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I just got a new puppy this morning. I've never had a chihuahua before. She's 8 weeks old. How much should she eat? What do I feed her? Is warmed milk OK. How about dry dog food mixed with milk? Will she freeze to death if I don't let her sleep with me...
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Say what anyone will of the good points of the show, some of the good films, why wasn’t there a terrorist attack on the Oscars? Because our Muslim enemies knew the show would be a propaganda coup for their cause. “Hey, don’t we keep telling you America is morally bankrupt and a...
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I highly recommend, “The Untold Story of Emmet Till “after watching this documentary over the weekend. For those unfamiliar with the story, he was a 14-year-old boy brutally murdered after an encounter with a white woman in 1955.This dark time in our collective history is one we...
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I know this will bring comments, and I know not all of you will agree with me, but it's my heart's conviction. So, this is my public forum in which to speak. So from my heart......
I mean, we've all heard about her - whether by word of mouth, news, internet, her story is...
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At Bakersfield.com, we love to engage our visitors, whether it’s through news or advertising or through our growing online community.
Our People section and Inside Guide are the fastest-growing areas of our site, and to spotlight some of the great stuff our readers are posting, we’ve...
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The biggest Kern County trial in years has just started, and we’ve created an in-depth section to help you stay on top of developments.
“The Trial of Vincent Brothers” features:
An interactive Flash feature that breaks out detail on the people involve in...
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The Israelis are negotiating an overflight of Iraqi airspace to strike Iran (if the need arises) and the US has postured two carrier battle groups in the gulf, and who knows what our submarine deployment is like. As these developments are revealed to us, I can see the devil’s maw...
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PUBLISHED 2-27-2007
California’s gambling industry — Indian casinos, state lottery, card clubs, horse racing, bingo, Internet gambling, etc. — generates more than $13 billion a year.
The big winners are the operators, the politicians and the state treasury...
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PUBLISHED 2-27-2007
Hey, what the heck. It’s only Bakersfield. Folks should be grateful for what they get. They have a lot of nerve complaining about what it looks like.
That has been the attitude of a lot of “big box” developers and other commercial investors who...
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Almost every day, I get several press releases on new studies, surveys and medical advancements. Most of the time, they don't warrant a story, due to a lack of clear scientific findings or scrutiny, an inherent financial interest or irrelevance.
The Chicago Tribune's public editor published...
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It is not up to me to judge somebody on their sexual orientation
-Charles Barkley
If anyone should understand oppression, it should be the African-American, and this is definitely the month we tend to remember it. It is hard to imagine that in today’s society, there are still men...
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does anyone understand why george w. bush was voted worst president of the last 50 years in the californian's reader poll, yet they pictured (hugely) jimmy carter???? maybe a californian editor can explain that one... i must've missed the "standing president exclusion clause" in...
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I bought a piece of history at a garage sale today for $3. The bowl might have sat there til doomsday wating for someone like me to come by and buy it. Someone, like me, who would appreciate the journey the china bowl has made to end up on a table crowded amongst mismatched...
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Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 column by Editorial Page Editor Dianne Hardisty -- Once in a while, we get a letter to the editor that keeps coming back, like a boomerang. That describes a letter the Opinion section received earlier this month from retired Bakersfield teacher Sue Coats, who wrote in...
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Since Arnolds plan to send inmates out of state was shot down in the courts, he has now announced he will be forced to release prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes. A judge has threatened Federal oversight if something isn't done about the overcrowding in our state prisons.
We already...
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This remarkable dog named Faith, was put on the wrong flight by American Airlines. The owner, Jude Stringfellow went to pick up her dog after arriving in Orlando from Oklahoma City, Faith was nowhere to be found.
I would rather read about this animal that the two blonde ones the press is...
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Watching the present crop of politicians pandering and posturing cannot but remind me of a precious comment by the newspaper reporter in “Bloom County” about the senator “leaving a trail of slime…” That pretty well sums up politicians as a whole; how they get...
