new meaning to the Oregon Trail:
The Organ Trail — you have to get to Portland in your station wagon. Through rampaging hordes of zombies.
Member of the Lost Tribe of Mooch
Better have lots of zombie guns and ammo.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
now now
they might just decide to go on a nice little crime spree over Thanksgiving. BELIEVE!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Their team wins stuff. That sounds really nice.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a new level of arrogant Giants fan.
“I was the even MORE hardcore Giants fan who celebrated the victory in the right spot!”
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
ftfy
I was theeven MORE hardcore Giants fanyahoo wanting to be seen on TV who celebrated the victory in the right spot!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
they expressed their appreciation for the team
by stealing from the team store across the street.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
T’was quite the crime spree last night: 5 people arrested citywide, several others sternly warned.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
so in other words
the worst riots since Willie Mays went on TV to tell San Franciscans to watch a ballgame and not riot. Which is exactly what happened on that occasion.
I saw some broken bottles on Third St. and one broken window on the team store. Obviously, not enough Cal alums were involved in this riot. If Cal ever beats North Carolina A&T or someone in the Rose Bowl, I fully expect Bancroft Clothing Co. and all the other Telegraph businesses to be totally cleaned out.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Decided lack of lawlessness from Giants fans. Booo. It takes Cal fans to really cause some mayhem. Let’s riot Bears!
Down with the Regents!
Hey, look, cable sweaters! Down with the GAP!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I was laughing last night at the Twitter reporting of riots on Polk Street. I was looking at the Polk St partay from my living room window, and I guess the definition of rioting must have been changed to “hugging strangers,” “grinning crazily,” and “screaming WOOOOOOOOO!”
I dunno, my living room with my wife and kid felt pretty good last night. Did we do it wrong?
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
preferred method IMO
we travelled a lot the last couple weeks and ended up watching in bars, which I don’t like much.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
AN looks at potentially picking up pitcher JOrge De La Rosa:
Assuming the expensive bats are off the table for Oakland in this upcoming free agency period, an alternate strategy would be to sign a pitcher, and then trade for some offense. I’m going to take a look at some of the possible free agent pitchers that should be worth a discussion in the A’s front office over the next few months. First up, LHP Jorge de la Rosa, of the Colorado Rockies.
Signed out of Mexico as a 16-year-old free agent by the Diamondbacks in 1998, de la Rosa was finally able to produce in his fifth organization, ten years later. In his three-year stint in Colorado, he put together a 4.49 ERA with very high strikeout rates (8.9 K/9) and mediocre control (4.1 BB/9). The strikeouts are one of the reasons I’m an advocate of his signing, but the other, bigger reason is his groundball rate. He made some pitching changes before the 2010 season, and the result was a big increase in groundballs induced. He finished the year at 52.3%, which would have ranked 13th in the majors had he qualified. And with that increase in groundballs, he managed to lower his flyball rate to Trevor Cahill-esque levels and set a career low in line drive percentage. When you consider how great Oakland’s infield defense is at fielding groundballs, de la Rosa could be a huge payoff with the Athletics.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
NinersNation takes ana pproval poll on Singletary:
We’re back for another week of the Mike Singletary Approval Rating following the 49ers 24-16 victory over the Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium in London. The 49ers have improved to 2-6 and the roller coaster that is 2010 is climbing back up. The team has a bye this week and then settle in for a now tough divisional matchup with the St. Louis Rams.
Generally in those polls, when the 49ers get a victory, Mike Singletary gets a bump in the ratings. And yet, there remain a lot of question marks about how the team is operating even when they manage to get a win. Some of that can be traced to some of the assistant coaches, but naturally when the buck stops with the head coach, blame will often fall on him.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
By next, do you mean “limp to the end fo the season and fire your coach only to hire the WORLD’S GREATEST ASSHOLE”????
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
I notice that you didn’t specify when this will happen.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ducks coach thinks the Sharks ran up the score:
After Saturday’s 5-2 shellacking of Anaheim, Ducks Head Coach Randy Carlyle had some choice words for Sharks Head Coach Todd McLellan, specifically concerning his use of his top offensive players on a 5v3 power play late in the second period:
“It was 5-0 and you’ve got Joe Thornton and you got Patrick Marleau and you’ve got Heatley and you’ve got Boyle and you’ve got [Joe] Pavelski on the ice,” he said. “People don’t forget those things.”
