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As the Scripture has it “Faith without works is dead, being alone.” Unlike the causes of global warming, events in America and worldwide seem to be leading to nuclear Armageddon whether by accident or design is beyond dispute. The lack of virtuous leadership throughout the world is...
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Today the 20th annual Kern County Regional Science Fair will be held at the Rabobank Convention Center in Bakersfield.
This brings back memories — and the issue of how much parents do to help their kids.
My son won school competitions and placed well in the regional events. His...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green questions rental car employee Cheick Omar Tall.
Sheila Harding rented from Ohio a 2003 Dodge Neon with the mileage of 1 when she left and 806 when she rented it, indicating she drove 805 miles. She rented it on June 7, 2003, and returned it on June 10, 2003,...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the witness stand Cheick Omar Tall.
He works for a rental car agency, Dollar Rental Car, in Los Angeles. He is the city fleet manager and the custodian of records.
Green would like to prove that Brothers put enough miles on the car he rented in...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green continues to question criminalist Greg Laskowski.
He previously testified that the Harpers appeared to have a light lunch of sandwiches and nutritional drinks based on what he saw on the kitchen.
The prosecution believes the family was killed after they...
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As a lot of you know, I was in Bako this weekend for the Bloggers' Roundtable or whatever we're calling it now and I was also help my mom out with a few projects around the house. So we added an outdoor outlet for her fountain and patio lights and hung up a hammock.
The outdoor outlet...
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The whale currently frolicking about the Santa Babara bay is causing quite the stir,people are amazed it is so close to the shoreline.The story brought to mind my Aunt Aileen.
She is quite the lady,native of the Ozarks,fisher woman,huntress,winner of Senior Olympic Gold medals for...
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Some professions aren't supposed to rat you out — doctors and lawyers, for example.
But what if they could take advantage of the anonymity of blogs to tell the truth about patients and clients?
Such an issue was raised in a story by Detroit Free Press reporter Margarita Bauza on...
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Have you ever had one of those moments, good, bad or funny that just make you ask yourself really "Why Me?"
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PUBLISHED 3-21-2007
Our streets are under siege. Gang members are inflicting pain and fear every day in our community. They do this with deadly force.
This is a war. It goes beyond Kern County’s border. It is statewide and national. It requires a creative, intelligent and coordinated...
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PUBLISHED 3-21-2007
Monday night’s joint meeting of the Bakersfield City Council and the Kern County Board of Supervisors proves how incredibly useful the sessions are.
Before a packed house in city hall, council members, supervisors and staffs of both agencies sought agreement on...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green said she wants to put on evidence that Vincent Brothers appeared as though he was going to vomit when one of the detectives was talking to him once they contacted him in Elizabeth City North Carolina after the defense believes he just found out about the...
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The prosecution would like to present evidence that Vincent Brothers did not return a call to detectives when he was driving from Ohio to his mothers’ house in North Carolina.
Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green believes that if Brothers didn’t know about the killings, he would...
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Defense motion to introduce pay at the pump numbers.
There are only a couple of places where you can pay at the pump, Gardina said. The prosecution seized hundreds of tapes from gas stations they believes Brothers may have used driving to California where the prosecution believes he drove to...
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No Oath. No transcripts..
Bush says for Rove, Miers and his staff.
Sounds no better than the Weir deal..
No facts or truth can be observed, unless the testimony is under oath.
Sen Leahy will not accept Bush's offer
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The defense's motion to dismiss based on the China Buffet receipt is considered.
Defense attorney Michael Gardina said a receipt bearing Brothers’ signature was destroyed by the prosecution with a chemical used to test for finger prints.
Gardina said the prosecution has refused...
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Cheney, Is he on his way Out?
Cheney visits hospital for leg ‘discomfort'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
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The web team at the Bakersfield Californian newsroom took a few minutes off work yesterday to answer a burning question:
What does a Twinkie look like after falling seven stories?
Being web video geeks, we shot the whole thing. Enjoy.
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And, if so, is that a bad thing?
The question comes up in a study that says today's college students are 30 percent more narcissistic and self-centered than the same age group in the early 1980s.
The experiment examined 16,475 college students' responses to the Narcissistic Personality...
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What role should medical professionals have in executions? Some states require a doctor to be present, but many physicians say this is unethical.
Stateline.org, a journalist-staffed Web site focused on policy issues, came out with an interesting story today on the dilemma.
As the story...
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Defense attorney Michael Gardina continued to question criminalist Greg Laskowski.
Isn’t it true that Joanie Harper was standing when she was attacked? Gardina asked.
I don’tbelieve there is any evidence she was standing when she was attacked, Laskowski said.
That is your expert analysis?...
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If you haven’t signed a “Draft Fred” petition yet you are definitely out of the loop. From The Chattanoogan: “Rep. Zach Wamp said Monday that former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is very likely to run for president. The Third District congressman told the Chattanooga...
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Defense attorney Michael Gardina asked criminalist Greg Laskowski if the killer would have had to get on the bed to stab Joanie Harper.
Laskowski said he would.
During the break, Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green asked if she could inquire further on this topic.
Previously the judge...
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Four Way Stop, (outside normal parameters)
An Un-Evangelical Situation. ( Or should I have said, Un-Orthodox).
I know the Law says that at a four-way stop. One should yield to the right. But here is the deal.
While at a four-way stop. If those gentlemen to the right of you. Are applying a...
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Would there be blood transfer to the perpetrator? Gardina asked.
Not necessarily, Laskowski replied.
