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Posts published in “Day: December 7, 2011

Suddenly It’s Newt

Slapstick depends on repetition. The clown always slips in the pile of elephant crap, inevitably walks into the ladder. By such standards Mitt Romney is…

Letters To The Editor

SMARTMETER OFF Editor, Recently PG&E initiated two versions of Robo calls to PG&E users, who either do not have a SmartMeter yet or on the…

The Lost Glories Of The Great Castrati

There is no such thing as old music. Regardless of when a piece was composed, it comes to life only at the moment when someone…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. While many of you will have seen me there, others would perhaps…

The Problem With J. Edgar

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s long time chief, J Edgar Hoover, was in a sense “family” for me. He was a presence, heavy and omniscient,…

Pony

In my youth, many if not most budding musicians had to fight their way through a lot of opposition, such as parents or other authority…

Farm To Farm

“Never go in Kincaid Holler after dark,” they always warned us. The Kincaids reinforced the frightened prejudices of the German farmers. From the other side…

Occupy State Parks?

David Gurney, independent journalist, slammed the state of California's winter closure of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma County — and pondered whether state parks…

Feds Win A Pot Ruling

A series of lawsuits have been filed by medical marijuana advocates attempting to halt an ongoing federal crackdown on dispensaries and a ruling last week…

Falling Behind

“If we weren’t still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company.”…

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