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Posts published in “Day: November 16, 2011

A Dream Called Hell

You know you’re in trouble when the clouds turn green and start spinning on a vortex. You really should’ve gotten out of there by now.…

Fifteen Years After 215

Occasionally the iron heel comes down on people who are widely respected and/or have the resources and will to fight back effectively.  “The feds have…

Mucho Car

It's gone forever, my beloved Triumph Spitfire, that classic, marvelous looking British sports car that never ran anywhere near as well as it looked. Pearl…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Most important duty of the day is to inform you of this month’s AV birthday…

Rock Is Dead

The Doors might have been the first musical discovery of my own youth; after glomming onto my big sister's Beatles, Stones, and yes, Monkees records,…

Robbery

Someone broke into our car last week while we were in Cotton Auditorium for another marvelous Symphony of the Redwoods concert, Marcia in the orchestra,…

Moral & Immoral Illness

When I was diagnosed with throat cancer, I read up on alternative treatments, of which there are many. Somehow I had a strong intuitive sense…

Under Water

In the afternoon following the tumultuous Board meeting on November 1st when the Board of Supervisors imposed a drastic 12.5% cut on about 750 of…

‘Not For Publication’

Dear Editor: Your recent article on the 2nd Congressional District campaign contained very serious factual errors relating to water issues (in addition to a strong…

Letters To The Editor

SOME PEOPLE Letter to Editor, Why People Support Laura’s Law The reason law enforcement officers across the country support  Laura’s Law is because they know…

The Oakland General Strike

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell On the morning of November 2nd 2011, I drove northbound…

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