>> The OC Register
It’s a strange quote, one probably born of frustration more than anything— the Ducks have struggled out of the gate once again this season, going 4-7-1, and have had issues trying to find their team identity. At this point in the season he’s likely trying to play damage control in the locker room, defending his players as not to allow the negative feelings of a subpar start creep into their collective consciousness and begin to effect their on-ice performance. In other words, it has less to do with McLellan’s decision to put out Thornton on the power play during a blowout and more to do with the Ducks own performance in Saturday’s game.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
5-2? Please.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Daily Cal on campus tours;
Last Saturday, campus tour guide Christina Yum stood in front of a group of 30 students in the shadow of Doe Library. Overhanging the grand front entrance is a figurehead of Athena, etched out of the white California marble fa�ade which looks down upon the threshold of the iconic library.
Yum explained to the gaggle of wide-eyed fourth and fifth graders from Berkeley’s Washington Elementary that the profile of Athena blessed any and all students passing through the library’s heavy double doors with bountiful knowledge for their studies.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
What a terrific last name on her…assuming she’s attractive.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
no maintenance battery
jumbo shrimp
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
z
AsUC does something on unbelievable unimportance…and thats saying something:
The ASUC Senate passed two bills this semester taking an official stance on issues in Tuesday’s midterm election – one opposing the suspension of California’s climate laws and the other supporting the legalization of marijuana – continuing with the organization’s long-standing history of seeking political action through senate bills.
Passed unanimously by the senate last week, the bill in opposition to Proposition 23, nicknamed by opponents as the “Dirty Energy Proposition,” calls for the ASUC to officially oppose the proposition, add itself to the official “No on 23” website’s list of opponents to Prop. 23 and send a message to students in a campuswide e-mail before the day of the election.
CGB's Jimmy Carter
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Jake Locker out for UW's game at Oregon this Saturday
Just a hunch, but I think Washington is going to lose really, really, really, really badly.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Yep. I’m fully expecting him to come back, rested, and light us up like a Xmas tree.
Old Toothwrangler
The Old Blue in me says we’ll play UW for the right to be bowl eligible…and I sort of want to curl in a fetal position already.
Old Toothwrangler
There was a mistake in the off-season. Instead of ordering the normal stash of miracles for the year, he received Mira-grow. So, we can make Marshall look like a Chia pet, but that might be about it.
Old Toothwrangler
Have you seen the man? He’s not lacking for Omega 3’s nor fatty acids, essential or otherwise.
Old Toothwrangler
This is genius.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
HI i really like your face! it’s like a mashed potato of cuteness and it makes me gurgle with tee-hees everytime i see it.
hahahaha.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
You left out the “I love my cat” margin graphic!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I laughed…Then I realized that my parents do most of the things on that list.
Sigh…
Old Toothwrangler
haha. my mom for sure is Lord Jimmers, Duke of the Internet. jhahahaha.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
We have so many people here who automatically put the same effing footers on every time they respond. And we attorneys LOVE footers. Yes, colleague, I know where you work, I know what our logo looks like, I know about confidentiality disclaimers, and I know circular 230, I just wanted to learn if you were going to go to lunch.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
you arent going to like me
You recall we’ve met before, right? Your verb tense is incorrect.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
And yet people still ask me what my phone number is.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I hope so. I think it is very important for this team to make it to a bowl game. The extra practices are valuable as we move forward to next season.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I have never found myself wishing so desperately for the Kraft Fight For Hunger Bowl.
Old Toothwrangler
Ms. YF and I are thinking about heading to Vegas around the time of the Las Vegas bowl, but I’m starting to have grave doubts about whether Cal will even make it there either.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
by yellow fever on Nov 2, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
7-5 would be the Las Vegas Bowl and 6-6 is Kraft, right?
If we beat Wazzu, UW, that puts us at 6-6.
Not really thinking the Oregon game is going to go well for us, even at home.
So, gotta knock off ‘furd for 7-5. I’m totally okay if we find some way to do this.
Old Toothwrangler
You’ll be questioning that assumption after we’ve been Duckfucked in a couple weeks.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I will believe we can win unitl we lose. We’ve been good at home even against the ducks. So I will be hopefully optimistic regardless of the next couple of weeks.
I hope you’re right. My heart is ready to go along with you. My brain is awfully skeptical, though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me point you in the direction of Addicted to Quack:
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m really not too worried about the Washington schools, even if we decided to suit up Twist at QB.
You can hold me to that!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm, will we be able to? Or will beer sales be turned off for our games? Can you still buy beer at USC games?
That’s a good question. I want to say that when we had to play our home bball games at the Coliseum during the Harmon remodel, the normal concession stands were all closed. No beer. No garlic fries or fancier food. Just the crappy soda/hot dog/popcorn stuff that was available at Harmon.
