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Can anyone tell me about this guy, I here a lot of people say he has good ideas but he is "out there" . So what does that mean in your opinion. Honestly in the debates I have seen he never seems to get a word in edgewise. The other candidates kind of seem to be rolling their eyes at...
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When I first saw this bit of news, I thought it was out of The Onion.
A Mississippi bill wants to make it illegal to feed the obese.
From the text of House Bill No. 282:
Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on...
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Super Tuesday is only a handful of days away. Do you know who you are going to vote for?
Unfortunately, I missed the past couple debates. So to help anyone like me get up to speed, below are excerpts about health care from the Democratic debate last night.
(Excerpts from the last Republican...
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"Good morning fellow Democrats!...Isn't it exciting spending two days listening to people...the person who will be the next president of the United States address you!
"I'm thrilled. Ten months from now, on Feb. 5th..."
etc...
Someone just pointed this out to me, a video of...
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Fascinating stuff about an upcoming petroleum rights auction:
"...the censoring of the Arctic report was typical of the actions of the White House. "It fits a pattern of downplaying, denying, and suppressing climate science at every turn. It's all part of the Bush-Cheney strategy of...
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All the hubbub over the inadequate direction over the city's growth came to the front (again) this week as the city ponders how on earth it's ever going to build a transportation system that works.
I've thought it's the result of poor planning, but this blog makes the case that it's not the...
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LA Times is indeed in town. They're skedded to go to a McCain precinct walking event at 10 am Friday (starting at Western Pacific Research).
(And Obama/pizza event Thursday night at Cataldo's.)
I'll try to go to one or both of these. I love seeing what the out-of-town papers do...
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Sorry this is so late, but we just confirmed there's a debate-watching party for Obama supporters tonight (Thursday Jan 31).
Starts around 4:45 or 5 pm at Cataldo's Pizza at Stockdale and Real.
Supposedly the LA Times is sending a reporter to cover what's going on...not sure if it's just...
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Some press releases we get are worth sharing for entertainment, rather than news, value.
One just rolled in with the subject line:
"Story Idea: How 'Acting Like a Lady' Can Help Hillary's Campaign."
OK. Thank you, Roxanne from North Carolina, for this "story" idea....
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Anyone out there who can clearly see the fatal flaws in the Republican Party philosophy should vote to turn things around before it's too late.
Then maybe we can move toward establishing a workable government.
After the Republicans' war and occupation debacle, we...
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Who are your political leaders voting for? I took a quick poll today of the Bakersfield City Council members before their meeting started.
The city council positions are nonpartisan, but members of the council have their own party affiliations.
Sue Benham is voting for Barack Obama.
Ken...
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If the governor's health care proposal is one of the patients it is trying to help, that patient is gasping for air, bleeding out on the table.
In other words: The Senate Health Committee voted down the proposal yesterday.
From the L.A. Times:
Lawmakers called the plan, which passed the...
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I know they were a bit campy but since childhood I've loved reading all the Washington, D.C.-based murder mysteries by Margaret Truman. They all started with "Murder in the ..." and ended with White House, National Cathedral, Pentagon, etc. Anyway, she died today and the...
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Eric Boehlert at Media Matters thinks Fixed News is in for rough times ahead, based on 2008 to date. I can only hope.
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Because the game is rigged. Once the FCC was coerced bought off decided to allow large corporations to manipulate the media, and talk radio is cheap to produce, it was only a matter of time.
But there are ways to take back the airways. Read on at ThinkProgress.
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A bill has cleared Congress to name a Taft post office after Larry S. Pierce, who on Sept. 20, 1965, sacrificed his own life by throwing himself on an antipersonnel mine as it exploded to save fellow soldiers in Vietnam, according to Congressman Kevin McCarthy's office.
The bill has passed the...
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Who'll be watching Florida returns?
Predictions, anyone?
How 'bout a few what ifs:
• What if McCain wins?
• What if Romney wins?
• What if Giuliani wins?
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Is this Huckabee's Highway?
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McCain Presidency Would Be a Disaster
Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:59 PM
By: Ronald Kessler
John McCain’s false...
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McCain Should Not Be GOP Nominee
Monday, January 28, 2008 9:51 AM
By: John LeBoutillier
It is now clear: The...
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Tomorrow is the Republicans' big day in Florida.
The winner takes all delegates there. Lots of 'em.
Q's:
• Is it over for Rudy if he doesn't win?
• If the R ticket becomes a McCain/Romney battle, which candidate will local Giuliani supporters turn to?
• In previous posts some...
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He says he is a economy guy by his state under his leadership was one of the very worst ever"
One he tells people he had a 3 billion dollar deficit in his state when he started in office. That’s not really true, in actuality because of capital gains taxes that deficit was cut to 1.3...
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Because our leaders in the 1960's and 1970's were more interested in the interests of the developers than the people who elected them we ended up with that dead end freeway in an ugly badly built strip mall. It's those folks and the developers and the ever present "property rights"...
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In 3.5 hours or so, South Carolina polls close for the Dem primary.
Predictions, anyone? Obama is the easy winner in polls. Will the outcome affect any readers' vote?
Is it end of the road for Edwards if he doesn't win? (Does anyone think he'll win?)
Finally: Is anyone out there blogging on a...
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Judy Case Kicked Off State Air Board
In a tremendous victory for clean air advocates, Fresno County Supervisor Judy Case has just been asked, unceremoniously by the State Senate, to vacate her position on the Air Resources Board. She was appointed last May. Her case was...
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Assemblywoman Nicole Parra told a Californian editor this week that even if the term tweaks under Proposition 93 pass, she's leaning against running for another term.
