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Several controversies emerged in the protest a year ago of A Day Without an Immigrant.
One was drywall business owner Jeff Burns who fired 21 employees who skipped work to join the protest. He said he'd do it again because "If you're in America and you want to work, come to work."
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1. THE HOLY PROPHET JEREMIAH
Jeremiah was born about six hundred years before Christ in the village of Anathoth not far from Jerusalem. He began to prophesy at the age of fifteen during the reign of King Josiah. He preached repentance to...
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Hmmm...I guess I'm supposed to be happy. I went to see my orthopedic surgeon, as well as have my 3x a week physical therapy. They told me, "you're half way there", like it's a great thing. It's been 4 weeks, and I'm only half way there. UGH!!! So, I still...
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http://www.bakersfield.com/...
Currently, I'm living out of the area. I live in the Mid-South. Memphis, Tennessee is one of the worst in the Nation for Gang related crime.
Around here, the majority of it is crook-on-crook. Tennessee has a "Shall Issue" gun permit...
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The Blaze comes into tonight's game winners of four of its last five games. Pitcher Bear Bay started Bakersfield's recent run of good fortune, helping the Blaze beat Visalia 5-2 on Wednesday. In three starts this season, Bay is 2-1 with a 3.31 ERA.
Terry Blunt led the Blaze in Sunday's win over...
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Hey All! So are you enjoying the warmer weather? As for me, I actually grew up in Salinas and moved here to good 'ol Bakersfield when I was about 13.....well, now that it's been about 9 years since then you would think I would have been used to the weather. I must admit I do love summer...
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Both attorneys said they had no further questions for Brothers.
Defense attorney Michael Gardina said he has no further witnesses.
The jury is dismissed for the day.
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Green said she found out the driver of the vehicle involved with the accident with the little boy. Green said she has the driver of the car. She said she just found him on Saturday. “I am uprooting this man’s life to get him to California.” He is prepared to testify on Friday...
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Brothers said he would lock the door when he would leave his apartment on Real Road. He said he would normally keep the sliding glass door closed and locked.
Brothers said he did not go to Lamaze classes with Joanie Harper. Brothers said he remembered Michelle Baptiste asking him if birth...
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Last week we asked folks to post their worst job ever. The best story got a copy of 'You think your job stinks!' by Patrick Regan.
Well we got more than 50 responses and it came down to two entries.
'cembad' with this tale:
"Chain saw operator at a rendering plant during the summer....
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Brothers said he returned to Ohio on Saturday July 6, 2003. He does not know how many miles he drove.
Brothers said he does not know how many miles the trips add up to.
Brothers said he took his cellular telephone with him.
He said he left between 8 and 8:30 on Sunday to go to Chicago....
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green continues to question Vincent Brothers.
She asks if Vincent Brothers paid for the burial of his family. Eddie Harper asked for help from Vincent Brothers and Vincent Brothers never offered, Green said. The defense said Eddie Harper took $10,000 from Joanie...
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On May 3rd @ 5pm pacific time, 10 GOP candidates will appear at the first Republican debate of the 2008 presidential campaign. Streamed live on politico.com, aired nationally on MSNBC and hosted by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Politico visitors will have an exclusive opportunity to ask...
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The anger pierced my skin from the inside out. It traveled
from deep in my gut and burst out my throat in a torrential
storm of vehemence
It is an image that will stick with me for a while.
I saw my friend, Sheila, standing in the wings. I was
rehearsing, fully in...
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The Fresno Bee had a pretty incredible story this weekend about a guard in the Fresno jail who was writing racist, threatening letters to violent inmates -- and signing them with the name and address of a guy who was suing him.
This poor innocent guy suddenly started getting letters and...
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The military man who was running the Iraq War Show for over two years got kicked upstairs to the Army Chief of Staff. Now, I don't know about you, my dear reader, but I think Casey did a very lousy job running the War.
He has stated to the press and his own 'people' that he doesn't want to...
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Well Bakersfield has dropped two places in the list of the cities with the worst air, according to the American Lung Association.
Los Angeles is back at the top of the list, followed by Pittsburgh. Then us.
You can read more about it here. (The story is technically embargoed until tonight,...
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Vincent Brothers said he called his wife on Melvin Brothers’ phone.
Brothers said he called at Marshall’s feeding time.
Brothers said he was there when Marshall was being fed. He said he was not there when Marques and Lyndsey were being fed.
Brothers said the feeding times...
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By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The former commander of a major U.S. military detention center in Baghdad has been detained and charged with “aiding the enemy”, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Steele is also charged with having an improper...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green continued to question Vincent Brothers.
Brothers said he does not remember talking to Dande Brothers on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003. Brothers does not remember asking Dande where Troy was, but he said he remembered looking for Troy.
He visited the housing...
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I haven't bothered to make any phone calls as to the validity of this story of a UFO over downtown Bakersfield.
For all I know, it's just a kid with a kite.
Click here for image, video, and previous blog from last week.
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He writes a drive-by hit on Bush and the big Dick Cheney. He whines, he points his pudgy finger at the White House that they have tossed him under the bus. Where is their loyalty he cries?
But, he also took the hit for Bush when it all came down about the yellowcake and those 16 little words...
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Almost any night of the week you can have your pick of medical TV shows. You got your "Scrubs," "Grey's Anatomy" and "House." If reality TV is your thing, take your pick from "Untold Stories of the ER" on TLC and "Dr. 90210" on E!. Even the crime...
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“Isn’t it true you purchased a tricket for your brothers on Sept. 24, 2003,” Brothers said. Brothers said he gave several members of his family his credit card number to make travel arrangements for grand jury testimony.
Green said during a taped conversation a car door can...
