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Posts published in October 2013

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Belated but still important are birthday wishes that are sent to Valley folks. Bobbie Tucker, Jo Gowan, and Sheri Hansen. Public Service…

The Lincolns Are Leaving Us

Del Berg, of Tuolumne County, is the last known member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, one of the nearly 3,000 Americans who volunteered to fight fascism in Spain in the opening years of World War II.

Mendocino County Today: October 9, 2013

JUSTICE FOR SUSAN KEEGAN! by Karen Feiden Plea to DA Eyster: Compel the Divorce Mediator to Talk. We believe it is urgent that Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster subpoena Ukiah attorney and divorce mediator…

Mendocino County Today: October 8, 2013

SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES, as reported in these pages, has made it clear that he intends to challenge the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) to force them to pay Mendocino County for the water that is…

Cackle Doodle-Doo

Even though Mom used to warn against women who laughed too loudly, my cousin Monica and I cultivated our “cackles” and had fun doing it. It could be pretty noisy with the two of us…

Manson: The Life & Delusions

More than one friend, when told I was reading the “definitive” new biography of Charles Manson, said “Why would anybody want to read that?” It's a reasonable question. The Manson murders, almost 45 years ago,…

Sittwe Homeboy

Today I was riding a bike around a neighborhood, or “quarter” as they call it here. I’m looking for a house to rent for just Yvonne and me.  I hear strange banjo music. I stop…

Aggression Versus Intelligence

Konrad Lorenz famously defined aggression as “the fighting instinct in beast and man which is directed against members of the same species.”

Off The Record

"THE FACT that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a…

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