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Monthly Archives for July 2009

It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

Judge Orders City to Evict Seals

The La Jolla Children’s Pool is a coastal landmark that in many ways is representative of other San Diego landmarks: it’s located on a gorgeously scenic spot and as such it generates more controversy than most other public policy issues in San Diego.

July 20, 2009
| Erik | Culture, Philosophie, Pleasure, Things | 1 Comment

San Diego Legalizes Sleeping on the Sidewalk

Earlier this year I began to notice clumps of adults sleeping on the sidewalks of downtown San Diego and that’s when I discovered that sleeping on the city’s sidewalks had recently been decriminalized.

July 13, 2009
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The Plastics Industry Fights Back

As for the second idea, that plastics are so valuable that we should recycle them, this connection is truly a difficult stretch of intuition. A valuable thing is meant to be kept around for years and eventually sold on eBay to someone who will pay too much in shipping to receive it.

July 6, 2009
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