A Fractured Fairy Tale
By Pat Staley
Once upon a time in the land of Glitz and Glam, there lived a royal family whose wealth and fame were unparalleled. King Ima Chump, aka Man-Baby, ruled over this illusion. King Chump had two distinctive physical characteristics. One was his meringue-like mane of hair that changed colors like a mood ring, and the other were his teeny-tiny hands that could barely hold a Swarovski champagne flute. But his massive ego offset his miniature paws; it was yuuuuge and amazing. [Read more…]
So Long, Suckers! One Million Uber Jobs Going, Going…
A decision by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen rejecting a legal settlement that would have divided up to $100 million among about 380,000 Uber drivers to resolve claims they’ve been treated as independent contractors instead of employees may be beside the point.
The settlement would have paid as much as $8,000 to some drivers, but the majority would receive $24 or less. And the question of their status would largely remain unresolved.
In any case, it looks like Uber’s planning on just dumping its people. The San Francisco-based ride share company, according to Bloomberg, is rolling out a program to test robo-rides in Pittsburgh this month, with the goal of replacing its one million drivers with automated vehicles as quickly as possible. [Read more…]
This Is What Depression Feels Like
My notebook pages are blank again tonight, as they have been for the past 30 nights. I know what I am supposed to write, but I cannot bring myself to do it. The pen takes on an immense weight as I force it towards the college-ruled lines I prefer. When I pass from external reality to those internal landscapes where my inspiration dwells, my inner vision blurs. I cannot – or, will not – say what needs to be said.
The voices in my mind argue. One voice says, “What’s the point? It’s never going to help.” Another adds, “They’ll just think you’re whining.” A third screeches, “Hide it! You mustn’t tell anyone.” A fourth reminds me, “You’re not supposed to ruminate, you know.”
A lone voice holds out, and asks, “Yeah, but what about them?”
She’s asking about the ever-growing list of people I personally know whose lives have been affected by major depressive disorder (depression) and suicide. She’s asking about the 40,000 Americans who take their lives every year. She’s asking about losing one person to suicide every 40 seconds around the world. [Read more…]
The Non-Death of the Drunken Man on the Library Plaza
By Micaela Porte
From a true event at the Pacific Beach Library
June 27, 2015, Saturday, 11 am
The drunken man, his home under the acacia tree on the library plaza,
Last night, laid himself down to die after a few bottles.
Next morning around 11,
Al, the guard, noticed him,
And called Christina the Librarian,
Who called 911 and more,
Ran to get the defibrillator. [Read more…]
Know Your Rights During Wildfires and Other Disasters
Social service agencies should provide disaster-related assistance without asking for information or documents
By ACLU of San Diego
Fire season is upon us. At the moment, there are no fires in San Diego or Imperial County, but we are monitoring a fire in San Bernardino. Please watch our Twitter and Facebook pages for updates. Our thoughts are with all the families in harm’s way.
In 2007, wildfires ravaged huge swaths of San Diego County. In a series of breakdowns in policies, procedures, and standards, many of our county’s most vulnerable residents affected by the devastating wildfires were denied emergency services in their time of greatest need. [Read more…]
Trump Flees to the Alt-Right Bunker
Faced with increasingly bad polling news and chafing as he read pre-sanitized speeches on teleprompters, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has again revamped his campaign leadership.
After vacillating between being a traditional candidate and staying with the rabble-rousing style evidenced during the primaries, Trump looks to be going with a full-on angry white man approach.
The non-family inner circle for the New York billionaire now includes Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser and pollster already in the organization and Steve Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News. Reports have also surfaced that Roger Ailes, the recently ousted head of Fox News, will begin to advise Trump as he prepares for the presidential debates. [Read more…]
The Day after San Diego Homeless Awareness Day
What has changed?
Yesterday, August 17, twenty of San Diego’s media outlets participated in a focused effort to call attention to the tremendous human, financial and societal costs associated with homelessness in San Diego. If we were writing about another country, we would be referring to the humanitarian crisis posed by a growing number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), but this is sunny San Diego.
It remains to be seen whether the well greased wheels of San Diego politics and commerce are altered in any way after yesterday’s concerted effort, but I can speak with some certainty about a few things that haven’t changed today. [Read more…]
Readers Write: Old High Pressure Pipeline Threat to City Heights
By John Stump
Rainbow Pipeline 1600 passes through heavily populated urban areas of San Diego, including my home community of City Heights. This pipeline is approaching 70 years of age and if it was human it would have retired, be collecting Social Security, and on Medicare. The San Bruno explosion made clear the scale of injury and property that could result from a pipeline failure. The Rainbow Pipeline 1600 is older, bigger, and under higher pressure than the disastrous San Bruno pipeline.
[Read more…]
San Diego Veterans to Protest Miramar Air Show
“Bannering” against upcoming airshow on August 18
By San Diego Veterans for Peace
Each year, San Diego hosts the giant Miramar Air Show, which is attended by up to 500,000 people. This air show is typical of many other air shows around the country in that it attempts to glorify and glamorize war and militarism, as well as being an excellent opportunity for defense contractors and the overall military industrial complex to sell products which lead to the deaths and injuries of so many people on earth. [Read more…]
Get in There!
Why Do People Hate the Homeless?
They’ll say it’s the smell of excrement. Or the public intoxication. Or the aggressive panhandling. Or the intrusion on their public or private space.
People hate what they don’t understand. Lots of people translate their repulsion in hate.
Homeless people on the street are a stark reminder of the failure that could be lurking around the next corner in life. And in order to get along in life the rest of us have to deny the possibility of becoming one of ‘them.’
All homeless people apparently lived great lives until they somehow fucked it up and ended up homeless. And “we” are better than that. Or so we think. [Read more…]
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