Leggett. This morning’s Democracy Now! has a very brief segment on the citizens’ initiatives passed by Eureka and Arcata last November that ban military recruiters from targeting minors in those cities. The segment features former Arcata City Councilmember Dave Meserve, who spearheaded the local campaign.
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The Chezz and Tibet
The Chezz and Tibet: The SF Chronicle highlights Assembleymember Wes Chesbro’s role in tabling (and probably killing) a legislative resolution in support of
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Obama signs stimulus bill
Obama signs stimulus bill: The big O calls the $787 billion legislation “the beginning of the end” of our economic woes.
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Budget package stalls one vote shy – Sacramento Bee
Budget package stalls one vote shy – Sacramento Bee: “California’s massive $40 billion-plus budget plan stalled in the state Senate early Sunday morning, as it became clear the three needed Republicans in the upper house were unready to support the
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Xe, Pronouced ‘Zee’
produced.Xe, Pronouced ‘Zee’: The burly boys at Blackwater have given themselves a metrosexual
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Save Rural Humboldt – on MySpace
I’m not really into MySpace, but I’ve had a MySpace page for a few years (writing about music, it’s pretty much mandatory). Today I checked my Space for “friend requests,” which typically come to me from local or far away bands or musicians. A request that came in yesterday was something different. I’m not sure […]
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A choice meal
The Humboldt Pro-Choice Coalition held its 27th annual Choices Breakfast this morning at the Baywood Country Club in celebration of the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade. Local dignitaries like HSU President Rollin Richmond and newly elected First District Assemblyman Wes Chesbro joined members of Clergy for Choice, employees of Six Rivers Planned Parenthood and […]
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At Last
Last night, while many in Humboldt were out partying to celebrate the swearing in of our new prez, I stayed home with my wife Amy to watch the Inauguration Balls on TV, on MSNBC to be exact. Amy imagined we might see some of the top-flight bands playing, but that wasn’t what MSNBC offered. While […]
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The Next Leader of the U.S.A.
If Paul Morley of the Observer (London) had his druthers , tomorrow we’d be celebrating the inauguration of North Coast Journal food columnist Joseph Byrd as our new president. Joseph Byrd of the USA, my mascot of an American truth that is more David Lynch than Steven Spielberg, developed sounds for toys, wrote TV theme […]
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Ann Coulter with John Matthews on KSLG Monday
the book This just in from KSLG: Ann Coulter, the author of Guilty: Liberal “Victims” and Their Assault on America will discuss her new book with John Matthews Monday, Jan. 19 at 9:00 a.m. Coulter is the legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate. Her weekly column can […]