"'I started looking at buildings, she says. 'At one of my friend's dorms, the fire burnt the grass behind it. You can see the line of black, that scorching, all along the side of the building, but the building didn't burn. Nothing caught on fire.'" Why Pepperdine stays put when wildfires rage, by Alissa Walker, [...]
Tag: California
Unlady-like behavior in America (oh, wait, it’s an election year, never mind)
"According to the Washington Post poll, white women are more likely than white men to say that Trump doesn't show enough respect for the people he disagrees with (74% of white women compared with 60% of white men). And far more of those white women think Trump's personality is a major problem (52% of women [...]
42%? Really?
With almost every vote counted across the state, it appears about 42 percent of the state's 17.8 million registered voters cast ballots. Really? Maybe it's time to register to vote? So you don't have to do it in a hurry later.
People of California – Yes on Prop 46
"It's estimated that only 8 percent of California doctors check the database before writing a prescription for a controlled substance. New York and Virginia recently required mandatory checks of their CURES-type databases, reducing doctor shopping in those states by 75 percent and 73 percent respectively. "Proposition 46 will require California doctors to follow suit and [...]
Dr. Krugman and I
"Incidentally, these other factors are why I don't take seriously the claims of market monetarists that the failure of growth to collapse in 2013 somehow showed that fiscal policy doesn't matter. US austerity, although a really bad thing, wasn't nearly as intense as what happened in southern Europe; it was small enough that it could [...]
2013 Government shut down these guys voted for and voted to continue cost the country $24 Billion
Shutdown took $24 billion bite out of economy How much did the shutdown cost the economy? Government shutdown has cost US economy $1.5bn a day, S&P says Not to mention we look kind of nuts when these things happen. Here are the men from California who voted not just to shut down the government, but [...]
Get Your Gay Marriage On
Congratulations to my beloved country for going sane on gay marriage. And congratulations to every gay couple in California who can now get their marriage on! Wedding planners, start your engines.
Droning us out
"Yesterday, as a task force of 125 officers, some riding Snowcats in the rugged terrain, continued their search, it was revealed that Dorner has become the first human target for remotely-controlled airborne drones on US soil." Man hunt for ex-soldier who shot police chief's daughter and killed policeman, Express, February 10, 2013 Even if the [...]
California, oh, California!
What were we freaking out about last year? "After years of red ink, Gov. Jerry Brown said on Thursday that California's $96.7-billion general fund is now poised to end next year with a surplus, thanks to years of deep budget cuts and billions in new taxes approved by voters last year." Jerry Brown predicts California [...]
Mayerson GOTV: People of California
California launches online voter registration system You now have no reason not to register to vote. So please do so no later than October 21, 2012. Thank you.