Under the law now, Parra is termed out this year; if 93 passes Feb. 5, she could spend up to six more years in the Assembly...
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Dear Subscriber:
Today we launched a new feature: a weekly video report hosted by Emi Kolawole.
You can find the premier installment on our home page, where new reports will be posted each Friday morning.
Each week Emi will summarize the high points – or more accurately, the low...
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Has anoyne follwed the case?
Proposition 215:
Angel Raich of Oakland and Diane Monson of Oroville, along with two "caregivers" were raided by DEA. They sued the federal government on October 9th 2002 in an attempt to prevent the federal govenment from taking their pot.
Here's a...
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Bill/Hill vs. Barack.
It's been the chatter of cable news the past two days, that they're trading swipes etc.
TV pundits have focused on whether it's been good or bad for (the) Clinton(s) to go negative.
Certainly they're savvy enough to have accounted for an ugliness backlash.
Is the shift...
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Nearly 4,000 U.S. deaths (and no real end in sight). No shame, and no apologies, no accountability, for telling at least 935 lies.
Thought telling the truth was one of those top ten hits the Christian Right Wrong prided itself on?
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How badly is the war in Iraq going? Well, the U.S. Army, despite its Herculean efforts, continues to miss its recruiting targets. And the ones who are signing up for a tour of duty tend to be less educated and poorer, with fewer choices. Increasingly, with warfare becoming more and more high...
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One cool thing about a presidential election is all the neat interactive Web toys developed throughout the race.
To help you decide where you stand on health reform compared to the candidates, take the HealthCare08 PoliGraph.
Click the "Plot Your Stance On The Graph" button...
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There was speculation; now there's a statement: Thompson is out of the race for prez.
He had some support in Kern County.
Any Thompson folks care to chime in on where their vote is going now?
Does this affect the R side of the race or had his campaign already slipped too far behind...
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Talk about throwing down the glove: Roy Ashburn questioned Mark Abernathy's allegiance to Reagan this afternoon.
"They're not keeping faith with Ronald Reagan," Ashburn said of Abernathy and his camp.
Isn't that about the harshest Republican-to-Republican accusation one could make...
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I have been extremely busy researcing which of the presidential candidates is the best choice for our country. It did not take longer than the first five minutes of the first Democratic debate that I knew our Democratic choices were not the best for our country.
I found that many of...
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Jaimee say's she doesn't see the probelm with smoking 12 joints a day. Except for the lung problems she's experiencing, she say's it's not a problem. Dr. Drew points out that quitting marijuana can be a s difficult as someone coming off of heroin. Jainee say's " I feel addicted, but a...
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Today is the first multi-state contest of the primary election season with contests in Nevada and South Carolina. While Nevada is for both parties today, South Carolina is Republican only, with the Democratic contest a week from today. So what do the tea leaves say today?
Democrats...
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I read an article the other day about the Beret and how it is making a fashion comeback. I have always thought that berets looked silly, especially on men, unless they had been earned with an elite military unit such as the Rangers or Green Berets. I have noticed that over the last ten years,...
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January 19th
11:30am Eastern
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Time and availability will vary. Be sure to check local listings for the programming provider in your area. Satellite programming may be at 8:30am
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January 19th
Saturday
11:30am Eastern
10:30am Central
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11:30am Pacific for Cable TV 8:30am for Satellite Viewers
Time and availability will vary. Be sure to check local listings for the programming provider in your area.
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The Kern County grand jury released this report on Thursday:
DELANO MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
PURPOSE OF INQUIRY:
The County Services and Special Districts Committee (Committee) met on December 6, 2007, with the District Manager (Manager) and all five District Board Directors (Board)...
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It is remarkable how many conservatives can be so passionately and uncharitably opposed to the concept of a country ensuring the availability of education, health care and enough food and shelter for all its citizens despite their economic status.
I guess they think that the...
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Voters are at the polls across Michigan as we speak, casting their votes in that state's primary. There's a bit of strangeness in this primary so we'll go over the oddities first.
First, while the Democratic Primary is being held today, the state Democrats have been stripped of their...
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Does the governor's proposed budget cuts kill the hope of health reform in California?
One local person thinks so.
"He (Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger) strongly and eloquently verbalizes his support for full access," said Clinica Sierra Vista CEO Steve Schilling. "But I'm...
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Myrtle Beach Blarney
January 11, 2008
We note more falsehoods and distortions as Republicans debate for the third time in a week.
Summary
Another debate, another round of...
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We want your videos!
Who should Kern County voters choose in the presidential primary? Here’s your chance to stump for your favorite candidate by making your own commercial. Submit your original, 1-minute maximum video to YouTube and e-mail the URL to Contributions Editor Jennifer...
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The old has turned into the new, another cycle starts, and this New Year begins. The winds here are gusting off and on and finally a series of storms are lined up, heavy with the promise of rain, so far, only leaves are falling. Nonetheless the rain will come, cleaning our air, the plants and...
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N.H. Debate: The Dems' Turn
January 6, 2008
When the going gets tough, the tough get misleading.
Summary
During the Democratic portion of the Jan. 5 New Hampshire debate:
Obama claimed we are "back where we started two years ago" in Iraq. Actually, all indicators of...
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N.H. Debate: The GOP Field
January 6, 2008
Republican candidates swing hard, tally some factual strikeouts
Summary
Republican and Democratic candidates...
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Many of you will probably agree with me that employers need to provide better benefits to their workers, ALL of their workers they hire, not just full-time, but part-time as well. Many employers do not provide benefits that should be considered necesary, such as health insurance, vacation,...
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