Tag Archives: California

Serious Gun Control Legislation Underway in California

Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:44 am by Bob Cesca

The president started the ball rolling, but it looks like California is taking the strongest action against guns. Here’s a sampling of the legislation’s provisions via ThinkProgress: 1. Ban all semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines. 2. Ban possession of … Continue reading →
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Crossroad

Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – John Darkow In other news, California Democrats, who hold a super majority in the state legislature, have proposed sweeping new gun regulations that include, among other things, a ban on semi-automatic rifles, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and … Continue reading →
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Anti Gay Marriage Crusaders Are Broke

Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

According to this report from Reuters, the primary backers of the California’s gay marriage ban are close to financial ruin. (Reuters) – Foes of same-sex marriage are laboring to pay the tab for an epic legal case now before the … Continue reading →

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Shocker: California Raises Taxes, Has Budget Surplus

Posted on January 10, 2013 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

Nobody could have predicted that after California finally voted to raise taxes, the state would cure its budgetary ailments in a relatively short amount of time. Riding a wave of new tax revenue, California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday proposed … Continue reading →

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Your WTF of the Day

Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:45 pm by JM Ashby

This is absolutely mind-boggling. A California appeals court, relying on an outdated statute that prohibits someone from pretending to be someone’s husband but not their boyfriend in order to obtain sex, overturned a man’s conviction for rape because the woman … Continue reading →

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Four More

Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Adam Zyglis In other news, Democrats in California have captured a supermajority of the state legislature, meaning they can now end an anti-tax stalemate that has been ongoing since 1978. Proposition 13, which was passed in 1978, required … Continue reading →

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The Nation’s First High-Speed Rail Line

Posted on July 7, 2012 at 4:45 pm by JM Ashby

Good news — someone is moving forward in this country even if our Tea Party overlords in congress and Republican state legislatures say otherwise. California lawmakers have approved billions of dollars in construction financing for the first segment of what … Continue reading →

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Just What We Needed

Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:15 pm by JM Ashby

More “2nd Amendment remedy” imagery from the Right Wing. GOP Congressional candidate Jorge Robles is very serious about unseating Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) as the representative for California’s 38th district — and he’s using some gun imagery to do it. … Continue reading →

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Prop 8 Supporters Defeated Again

Posted on June 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm by JM Ashby

via ABCNews A federal appeals court in California has denied a petition to have Prop 8 -the 2008 California ballot initiative that defines marriage as between a man and a woman – further reviewed by a larger panel of judges, … Continue reading →

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Birtherism Still Won’t Die

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

If at first you don’t succeed, try again, right? That’s the advice a group of birthers in California took to heart after their last attempt to sue the state over the eligibility of President Obama to appear on the state … Continue reading →

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