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So the race is on. Who are we all hoping makes it to the Presidential suite? Are we all tired of Bush yet? I think it's high time for a major change and Hilary or Obama are it. I really don't care which. I do wish these two where running together. They would be unbeatable by far. A woman and a...
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PUBLISHED 2-25-2007
We’ve been stiffed! That’s what Kern County transportation officials have concluded. And so have most of their counterparts throughout California, as state transportation officials prepare to allocate $2.8 billion from voter approved Proposition 1B.
Howling...
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PUBLISHED 2-25-2007
Do you enjoy woofing down the exhaust from the car in front of you when you are stuck in traffic?
Are Kern County roads falling apart in front of your very eyes?
Is it getting harder and harder to just drive around metropolitan Bakersfield?
Get used to it. That...
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The judge determining the case of where Anna will be buried ended up giving the choice to the guardian appointed to Dannielynn by the judge. The guardian said he will bury Anna in the Bahamas. Now, her mother, who Anna clearly hated from her ET interviews, has filed for an emergency order to...
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So, recently on the Today show and on You Tube, they showed this video of a bride freaking out and cutting her hair off (not quite like Britney but still butchered her hair). This was acting and was not real but it was crazy none the less. Do you know someone who had a real wedding day horror...
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“Rescue the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy, save the world.” It’s the fulfilling of boyhood dreams, and makes “The Mummy” with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz one of my favorite movies. But it’s the reaction by the British aviator to Rick telling him he...
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So I couldn't wait to see video on the first day of the trial. We've been waiting 3 and 1/2 years.
And then it happens and the first thing out of my wife's mouth was not about the evidence Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green was unveiling, but rather what a nice pink suit the prosecutor was...
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Government! What's with those guys?
Seems that some Maryland polititian wants to ban fake bull testicles and other anatomically explicit decorations from vehicles.
The measure was filed in the General Assembly by Delegate LeRoy E. Myers Jr., who says children shouldn’t be...
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This is an email I posted today in our Kern County Barack Obama supporters group. If you would like to join and participate in the discussion, please feel free to do so at: http://my.barackobama.com/p...
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Several blogers have touched on a topic that has been on my mind lately~ the evils done in my name, via the government, to those who chose to serve. We owe so much to them, often promise them much and then deliver less or not at all.
Reading about the men who raped a girl, killed the family...
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One of our regular, but former, blog posters (she doesn't like the new format) sent an e-mail about her experience with Von's and a bottle ot tartar sauce she bought.
She realized at home it was eight months past the expiration date.
So her husband took it back and he found three more...
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Under the stuff you can't make up, the Archdiocese of Washington is starting a media blitz to get Catholics back to confession.
A story by Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post notes the archdiocese has launched a major marketing blitz, advertising on buses, subway cars, a billboard,...
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The Medical Board of California is seeking to strip local ophthalmologist and philanthropist Dr. Charles David Fritch of his license to practice medicine, citing gross negligence.
The state Attorney General's office, in an accusation filed Nov. 17, says Fritch was either negligent or grossly...
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Well, I had a few bugs to work out and a few arguably valid protests to consider before officially making this song available, but here it is, for your dining pleasure. It is a follow-up to two other songs dissing the Chicks:
Playin' Politics with the Dixie Chicks
Dr BLT (c) 2007...
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First Stages; How to Build An Energy Kite When I stopped by the hardware store to find materials for building our Energy Kite, I looked for canvass tarps, and noticed a stack of drop cloths; the kind that painters use for floor covering while painting. After looking at what the...
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Ok...I'm less angry and less tired now, but still curious about this lack of compassion thing we seem to show each other.
Just out of curiousity I set up a poll on my web site and posted this question to my podcast listeners, and would like to post it to you readers as well.
Have you ever...
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Would you like to fly to Sacramento?
Our state government is based in Sacramento, which may or may not be a reason to go there.
