Chris Reed

San Diego Union-Tribune windbag. Column archive UH-Hilo grad. Libertarian lite. Klaytheist. Carbonarist. Yakitorian. Rameniac.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

I also wrote in Weld for president in 1996. A proud tradition of wasting my vote.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Roger Ailes -- Roger Ailes! -- was offered job as producer of David Letterman's first network TV show!

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

According to ⁦@jasonzinoman11⁩ bio, David Letterman was up for the lead in "Airplane!"!

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

The idea that this is an outrage without precedent reflects a complete lack of historical knowledge. Read any history of the Cold War. Washington and Moscow have gone after each other with ruthless tactics for 75 years. Not defending this, of course. Just noting it is the norm.

[Charlie Savage @charlie_savage]

EXCLUSIVE: A Russian spy unit secretly offered bounties to militants in Afghanistan for killing American troops, U.S. intelligence officials found. Trump and White House have known for months, but not authorized any response.
w/ @EricSchmittNYT @mschwirtz
https://t.co/o5NKTRDE8h

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

This election will be like 1988. George H.W. Bush won by 7% but took 40 states for an Electoral College landslide. Trump is not just doing poorly with young voters. His numbers with women voters are much worse now than in 2016.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Per-capita rate of coronavirus infections is more than 8 times higher in Imperial County than San Diego County. https://t.co/nyBABy4f6T

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

@GustavoArellano Have you ever been to Romesco or Aqui Es Texcoco? Both very good! #InDefenseOfSanDiego

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

There is a better chance for genuine police reform than ever. But let's not blow it with proposals that moderate Americans will never accept.
https://t.co/BjQAjZJlHy

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

@nosesforsale Good luck. I have griped over Open Culture for years. I said to guy who runs it that it's such a tremendous site, why diminish it by having such a heavy political angle? He basically threatened to block me. He blocked two people I know who made similar complaints.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

In Camden, police union lawsuit to prevent disbanding of PD went nowhere in court. Judge found city within its rights to disband and join a new county PD without public vote.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Lead of supportive 2011 editorial: Municipal governments countywide are struggling to craft operating budgets. State aid to towns is reduced from ... 2009... now is the time for towns to look beyond their borders to work collectively on providing essential services at less cost.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Nexis research shows Camden police department was caused prompted primarily by city budget crunch, not view police were out of control.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

End qualified immunity.
End civil asset forfeiture.
End the drug war.
End overcriminalization.
End no-knock warrants.
End militarization of police.
End mandatory minimums.

[With Adrian Schiller 🇺🇦 @Grumbletwat]

LAWN ORDER!

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Trump's behavior over the last two weeks has created a new willingness among corporations, local and state governments, and even the Pentagon to resist or reject his demands and views. https://t.co/B92ZAYHHpL

[Suderman @petersuderman]

WRITER 1: We need, like, a sign, you know, a symbol of the

WRITER 2: Yeah, the way that Washington has just become this literal flashpoint

WRITER 1: A metaphor for

WRITER 2: It can't be too obvious though

WRITER 1: Okay, okay, so how about

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Karma: when bad things happen to a project built on 12 years of lies to Californians.

[Ralph Vartabedian @RVartabedian]

California lawmakers enter historic confrontation with bullet train project, demanding in a resolution that the state defer massive new contract. Majority of Assembly cosponsor: https://t.co/JcaI1oYQvo

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Unbelievable. He yells at Kansas City cops without making threats, is maced and detained.

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

This is one of the worst ones I've seen. It captures the extent to which violent cops can turn tense but manageable situations into complete clusterfucks. If you can't handle someone yelling at you, choose a different line of work.

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

.@GustavoArellano You are right. #SanDiegoTank https://t.co/OXKX7WbDeY

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

Is today the day that local police across U.S. break out their strongest, most dangerous crowd-control weapon? NYPD used it in 2014. Many PDs have it
https://t.co/6pS0zbuX8f

[Chris Reed @chrisreed99]

40 police cars heading south on I 15 near Mission Valley. I wonder what happened. All had lights and sirens on.