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Was Jesse Jackson justified in breaking with liberals by remonstrantly standing in opposition to the decision to snuff out the life of Teri Shiavo? Researchers warn against generalizing recent findings to individual cases such as the Teri Schiavo case. But will new findings (involving brain...
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Why must things change?
I actually liked the Bakersfield that Jonny Carson used to poke fun at, on the Tonight Show. To me, his shots were funny, because everywhere has its little quirks. Bakersfield had its own, and I loved every one of them. They were natural and honest. They were...
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Just thought I would share a series of drawings I have been working on during my lunch breaks and in the evenings once the days are over. Each pencil drawing measures 4.25"x6.25" and are being framed three to a frame. Please let me know what you think of these and what would you like to...
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The Crocodile Hunter:
words and music by Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr. BLT c 2006
Here come the animals
two by two
the crocodile rocks
and the rattle snake rattles a tune/like a modern-day Noah
you were their good friend
and we're saddened to learn
'bout the way that your...
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PUBLISHED 9-11-2006
Sept. 11 has etched the memories of Americans in the same manner as the attack on Pearl Harbor did an earlier generation. But there is a difference this time. It is the degree of domestic politicization and divisiveness stemming from the war on terror.
Earlier traumatic...
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Hemp: a cover for legalizing pot.
Separating hemp reality from hemp rhetoric is like separating fleas from dogs: It's hard to do, and it's temporary. When one hemp fact is established, pro-hemp advocates rush in with another of their own facts. Should we really turn for facts to former CIA...
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PUBLISHED 9-10-2006
Two down and more to go. How many people must die before Bakersfield city officials do what is right, instead of just what is legally required?
City officials must make the new Park at River Walk on Stockdale Highway safer for all of us to use — even safer...
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PUBLISHED 9-10-2006
Drowning is the leading cause of children’s deaths in California and throughout the nation.
While most of the drownings occur in backyard pools, local waterways are plagued by these tragedies. Two deaths occurred recently in a lake in Bakersfield’s new...
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I am telling you I Love This Town!
We've only been in Bakersfield for 1 year but I am really feeling at home here. I have lived in Seattle Washington for most of my life.
Had a job transfer in 1983 to San Francisco and lived near Palo Alto and began to see that California had a lot more to...
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What are your favorite bars, clubs, hang outs in Bakersfield? I have lived here about 2 years now and have gone to some nightlife places in Bakersfield. I am not a big party person but like to go out sometimes! I thought this might be fun and helpful to people who are looking for places to go!...
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Im looking for a person I used to hang with.
I like to get emails wolfdaycare@yahoo.com
IF YOU KNOW MIKE GIULIETTI, TELL HIM HIS LITTLE GIRL LOVES HIM AND MISSES HIM. He means more to me than I can tell him...
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One of the more melancholy tasks I had to undertake here of late was making sure the Pearl Harbor material my mother had given into my keeping not long before she passed away was placed in the proper hands in order to assure it being available to serious students for historical study. Having been...
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JerSooz says ... this is a reminder that for 24 Hours straight Dr Mani will be running the Heart Kids Blogathon to raise Money for much needed Surgery for Kids with Heart Defects
We are asking as Dr Mani has ... that You Help contribute and if You can Please! Please! Please! Tell Others who...
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Most of us don't suffer from a full-blown clinical case of Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder). But it is rare for an individual growing up in this millennium to avoid the occasional mild identity crisis, marked by a sense that one's sense of self is...
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Get ready ...
Arvin (1-1) at Garces (2-0)
Garces is off to a fast start ... almost as
fast as its skill players. How will Arvin rebound after a loss to Foothill?
Garces, 35-10
Bakersfield (0-1) at Stockdale (0-1)
This should be a...
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Well, it's no secret that the DVD, United 93 is out, but perhaps the best-kept secret is the song---the unofficial theme song for the movie. It gets better. It's by a local, unofficial guy---the humble guy who happened to stumble over an invention called Blog n Roll. What's most exciting about...
