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This is a quote from a recent speach.
As govenor, what I have been able to do is kinda manifest my committment to life. In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I, we believe in the goodness and potential of EVERY human life.
Maybe she forgot that she supports...
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Remember we're Americans first and Democrats and Republicans second.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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A friend of mine called me a few weeks and told me that she had found an all natural wrap that when placed on the belly over night would help me lose up to 8 inches off my belly. This I had to try. I measured myself before putting it on went to bed got up and measured again, I was blown away....
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Enough about politics, religion and sexuality....Let's talk food for a minute.
My mother bought me a crock pot sometime last year. Since we're never home early during the week, she thought I'd benefit from it. WRONG!! I'm using it for the first time today, just out of the...
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When you settle in to vote for two Kern High School District trustees on Nov. 4, remember your ABCs — Anyone But Chad.
As in Chad Vegas, the lightning- rod trustee who has polarized the district with unnecessary religious debates that have no place in public education and take away from...
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How many newsgroup members does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb.
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In the past radio was something we really depended upon to deliver us from the blue demons and Fibber McGee and Molly premiered the year I was born and made people laugh every time Molly delivered that line “T’ain’t funny, McGee!” But the humor of this generation is for...
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This from CNN..
Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded Friday.
"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible...
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I love this guy.
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Barack Obama’s tax plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility. Coupled with Obama’s commitment to invest in...
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"All the stars in the heavens could be more easily counted than all the miracles worked on earth by prayer."
-- St. Nicholai of Zica
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- It's a tragedy that state veterinarians have never seen before. At least 100 horses died in just a week and a half at a Marion County farm.
No one was more devastated when death came to the 87-acre horse farm than the owner.
"It was a surprise to...
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Today is the big day for the Obama Family Rally in Beach Park. Come out and get registered to vote, make some phone calls for Obama, listen to some great music and some great speakers. This is going to be a huge event and you won't want to miss it.
The rally is from noon to 5 and...
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Does anyone remember seeing this?... It really "freaked me out" when I was a kid... I was sitting here and the memory of this program just kind of popped into my head... It was done by Jim Henson... way before "The Muppets"... a very obscure production... LSD influenced I...
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Finally, after some tough wins and losses, the Bakersfield High football team came away with a convincing win, 34-0 over Centennial, reminding us all who the defending Central Section Division I champions are.
It was much-needed — not just the win, but the way BHS won. The players said as...
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Bakersfield Police Department news release
SWAT Incident
On 10/10/08, at 4:31 p.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of a disturbance at a residence in the 1100 block of Sandra Drive. The female caller reported that a male subject was in the residence armed with a firearm.
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Behind the panic: Financial warfare over the future of global bank power
By F. William Engdahl
Online Journal Contributing Writer
onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3857.shtml
Oct 10, 2008, 00:30
What’s clear from the behavior of European financial markets over the...
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Run on the System
Black Friday
By MIKE WHITNEY
www.counterpunch.org/whitney10122008.html
Stock markets across the world are in a state of hysteria. The tidal wave of sell-offs, which began when Henry Paulson announced the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout plan for the...
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Rogers: Global Bankers Have Unleashed Inflationary Holocaust
CNBC hosts unable to grasp basic economic principles
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, October 10, 2008
Legendary investor Jim Rogers warned during a CNBC...
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Can someone please explain to me how this local site allows someone who constantly posts controversial blogs involving nothing but cramming his/her views on homosexuality gets people kicked off this blog??? This person does not even live here, yet gets local folks evicted or suspended...
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Here is the sixth in a series of Kern High School District candidates that will appear on the ballot November 4.
If you have not registered to vote, go to this Web site to print out a registration form and mail it in on Ocober 20.
Also, if you want to see all blog posts on the...
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I just realized I forgot to post the candidate profile for Larry Bly that ran Monday. Read the whole thing here.
Age: 55
Board meeting attended last year: None
Regular voter? The Kern County Elections Division shows he voted in 9 out of 9 elections for which he was eligible since 1998.
FIVE...
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The number of players assigned to the Condors by Anaheim's AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops, continues to grow as center Matthew Caruana and goaltender David McKee are headed to Bakersfield.
McKee, starting his third pro season, will arrive in Bakeresfield today while Caruana, a rookie...
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Read the Troopergate Report here
Findings:
1. For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Acts.
2. I find that, although Walt Monegan's refusal to...
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Nearly 12,000 Kern County residents who qualify for federal economic stimulus checks but still have not filed for them have only until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to do so.
This group consists primarily of veterans and senior citizens who in 2007 received at least $3,000 in federal benefits, IRS...
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Thursday's debate on Prop. 8 was an engaging interaction on two sides of the hottest issue on the California ballot in November — aside from the Obama/McCain thing.
Here's some (ok a whole lot) of the stuff I was able to catch in my notebook (ok, on my laptop) during last night's...
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Considering the various economic crises we now face -- state budget issues, global credit crunch, recession, etc. -- how will you vote on Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond on Nov. 4?
