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Posts published in June 2016

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, June 16, 2016

Scattered Showers;
Rastafarian Influx;
Rogue Sheriffs;
Basketball Camp;
Remco Deal;
Election Rumor;
Blackbird Farm;
Remo Visit;
Patches!;
Pygmy Meeting;
Arcade Flasher;
Broadband Meetings;
Yesterday's Catch;
Islamic War;
American Freedoms;
Gun Control;
Gun Policies;
Farewell, Champ;
Teen Zines;
Cat Solution

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

New Feet;
Mendo Vote;
I'm Late;
Skunk Skunked;
Pulled Over;
Yesterday's Catch;
Whitewater Hustlers;
Legalize It;
Nasty Things;
NRA Calling;
Beekeepers;
Avoiding Addictions;
Fewer Guns;
Shady Cat;
Retirement Board Meeting;
MLPA Waterfix

Delusion Or Optimism?

The Supervisors and County staff are either faking it or they're genuinely pleased at the otherwise invisible transition of Mental Health services from Yuba City-based Ortner Management Group to the Ukiah-based Redwood Quality Management Company,…

A Bundle On The Staircase

The janitor thought it was a drunk.

He was curled up on the landing of the second floor with his head resting against the wall, his eyes closed, the legs in a strange position—as if he had fallen asleep with his knees tucked into his body and sleep had relaxed his legs without quite completely stretching them out.

The Courtroom As Porn Parlor

After two long weeks of pornography — albeit audio as opposed to visual — the evidence was in and the defendant, an aspiring rap star from San Bernardino, was found guilty of lewd and lascivious…

The Sunshine Makers

The 1935 theatrical cartoon, The Sunshine Makers, created by Van Beuren Studios and distributed by RKO Pictures tells the tale of a community of identical gnomes who distill sunshine into an elixir. Those who drink…

‘I Did Not Have Sex With That Corporation’ Redux

I've been engaging the squares again on the internet. There is a triumvirate of obtuse right-wing self-declared patriots and all-around Good Americans (in the sense of Hitler's "Good Germans"), who have been sparring with me…

Hemingway

In the film “Papa: Hemingway in Cuba” a young Miami reporter, who began life as an orphan, a runaway who idolized Hemingway most of his life and copied his short stories to teach himself to…

Sad Scary

Now that the people of California have spoken at the polls and assured the nomination of the poster girl for Monsanto, fracking, endless war, tax breaks for the wealthy, the continuing ruination of the lower eighty per cent of Americans, and the destruction of the biosphere, I feel sad. Where were all the Bernie Sanders supporters? The vote wasn’t even close, not that very many people voted.

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