Old Toothwrangler
In 2004 you could still buy beers at SC, but I feel like someone said recently that we no longer can.
I believe it’s a Pac-10 rule.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
a HUGE step backwards
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Dude, like royrules, you’re also banned from ever attending Cal road games. Didn’t you attend UDub 2009 too?!?!
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU, MAN? GET IT TOGETHER!
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I also attended Tenn & $C 06, MD 08, Minn 09 (a W thank you very much), UW 09 and yes $C 10…. however I did not attend Nevada, Zona or OSU this year (or any of the other road losses, so I’m only partially to blame)
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
campus orgs trying to register students for election:
Since the beginning of this semester, UC Berkeley’s Upper Sproul Plaza has been abuzz with campus organizations distributing proposition fliers, petitions and registration forms, encouraging students to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Up until voter registration ended on Oct. 18, the ASUC Vote Coalition, consisting of groups such as CALPIRG and the Cal Berkeley Democrats, distributed voter registration forms to students in an effort to increase the student voice in midterm elections. Since the registration deadline passed, groups within the coalition have continued to educate their peers about the propositions and candidates in state elections.
Acknowledging the fact that voter turnout in midterm elections is typically much lower than in presidential elections, Daniel Osborn, president of the Cal Berkeley Democrats, said the coalition had to “work harder to stop people on Sproul.”
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Berkleyans more likely to vote than others:
Although Tuesday’s polls may see a lower voter turnout than in the November 2008 elections, Berkeley voters are still expected to come out in consistently larger numbers than state averages despite a lack of enthusiasm about this year’s midterm elections.
With nearly 80,000 Berkeley voters registered for this election – about 6,000 fewer than in 2008 – turnout is expected to remain above the state average, though lower than the city’s 2008 turnout of nearly 78 percent, according to the Dave Macdonald, registrar of voters for Alameda County.
In 2008, nearly 75 percent of eligible California voters were registered and roughly 81 percent of eligible voters in Alameda County were registered, according to the California Secretary of State Report of Registration.
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Money to help expand east bay trails, which is great, bc those are some great trails!
Benefitting from a $10.2 million grant awarded to the East Bay Regional Park District, trails stretching from Richmond to the Dumbarton Bridge in the South Bay will soon form the largest network of bicycling trails in the United States.
The funds, which the district received on Oct. 20 through the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program, are earmarked to link the various bike trails throughout the East Bay in order to create a massive web encompassing an area of more than 200 miles.
The list of projected renovations using the funds should take about 10 to 15 years to complete.
This is the largest amount of grant money ever awarded to the 76-year-old district, which received the funding over about 700 other districts that applied across the country.
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A Mariners/Twins fan, CBKWit?
Can somebody be a Ms/Twins fan? That’s such a heated rivalry, I’m confused to see some apostacy. Thats like the AL version of being a Pirates/Astros fan, its just not done.
How do you live with yourself/???
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It's a hard life
but someone has to enjoy watching their teams lose to the yankees a collective 30 times a year.
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Rishi, give Scootie a couple Chrons.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Rish-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
shakes fist
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OLD
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I bought 2 copies for 50 cents a pop in the Berkeley BART station this morning. Super excited about that. Better buy the new issue of SI quick, because those are going to go fast too.
I've been Honked...
Avi reminding us that there are front page stories in t minus 10….9….8…..
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
I'm done with the DBD for a few days at least...
… because I’m pretty sure I’m at risk for an aneurysm right now. It is so frustrating to see my life ruined at the hands of uneducated voters and there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. Fuck INS for taking 7 years to give us a green card while all the illegal Mexicans got amnesty immediately (twice!).
In other words, Go Bears!
If only people were educated they’d agree with you!
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I’m pretty sure the only Republican posting in these threads is willing to listen to other sides and doesn’t call people of other opinions stupid. Whereas plenty of people on the other side have the actual aforementioned attitude.
Just pointing it out.
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I’m pretty sure that a fox in a giant sealed room full of chickens would hide in the corner too.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
By the way, this is the kind of homespun wisdom that will get me on the BART board some day. Then: easy street.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
that will run out right about when they finish the Livermore station
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
They are starting to build the diesel train to Brentwood now. Wrap that sucker around through Tracy and then over the pass to Livermore and reconnect. Then: worst sightseeing excursion ever!
