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Posts published in April 2022

Off the Record (April 6, 2022)

HIGHMINDED dude that I am, I don't remember ever watching the Academy Awards, but I couldn't miss all the excited media chatter last week about an actor named Will Smith slapping Awards host, comedian Chris…

Valley People (April 6, 2022)

DR. MARK APFEL’S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION: If Dr. Mark Apfel has ever helped you out when you or a family member or friend has been sick, now would be a good time to thank him for…

Second COVID Booster Approved

The FDA has approved the use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines as a second booster last week.  The scientific evidence supporting this decision is data from Israel which was the first country to…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Warming | Plant Sale | Burn Permits | Navarro Wharf | Second Boosters | Ospreys | Yesterday's Outage | Cannery Crew | Skyhawk's Nest | Pennyroyal Hiring | Theatre Company | Malcolm's Reporting | Celibate Ballers | Village Chat | Maelstrom | Dissolution/Soccer | Yesterday's Catch | Huerta Photoessay | 911 Rescue | Postmodern Selfie | Pondering Putin | Bucha Images | Baez Art | Attaboy | Union Victory | Taibbi Talk

Back To Work!

MEMO: To All Staff FROM: Management RE: Back to Work! March 21, 2022 Hello, and welcome back to the office!  (Note: This is being sent to all employees of record. Those employed by MEGA INC.…

Jack Flew Over The Retirement Nest

SCENE: Middle age couple pushing wheelchair into hospital, cranky old man (JACK NICHOLSON) aboard. At reception desk is LOUISE FLETCHER.  Jack’s children agree the “Bronze Plan” (least expensive) is sufficient for dad’s food, housing and…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, April 4, 2022

Cold Front | Greenwood Mill | Ukraine | Mendo Proclamation | Pancake Breakfast | Ad Hocing | Weed Patch | McFadden's Rant | Tulips | Other People's Money | Capitalist Jackals | Ed Notes | Police Reports | Archie Cameron | Grid Fail | 58 Bonneville | Poetry Celebration | Yesterday's Catch | PPP Fraud | Norway/USA | Pandemic/Taxes | Devil Skates | Newsom Contradiction | Mr. Moneybags | Dog, Gone | Bighorn Survivor | Big Reform | Pharaonic | Mortality | Richard Howard | Law Family | Piketty Interview

The Great Redwood Trail: A Boondoggle By Their Own Numbers

According to the Oxford English Dictionary: “Boondoggle, n. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value,” and, “A public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage…

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