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State Senate hearing casts doubt on high-speed rail
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series looking in depth at the latest hearing in the state Senate on California’s high-speed rail blueprint. California’s high-speed rail project keeps running into obstacles along its track to construction. The
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IRS targeted ONLY conservatives, NO progressives
We’ve had some exchanges on our site over the IRS harassment of conservative groups. Some of our more liberal commentators have insisted that progressive groups, also, were targeted. It turns out that part is not true. Only conservative groups —
Read MoreCA Senate scrubs websites of 3 Democrats in scandals
The California State Senate has scrubbed its website and deleted the online archives of three Democratic state Senators that face criminal charges ranging from weapons trafficking to public corruption. As of April 5 at 7:00 PM, the websites of Democratic
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Oposition swarms against splitting CA
Like hornets rising from a disturbed nest, opposition is swarming against venture capitalist Tim Draper’s proposed initiative to split dysfunctional California into six states, a couple of which might turn out functional. The Chronicle reports: “Steven Maviglio, a Democratic consultant,
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California leads way in emergence of thoughtcrime vigilantes
California continues its emergence as the base for those who wish to enforce thoughtcrime penalties and launch group-hate campaigns against people with unacceptable political and social views. There have been glimpses of this mindset for years among the academic left
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Middle class fading away…
The middle class in California and the rest of America keeps fading away under assaults from Republicans and Democrats, Presidents Bush and Obama, Govs. Schwarzenegger and Brown. The latest from AP: “Since 2008, the number of people who call themselves
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The reality of politics
He wasn’t as eloquent as Machiavelli, but President Bill Clinton summed up the essence of politics more pithily: “I take care of my friends and I [expletive deleted] with my enemies.” The rest is just rhetoric to fool the masses.
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CA history shows droughts don’t last
Gov. Jerry Brown, state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, and other legislators are pushing for groundwater regulation during the drought. Since October 4, 2013, the California Water Resources Control Board has been floating a discussion draft of a Groundwater Workplan
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