v. You may have noticed that plenty of folks have not yet taken down their “Yes on 8” or “No on 8” yard signs or peeled off their “8 is Hate” bumper stickers. That’s cuz this thing ain’t over. This slide show was the Courage Campaign’s reaction to Ken Starr’s from-the-top-rope flying leap into the […]
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Farewell kiss
You too, can throw a shoe. from the Washington Post : “This is a farewell kiss!” the man, identified as Muntadar al-Zaidi, a reporter with the Cairo-based network Al Baghdadia Television, yelled as he threw the shoes… Zaidi started to yell “Dog, dog!” as he was surrounded by security agents, who tackled him to the […]
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Living and dying (RIP)
click on photo to read Tommie's story Got a note from Eric Heimstadt of Humboldt Medical Supply: Tommie Offord died last night, he was doing fine last Friday when we were by to see him. The information I just got was that he fell on Sat. and went to the hospital then next day, he […]
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Mother Jones on the big tree hug
from www.wordle.net Mother Jones magazine’s story on the end of the timber war in Humboldt, in the November/December issue, contains all of the requisite key words for a good local yarn: treesitters, sneaking, tofu, ruddy, mustache, glint, dash, fun, tree, old growth, chainsaw, Hurwitz, clearcut, Lorax, locked, crushed, wiped out, redwoods, debt, slow-growth, hug, happy, […]
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Diesel Dope for Supes
Typical Grow The troubles associated with marijuana grown with the use of fossil fuel were covered by SoHum blogger Kym Kemp in a Journal story titled ” After Hacker Cree k.” The diesel dope issue hits the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors tomorrow as a group of concerned citizens led by Robert “The Man Who […]
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A love story
Thanks to Slate (via BoingBoing ) for pointing out this TV ad for a bank, with what Humboldters will recognize as a familiar story, at least until the ending. As Slate’s John Swansburg points out, Joanna Newsom provides the soundtrack song. I can’t say I understand what it all has to do with banking, but […]
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Fed Judge Issues Injunction against Measure T
This just in from Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Humboldt Coalition for Community Rights: SAN FRANCISCO – Federal Court judge Susan Illston ruled against the people of Humboldt County in yesterday’s hearing on Measure T, the local law passed in 2006 by citizen’s initiative. Measure T bans non-local corporate contributions in local elections. The Pacific Legal Foundation sought […]
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Salzman becomes a blogger
If you are on one of Richard’s e-mail lists, you probably already know: Local prog-politico Richard Salzman has officially entered the blogosphere. His first post is pretty interesting, a between-the-lines analysis of the new contract AT&T sent out to all its customers. (I tossed mine in the recycling pile when I saw it was not […]
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Direct Action
Here’s a photo from Arcata that’s making the e-mail rounds. I’d credit the photographer, only I’m not sure he wants to be credited.
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Do The Test
Here’s this week’s coolest thing. It was sponsored by London’s transport system, and it’s meant to raise driver awareness of bicyclists. It’s like something Green Wheels might do if Green Wheels had a budget. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.487013&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] from www.dothetest.co.uk posted with vodpod
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Save the other Grizzly
Worried about that huge padlock that may be clamped onto the entrance to Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park once — if — the guvnr shuts ‘er down, along with 47 other beloved state parks across California? That’s his idea, as part of a budget nip that critics say will save little but wound many. Well, […]
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Poetry without Borders
Activist poet David Smith-Ferri will read from his book, Battlefield without Borders, at Northtown Books in Arcata, Saturday, March 9, at 7 pm. Smith-Ferri first visited Iraq in 1999 as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation. According to his website, he wrote two thirds of the poems while in Iraq after encounters with Iraqi people. […]