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Given Craft Beer brewing is avid news in San Diego County, linked
herein, is an interesting backgrounder report from U.S. News & World Report on the production battle between big
beer (94%) and independent/smaller craft beer producers (6%). Reporter Elizabeth
Flock spotlights the recent blocked nuptials between Modelo and
Anheuser-Busch shines a light on the long-brewing fight between big beer and
craft brewers.
http://mobile.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/08/hopslam-how-big-beer-is-trying-to-stop-a-craft-beer-revolution
FOLLOW THE MONEY.
If one wonders why Senator John McCain tends to be so hawkish on
Iran, perhaps it has something to do with political contributions from
pro-Israel lobbyists. Then again, maybe
not. But, if you are curious to know the
contributions received by U.S. legislators
Then click www.MapLight.org
MapLight, a California-based nonpartisan research organization that
tracks money in politics. Its
motto: Money and politics: Illuminating
the connection.
MapLight’s rankings show Senator McCain’s second largest recipient
of political contributions in recent times came from pro-Israel sources. Who’s the first? Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill), for the past four
Congresses (109th thru 112th) Kirk has been on appropriations committees in the
House and Senate. Check it out:
http://maplight.org/us-congress/interest/J5100/view/all
MapLight is exhaustive in its research. MapLight shows the money flow trends to
legislators in America. And, it keeps
tabs on legislative voting and related news.
THE PRINTED WORD.
Sometimes reading the daily newspaper in this city, I don’t know
whether to laugh or cry. Take Sunday (yesterday) for example: The following sentence appeared in the first
paragraph of a UT columnist’s published copy: “It was hard—very hard—to do, but
I believe we have done ourselves proud.”
Was this self-congratulatory pronouncement a new reflection on:
--The UT figuring
out its political candidate endorsements seldom win?
--The UT deciding
to endorse political candidates based on merit instead of political party?
--New low in
self-promoting journalism?
--Selection of an
all time, all-county high school football team.
Answer: #4 And, actually it was an interesting and well done
sports article not needing the self-congratulatory opening.
A SPECIAL REPORT.
As its many critics might pose otherwise not all is silly/sad at
the UT. A solid piece of real estate journalism—well
worth a read—was the UT’s Housing 2012 Year in Review [Feb. 10]. Reporters Lily
Leung and Michelle Gilchrist capsulized how our local real estate market is
heating up again, compared with sales figures from 2006. Key line: “In 2011, homebuyers chased
value. That didn’t change in 2012, but
it became harder to do as more affordable properties began to grow scarce and
multiple-bid wars surfaced.”
NORTH PARK BUREAU.
From the SD Free
Press: “As part of our ‘grassroots news’ mission…we’re going to start expanding
our neighborhood coverage in the coming weeks. And all you hipsters in North Park are first in line as
we launch this grand plan, so expect to see us in our SD Free Press tee shirts
prowling around. (Other neighborhoods shouldn’t be jealous, we’re headed your
way as the year moves along.) So if you live or work in North Park and would
like to pen a neighborhood-centric essay, drop us a line. Contact@SanDiegoFreePress.org
ALSO, we editors had
one of our infrequent face-to-face sessions (this enterprise is mostly virtual)
last night. No punches were thrown. No major conspiracies were hatched,
although our ongoing plans for world domination are still under consideration.
But we have determined that our “collective voice” is a bit too
testosterone-tinged. So we’re looking for some writers of the female
persuasion. Interested? Drop us a line Contact@SanDiegoFreePress.org
AGE OF SNARKY.
San
Diego PR pro, ex-Trib reporter Tom Gable sent over this Dilbert and Dogbert discussion on social
media. Just another amazing cartoon clip
by satirist/cartoonist Scott Adams.
“…Dilbert
gets into the spirit of the new media revolution – online mashups, blogs,
Twitter, Facebook plus some networks pursuing the race to be first and
snarkiest rather than most reliable…”
QUICK READS:
--Bill
Moyers on America’s slow and expensive Internet access reality:
http://billmoyers.com/2013/02/08/how-connected-is-your-community/
--Hysterical. From NPR: Two cartoonist’s view of Monopoly
adding a new token:
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/10/171495004/double-take-toons-new-monopoly-piece?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130210
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