Pope Francis Just Called Out Trump for Being an Intolerant Racist – Week 2 of...
Mod: While most racists really are intolerant, for an American president to be accused of such unhappy things by the Pope is quite unprecedented. We are now one week and a couple of days into the Trump...
View ArticleFake News Fox: After Quebec shooting, white nationalists, Twitter bots, and...
Mod: Here is an interesting news item from a decent enough source called The Daily Dot. It appears that Fox News got its initial information on the Quebec shootings from some very interesting places....
View ArticleGeorge Enyedi Remembrance
Mod: Yesterday a couple of people left comments asking that I post some kind of remembrance for George Enyedi, the noted Sierra Madre resident who had done so much for this community. My suggestion was...
View ArticleSB-35: California has a New RHNA Champion and His Name is Scott Wiener
State Senator Scott WienerMod: The Sacramento forced development monster has been quiet these last few years. However, a new champion for high density state mandated infill development appears to have...
View ArticleNew Poll: 4 In 10 Support Impeaching Trump
Mod: I guess we could start calling it Trexit. I mean, why wouldn't you? Poll: 4 in 10 support impeaching Trump (The Hilllink): Forty percent of registered voters support impeaching President Trump,...
View ArticleDid the City Manager Get the Mira Monte Mess Correct?
Bad Billy.Mod: The Henry A. Darling house debacle continues to play a large role here. In the latest edition of the City Manager's report (link), the following analysis is provided for us. The matter...
View ArticleA Super Bowl Sunday of Trump Smack
Mod: It's gotten to the point where I could post something here about lovable bunnies and it would still turn into a conversation about the Tangerine Tyrant. So let's just get down to it and catch up...
View ArticleThe Bowling Green Massacre Comes To Pasadena? Terror War On The Cheesecake...
First they came for our cheesecake ...Mod: There has been a lot of news lately about a "bombing" at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant in the fashionable Old Town district of Pasadena. A few of the...
View ArticleTrump Threatens to Defund "Out of Control" California
Mod: Nobody likes California, least of all President Trump. After all, this is the state that put the stamp on his popular vote defeat last November. Don't think he hasn't forgotten! He is still taking...
View ArticleA Letter to the Editor: What's Up With the Tattler?
Mod: I occasionally get notes like this, but rarely quite as well thought out. I figured this would be as good a time as any to air out some of these concerns. Tattler: I have been observing your blog...
View ArticleUnlike Trump, California Pays Its Taxes
Mod: While embittered popular vote loser Donald Trump continues to bash California (it was our fault that he lost and therefore we must be punished), some of his accusations are being called out and...
View ArticleSteve Bannon Believes the Apocalypse is Coming and War is Inevitable
Mod: President Bannon, as Donald Trump's babysitter has been called, is one scary dude. He is also perhaps the most powerful person in America today, which doesn't help. The video and text below come...
View ArticleColorado’s Medical Marijuana Refugees
Coming soon?Mod: You don't ordinarily see articles posted on such major Internet news players as TheDaily Beast that are of close personal interest to the City of Sierra Madre, but this one does...
View ArticleTony Brandenburg: My Sordid Libertarian Past
Mod: Tony Brandenburg is back, and not a moment too soon as far as I can tell. But you don't have to wait to read him on this site. His own blog is called Thee Brandenburgs, and it can always be...
View ArticleWilliam Kefalas's Attorney Writes a Letter to the City
It appears that a legal strategy in the form of an attorney's letter has now emerged in the rapidly escalating row between the people of the City of Sierra Madre and the fellow who essentially razed...
View ArticleNYT: Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser
video linkhere.Mod: It's less than a month into the Trump administration and today we have a scandal of epic proportions. The big question now is how deeply have the Russians infiltrated the Trump...
View ArticleTonight's Sierra Madre City Council Meeting Live
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View ArticleMother Moo Creamery Makes Some National News
Mod: Apparently the international vanilla bean crisis is hitting home. Right here in Sierra Madre that is. CBS News This Morning report came to the Foothill Village to examine its effects.Vanilla bean...
View ArticleTrump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence
Mod: What many had suspected has now been confirmed. The Russians not only hacked the last presidential election, the Trump campaign was helping them do it. Something unprecedented in American...
View ArticlePreserve Sierra Madre: City Council Approves Changes to Demolition Ordinance
Mod: The following e-mail from Preserve Sierra Madre went out to its membership yesterday. Dear Supporters: After a thoughtful and informed discussion, our City Council unanimously approved the changes...
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