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
at least
it would be useful for transit. They should have done that from Bayfair IMO to go out 580, and kept going. Same for the 4 corridor.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
What they need to do is build another transbay line around hayward/fremont
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
ha ha ha ha ha you’re kidding, right?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, the BART board. I don’t really know about that.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, the BART board. I don’t really know about that.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re pretty sure the only Republican posting in these threads is willing to listen to other sides and doesn’t call people of other opinions stupid. Whereas plenty of people on the other side have the actual aforementioned attitude what? There was object of that phrase.
BOOM! Atomsd
There was object of that phrase.
Sweet irony.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we should accept that there are people whose opinions differ from ours who are also intelligent and well-intentioned?
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Impossible! If you disagree with me, you are a communist, good sir!
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you have anger problems and should seek help. I’m being serious. Get something to help you relax.
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In a related story, I hear California just might legalize pot today.
Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team owned by a Russian oligarch.
by yellow fever on Nov 2, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
What an amazing coincidence!
Too bad he lives in Wa!
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Probably not though, because the ballot initiative isn’t 100% perfect, or passed by the legislature instead.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It is so frustrating to see my life ruined at the hands of uneducated voters and there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it.
See, this is the problem. The problem is you think you can’t do anything about it, because you think voting matters. It doesn’t. You want to do something about it? Get involved in influencing lots of peoples votes. Then you can start to matter. Of course then YOU’RE the politician we all hate (or on his side) for playing the politics game and trying to manipulate dumb voters into believing whatever it is you want them to support, regardless of who it benefits.
by Missing Barry on Nov 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah! Tell those people that voting doesn’t matter! Then get them to vote! Because it matters! We’ll change the world one confused victim at a time!
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
Shush. It died down a couple hours ago. Just z quietly and don’t make eye contact with the silly posts.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is “amnesty” the fault of a federal bureaucracy again?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice tribute to Kevin Riley by Uncle Ted
Not sure if this was posted already. It’s a good read.
California won’t build a statue of Kevin Riley outside of Memorial Stadium. It’s unlikely that many Old Blues will demand their children and grandchildren be named “Kevin” or “Riley” in tribute to the now-former Cal quarterback. The Bears have produced many good quarterbacks through the years. Riley will be well down the list when they count off the best ones.
But would it be too much to pause and tip our caps to Riley? To give him — if not praise — at least respect?
Old Toothwrangler
by Kodiak on Nov 2, 2010 11:30 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
It hasnt been posted, but Rishi will post it again in like 20 minutes
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From Okanes
Just had a chance to talk with Kevin Riley before Cal’s weekly press conference. He said the biggest part of his injury is a torn calf near his knee. He also has sprains and strains to different knee ligaments and it was hyperextended as well. He said it should take him three months to recover, and he will stay involved with the team as much as possible. More later…
No surgery required
I smell a Willis Reid moment coming!
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That would be way cool if he could come back for the bowl and lead us to victory after being down 21 points.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
That would be way cool if he could come back for thebowlBig Game and lead us to victory after being down210 points.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I thought it would be difficult to top the sweetness of last year’s Big Game victory, but if we were able to pull it off this year, I think it would be sweeter. Or at least as sweet.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Personally, I hope Zona beats them up first this coming weekend
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Looks like it’s going to be up to us to keep the Furd from the Rose Bowl. Go Bears! At least we can still accomplish something really worthwhile this season.
The absolute best way to keep Stanford from the Rose Bowl is to beat Oregon!
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Come back in a month and half from an injury that takes 3 months to recover from?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Conservative estimate is conservative!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, three months means we’d have to play in the Super Bowl for him to come back.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
What would be the betting line for a Super Bowl match-up between the 2010 Cal Bears and the New England Patriots?
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Only if we’re playing at home!
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by yellow fever on Nov 2, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Conservative estimate is conservative!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Rishi
We both know that I’m 3.5x EBITDA the man you are.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Pre 2008 you would’ve been a 6x multiple.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.
Thank god.
“chemist” is the term in India used to mean like drug store. Think of it like a CVS
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You should’ve said “Because it was too big to fit on normal view”.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Jokes? We’re talking about T-bred’s package, not yours.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You really think we have a good chance to go 6-6? I’m not so sure.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Washington looks pretty terrible, and we play them at home. And, well… everyone else has beaten Wazzu so far. So, I think we have a pretty decent chance. It’s not a lock by any means, though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal’s played a really tough schedule so far that I think makes them look worse than they are. I think Cal is a solid team running into possibly the most stacked Pac-10 conference of the last decade+.
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Just so you've all got something to Z past
Spurs are currently beating Inter Milan 2 – 0 at home in the Champions League, having lost to Inter 4 – 3 a couple of weeks ago. Mayhem!