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This is something I have struggled with my entire life.
When I was a kid, I was active. Up until age 13 or so, the thought of how much I weighed or what I look liked NEVER entered my mind. I was perfectly happy with myself and the world.
Then I grew up. And out. I was on a diet by sixth...
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re announcement that underground paper the blackboard will cease publishing - from posting to nick belardes on nlbelardes.com (i think):
the blackboard is an infamous name & very bakersfieldian. the name bears historical weight & the badge of the underdog. the paper was named...
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I still need posters from the Gaslight and Rat...but here's all the rest. If I'm missing any others, email or IM me.
Want to go see one? Theatre Calendar.
THIS WEEK IN BAKERSFIELD THEATER:
Week ending September 10, 2006
OPENING:
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PUBLISHED 09-08-06
The shroud of secrecy covering police misconduct is nearly total following a ruling by the state Supreme Court.
The court ruled Aug. 31 that the public has no right to information regarding police officer discipline during administrative appeals, including those...
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Almost every culture in the world has something to mark the difference between a boy and a man. A boy goes through a "rite of passage," after which he becomes officially a man. The rite of passage may involve an ordeal, a test, or a training period of some kind. Sometimes this rite of passage...
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I thought this was interesting....
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual
manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did...
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Should the city build the Bakersfield Blaze minor league baseball team a new home to replace aging Sam Lynn Ball Park? OK, so this is a bit off topic for a retail blog, but new stadiums are usually followed by retail development like new restaurants and shops. As a baseball fan and a former...
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The other day I turned on The Golf Channel and tried to learn how to use my new cell phone.
I couldn't do it. Had to put Tiger Woods on mute.
My daughter would tell me I'm just incompetent. She can study and watch tv or listen to music and do great.
But a study at UCLA found that the...
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The original can be read here.
THE FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM
PART 3
IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMIES/SCAPEGOATS AS A UNIFYING CAUSE
ESSAY I
When in Doubt, Blame Gays and Lesbians
By
Daniel
With Assistance from
Brian
A defining characteristic of...
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H e l l o , IT'S WATER!!! Does a person have to touch fire to know it's hot? What kind of person or parents could not know that you CAN drown in water? ANY water? If signs have to be posted in spanish then what about ALL the...
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I just hate it when role models are arrested.
The latest crush of an American icon is the arrest this morning of Paris Hilton on drunken driving charges.
Let's get to the critical issue first. Apparently, we won't be seeing her mugshot although a police source assures us it is no Nick...
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Tension between nurses at Bakersfield Memorial and Mercy hospitals and the hospitals' management is increasing as both groups try to hammer out a contract. Below is a story I wrote in today's paper about a demonstration the nurses held last night and what both sides are saying about the...
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I've been considering writing something up on the 9/11 mockumentary being trotted out for election season by ABC. Thank you Sam for giving me the nudge I needed.
Reading through Sam's piece, I see the mindset of a person who is willing to cut off their nose to spite their face. We...
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“The Path to 9/11” the ABC miniseries will air Sunday and Monday. But it is already catching hell from the left, especially by those kindly disposed to the Clintons and lapdog Janet Ruby Ridge/Waco Reno. However, the facts are indisputable concerning the utter emasculation of our...
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I just read this story about a young mother (younger than me) who has severe lupus and found out she doesn't have long to live. She has 2 young boys, and I watched the video interview.
These are the stories that I love to read. During her interview, I never saw the look of self-pity, and being...
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There has not been a better friend to animals since Noah, who shielded them from the flood by filling up his ark with them. On Friday, September 8, 2006, I will be releasing CROCODILE HUNTER (A Tribute to Steve Irwin) worldwide on the web as part of a Donate to Download song to raise money for...
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Reporter James Burger has detailed a proposal to drill exploratory wells at Lake Ming.
If they are successful, up to 30 wells could be located as close as 300 feet from the lake's shoreline.
I know we're used to oil wells all over the city, but I'm willing to buy a little more oil from the...