What about with Earnestine Harper?
Not necessarily.
If a person shot another person with a gun, the shooter may be spattered with the blood from the person shot, Laskowski said.
Did you...
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Defense attorney Michael Gardina continues his cross examination of criminalist Greg Laskowski.
Laskowski said the gun in question is fairly common. It could be manufactured by a person in his garage.
These guns pop the casing out to the right between four and ten feet, Laskowski said. But...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green continues to question her witness, criminalist Greg Laskowski.
He examined 11 shell casings found at the Harper house.
All match and were fired from the same firearm, Laskowski said. They are .22 caliber brass cartridge casing. The gun used to kill the...
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It's maddening to stand by and watch when others publicly mock the standards and values many of us hold dear, especially when they're doing it just because they can.
But a stand-and-watch attitude is likely what the U.S. Supreme Court will insist high school principals adopt the next time one...
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Why restrict yourself to Thomas Jefferson?
The federalist. And the Anti Federalist Papers.
http://www.iahushua.com/his...
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Kern County planners finally put the brakes on development in west Bakersfield where roads are already clogged with houses that shouldn't have been approved earlier.
And now it appears some developers will try to force their additional problems on the community anyway.
Developer Matt Wade...
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It seems I inadvertantly deleted this post while thinking I was deleting another. Sigh..some days I'm concerned about my head.
The story is here.. http://www.tehachapinews.co... the Tehachapi toddler who was removed by CPS and placed in foster care. 6...
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2nd amendment? Too much government?
I ran across these and thought they were pretty good.
Quotes - Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson
"Laws...
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Hopefully this little video will come through.
Children see....
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As I stated in my profile, I keep an internationally read blog on atheist parenting. It's been a great resource for many and I've even helped in the creation of atheist communities in other parts of the globe. Interestingly, I have never attemped to create an atheist community,...
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Shrider. I don’t think much of your ½ cent sales tax
We are told regulation is the root of all evil.
We need to build to promote growth.
We need to hire illegals to build the buildings for cheap wages.
We need to have illegals to occupy the buildings we are building that...
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Investigation complete. Imposter revealed.
After 1000’s of hours of diligent investigation. It has now been confirmed that the imposter that appeared as Tkozy at the Dagny’s social function..
Was indeed Anne Mouse. A miserable being, who had in the past, appeared on the Bakersfield...
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It's probably not good for my health to call a 6-foot-5, 307-Pound guy wuss, but that's exactly what Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Levi Jones is for not derailing a battery complaint against new Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter.
The two took some trash talk inside a Las Vegas casino...
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Assembly Bill 1503 claims to “discontinue the use of unhealthy fried foods and trans-fats in order to receive a 6 cent increase (from 15 to 21 cents) in the state reimbursement rate for free and reduced-priced meals.”(Quote found on Assemblywoman Jean Fuller’s Assembly Web page)...
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Sound Off
Reader:Wednesday's bakersfield.com article on the theft of the knife, stabbing and subsequent shooting at the Valley Plaza displayed a photograph depicting medical personnel administering first aid to the subject that had been shot by the police officer. The caption for the photo...
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It’s undoubtedly only my imagination, but I could swear the figure of Sam Clemens on my desk, the gift of my friend Byron, is winking at me as I write about this today. Among the responses to my article suggesting using pig grease as a weapon against Muslim terrorism some knew about the...
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Is that like asking do you like Kung Pao goulash?
How does chile verde, a staple at Mexican restaurants, end up on Italian pizza?
I can't answer that. Go to Tony's Pizza at 4130 California Ave. near Circuit City and find out because Tony (which in Spanish is Antonio) has it.
We would...
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Today's Californian had two articles of intrest. #1 The parks and rec. decided to take out soccer goal posts from a park that was used for games and practice of soccer teams, both children and adults. Right under that article was another that stated that the City Council had on their agenda...
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Watching the Today show as I do most mornings, the news after four years, with too many lives lost, so many more changed beyond recognition, seems bleak and hopeless. Then the familiar chords of breaking news interrupted the mornings flow. My heart sunk to my chest, my body immediately entering...
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PUBLISHED 3-20-2007
The Kern County District Attorney’s decision not to retry two of three defendants in the Desert Counseling Clinic case is not the “final vindication” defense attorney Timothy Lemucchi claims.
In 2004 Ira Cooke, Bobbi Cumberworth and her husband, Terry...
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PUBLISHED 3-20-2007
A bill introduced in the Legislature recently by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, banning incandescent light bulbs for interior home use wasn’t the brightest idea in the world. It’s intent to force people to use energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs is good,...
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I am not a morning person.
Most of the time I'm up until the wee hours, either writing or doing something to avoid writing - and then I sleep half the morning away. I can do that now - it's one of the perks to having an empty nest.
But not today.
I crawled into bed sometime just prior...
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I'm sure you all have plenty to say about this video, but before you begin, no I didn't create this video, I'm just posting it.
Enjoy!
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Information regarding which brands and varities of canned and pouched pet food are involved in the Menu Foods recall can be found in this thread:
http://people.bakersfield.c...
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In the latest example of how males of the world get females to do silly things, like wear high heals, teens and young 20-somethings are into "hooking up," casual sexual encounters with no strings attached.
A Washington D.C. author, Laura Sessions Stepp, wrote a book,...
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the "bong" case in which an Alaskan student unfurled a banner proclaiming, "Bong hits 4 Jesus," in order to get a little attention back in 2002.
High school student Joseph Frederick got some attention all right and now the...
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