Valencia is currently beating Glasgow Rangers 2 – 0…. that’s less surprising.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
you're doing it wrong
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
3-1 final
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
Giants win!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
So what’s that, you say? You say that Maicon is the best right back in the world? That may well be, but he’s still no match for GARETH BALE!!!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I read in the Guardian that Bale was leaving Maicon for dead. Very much looking forward to catching the DVR’d game… as soon as I can dislodge the missus from the living room. I need an open source DVR I can access from wherever.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
z
I was thinking about getting my brother a copy of Rosetta Stone, since he’ll be graduating this week and will likely be assigned to an A-10 Warthog fighter squadron. The question is, which language? Arab, Korean, or (gulp) Chinese?
Yes, I’ve already gotten him a survival knife in case he gets shot down behind enemy lines and needs to make a silent kill.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Get him French and then tap your nose and say “Don’t worry……I know about the plans”
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Is “Arab” a language? Or were you going to get him an Arab named Rosetta? If so, I vote for that one!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Graduating What?
Aviation Preflight indoctrination?
Primary Flight School?
Fleet Replacement Squadron?
Bear in mind these are all Navy terms but there are a lot of aviation schools regardless of service and you generally don’t get assigned to a specific aircraft until later in the training.
If he were Navy, I’d be much better able to give you advice. He will get some kind of knife but they’re usually pretty basic. I would not worry too much about getting shot down as it is pretty rare and you are picked up pretty quickly in the rare instances when you are shot down.
What language he will need will depend on the specific squadron to which he gets assigned and we probably won’t know that until he shows up (unless he know someone already there.) His instructors probably have some idea and he can ask them. A-10 pilot is actually kind of a cool gig. If that’s what he gets he should have plenty of fun.
lol
“A-10” and “shot down”. Those things are fantastic. I believe that picture is of…
Proof of the durability of the A-10 was shown when Captain Kim Campbell, flying a ground support mission over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq on 7 April, suffered extensive flak damage to her A-10. Enemy fire damaged one of the A-10’s engines and crippled its hydraulic system, which required the aircraft’s stabilizer and flight controls to be operated via the back-up mechanical system. Despite this, Campbell managed to fly the aircraft for an hour and landed it safely at the air base in manual reversion mode
Best wishes to carpbrother.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you. I know, although one did get shot down in Iraq late in the campaign. As the older brother I try and look out for him as much as I can, although I have to imagine they’ll be using those quite a bit in some -stan in the future. I like how the cockpit sits in 3.8 cm of titanium.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I'd take my chances in it over a tank or humvee, that's for sure
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm Impressed
By how civil most of the political discussions are. Well done everyone.
My thoughts on Prop 19: Legalize! Save our state millions by allowing a recreational activity that is far less damaging to society than Alcohol — which is already legal — and allowing a private enterprise — rather than a Mexican drug cartel — to dominate the distribution.
I voted this morning here in Texas...
and the only proposition on the ballot, called Proposition 1 oddly enough, was about $90 million for road infrastructure in Austin. Complicated stuff.
Do judges get voted into office in California? I only voted once in CA many many many moons ago so can’t remember if judges ran on a political party there.
Texas is a goofy place for the politically inclined…
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Yes, you have to vote on some of the judges. Im not entirely certain when the judges come up and some are appointed, not elected. I voted yes on al, save for one appeals judge that my boss has had some unfortunate run ins with
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I voted no on all judges just to be safe.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
That’s too bad. You voted against some excellent judges.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Well I don’t like the process. Sound familiar? ;)
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
What about the process bothers you?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
It’s a multifaceted “what is this shit?” … but basically voters are not presented with sufficient information regarding the appointments to make any sort of informed decision. I suppose that I can look at the candidates names and vote yes unless I happen to hear about one of them drowning kittens but instead I vote no on all of them unless I hear particularly nice things.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
There is tons of information available on line about these people for any voter who cares to look it up.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
My analysis is: hmm, who appointed this one? Oh Deukmejian, hmm. What does that tell me? Not sure. What else can I learn? Hmm, the Green Party has a nice write-up of this one. Oh, they like him. What does that tell me? Not sure. Why isn’t there more info in the voters materials? Oh, because judges aren’t political, right. What could they write anyways? Judges shouldn’t be campaigning. Or should they? What are we doing here again?
