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Updated on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:05 am

I've received some emails asking me where I am, and that I haven't been around in a while.  While this is true, I never once imagined how busy I would be being a writer for the Renegade Rip. I've also been asked what my stance is on the denial of the low-unit...
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Is the feud over?  Cooling?  Warming?   Did the bad publicity finally get to him? http://www.google.com/hoste...  
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The right wingers are truly sick.  They have stooped to new lows that I never thought would be imaginable.  The right wingers said that the left treated George Bush badly, and it was well-deserved, but this is awful.  http://www.youtube.com/watc... MADDOW: "And...
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Chain-smoking President Barack Obama has lung cancer, White House sources fear as the Commander-in-Chief suffers chest pains, dizzy spells and has lost 25 pounds! This week's GLOBE bares the stunning inside story. You can't afford to miss it!  
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 I was thinking about how many pro-death penalty people are also anti-choice when it comes to abortion.  And I think I just figured out why. You see, the pro-death penalty and anti-choice people want the following to happen: they want an unwanted child to be born so that when that...
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that the Health care system was going to be run as effective as the US post office .. a) Obama b) Obama c) Obama Holly crap Batman........the postal service will lose billions health care will lose trillions another perfect example of how un educated the President is when it comes...
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If you can read this without laughing, check your pulse, you're dead. I received this from a friend in an E-mail. Pocket Tazer Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this: Last weekend I saw something at...
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There are some stories I come across that make me smile. Really. I mean that in a good way! November is National Adoption Awareness month and Friday our local courts will celebrate National Adoption Day with more than 50 adoptions. On that day, two Kern County men will happily oversee the...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release November 17, 2009  Missing Person at Risk   The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the community’s assistance in locating a missing person at risk.   The missing person is identified...
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This should stir up ole Backwardsfield... I wrote this to a cousin a couple years ago. He was upset that federal judges ruled that a monument with the ten commandments had to be removed from a political venue in a southern state. Separation of church and state. Dear Earl,    I'm...
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I wanted to thank the KCPR personnel for removing the wooden signs someone had nailed to our trees in the park. We all in the community appreciate what you do. Hart Park is getting better all the time.
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Yes, the playoffs have started, so my opinion (or anyone else's) doesn't really matter on who the best team is anymore. Well, OK, it never really did. But that's not going to stop me from pressing on with Central Section rankings, and it probably won't stop all of us from dissecting them every...
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In a highly controversial move, an influential government-sponsored organization is recommending against routine annual mammograms for healthy women in their 40s.   http://www.chicagotribune.c...  
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What kind of jerk would suggest such a thing?  Republican Congressman John Shadegg, that's who: http://www.politico.com/blo... This is the same jerk who took a seven-month-old girl during the health care...
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THIS WAS SENT TO MY BY MY SON-IN-LAW, A LT. COL IN THE USMC. He helped liberate Kiwaite, served two tours in Iraq and one in Afganastan. This was an event conducted in the National Museum of the Marine Corps honoring wives and families of the fallen.  Fitting Veterans Day and Marine Corps...
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This is a great review of Sarah Palin's new book: http://www.latimes.com/ente... A particularly shrewd political analyst once remarked that Ronald Reagan's great strength as a candidate was that he was "a sincere phony." In the...
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  Three schools in the Porterville school district in the Central Valley may find part of their campuses covered with photovoltaic solar panels, if the district follows through with a plan given an initial okay this week.   The city district within Tulare County would use money...
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....   www.youtube.com/watch   Youtube Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2009 FOX’s Bill O’Reilly ["I Don't Care About The Constitution" ] vs. FOX’s Judge Napolitano Over 9/11 NYC Terror Trial – 11/16/09
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2009 Bakersfield, CA- Albertsons partners with Covenant Community Services     Each year Covenant Community Services (Covenant) provides those they serve, including: foster children/families, former foster youth, mentors, volunteers, donors, and...
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Calling all Penny Marie, Kim McAbee, Dr BLT, and Michael Jackson fans.  It's time to break the tie in a poll that pits Bakersfield SounDIVA, Kim McAbee of the Buckaroos (formerly Buck Owens and the Buckaroos) against Bakersfield Sound-grounded singer/songwriter, Penny Marie...
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Former US President Jimmy Carter said he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died.    ...
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Last month, my wife and I went to Oklahoma to welcome home a nephew from Irag. He had done three rotations and was finishing up. He and I and two other of his uncles talked into the wee small hours one night. Two of us had been in Korea and the other in Vietnam. We came to the conclusion that all...
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It looks like the Republicans are threatening to block the civilian trial for 9/11 mastermind KSM. http://www.washingtontimes....   House Republicans say they'll make Democrats feel the political heat for President Obama's...
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  All real Americans are capitalists. We believe in an economic system characterized by private ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined by competition in a free...