I asked this question a couple months ago and think about 8 of the 10 respondents said yes. But a lot has...
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I am so sick of people going out of their way to see that cancer patients and other people who are in pain can't get the medicine that helps them most.
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On the campaign trail today John McCain handed the microphone to a supporter:
He just snatched the microphone out the hands of a woman who began her question with, "I'm scared of Barack Obama... he's an Arab terrorist..."
"No, no ma'am," he interrupted. "He's a...
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On Oct. 6, The Bakersfield Californian ran a story about Bakersfield-based Dewalt Corp. cancelling the Chevron credit card it had used to fuel its fleet of cars since the 1970s over objections to a "bank handling fee" the civil engineering firm deemed unreasonable.
An...
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I'm no economist, or financial expert--- not even close. I'm a financial mismanager.
I'm also a songwriting psychologist, but you don't need to be a mental health expert to recognize that psychological factors weigh heavy on Wall Street, and that fear constitutes an ineffably powerful...
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So I have a 12-year old son that is in his first year of junior high school. I know you feel sorry for me. But don’t, he really is a good kid for the most. Every evening we gather around the dinner table to partake in a delectable meal that mom has...
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I just compiled a new list of REO properties. If you are interested, drop by, call or email me. I have added HUD properties, which are kind of like foreclosures, but of government loans. There are only about 16 listed in the Bakersfield MLS right now--some in Bakersfield and some in Tehachapi,...
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UPDATE, 3:30 p.m. Saturday: A quick halftime update from Highland, where Garces has more or less controlled action and leads 20-7 in its makeup game with unbeaten Highland. The Rams' Jalen Sykes, just a sophomore, has been the star, rushing nine times for 101 yards and a TD, plus opening the...
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by Michelle Malkin
10/10/2008
Republicans don't need to dress up for Halloween this year. They're scaring the pants off Barack Obama's followers by their mere presence. Anything they say, wear or do provokes instant cries of "RAAAAACISM!" Wink, blink or think critical...
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Stocks worldwide extended their slide even after Central Banks around the world coordinated emergency rate cuts earlier in the week in an effort to help unfreeze the credit markets, and soothe the financial sector. The Dow had its worst week ever in terms of points as well as percent drops,...
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You've heard of a shark attack, but what about a dolphin attack? These people are used to watching dolphins leap out of the water alongside their boat in Florida, but were caught off guard when the dolphin actually jumped INTO their boat yesterday.
Don't miss the Flash re-enactment of the...
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I'm an open book, so I'm not shy to share some of my recent experiences:
First of all, I'm still not really feeling the effects of the crashing economy. My boyfriend and I had no problem getting a loan from GMAC last week to buy an SUV. My bank, Washington Mutual (which was saved from a crash by...
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Buckley? Yeah. That Buckley. Chris Buckley, son of National Review and American conservativism movement founder William F. Buckley, told of his decision today in a column for The Daily Beast.
As a regular columnist for The National Review, Chris Buckley ranks among the...
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Details:
On 10-09-2008, at 9:07 PM, Officers of the Kern County Cal-Mmet
(California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team) and HIDTA
(High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas) served a search warrant a 405
Broadway Avenue, in Johannesburg, CA. ...
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This week's People in Business column is SHORT.
We have one person, Evett Seibert, to feature this week. Read about her here.
We usually have at least 10 submissions, sometimes more. Is this a sign of the economic times? Are businesses just not hiring right now?
If anyone out there has an...
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A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Shafter chemistry teacher convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine, the prosecutor said Friday.
That means Jeff Scheidemantel will be sentenced on Oct. 16, although his attorney, Stan Simrin, plans to file a request to keep...
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Interesting speculation that at this point in the game the only person who can put John McBush into the White House--if he's still alive--is Osama bin Laden.
After all, his support for George W. Bush helped him defeat John Kerry in 2004. It's about time for another tape...or worse,...
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A new Filipino restaurant called Kubyertos has opened at 3401 Chester Ave. Building D Unit A, in the plaza known as the Ice House.
Kubyertos means “spoon and fork” in English, manager Gloria Esteban said.
The quick-serve eatery is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and serves breakfast, lunch...
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Obama a picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.newswithviews.co...
"His stepfather, who had a much greater impact on Obama's upbringing, was a radical Wahabbi Muslim. "My mother was a Christian from Kansas." That was also a lie....
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T-Bones Steak House, serving exclusively Certified Angus Beef, has opened at 8020 District Blvd.
The restaurant, which serves family-style meals with meat, potatoes, beans, salad and bread, also dishes up chicken, fish, lobster, crab, shrimp, appetizers and has a children’s menu. Food is...
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"Kneel at the holy feet of our Jesus and shed tears of love, follow Him with loyal dedication till death, and if the waves rise up to Heaven and descend to the abyss, so be it. Our Christ, the true God, with a dreadful, divine nod will calm all the waves, as long as we have...
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