I genuinely think this is more thought than most voters give it. Probably not enough for you though, and I am sorry to be a disappointment in this regards.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I can try to dig deeper next time but if atomsareenough says it’s tedious then it may be impossible for me to navigate. I have the patience of a hungry puppy. Are the judges ever rejected? If not, maybe I’ll just continue my meaningless protest.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
Yes, justices have been rejected.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Can you think of a better way to present these candidates in the voting materials? I know that it is a difficult task but I don’t think a solid process should include “Google it”.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I agree that this is difficult, because the judges are non-partisan and, because of the nature of their offices, they are not supposed to actively campaign, so they can’t put out information about themselves. I do see learning about judges as part of the voter’s obligation to take responsibility to learn about issues and candidates, just as we have to do for many of the minor offices like community college trustee or water board director, for whom there is not a whole lot of information out there.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
But how do we even know what makes a qualified or successful judge? That’s my problem — even if I had a lot of information about them, I would know how to parse it into “he will be a good, fair, responsible judge” or “he will be on Satan’s payroll.”
“He or she” Scootie. Shame on you!
Unless there is a controversy about a judge, it is fairly safe to assume that he or she is doing an acceptable job. Most of what judges do is entirely routine and uncontroversial. When a judge messes up sufficiently to warrant examination of whether he or she should be allowed to stay in office, that controversy makes the news — at least the news that you can find by doing an internet search. I do not worry about what judges decide in particular cases, because I strongly believe that judges should not be voted out because you disagree with their decision in a particular case. This is because the single most important thing about our court system is the independence of judges. They need to be able to make decisions based on their judgment of the merits of the cases before them, and not based on worrying about the popularity of their decisions with the voters. For this reason, I have often voted for judges who have ruled against me in cases, even when I think the judge was wrong in those cases. If a judge is consistently making decisions which are unjustified, that is a different matter. That usually results in complaints about that judge which can also be found in the news via an internet search. If you find nothing negative about a judge, it is fairly safe to assume the judge is acceptable.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Also, it’s not the process of ballot initiatives that is the problem. It is the substantive result. Ballot initiatives are frequently very poorly drafted and almost always have unintended consequences, of which most people voting on them are completely unaware. And they are extremely difficult to fix if they don’t do what they were advertised to do in all those highly uninformative 30-second sound bite TV ads. They make bad law which is very difficult to fix. And a lot of the problems our state faces now are a direct result of the passage of ballot initiative after ballot initiative, with the voters having little or no understanding of the consequences.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
True story.
I voted yes on the chief justice lady because CalBear81 thinks she’s ace, and I abstained from all the others because what the fuck do I know about judges?
I looked up their bios and read a little about ‘em. It was tedious though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if not everyone took the time.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Unclear from your response if judges run against each other based on party affiliation. There was a Libertarian judge running against a Democrat in one race. I lol’d.
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Im not sure they put party affiliation down. Although I have heard of judges being challenged, I dont believe there were any this year, so it was all yes/no
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Some have their registration disclosed, some are Decline to State.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
In Ohio, state judges who run for office are not permitted to share their party affiliation on the ballot or other election materials. It’s a good thought, but in practice everyone can easily determine a judge’s party.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
it's non-partisan
and it’s technically a retention vote. They are appointed and then every so often voters decide to keep or dump them.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I voted on like 13 judges this morning. Good lord.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
In California judges are appointed by the governor, approved by the judicial council, and then confirmed by the voters. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals justices are confirmed by a strict yes or no vote. They have no opponents in their elections. Trial court judges can be challenged by an opponent in their elections. All judges are non-partisan.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
Hey, I was out of town all last week and the weekend, anything interesting happen in Bay Area sports?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Kevin Riley is out for the rest of the season. Sads.
Lakers beat the Warriors in convincing fashion.
Other than that….I don’t think so.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
Uh, hello, Cal Volleyball DOMINATED the Oregon schools, and is no. 1 in the Pac-10.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you just <3 a post where Kevin Riley is out for the rest of the season? BANNED.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I <3’d that post not for what was in it, but for what wasn’t.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
also, put a trip to Ole Miss for a game on your bucket list. It is an experience that has no equal.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
Big Masoli fan, eh?
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
heads
of course!
Well, that and the epic weekly tailgate they have at the Grove.
Examples:
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
DUDE everyone there dresses up for these games, you would have been in double breasted blazer heaven.
Or, you could try to top this guy:
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
i’m so sorry about the lack of a header.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
turkey, you just have to be nicer to the ladies, talk to them, get to know them a little bit and show them that you really care about them.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If everybody does it, it makes me look less awesome in comparison
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Im gonna drop something at Oregon thatll knock your socks off. Believe me, this is going to be pretty fucking sick. Its top secret, I cant talk about it now, but youll want to get your tickets right now!
