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Posts published in November 2023

Tweeker Takeover

When I got home from my trip I struggled with the padlock on the gate, finally got a wrench from my car and banged it open, and noticed my lounge chair was in the middle…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023

Showers | Church Tower | Pillsbury Plan | AVUSD News | Redwood Classic | Palace Progress | Stornetta | PG&E Increase | Shopping Night | Ed Notes | Lobster Mushroom | Listserv Vote | Moderating Libel | Albion Bridge | Lost Password | Bolete | Marco Radio | Caspar Cattle | Yesterday's Catch | Human Folly | We Tow | Jesus v Muhammad | Resignation | Trump Sandwich | EV Concerns | Hearing Test | Mass Murder | Snowpersons | Leaving Blobtopia | Merry Thanksgiving | Solitary Man

Antiwar Veterans Day

Last week three veterans who opposed the US intervention in Vietnam years ago told their stories at a symposium that’s now online (Google “Peace Movement Support for Antiwar GIs”). The speakers were John Kent, a…

The Old Man & The Backpack

It is the third week of September and I am at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park, getting ready to embark on my first backpacking trip in nearly 35 years. The setting is familiar, as…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023

Showers | Noyo Harbor | 253 Fatality | Gaza Protest | Q Approved | Betty MEC | FFA Contest | Winterize Garden | Mailbox Sky | Budget Numbers | Williams' Focus | Clouds & Light | Support MCHS | Ukiah Construction | Campaign Manager | Cline Concerns | Ed Notes | Eliminate Glyphosate | Petit Teton | Simply Succulent | Filigreen Farm | Yesterday's Catch | Embrace Season | DST | 2023 Vintage | Flight Prices | Palestinian Solidarity | Bat Boy | Tribalism Chokehold | Throw Remote | Lonely Liberals | Palestine Coin | Insufficiently Hysterical | J-Turn | 10 Ways | Doc Visit | Ukraine | Kid Shuckers | Pandemic Policies | Foreign Policy | Gaza | Canned Goods | Revisiting Waco | Matzo Ball | Gaza Poetry | Fetching Water

Laytonville Grocery Crisis

Last week, the Laytonville Area Municipal Advisory Council (LAMAC) unanimously approved a letter-statement recognizing and thanking businesses, non-governmental organizations, and non-profits for their efforts in providing much-needed basic food supplies in our community. Serving on…

Off the Record (November 17, 2023)

GUNS. The gun nuts really ought to come up with better 2nd Amendment gun arguments than the idiot ones gun people always haul out about how cars kill a lot of people, too, and nobody…

A Hairy Tale

Irene sat in the chair at her hairdressers. She was getting a perm so she'd look good for her upcoming 75th birthday celebration. She was deep into gossip with Marge, the salon's owner, when, in…

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