OB Rag

Sex in San Diego: Marriage Is For Losers

Source — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:41:49 +0000

By Dr. Kelly Flanagan / UnTangled You can be right, or you can be married; take your pick. I can’t remember who told me that, but I do remember that they were only half-joking. The other half, the serious half, is exceedingly important. This is why. Many therapists aren’t crazy about doing marital therapy. It’s complicated and messy, and it often feels out of control. In the worst case scenario, the therapist has front row seats to a regularly-scheduled prize fight. But I love to do marital therapy. Why? Maybe I enjoy the work because I keep one simple principle in mind: if marriage is going to work, it needs to become a contest to see which spouse is going to lose the most, and it needs to be a race that goes down to the wire.

Point Loma Imbrogio Continues Over “Bogus” Stop Signs After Peninsula Planners’ Compromise

Staff — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:41:02 +0000

Point Loma Planners' Recommendation That "Bogus" Signs Be Replaced and Official Signs Removed Continues to Split Local Community CBS8 reports that the Peninsula Planning Committee's decision last night - May 16th - to find a compromise on the "bogus" stop signs continues to divide and rile the local hilltop community in Point Loma. The Committee voted 4 to 3 to send a recommendation to Councilmember Faulconer's office that the controversial stop signs that appeared and installed by anonymous parties, outside of city regulations, will be replaced - there's 2 of them - and that 3 official stop signs in the area be removed. The reportedly "packed crowd" was disappointed with the final vote during the planners regular monthly meeting at the Point Loma Library, with neither side in the debate/ issue satisfied. Will Scott, a local neighbor who favored the new stop signs, was quoted:

"We're neither [excited or upset]. This recommendation was clearly a compromise."

It’s a Sad Day in America When the Navy Launches a San Diego-Built Drone off a Carrier

Frank Gormlie — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:00 +0000

It's a sad day in America. The US Navy launched the first carrier-based drone off its deck the other day, off the coast of Virginia. It's an even sadder day for us in San Diego, as the drone was manufactured - in part, at least - by plants and engineers right here in our own city. The launching of the drone off that deck demonstrates clearly that as drones become more and more integrated into becoming the armament of the nation's military, they are becoming more and more accepted - here domestically, back in the good ol' US of A. And as drones become more and more prevalently utilized, not just by our armed forces overseas, but by law enforcement, border patrol, and local police departments here within our very own borders, American citizens are more and more subjected to a high-tech surveillance that is quite unlike anything we've known in the past - a surveillance that is becoming so pervasive, that it challenges our basic civil rights, freedoms and privacies.

Discussion on PL Democrats Website: Is the ACLU “Subversive” Because They Oppose Cross at Mt Soledad?

Judi Curry — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:22 +0000

The Widder Curry Weighs In An interesting question appeared today on the Point Loma Democrats website in regards to an article announcing the 80 year celebration of the San Diego ACLU. To say that I was nonplussed to read the question which can as a comment to the article, would be a minor revelation. At the risk of being censored – do you think that Democrats would do that to their own? – let me tell you something about it. On June 7th, there will be a 80 year celebration of the San Diego ACLU. As the article read, this function is not a

Health Care Reform – An Enlightening Discussion in OB Sponsored by League of Women Voters

Judi Curry — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:01:25 +0000

OB Rec Center Meeting Led by Jeanne Brown By Judi Curry I attended a most informative meeting at the OB Rec Center on May 16 on the subject of “Health Care Reform". The focal point was on a “Single Payer Health Care” and a Healthcare Movie was shown to the audience. The film revealed the true story of how the health care systems in Canada and the US evolved so differently when, at one, point, they were essential the same. Statistics are overwhelming –not just in comparing the Canadian health care system to ours, but in just looking at the stats overall.

Pharmacist Kickbacks Put California Patient Health at Risk

Source — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:59:58 +0000

By Hollaine Hopkins/California Progress Report Health care cost containment is a critical issue facing every participant in the health care system. Efforts to contain costs, however, appear to have given rise to dangerous financial arrangements between health insurers and pharmacists that may be jeopardizing the health of California patients.

Peninsula Planning Board to Decide Fate of “Illegal” Stop Signs in Point Loma

Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:06:17 +0000

Tonight, May 16th, the planning committee for Point Loma will have on its agenda the fate of two "illegal" stop signs that were anonymously installed up on top of the Peninsula. The Peninsula Board meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire Street.

Congressman Tears Into Attorney General Holder Over Marijuana: ‘This Is The Time To Remedy Prohibition’

Source — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:49:06 +0000

By Nicole Flatow / Think Progress / May 15, 2013 During a Wednesday - May 15 - House oversight hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder that overwhelmingly focused on the invasive government search of Associated Press phone logs and the IRS, one House member took the opportunity to grill Holder on another Department of Justice issue that has provoked criticism from the left. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tore into Holder over his approach to marijuana, asking why his Justice Department is “continuing to put people in jail,” even as polling shows a majority of Americans believe the plant should not be illegal:

Filner’s Letter Allowing Self-Made Bracelet and Necklace Sales in Ocean Beach Rankles Mainstreet Association

Frank Gormlie — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:18:28 +0000

A letter from Mayor Bob Filner allowing a man on disability to sell "home-made" hemp necklaces in Ocean Beach without a permit has rankled OB's Mainstreet Association. Earlier this Spring, David Millette, a resident of Chula Vista, began selling his self-made / home-make hemp necklaces, watch bands and other jewelry items on the Wall at the foot of Newport Avenue. After about a week, he was told by San Diego police that his sales were illegal and chased him away.

The IRS, Benghazi, and the Republicans Who Cried Wolf

Source — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:12:28 +0000

Every week, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich talks with contributor Eric Benson about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week: The GOP finds a new Watergate, the Justice Department bullies the AP, and Bloomberg News gets caught snooping on Bloomberg clients. By Frank Rich / New York Magazine- RSN / May 16, 2013 RICH: Last week, conservatives called Benghazi Obama's Watergate. Now they're applying that label to a new scandal in which IRS officials admitted applying special scrutiny to tea-party-affiliated groups applying for tax-exempt status. President Obama has condemned the IRS's actions. The FBI has opened an investigation. Do you see this having a major impact on the administration and its credibility?