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Dec 1 – The 75th Observance of the Nanking Massacre at UCSD
列強侵華史實維護協會(APHAFIC.org) Association For Preserving Historical Accuracy Of Foreign Invasions In China “To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice”. Elie Wiesel This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, when the Japanese Imperial Army brutally raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese people. Horrific in intensity and scale, this atrocity remains relatively…
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Dec 3 – Save the Date for Mayoral Inauguration Events Citywide
On Monday, December 3, at 10:00 a.m., the City of San Diego will have a Democratic Mayor and City Council majority for the first time in its history as the incoming Council is sworn in and Bob Filner takes office as the new Mayor. In keeping with Mayor-Elect Filner’s campaign promise to focus on San…
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Support for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Ruling
The San Diego City Council Rules Committee resolved 3-0 to support a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United campaign finance case. Marti Emerald introduced the resolution which states that the right of free speech “applies to people, not corporations.” At the council meeting to support the proposition were…
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Virtual Victory Speech
Of my seven election nights, this is the third that lasted many days. In the 2000 primary, I made the runoff by 300-odd votes, and waited a week to find out for sure. In the 2012 primary, I made the runoff by 719 votes out of 151,000 cast; that took a number of weeks to play out. And…
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Eyewitness to the Ground Game in Las Vegas
When the following email, from Jennifer Douglas, Save KLSD, arrived the Tuesday before the election, I read and dismissed it: San Diegans are stepping up to keep Nevada blue! A chartered Obama campaign bus of volunteers is leaving San Diego at 2pm Friday, Nov. 2, leaving Vegas by 3pm Sunday. Free trip – Free transportation,…
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Bilbray concedes, Peters wins!
Rather than wait for the final count Bilbray concedes. Scott Peters wins! Read more here. December 04 16:04 Peters beats Bilbray by 6,992 votes all counted November 30 16:30 Peters leads Bilbray by 6,885 votes, 7.5k remain November 29 16:21 Peters leads Bilbray by 6,897 votes, 12k remain November 28 16:25 Peters leads Bilbray by…
POINT LOMA & OB DEMS 