This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week contains articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on dirty primary campaigns, using and abusing police authority, a voter app for progressives, Alicia Muñoz and Rick Shea for CBOE, the history of San Diego’s coastal thirty foot height limit, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s feisty, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
Superorganism: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert | Video Worth Watching
Maybe because I made Old Bay steamed shrimp for dinner tonight, but something resonated when I saw the title “Prawn Song”. And then discovering the whimsical and inventive musical instrumentation had me hooked. In an email to the NPR crew the group requested “7 x Crunchy apples, 7 x cans of Coca Cola (or similar, as long as they are 330mls/12oz cans it doesn’t matter)” and added, “PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A RIDER BUT PART OF THE PERFORMANCE.” And there’s more! Even whistling! Hope you’re as tickled as I was. [Read more…]
Indigo Girls – Shame On You | Video Worth Watching
Watched a comedy special on Netflix the other night featuring Tig Notaro: “Happy to Be Here”. The routine ends with a bit of a tease based on whether or not the Indigo Girls are there off-stage to perform at the end of the show. And that’s why today I’m featuring a version of their Shame On You. [Read more…]
Looking Back: Omar Passons, D4 Supervisor Candidate – Policy Wonk With a Heart of Gold
Editor’s Note: Starting Line columnist Doug Porter is taking a few days off. Since he’s spent the last six months flogging the importance of the County of San Diego primaries (last day to vote is June 5), we’re reprinting some of his early observations. Updated parts of these stories are in red.
Omar Passons is a first-time Democratic candidate running for termed-out Supervisor Ron Roberts seat. The retiring Republican held that office since 1995, managing to get re-elected each time despite Democrats outnumbering Republicans in his district 2 to 1.
He’s a construction/land-use attorney lawyer and long-time North Park community activist running a campaign based more on ideas than partisanship. [Read more…]
Naked Moon | Geo-Poetic Spaces
NAKED MOON
Naked moon looks down
From his Byzantine blue face
Raises an eyebrow [Read more…]
What Do You Get When You Mix Old-Style Russian Fascism and New Facebook-Style Technology? | Video Worth Watching
From the Big Think YouTube website:
Yale University Professor Timothy Snyder gives a crash course in Ivan Ilyin’s philosophy of fascism and explains why this worldview is so appealing to Putin: it defines freedom as knowing your set place in society, asserts that democracy is a ritual and not a reality, and maintains that there are no facts in the world. Perhaps the most fascinating part of this is how new technology—like Facebook—is turning old fascism into political warfare.
Editor Interrupted
SDFP editors Annie Lane and Doug Porter are taking a well deserved, week long vacation. Editor (and husband) Rich Kacmar and I have assumed the control panel in their absence. If everything had gone as intended, our line up today would not be noticeably different from prior days, with the exception of the absence of Doug’s Starting Line column.
But the day has not gone as intended. In between posting and an attempt at writing was the morning feeding of a cat colony which includes outside cats and inside cats. When Orlando, one of the outside cats, did not show up for breakfast I carried his food tray out to the back yard where I found him intently looking at something by the garage. A tiny black kitten was tucked into the grass next to the garage. [Read more…]
Looking Back: Nathan Fletcher, Candidate for D4 Supervisor – Build a Coalition for Change
Editor’s Note: Starting Line columnist Doug Porter is taking a few days off. Since he’s spent the last six months flogging the importance of the County of San Diego primaries (last day to vote is June 5), we’re reprinting some of his early observations. Updated parts of these stories are in red.
Democrat and former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is running for termed-out Supervisor Ron Roberts seat in District 4. The outgoing Republican held that office since 1995, managing to get re-elected each time despite Democrats outnumbering Republicans his district 2 to 1.
Fletcher dropped out of politics a few years ago after a couple of angst-filled losses while taking flack for switching political parties. Most recently he was working for Qualcomm and teaching a class at UCSD. The urge to serve returned along with a long-term opportunity to end the GOP’s monopoly at the County level. [Read more…]
Abolish ICE | Video Worth Watching
Full Frontal’s Samantha Bee lays out why it’s time to abolish ICE. [Read more…]
A Voter App for San Diego Progressives Now Available
A regular reader of this column has developed an app allowing voters to compare side by side recommendations of five organizations, make a choice, and generate a list to help in filling out the ballot.
The five groups included are San Diego Free Press (yay!), Democrats for Equality, the San Diego Democratic Party, Equality California, and Planned Parenthood. Further info on candidates and ballot measures, sans recommendations, is available via the SD Indivisible Voter Guide link on the left side of the page. [Read more…]
Stacey Abrams Makes History With Georgia Win | Video Worth Watching
From the MSNBC YouTube page:
Stacey Abrams is the first African-American woman nominated for Governor of a major party in the USA. If Abrams wins in November she will be the nation’s first black woman governor. She gave a powerful victory speech Tuesday.
The Use and Abuse of Police Authority in San Diego
If you think this story is just about people with badges doing bad things, think again. There’s plenty of blame to go around, including people who might normally be excluded from ‘the usual suspects.’
We have great candidates challenging the current County Sheriff and District Attorney. Their campaigns reflect the growing public desire to make the ‘Justice’ part of the Criminal Justice System an equal partner.
The institutions charged with protecting people and administering justice are, all-too-often, ailing–infected with racism, plagued by cronyism, and paralyzed by self-interest. Sworn personnel are expected to be enforcers of perceived class privilege by those benefitting from such advantages. [Read more…]
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