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Went into the basement for three days of R&R and there’s been plenty happening during my extended break.   Not surprisingly, NHL veteran Kyle Calder was recalled by the Ducks after spending a couple of weeks with the Condors where he had three goals, three assists and a plus-4...
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    http://www.bakersfield.com/... The garbage that owned the dog's in this story should not be allowed to get another or more animals. He proved what a irresponsible idiot he was with these 3. No money to pay for the...
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Fall brings Friday night football and halftime shows, but for the bands the hard work carries over into Saturdays at weekly local and regional competitions. The Pep and Pageantry Arts Association of Central California has posted tons of videos from 23 Kern County high school marching bands...
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Kern County Fire Department Press release Stallion Springs, CA – A family of four was awakened early Tuesday morning to the smell of smoke and discovered that their double wide mobile home was on fire.  The family was able to escape safely, but the home was totally destroyed by...
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The U.S. Agriculture Department said Monday the number of households that reported struggling to buy enough food in 2008 jumped 31% over the previous year. According to the USDA's annual poll, 17 million U.S. households reported some degree of food insecurity in 2008, up from 13 million...
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Hasn't she learned yet that the whole world is watching! http://www.huffingtonpost.c...
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  Kurt Nimmo Infowars November 16, 2009 www.youtube.com/watch   The attack against Tea Party activists in the video below is a direct result of the concerted campaign by the corporate media — in particular Chris Matthews — to portray Tea Party activists and...
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At least the US hasn't lost its sense of humor with this moron...
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  Your picture of Uncle Sam on the cover of today's newspaper provoked my ire.   When the "stimulus package" was presented to his public, it was accredited to President Obama—who grinningly accepted the ensuing praise. Now that the reality that this was not a...
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Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says. There's one problem,...
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  Details:  The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is advising the public that there has been an increase in the thefts of musical instruments.  So far this year 42 instruments were reported stolen in the metropolitan Kern County.  There does not seem to be a specific brand...
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Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. JUSTIN    COLLINS    M    BAKERSFIELD    CA    93309    B    16/11/2009  ...
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  The question is not who is GINA, but what is GINA? GINA stands for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.   The IRS, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued temporary, final and proposed...
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 Many companies have found a powerful retention tool that enables them to avoid layoffs and hang on to trained employees. They’re setting up work-sharing programs. These work sharing or job share programs soften the blow of full layoffs by allowing employers to reduce hours for full...
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This is a clip of his interview with Bill O'Reilly.  "CNN Doesn't embrace controversy, it's a miracle he lasted as long as he did." http://video.foxnews.com/11... Will some of you be able to listen to this with an open mind and take the man at his...
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We interrupt your scheduled football thinking time to bring you a reminder that this is the biggest week of the year in Central Section volleyball. To wit: Tomorrow night, Centennial, undefeated against Central Section competition and 29-3 overall, will travel to defending section champion...
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I watched the first segment of the interview and I couldn't take it anymore.  What is sad is that she truly does embody the spirit of today's conservative--uninformed, dumb, and blame-the-media-for-making-conservatives-look-badish. By all accounts, Oprah gave a pretty softball...
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http://wcbstv.com/politics/...   Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists to New York for trial....
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Bakersfield Fire Department Press release Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 0957 hrs. (9:57 a.m. PST) a reinforced 1st alarm from the Bakersfield FIRE Department consisting of 3 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Light Engine, 3 Battalion Commanders, 1 Arson Unit, and various support units responded to a report of...
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This kid is a hero in my book.  He's refusing to say the pledge of allegiance because he believes that gay people are discriminated against in this country.  And he's right.  Watch the video to see and hear this supremely bright kid articulate his point of view....
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Alcohol Enforcement Operation This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:  Monday, November 16, 2009 Time:  2:10:15 PM Department Contact: Walter Reed Details: Kern County Sheriffs Deputies and...
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Among my forest companions, I love our Valley Quail; their chuckling and calling to one another are music, like that of a breeze soughing through pine needles, I came to love as a boy and has never lost its charm for me. But one time a “kamikaze” quail went right through a living room...
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Have you ever heard the sounds of a dying dog?  It's in so much pain and it knows that it is going to die soon, so it groans and moans and whines and whimpers until it is mercifully put to death.  That is exactly what the conservatives are doing today.  They are agonizing over...
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Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts/Office of Communications November 16, 2009 New Delano Courthouse Project Receives Funding Authorization San Francisco—Plans for a new courthouse in Delano received...
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CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn says selling a prison in rural northwest Illinois is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create jobs in the struggling area. But plans to sell the prison that would then be used to house some detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba is creating...
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In a not-so stunning revelation, Sarah Palin reveals in her memoir that she doesn't believe in evolution: http://thinkprogress.org/20... In the past, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been cagey about her views on creationism and evolution, saying that she...
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