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Is it conducive to getting buttraped? Because that’s what is gonna happen at the game.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 2, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, I thought he got one of those sent to him from Ohio?
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I just figured that as a government flunkie, DC might have contracted to remind people to vote. What better way to remind people of politicians than bags of burning poo?
Old Toothwrangler
I can’t believe I didn’t immediately make that connection, Kod. Shame on me.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I DID AND IT WAS NOT PLEASING
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
He wants to repeal the civil rights act. He says business owners have a constitutional right to refuse service to people because of their race, religion, gender, age, etc.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
I know nothing about his opponent except that he ran one of the stupidest attack ads I’ve ever seen. Sigh, why must Democrats constantly fail.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
It actually probably helped more than it hurt in Kentucky.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like the new Strom Thurmond!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Except he’s crazy libertarian, not paleocon.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
so ....
what are we drinking tonight? Dems’ll keep the Senate, lose the House … not sure how to react yet, given my low expectations.
As long as Brown wins I’ll be celebrating. WOO JOB SECURITY!!!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Actually, prop 26 passing is making me really depressed. MAJORITY RULES! EXCEPT WHEN IT DOESN’T!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I think the confusion here today about Prop 26 was telling. Smart, educated people thought it meant the opposite of what it did. Imagine what the hilljack up in Del Norte county thought. Initiatives, FTW!
Requiring a 2/3 vote for anything is almost always a bad idea. I don’t see why that’s so hard to understand.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m drinking the blood of the innocent like a good Republican…but only because sweet light crude gives me gas.
Old Toothwrangler
I would just like to say...
I really enjoyed today’s DBD, and I have been super-impressed with the level and civility of the discourse. Unbanned politics in action, hooray!
LOLZ, Indians
Wolf Blitzer was just talking about Nikki Haley in South Carolina being an Indian. “Indians, of course, are from India,” Wolf says, as a way of distinguishing dot from feather.
I think that was Tim McCarver
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Nov 2, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Did that happen while he was hiking the Appalachian Trail?
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Oh God
It’s going to be torturous hearing Republicans talk about the monetary system… Just plain torture.
And not the sweet, sweet Giants kind of torture.
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Eric Cantor says
the number one priority will be cutting spending. Yes, as well all learned following the great depression, the way to pull yourself out of a recession is to cut spending.
Or is it the exact opposite?
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
Wolf just confused American Indian with Indian American again. Nice.
I wonder if they’re drinking during the ad breaks?
LOL
“Tonight the calvary comes riding over the hills!”
Jan Brewer, governor of arizona
really, the hill that jesus was crucified on will come back over the hills, jan?
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
The World Series champion San Francisco Giants might open the 2011 season in Taiwan
Giants and D-Backs considering Taiwan opener?
The World Series is over and now the victorious Giants must decide whether they intend to open the 2011 season with two games against the D-backs in Taiwan next March.
The Giants met with representatives of Major League Baseball International during the course of their five-game World Series victory over the Rangers that ended on Monday night with a 3-1 victory at Rangers Ballpark and their first World Series title in 56 years.
The matter was tabled until after the World Series, Giants president Larry Baer said on Monday, adding that it’s a high probability the newly crowned World Series champs will take part in the trip.
NOTE: These would be Diamondbacks home games. The D-Backs have agreed to sacrifice two home dates for this, hoping to make up for it with the fact that they’re hosting the 2011 All-Star Game.
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Yeah, this is old news. They discussed this a few months back.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 2, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That’d be cool. I like seeing American sports try to expand international interest in them. Nothing will ever supplant soccer in my lifetime, but if our sports at least become somewhat popular and at least played some worldwide, I think that would be cool.
by Missing Barry on Nov 4, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The only thing is, MLB doesn’t need expansion in Taiwan. It is by far the most popular sport – surpassing the local baseball league, the NBA and billiards (yes, pool) – which would probably be the next 3 most popular sports.
They’re really trying with Mainland China, but its such a complex game to explain (I gave up after trying to explain the basics during the Olympics). The Chinese National team has been somewhat successful of late, beating Taiwan twice in important competitions (although most Taiwanese will tell you those games were thrown on account of better relations with Big Red).
The Dodgers went to Beijing 2 years ago ahead of the Olympics to play the Padres – I flew up to watch, and they brought a split squad to Taiwan last year – exhibition tickets sold out in 5 minutes. I think the World Series Champs will sell out even faster (if possible).
Yeah, it looks like Prop 19 isn't even coming close.
