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Posts published in August 2018

Hello Severity, Good-Bye Leniency

Mendo’s new Public Defender Jeffery Aaron has yet to make his debut at the courthouse in Ukiah, but the place has been running smoothly without him, and the District Attorney told us that he, David Eyster, had already met Mr. Aaron and thoroughly approved of the choice. 

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018

Ranch Fire;
Cache Fire;
Air Tankers;
Cannabis Crisis;
Code Enforcement;
Domestic Assaults;
Superintendent Warych;
Yorkville Extravaganza;
Friday Football;
Navarro Bargain;
Sports Talk;
Reith Novel;
Logging Exemptions;
Baseball Season;
Winery Creep;
Smelt Fishing;
Bad Law;
Yesterday's Catch;
Tough John;
Little Dog;
LA Irony;
Going Down;
NPR Chloroform;
Huber Investigations;
Planning Cancelled;
Chicano March;
Grassroots Leadership;
News Belt;
Hogwarts Dinner;
Amusement Towns;
Harbor Festival;
Capella Concert;
Paint Festival;
Bus Service

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Aug. 27, 2018

Cache Fire;
Complex Updates;
Little Dog;
Flea Market;
Baseball Season;
Ed Notes;
Disaster Preparedness;
Campesino;
Home Invasion;
Yesterday's Catch;
Docile People;
Pink Houses;
Superdelegate Reform;
Irresponsible Logging;
Elites Grifting;
Dress Code;
Craig Removed;
John McCain

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018

Ranch Fire;
Pillsbury Return;
PD Aaron;
Pets;
Ed Notes;
Little Dog;
Yesterday's Catch;
Dem Relief;
Tough Times;
Pot Crusader;
High Horse;
Fire Meditation;
Pancake Breakfast;
Cognitive Impatience;
Liberal Globalization;
Dahlia Garden;
Limp Fillers;
Bison Genocide;
Acid Reflux;
Suing Man;
Marco Radio;
Library Workshops

Water Crisis

Multi-year droughts, crop failures, Cape Town on the verge of going dry, outbreaks of violence: are we running out of usable water? 

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018

Complex Updates;
Elk Day;
Thomsen Query;
Data Dashboards;
Logging Exemptions;
Cannabis Facility;
Little Dog;
Sports Talk;
Bee Haven;
Burchett Crest;
Cheerleaders Wanted;
Philbrick Stories;
Yesterday's Catch;
Martens Endangered;
Potato Fantasy;
Against Tubs;
Shipping Containers;
Rent Gougers;
Previous Comments;
Poisonous Job;
Self Checkout;
Numbered Jokes;
Adopting Daisie;
Tax Cut;
Implacable Forces;
Marx 200;
Orange Overreach;
Overlay Survey;
Gardens Events;
Dem Party;
Marco Radio;
Superdelegate Reform

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Aug. 24, 2018

Complex Updates;
Fire Break;
Little Dog;
Huffman Disappoints;
PD Aaron;
Hurricane Craig;
Floating Tent;
Kemper Assessment;
Ed Notes;
Buckhorn Brunch;
Jail Bros;
Nutcase Warden;
Pot Perv;
Hopland Tap;
Girlfriend Shakedown;
Yesterday's Catch;
Half DST;
Trump Dialect;
12 Galaxies;
Billable Hours;
Sheriff Pickers;
Smart Comedy;
Gaslighting;
Gazpacho Evening;
Circle Dance;
Bananas;
Eye-Ear;
Tax Pat;
City-Related Travel

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018

Complex Updates;
Evacuations Lifted;
Community Meeting;
Wildlife Survival;
Negie Accomplice;
Stiffing Willits;
Herbicide Ban;
Little Dog;
Photographer Available;
NCRA Bill;
Oversight Defined;
Ed Notes;
FB Battle;
Tamale Benefit;
Sheep Dogs;
Yesterday's Catch;
Walking Bathtubs;
Firefighters Throttled;
Uri Avnery;
Amusement Towns;
Corn Silk;
Christoff Photography;
Sunset;
Emerald Cup;
Kindermates;
Job Opportunity

Blackkksploitation 2018

The critics are mostly raving about Spike Lee's latest movie, BlacKkKlansman. And, as usual, the critics are mostly wrong. Based on the autobiographical account of the first African American cop on the Colorado Springs police force, the film opens with the words: "Some fo real, fo real shit." It's the first clue that the film will be almost pure fiction, despite what the PR flackeys and media lackeys profess. And, just as advertised, Lee's fo real narrative resembles the true story as much as a McDonald's FishWich approximates a rock cod fillet.

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