Daniel DID do drugs. Report below shows he had METH in his system and an extensive criminal history that included…
Greg, You can think what you want. Criminals, illegal immigration and neighboring countries can all erode countries sovereignty. But war…
My definition is ... irrelevant to this discussion, counselor. (I'd look up case law if I needed one.) You're the…
Wait what is your definition of sovereign nation? And I don’t think you understand what independence is. Entering into treaties…
But maybe you did mean (1) "Completely independent" and (2) "authority over its borders" as two separate things. In that…
I'll presume that you meant to write: "Completely independent authority over its borders." OK, by that definition, is the USA…
Completely independent and authority over its borders. That sounds about right. Not wrapped in tin foil.
What exactly do you think that the word "sovereign" means? Maybe we're getting to the root of the problem here.
If it can’t guarantee its own safety it is not much of a sovereign nation is it?
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Badly Google-Translated Vietnamese Westminster-recall posts.
Posted on April 7, 2020 | 3 CommentsGet your ballots in today, Westminster! But these bad traslations are... funny. -
![. . . [First published Christmas 2009] * Actually, it was the 23rd of December in the Year of the Great Fog – not literally “one foggy Christmas Eve” – […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rudolph-e1419448434829.jpg "An Orange Juice Christmas Tradition: The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!")
An Orange Juice Christmas Tradition: The True Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
Posted on December 24, 2014 | 16 Comments. . . [First published Christmas 2009] * Actually, it was the 23rd of December in the Year of the Great Fog – not literally “one foggy Christmas Eve” – […] -
![Anaheim’s City Council will start off the new year not only by apparently approving a settlement to their litigation with the ACLU — having successfully delayed single-member districts until 2016, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ARTIC-station-Massengill-Prestige-Brands-115x115.jpg "What Corporation Should Receive Naming Rights to Anaheim’s ARTIC Train Station?")
What Corporation Should Receive Naming Rights to Anaheim’s ARTIC Train Station?
Posted on January 7, 2014 | 8 CommentsAnaheim’s City Council will start off the new year not only by apparently approving a settlement to their litigation with the ACLU — having successfully delayed single-member districts until 2016, […] -
![Even though I am older than dirt and should have learned a lot in my life, I learned a lot more in 2013. Here are some examples. Republicans and Democrats […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/winship-rooney-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Lessons I’ve Learned from 2013, by Over But Not Out")
Weekend Open Thread: Lessons I’ve Learned from 2013, by Over But Not Out
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 13 CommentsEven though I am older than dirt and should have learned a lot in my life, I learned a lot more in 2013. Here are some examples. Republicans and Democrats […] -
![All right, all right — all right! Enough whining! By popular demand, you say want to celebrate Festivus together in your online home away from home? OK, then we’ll do it! […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/festivus-poles-115x115.jpg "Gather Round the Aluminum Pole and Air Your Grievances in OJB’s Festivus Open Thread!")
Gather Round the Aluminum Pole and Air Your Grievances in OJB’s Festivus Open Thread!
Posted on December 23, 2013 | 22 CommentsAll right, all right — all right! Enough whining! By popular demand, you say want to celebrate Festivus together in your online home away from home? OK, then we’ll do it! […] -
![Yes, yes, we will getting back to local, state, and national politics soon enough — just gotta finish a filing for tomorrow — but in the meantime this really interesting […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/werewolf-movie-with-pringle-115x115.jpg "Good News for Some of You: Werewolf Erotica Judged Not Intrinsically Obscene or Unfit for California Prisoners")
Good News for Some of You: Werewolf Erotica Judged Not Intrinsically Obscene or Unfit for California Prisoners
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 1 CommentYes, yes, we will getting back to local, state, and national politics soon enough — just gotta finish a filing for tomorrow — but in the meantime this really interesting […] -
![The nation breathed a sigh of relief late this afternoon as the last of three or four hallucinating teenagers, lost for literally hours in Fountain Valley’s forbidding Mile Square Park, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/big-park-rescue-115x115.jpg "Hallucinating Teens Rescued from Six-Hour Ordeal in Mile Square Park.")