But they have a couple cool rivers in the town. It's the gateway to Tahoe and Reno. And you might know some nice people up that way.
Reason we ask is Meadows...
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I had a Smith-Corona manual typewriter at my first newspaper job in 1970.
We have a little more than that going on at the Vincent Brothers trial.
We have a video camera, just like television. We post video on our website.
Reporter Jessica Logan has a Blackberry, which enables her to type...
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Seems everyone is jumping up and down about the new tactic that our Commander-In-Chief is trying to implement. I have a suggestion. Kern County is a Stronghold for people who support GWB and this war. Since he doesn't have enough battle ready troops to go, why don't the...
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PUBLISHED 2-23-2007
Kern Medical Center is not yet on solid financial footing. But it’s getting there, according to a series of reports made to the Board of Supervisors this week by the Macias Consulting Group, Inc. It is one of the best progress reports in years.
The county hired the...
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Editor and Publisher has a transcript up of a partial interview with Len Downie, executive editor at The Washington Post for many years. The interviewer is Lowell Bergman. The transcript is part of a 4 part "Frontline" series on the media.
Q. Do you worry about [reporter] Dana...
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Since Lieberman was, for all intents and purposes, a DINO, this news shouldn't surprise anyone. Politico has a piece up here. If the Dem's vote to defund the war, he probably will go to the 'dark' side..(snark button on)
"I have no desire to change parties," Lieberman said in a...
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Walt Kelly was one of our preeminent political philosophers, and as such much of what he said concerning politics and politicians continues to ring true. Understanding the politician can no more change its spots than can a leopard, in his “Pogo” strip Walt much like Al Capp’s...
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We're planning a story on Palm Sunday, and where the palms for this service come from. What's your church's tradition?
I remember as a child watching adults trim the palm branches from the trees on the grounds of my church in San Diego. It was fascinating to watch. While we'd be out playing...
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Apparently that crackpot that works near you really should be reported.
A story by Dana Knight of the Indianapolis Star describes warning signs of people at work who may, as happened in her city, start shooting at people.
Here are some of the things to watch out for:
• Attitude or...
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The thing about China is if they have a problem, the government comes down on it hard.
A growing problem has been young people becoming addicted to the Internet.
The solution? Lock'em up and electro shock them once in a while as a little aversion therapy.
China is apparently pretty good...
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I took part in an online conference call Tuesday with the progressivestates.org committee and Senator Ted Kennedy. There were also several state legislators on the call as well. CA has two bills working their way through the State legislature, one in the assembly and one in the Senate....
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Prince Harry, third in line to the English throne, will go to Iraq in a couple months to help fight the war.
One blog poster asked, "Does this mean the Bush twins are next?"
Probably not, but it does mean I have a lot more respect for British royalty than I did after watching...
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n-gage, our new email newsletter about all things interactive on Bakersfield.com, launches today with its first issue, set to go out to your inboxes at 10 a.m. this morning. Click here to sign up now (scroll down to find n-gage) so you won't miss an issue. Every Thursday at 10 a.m.,...
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The time has come when the rubber meets the road in the Vincent Brothers murder trial.
Attorneys on both sides will present evidence on whether the former school vice principal murdered five members of his own family.
Both Brothers and Linda Piggee, the daughter of victim Earnestine...
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Having just read about the riots breaking out, families and prison employees smuggling and turf wars over control of black markets on the inside, I almost thought I was reading about the meth or heroin trade in Californias prisons, but I wasn't. I was reading about the tobacco trade on the...
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Check out this letter published in The Californian's "Sound Off" Sunday before last.
In other news, I hear that the Eye Street Editor is working with Camille Gavin and the paper's layout designers to put aside space for more theatre/arts coverage.
What say you?
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We’ve been stiffed! Continental Airlines’ decision to drop popular flights between Bakersfield and Houston this summer is a lousy thing to do.
Business commuters and others depended on those flights to make connections and allow utilization of Kern County’s airport....
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