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Brothers said he has eight Brothers and two sisters. His brothers include Troy, Dande, LaFayette, Sidney, Anthony, Melvin, Alvin and Nathan.
Some lived in North Carolina, some in New York. He does not know where Troy was living at the time.
In April, Brothers drove from Columbus to Kansas...
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It's Monday, and that means it's time for another open thread where you can ask questions about how this site works, any technical difficulties you've been encountering, how you can do a particular thing, etc. Jason's on vacation, so I (Matylda) will be filling this week and next to field...
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Vincent Brothers took the witness stand again. He will continue to be questioned by Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green.
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Expert witness Kenneth Solomon takes the witness stand. Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green is questioning him.
Solomon said he believes a person would be tired and dangerous on the road if he drove for several days without sleep.
Green said one study shows that caffeine can help overcome...
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“Legally Blonde” is one of my favorite films. I only wish the powers running Harvard were as smart as the film portrays. But alas, Elle getting into Harvard and the really feel good ending to the story remains a fairy tale. Life doesn’t usually work that way and not every girl...
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Sound Off for April 28, 2007
Batch Data Processor | Saturday, Apr 28 2007 8:45 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, Apr 28 2007 8:51 PM
Reader: Are you to report the news as it happens or to edit the news and report only what you believe? News is not to be editorialized except when properly...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green wants to question Vincent Brothers about a call Sgt. Jeff Watts gave to him, which he did not return.
Kern County Superior Court Judge Michael Bush wants to know what the relevance would be. The judge said this could have fifth ammendment implications...
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The Californian on Sunday began what will be a continuing series on gangs in Bakersfield.
Gang activity in recent years has reached out to touch almost everyone in Bakersfield, be it graffiti on block walls or a shooting death at Valley Plaza or a southwest neighborhood where people were...
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Sunday morning, at 3:42 AM, a tanker truck carrying 9,600 gallons of unleaded gasoline overturned and caught fire on a bridge in Oakland. But this wasn't any Oakland bridge. It was part of what is known locally as the MacArther Maze, a point where the 80, 580, 880 and the 24 freeway...
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I would like to begin by thanking all of the folks who wrote comments to my blog when my daughter ran away from home back in January. (Click Here to visit post.)
Little did I know this was only the beginning! It saddens me that she has to be uhm...different than most of the other kids and...
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Sunshine.
This really is why we all live here.
And that time of year has come again. Started about a week ago.
The question is how are you going to play in it?
Over the weekend, my sweetheart and I went to the Rivernook Campground just outside of Kernville. Everyone was out,...
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1. THE HOLY APOSTLE JAMES
James was the son of Zebedee, brother of John and one of the Twelve Apostles. At the invitation of the Lord Jesus, James left the fishermen's net, his father and, together with John, immediately followed after the...
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My knee is still keeping me at bay with its lack of desire to do much more than an occational round of standing before it forces me to succumb to the recliner. The aches have really become a nuisance, thank goodness for ibuprofin and my comfy chair. I'm still only working 1/2 days as...
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Ok, I hope my readers out there aren't sick to death of this Carrizo Plain stuff yet, but armed with some new information courtesy of Possummomma I took another trip out there in hope of catching a glimpse of the mighty San Andreas fault for myself.
I am just learning the geography and geology...
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If this years Senior High School All-star Game (Friday, June 15th @ 6:00pm) is not successful it may well the last time it is put on here in Kern County. This is a once in a life time event of YOUR KERN COUNTY SENIOR GIRLS. Never again will they be able to play in a Senior High School...
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An estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, with each containing an estimated 100 billion stars are truly astronomical numbers with which to conjure; and in many ways conjure is the correct word. In fact, it is just too vast, too huge for me to even imagine. And given the immensity of it...
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1. SAINT BASIL OF OSTROG
Basil was born in Popova, a village in Hercegovina of simple and God-fearing parents. From his youth, he was filled with love for the Church of God and when he reached maturity, he entered to the Monastery of the...
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Bakersfield Computer Guy® is offering free Computer Consulting and Technical Advice to residents of Bakersfield, CA. Trained tecnicians with over 17+ years experience will gladly answer your questions regarding your computer needs or troubles, and they will explain in plain english what your...
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Michael Savage's long, strange trip
How a Jewish kid from the Bronx went from swimming naked with Allen Ginsberg to spewing the ugliest bile on talk radio.
By David Gilson
Pages 1 2 3 4
March 5, 2003 | At first glance, Michael Alan Weiner seems like an improbable...
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I caught up with BC guard Andrew Ready on Saturday during the Western State Conference Track and Field Championships at Memorial Stadium. I asked the sophomore if he had decided where he will play next season and he said he's still weighing his options.
The final choices seem to be Western...
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A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.
That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon."
Not Bad
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A week ago, I received a phone call from one of my "Boys". He called to tell me that he was accepted into a local University.
Randy is a Senior in High School and one of my Scouts. He was so excited that he was stammering and stuttering as he spoke. Randy is a very bright kid, but has...
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Unfortunately, I'm not going to be available, this weekend, for the ACB movie night.
It looks like I'm probably going to be having surgery this week. BUT, if you guys want to get together, still, then leave a comment here or PM "Woof".
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To Kill an American?
> You probably missed this in the rush of news, but
> there was actually a
> report that someone in Pakistan had published in a
> newspaper, an offer
> of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any
> American.
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> So an Australian dentist...
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This image struck me. I loved it.
So many levels to such a simple image.
Thanks to Vidiot on Flicker. Priceless.
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The Unique Qualities of a Christian Friendship
Thursday, Apr 26, 2007
Posted a new article to a contest on Helium.com. Check it out, if you're interested.
(By the way, I'm so glad you're all my friends!)
Read the article here: ...
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