Hallucinating Teens Rescued from Six-Hour Ordeal in Mile Square Park.
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 18 CommentsThe nation breathed a sigh of relief late this afternoon as the last of three or four hallucinating teenagers, lost for literally hours in Fountain Valley’s forbidding Mile Square Park, […] -
![. Diamond started something along these lines, the night Gus died…but Diamond only scratched the surface. Here’s the wit and wisdom of late Fountain Valley Mayor Gus Ayer (1949-2013) as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Gus-hippie-in-70s-115x115.jpg "Poor Gus’ Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Mayor Ayer")
Poor Gus’ Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Mayor Ayer
Posted on March 11, 2013 | 5 Comments. Diamond started something along these lines, the night Gus died…but Diamond only scratched the surface. Here’s the wit and wisdom of late Fountain Valley Mayor Gus Ayer (1949-2013) as […] -
![I don’t know about you, but my initial political understanding of the world was shaped largely by my slavishly reading late-60s and early-70s MAD Magazine. (Personally, I think that I […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Office-Dwight-and-Creed-copy-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Anti-Social Skillz")
Weekend Open Thread: Anti-Social Skillz
Posted on March 1, 2013 | 36 CommentsI don’t know about you, but my initial political understanding of the world was shaped largely by my slavishly reading late-60s and early-70s MAD Magazine. (Personally, I think that I […] -
![. . . So, I don’t remember if I mentioned this here, but a couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from fabled “anonymous” OC blogger Joe Hill. And, at […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/joe-hill-115x115.jpg "Introducing our newest blogger – Joe Hill!")
Introducing our newest blogger – Joe Hill!
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 36 Comments. . . So, I don’t remember if I mentioned this here, but a couple weeks ago I got an e-mail from fabled “anonymous” OC blogger Joe Hill. And, at […] -
![. Brian Ross, long-time news anchor at ABC. I don’t watch ABC much, but there was something familiar about that name, Brian Ross, I thought, when I heard Chris Hayes’ […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/brian-ross-115x115.jpg "ABC’s Brian Ross, Tea-Party smearer and Anthrax liar … isn’t that the same Brian Ross who… ?")
ABC’s Brian Ross, Tea-Party smearer and Anthrax liar … isn’t that the same Brian Ross who… ?
Posted on July 23, 2012 | 6 Comments. Brian Ross, long-time news anchor at ABC. I don’t watch ABC much, but there was something familiar about that name, Brian Ross, I thought, when I heard Chris Hayes’ […] -
![The pundits have been weighing in on who Mitt Romney should pick as his VP running mate. So here’s my suggestion (don’t laugh). It’s George Zimmerman, the “Neigborhood Watch” vigilante […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/romney-mystery-running-mate-115x115.jpg "A Perfect Running Mate for Mitt Romney?")
A Perfect Running Mate for Mitt Romney?
Posted on July 19, 2012 | 8 CommentsThe pundits have been weighing in on who Mitt Romney should pick as his VP running mate. So here’s my suggestion (don’t laugh). It’s George Zimmerman, the “Neigborhood Watch” vigilante […] -
![Watch this video of Assemblyman Mike Bost of Illinois having a freak-out at his seat over “pension reform”: My guess is that many people will be enthused. They are […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mike-Bost-R-IL-Asmbly-goes-nuts-115x115.png "A Political Identity Test That You Can Take Right Now!")
A Political Identity Test That You Can Take Right Now!
Posted on May 30, 2012 | 1 CommentWatch this video of Assemblyman Mike Bost of Illinois having a freak-out at his seat over “pension reform”: My guess is that many people will be enthused. They are […] -
![The wood is lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, Miles to go before I sleep. Keeping my promises to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/vern-republican-medical-checkup-115x115.jpg "I become a Republican.")
I become a Republican.
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 53 CommentsThe wood is lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, Miles to go before I sleep. Keeping my promises to […]
So, good thing he was killed, you're saying?