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I take some pride that my desk doesn't resemble the cleanliness and organization of an insurance office.
There's nothing really gross. It's just not tidy.
The foregoing slob issue comes from reporter Fredrick Kunkle of The Washington Post who wrote about people leaving messes in beach...
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Well, I was wondering what it would take to make up for dissing Dusty today. It turns out that all it took was a cup of coffee. Too much can make one jumpy and too much can make one jump to conclusions. I stayed at Starbucks too long this morning, and all that caffeine turned out to be my...
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My ears are still ringing and my throat hurts. My lungs feel like I smoked a pack of cigarettes last night. And I didn't even smoke! But I think I was high off all the pot that the Rabobank Arena collectively smoked last night during the Tool concert.
Tool? Yeah, I know. I'm 30. Aren't I a...
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PUBLISHED 9-07-06
A hit-and-run accident that critically injured a Bakersfield child at a popular mountain lake near Fresno has renewed calls for improving boating safety.
Our prayers go out to 11-year-old Dallen McEntire, who was being towed on a kneeboard behind his father’s boat on...
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PUBLISHED 9-07-06
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should sign a bill that makes a small but vital change in information farmworkers are given about their employment.
AB 2327 by Assemblyman Juan Arambula, D-Fresno, would require pay stubs of farmworkers hired by a labor contractor to list the...
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A big-time blunder by a right-wing Bakersfield blogger who goes by his initials, Dr. BLT, and who is the self-proclaimed King of Blog and Roll, is now being compared to Dan Rather's fall from grace (listen to one-song sound-track to this blog thread now). Dr. BLT, (who recently alledgedly jumped...
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I am doing a story on how clinical trials work and am looking for people who have taken part in clinical trials.
If you or someone you know has been a part of a trial, please give me a call at 395-7510 or e-mail me at ehagedorn@bakersfield.com.
I'm looking for good and bad experiences, so...
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There's a story in the New York Times today about an implantable heart that has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
More shocking than the fact that the device has been approved is the fact that it was approved despite a meager and terrible track record.
"The...
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When I toured nearly 20 apartments in three days during a May apartment hunt, I found photos helpful to remembering what each place looked like. Photographing the address prior to visiting helped pair the photos with their respective locations.
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Here's the latest on what is rapidly becoming known Bakersfield's BLOG WARS ban scandal. The comments posted at the biggest Bush-bashing blog site in Bakersfield, previously reported as MIA have mysteriously reappeared. A certain commenting party that I have the utmost...
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The Shops at River Walk is already home to California Pizza Kitchen and Elephant Bar with P.F. Chang's China Bistro and BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse under construction and slated to open soon. The Castle & Cooke development is located next to the Park at River Walk and the Kern River...
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I am tired.
It is tech week for “Picnic” and the pieces are coming together but there is still a lot in the “loose ends” category and I am now 17 minutes behind of where I wanted to be but I felt guilty for not blogging so here I am… blogging.
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They have recently come out with alot of new shows. One of my personal favorites is Windfall, which I look forward to watching all week. Another that came out last year is What about Brian. What are your favorite new TV shows?
Also, since alot of shows are coming back from hiatus, which show,...
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Perhaps my memory is failing me. Perhaps I'm beginning to experience the type of hallucinations that involve things disappearing before my very eyes. Would a person virulently attacking the Bush administration for a style supposedly redolent of "fascism" actually be...
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The original appears here. This is reprinted with permission from the authors.
THE FOURTEEN CHARACTERITSICS OF FASCISM
PART 2
DISDAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
By BRANDON
Will someone please explain how George W. Bush can call himself a Christian and still endorse...
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An article I wrote some time ago for our local paper The Kern Valley Sun was entitled “Barflies: An endangered species.” This came about because of my being in attendance while a couple of young attractive women were rousted by police at one of the local pubs. I had...
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local food reviews can be found at this blog: http://gluttonbk.blogspot.c...
the author says he invites comment and contributions
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