An article on the LA Times brings up the case of a man wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. The comments are here. This is a case, one among very many, that argues against the Death Penalty.

In short, this is the case of a prosecutor so eager to crank up his ‘win’ record that he sent the wrong man to prison, fully knowing that he was the ( Read more... )

The sale of the world-famous Chrystal Cathedral to the Orange County diocese of the Roman Catholic Church is really showing just how many foreigners have moved in since the 60’s. These are people that have no sense of history of the place that they moved to and Nicole Santa Cruz shows her ignorance, as well as that fact that she was a less than ( Read more... )

The LA Times had an article that I commented on. It was about an Ad Hoc desert community. When your unemployment runs out, what are you to do? These folks are basically homeless but they survive.

During World War II, the Slab City site was Camp Dunlap, a Marine artillery training base. But ownership of the acreage passed to the state in the 1950s ( Read more... )

I haven’t posted a recipe for quite some time. It’s long past time for another southwestern dish, methinks.
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Machaca is basically shredded beef. While the original recipe calls for dried or jerked beef, the more modern ones use boiled and shredded beef. It is used as the basic meat in tacos, burritos, and tamales. It can also be made ( Read more... )

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Yet another LA Times article, this one is about Prop 8.  The discussions are here.

It looks like it isn’t over yet. But the court is correct, it is about the initiative process and Prop 8 is a California Constitutional Amendment. This is serious stuff! However, I am confident that it will be overturned on US First Amendment grounds.

1. Congress shall ( Read more... )

At least. the ones on Twitter. Google Chrome can’t find them.

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I commented on yet another LA Times article today. The main article is here.

"These kids got it," he said. "They understood the framework that was being laid out - that Hispanics are the oppressed and Caucasians are the oppressors. That’s very troubling." - Supt. John Huppenthal, Tucson Unified School District

The thing is that, this is nothing ( Read more... )

The Religious Wrongs are at it again in another bid to circumvent Roe v Wade. Read it and support it, please.

Originally posted by sahiya at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Half my friends list was about this today, but one more signal boost can't hurt . . .

Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but ( Read more... )