Did anyone actually expect a win? What did the pundits say?
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I think the only hope was that robo calls were showing fairly higher numbers than in-person calls…so people were hoping that prospective voters weren’t reporting honestly
Do we call it quits after only 18% have been reported?
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Truthfully
Dictator Lincecum’s vote should count for a million.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
We post here a lot
This thread has almost as many comments as McCovey Chronicle’s post-game WS thread (1611 comments). We must really like elections! (I know I do … )
I like elections. This one blows, though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 2, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
What's the verdict on this:
My mom will be moving to Florida in January, but she voted in this election (Yes on Prop 19, funnily enough). A little sneaky?
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I don’t think so. She lives in California now, so this is the only place she can legally exercise her right to vote.
…but she voted for Whitman
Granted, that’s just because she has a strong dislike for Jerry Brown, having lived in CA for his first go around.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m kinda stoned right now, wait Jerry Brown is still alive? THE Jerry Brown?
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
HAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha whats he up to these days???
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
CGB: Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 2, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
For the first time ever, she’s buying her own house — retiring. A comparable would cost 2.5x as much here in CA… buying for 150k when the last purchase was 125k in 1996 or so — and that includes significant (good) additions.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 2, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
There are much better places to buy a house affordably.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess if you’re into that sort of thing. But it’s also: hurricanes, humidity, Floridians, the South, no culture, etc…
I’ll put it this way: I would much rather live in Sacramento than anywhere in Florida.
I would also pick a place like Kansas City or Denver, or the Twin Cities… I dunno, even Texas somewhere.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Never Forget!
I would much rather live in Sacramento than anywhere
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
I think my “in Florida” qualifier was pretty relevant for context there.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Too late, my friend. You are on the record.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
You know, the more I think about it, I probably actually wouldn’t mind living in Sacramento. I was quite favorably impressed when I took my folks there a couple of months back.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Geez, atoms, you really know how to take the wind out of my sails. Here I finally had you on the record with an unintentional pro-Sacramento! comment, and you go and say nice things about us on purpose. How am I supposed to make fun of you now? Damn. :(
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
How am I supposed to make fun of you now?
That sounds like it might take a series of fanposts…
Old Toothwrangler
Oh, great.
CalBear81: How may I make fun of atoms….
Kodiak: Let me count the ways!
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I hereby apologize for any cessation of constant reinforcement suffered by your hometown’s inferiority complex as a result of my positive comments.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
My mom’s lived in the city before though. Can’t put a price on familiarity.
Also, the Florida housing market is essentially the worst in the US. Distressed sellers FTW. The place looks like it would go for 350-500k in CA. Also: tax considerations…and a 5-10 minute drive to the beach
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Cheap market and lower taxes are important, especially if she’s anywhere near retirement. My folks briefly talked about South Carolina for similar reasons.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
North Carolina, sure. That’s a good pick. I’m not crazy enough to live in South Carolina though.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
My parents reconsidered South Carolina quickly on political and other grounds.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
“South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.”— Congressman James Louis Petigru, 1860.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
You might be able to shed some light on this, actually… I asked them how they would cope if they moved to South Carolina and were immediately pestered about what church they would be joining, etc. Their brilliant riposte was going to be “we’re Jewish, actually.”
Bad idea, or epically bad idea?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That’s interesting. What game are they playing?
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions
The rules seem a bit different… I didn’t recognize that situation at all.
by atomsareenough on Nov 4, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, just saw this
Not only was Prop 19 shot down… now Dubie is losing the race for Governor of Vermont. He needs a spark!
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It’s apparently too close to call.
THERE’S STILL NO CALL ON THE CNN! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! HOW CAN YOU REVIEW AN ELECTION IF THERE’S NO CALL TO REVIEW?!
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by Rishi on Nov 3, 2010 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Thanks for keeping it civil, people
if you have time, I highly recommend reading this article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_lizza
I think it’s a great microcosm of the last two years: republicans (aside from a handful) opposing Obama at every opportunity, as a political strategy to regain power; democrats trying to maintain their tenuous majority; corporations trying to prevent action because of their own interests. It’s depressing but important, a great glimpse into how our political system actually “works”.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
by CBKWit on Nov 2, 2010 11:43 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I started reading that yesterday and will finish it today. Very good article.
by atomsareenough on Nov 3, 2010 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently “Buy It Now” was not an option for the governor job.
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Berkeley?
by CalBear81 on Nov 3, 2010 12:25 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
BOOOO!
I already saw this all over Twitter.
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, though, since the same joke can be thought up independently by different people.
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