Brazil To Decriminalize All Drugs?
Does the state have the legal authority to punish adults for the choices they make in private, if they don't hurt others?
View ArticleServer Problems, Again
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View ArticleMendocino County Today: Sunday, Sep 13, 2015
Valley Fire; Butte Fire; County Budget; Wind Machines; 66-8; Willits Hospital; Corporate Loopholes; Flowers; Labour Party; National Culture; Steam Festival; Catch of the Day; Devil Girl; Medical...
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Monday, Sep 14, 2015
Valley Fire; Betty the Riveter; Mental Health Budget; Frequent Flyer Expansion Program; Catch of the Day; Wild Tales; Another Shelter Not Needed; National Geographic, Fox Edition; Syria, Refugee Nightmare
View ArticleAmerican Void: Dylann Roof and Our Doomed Youth
He showed them his gun. He talked about doing something crazy. They shrugged.
View ArticleGiant Air Purifier Turns Smog Into Jewelry
Another wonderful, crazy idea from the Dutch.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Tuesday, Sep 15, 2015
Valley Fire; London; FB Media Coverage; Relative Clarity; Local Water; Report from Greece; Smokin' & Speedin'; Yesterday's Catch; Coming Change; Jesuit Pope; Political Stormclouds; Biden's Son;...
View ArticleFort Bragg’s Civil War
Last week PBS re-broadcast Ken Burns' landmark documentary The Civil War. Monday, September 14th, Fort Bragg played out its version at the City Council meeting.
View ArticleFree Families & Addictions Forum
NAMI Mendocino County (namimendocino.org) presents Families and Addictions. Three Free Educational Forums with co-authors of the book Families and Addictions: How to Stop the Chaos and Restore Family...
View ArticleKuntsler on the Sprawling of America
Kunstler believes the end of the fossil fuels era will soon force a return to smaller-scale, agrarian communities -- and an overhaul of the most destructive features of postwar society.
View ArticleMendocino County Today: Wed., Sep 16, 2015
CALFIRE REPORT ON VALLEY FIRE AS OF 8pm Tuesday night: 67,200 acres - 30% contained 2600+ firefighters, 289 engines, 8 airtankers, 16 helicopters, 46 dozers, 67 water tenders. Report: “Fire behavior...
View ArticleOff the Record (Sep 16, 2015)
"GO FORT BRAGG" is the work of a Tai Chi instructor, Mayor Dave Turner's daughter, an under garments sales lady, and one of Turner's Sunday co-parishioners. Not exactly Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and the...
View ArticleAnimals At Their End: Grief & Gratitude
When you adopt a pet or one just finds it into your life, besides all the joy and fun and exasperation, you also sign up for an eventual pile of pain. For whomever they may be, they have one fatal -...
View ArticleBetty The Riveter Has Died
Born August 10th, 1925, she has had her gravesite and headstone in place ever since she lost her first husband a train wreck, 1954. While he had been fighting with Patton’s Third Armor in the Battle of...
View ArticlePanther Soccer (Sep 16, 2015)
Readers may recall last week’s 1-1 report of the draw against Geyserville when AV had a perfectly legitimate goal taken away as a result of the referees’ incorrect ruling on the taking of a penalty...
View ArticleThe Stonedest Lonesome
I smelled Mendocino long before I ever visited her sylvan slopes and verdant valleys, and at a significant remove, too — roughly a thousand miles. A heady aroma it was, rich, complex, dank, earthy,...
View ArticleLetters (Sep 16, 2015)
When the normal channels of justice do not function, the question is "what other resources are there to pursue justice; and what community resources are out there to work with to be sure the same type...
View ArticleFunny Money: The Supervisors’ 2015 Budget
In two weeks, the supes will adopt a budget of about $240 million for the 2015-16 fiscal year, complete with a reserve of $12 million. For a population of 90,000 people we get a lot of government for...
View ArticleBird’s Eye View (Sep 16, 2015)
With the County Fair taking place this weekend, I would like to remind some of you, particularly the younger generation, that it is not all about the carnival rides and looking cool with your date —...
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