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California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
These absolutes are not meaningful. I guarantee that, within the groups of student protesters there are people who believe and espouse Jew hatred. How many? No one knows. Is it the majority? I don't think so. But it's plenty. And it's enough to spread fear throughout the Jewish student community. So just acknowledge that this is real and stop trying to discount or downplay the fact that Jewish people are experiencing the highest levels of Anti-Semitism in many many years. Personally, as I have stated many times, I oppose the current Israeli administration. But I'm not going to join these protests because, quite simply, although most of the protesters are probably not Jew haters they are marching side by side with people who absolutely are.
Op-Ed: After Losing Population in Recent Years, California is Starting to Grow Again. Is that a Good Thing?
"The new data raise an old question: Is California better off with an increasing population or do the demands of more people just make things more complicated by increasing competition for jobs, housing and other necessities of life?" This seems to be the perpetual argument. One reads many comments on Edhat in which the writers lament the good old days, when SB was less crowded, life was simpler, etc. I read the same laments about other places. I grew up in Orange County during the 60's and watched all the ag land get plowed under to build houses and it seemed there was less pressure due to crowding back then. I read this over and over again, about all parts of California. When I was a kid, the Central Valley was "the breadbasket" of the country. A significant portion of that ag land has been lost to development also. People lament these changes, but they also lament the loss of a congressional seat due to California's population not keeping pace with other parts of the country. I think there has to be a new paradigm that is based upon stability (or managed retreat) rather than growth. We can't continue to grow forever. I remember hearing Andy Caldwell state that the population of the entire world could live in an area the size of Texas, as an argument for continued growth. Imagine what the quality those cramped lives would be like, with lack of fresh air, recreational spaces, abundant nature, etc.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
LOLZ. All you weirdos have is hate. Trump doesn't hurt me. In fact I benefit from his economic positions and policies designed to place the burden on the middle class and scrape every penny possible for the higher net worth folks. But I know exactly what he is. I've known it for a long time. I know people that have been in his orbit from back in the 1980s and 90s. I know someone that was literally offered money by him to try and blackmail an innocent person--surprise, surprise, an attractive woman who rejected him. I know that he is nothing but a black hole of total power hunger. People who blind themselves to what the man is are quite pathetic.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Also, if Trump didn't MAGA his first term, how do you expect him to do it his second term? I mean, if you folks are still whimpering MAGAMAGAMAGA, then he clearly failed his first time around....
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
DOULIE - can you define "MAGA?" Not what it stands for, but when it was? When was America "great?"
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Indeed. I'm a Jew opposed to (many of) Israel's actions and policies.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
"Are the protesters anti-Israel, or pro-Palestine?" They're against the ongoing slaughter. "but have decided that “Jews” are the enemy" Nonsense ... a large fraction of the protesters are Jewish. "They conveniently ignore the mass protests against Netanyahu within Israel itself." The protests against Netanyahu are not generally against the slaughter, but against how he has managed it and not brought the hostages back (they don't care about the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails under bogus or no charges). Also against his corruption--his fraud trial has been ongoing since 2019. I agree with most of the rest.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Sociopath.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Anonymous - The "great" president Trump will return to the White House in 2025 to MAGA. You and those like you best stock up on aspirin or whatever else you use to calm yourselves. As far as anyone having a "screw loose" you might want to review recent videos of the moron that is now reported to be a president.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
GERRY - great take on this. I do wonder though, where you read the pro-Palestinian protesters "have decided that 'Jews' are the enemy?" Is that something they're saying? I keep hearing about all this vicious antisemitism by the students (I'm not talking about the hateful outside agitators and others out there riling things up), but haven't seen many specific examples. Blaming "Jews" for this, would be such an example, but I haven't heard that. Just interested to see where that came from. Myself, I consider those protesting for an end to the war and end to killing children in Gaza, pro-Palestinian. I could also see them being "anti-Israel" as they oppose Israeli actions and policies. But.... that is far different from being "anti-Jewish."
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
No, RUBY, you're not reading this very well.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Amen
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
So let's get the story straight: Biden has no balls because he is supporting Israel, as the U.S. has done continually since WWII. But Israeli supporters say he's not doing enough, and abandoning Israel because he won't support an expansion of the war. Are the protesters anti-Israel, or pro-Palestine? (When asked, few protesters knew the difference, but have decided that "Jews" are the enemy. They conveniently ignore the mass protests against Netanyahu within Israel itself.) The protesters here blame Biden (as do you), for supporting Israel, while Trump blasts him for not supporting Israel. ("American Jews who vote for Biden hate their religion," etc.) As for the rest of the world, they're in it, too. Everyone abhors the violence, but few are willing to so easily place the blame on one side or the other. They've had too much experience with the region, unlike the protestors. Biden's in the middle, and he's trying to end it while being attacked from all sides. Trump wants to wipe Palestine from the face of the earth (like Netanyahu), and he's being indirectly supported by protesters blaming Biden. It's a strange, strange world we live in...
Op-Ed: Project Disconnect descends upon Old Town
When one reduces the flow of traffic in Old Town Goleta , while at the same time adding more vehicles from high density housing, you get major traffic congestion with health and safety to follow. It is not realistic to assume high density housing residents will forego the convenience of their own vehicles to drop and pick up kids at school, work shift work, manage sensitive schedules for teachers, hospital workers etc…
Op-Ed: Project Disconnect descends upon Old Town
Hi Orv, unfortunately this story is intertwined …the 4000 vehicles from the housing element mandate on Hollister are going to be passing through old town Goleta. Their impact will further congest old town Goleta as well as most of Hollister making evacuations impossible. The Old Town Goleta road stripping is going to further cause a bottle neck with the added vehicles. Furthermore, the mandated housing element is caused by Airbnb's taking away available housing for workers. The County is fully aware of how many Airbnb's are in the County as they have been collecting transient taxes for close to a decade. One could say they are responsible for the housing element mandate by permitting Airbnb's which In turn cause more vehicles to congest Hollister Avenue and run through Old town Goleta. In fact the traffic congestion in general is all about available housing of which Airbnb's, VRBO's etc have eliminated for people working in the area. It would appear the elimination of Airbnb's within City limits like NY has done, would reduce traffic, as the Housing Element mandate and high density housing would not be needed.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Nothing a violent civil war wouldn't fix, right?
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Do your own work bud.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Free speech? Not in your world, apparently.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
The word you wanted is "straits", but we don't expect erudition, given past examples.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Yes. The fact that the orange moron is getting his boots licked by so many fools is truly a shameful stain on our country.