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Posts published in “Day: April 23, 2015

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Apr 24, 2015

Dead-trees Meeting;
FB Agenda;
Kudos Corktop;
Seasonal Observances;
Police Reports;
Grapes v Fish;
Yesterday's Catch;
PA Agenda;
Groundwater Forum;
Rain or Shine;
Red on Red;
Schooling Affleck;
Ah, Youth;
Senior Care;
Military Model;
Forest Radio;
FB Quarantine;
Steen;
County Vacancies;
Sacred Ground;
Sculpture Trail;
DAR Meeting

Compared to Obama, Ron Paul Is Thomas Paine

President Obama admitted that the US inadvertently killed an American and an Italian aid worker in Pakistan, presumably by drone strike. What he didn't mention were the two other Americans who were intentionally killed around the same time. These Americans had no due process, no trial, no conviction.

Getting Past Tweak

First off, I was raised in Humboldt County by tweakers in a town called Rio Dell. Not only were my parents tweakers but so were…

Subsidizing MRC

A column about Cal Fire's State Responsibility Area (SRA) fees seems to be an annual ritual, but this year there are new twists and turns…

Joe Regelski Made Me Cry

No, he didn’t hurt me or make me cry on purpose, or even know who I was or that I cried. He was just giving…

Afraid of Silence

I pruned trees for a woman in Berkeley who always had her television on. Loud. She would invite me in after I was done with my work, serve me lemonade, and write me a check while soap opera actors on her gigantic television screen emoted and spoke to each other as no humans have ever spoken to each other except in soap operas and bad plays.

Drinking

I had no idea that Nellie was an alcoholic. One night I woke up and noticed she wasn't in the bed; I went downstairs and…

Good Cows Go to Jenny’s

I doubt that I'm the first person to wonder where it is they're coming from, when the cows come home; you don't see a lot…

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