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Crumpled Pages Near A Wastebasket

An elderly gent in a tuxedo and neatly trimmed white beard stands at center stage. A raven sits upon his right shoulder. The man speaks quietly but seriously: “Earlier, after the previous unpleasantries were forgotten,…

Balls

For years the marketing experts of Major League Baseball (MLB, the owners' consortium) have been tinkering with the manufacturing specifications. For a while they assumed that fans wanted above all to see home runs, so…

Please Make Payment In Full

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr tosses occasional and minimal scraps to ordinary people, but as US President his real job is to serve the needs and desires of the moneyed class. That's why forgiveness of student…

John Redding Answers AVA Candidate Questions

Hola, the mighty Anderson Valley Advertisers. Your lowly District 5 candidate is happy to answer your questions.  Q. Personal information: Are you married? Children? Where do you live? How long in the county? Political affiliation?…

Local Grains Turned Into Craft Whiskey

In 2017, Doug Mosel was harvesting rows of rye he planted just south of Ukiah. Nearly five years later, that locally grown grain is now in a bottle of locally produced whiskey. “He’d been bugging…

Calizuela, Here We Come

The most convincing lie California politicians have managed to sell to the public is the notion THAT homelessness is inevitable, exists everywhere, has no known origins and can be alleviated only by spending lots and…

In The Beginning Was The Weed

The Washington state legislature has voted unanimously to ban the word marijuana from its legal code and replace it with the word cannabis.   As reported on the website of Seattle's KIRO-TV: “The term ‘marijuana’ itself is pejorative and…

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