Comic Con 2009

Last week, I attended Comic-Con for a half-day for my second year in a row. Just like last year, the convention was sensory overload and standing room only. KPBS reported that there was about 126,000 attendees and another 25,000 exhibitors in town for the four day event. Over the four days, it was estimated that [...]

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Loving Day

I first learned of the US Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia when I was researching constitutional laws and court cases regarding same-sex marriages. The SCOTUS decision overturned Virginia’s law against interracial marriages and ended all state’s raced-based restrictions on marriage.
In 1966, interracial marriages were illegal in 17 states. Before this court case, interracial [...]

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May 35th, 2009

Twenty years ago, I was just a student in high school, but I remember watching the events unfold on the national news. I was a bit shocked, but it took many years later after understanding the events, growing a bit older, and reading a lot more that I began to fully understand what had happened.
The [...]

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Balancing the California Budget

LA Times just uploaded a interactive tool to give everyone a chance at balancing the California budget. After playing around for a little bit, it’s easy to see how much you’ll need to comprise in order to make any substantial reduction of the deficit. Although both sides might not admit it, there’s just no way [...]

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San Diego Super Heroes

A few weeks ago, I came across a video via AllahPundit about Cincinnati’s masked super hero. Little did I know, San Diego has it’s own league of super heroes led by Mr. Xtreme.
After a bit of research, it appears this San Diego crime fighting group has been active for over a year. The first report [...]

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California Special Statewide Election 2009 Propositions

On May 19, there’s a special statewide election for California. There are six propositions on the ballot and each related to the statewide budget. The propositions, summaries, and commentaries are provided below.
I’m still debating several of these. I’ll solidify my decisions a few days before election day when I put the stamp on my ballot.
The [...]

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Who believes in evolution?

The Gallup polling organization has just released the results of an interesting survey. Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday and Gallup polling results are as follows.

Believe in evolution
39%

Do not believe in evolution
25%

No opinion either way
36%

No answer
1%

Unsurprising, there’s a strong relationship between education and belief in evolution.

 
% Yes, believe in evolution
% No, do [...]

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San Diego County 2008 Proposition Results by Community

This post is an index of a multi-post series breaking down the San Diego County 2008 General Election vote totals in several different contests including the presidential and state proposition election totals. The data was taken from the San Diego County Registrar of Voter’s office and converted/analyzed to produce the reports.
This blog post is an [...]

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San Diego County Proposition 12 Results by Community

This post is part of a multi-post series breaking down the San Diego County 2008 General Election vote totals in several different contests including the presidential and state proposition election totals. The data was taken from the San Diego County Registrar of Voter’s office and converted/analyzed to produce the reports. To view other posts, please [...]

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San Diego County Proposition 11 Results by Community

This post is part of a multi-post series breaking down the San Diego County 2008 General Election vote totals in several different contests including the presidential and state proposition election totals. The data was taken from the San Diego County Registrar of Voter’s office and converted/analyzed to produce the reports. To view other posts, please [...]

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