… via the KHUM Crap-Cam. This debate was tons of fun — two more to come, next Thursday and the Thursday after, with the candidates for supervisor.
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‘Don’t Tax Me, Bro!’
So reads one of the many picket signs on display at the county courthouse this afternoon as a mass of Humboldt Tea Party Patriots gathered for one of many tax day rallies nationwide. Our man Andrew Goff is in the field and submitted this vid of the launch. Goff estimated the crowd at approximately 250. […]
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Cashed Out Already?
The common wisdom these days goes like this: Legalization of marijuana will likely reduce Humboldt County’s cash crop industry to ashes (unless we get creative ). Well, according to a story today from The California Report , the bottom may be falling out of the pot market regardless of its legal status. A glut of […]
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The Anti-Neely Campaign Finance Reform Rally
Twenty-five people or so came out for Chris Crawford’s anti-Bonnie Neely rally at the Humboldt County Courthouse today. The signs were worded sharply: “Bonnie’s Bought & Paid For.” “Had Enough Humboldt County?” “The 4th District Deserves Better.” “Neely and the Political Machine.” “For The People or For The Money?” There’s no doubt that Supervisor Neely, […]
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Your Daily Bong Hit Of News
The Anderson Valley Advertiser’s Tim Stelloh sends along a promotional video from a Willits crew attempting to compensate for their substandard Mendo product by serving up a healthy dose of cheesecake. You’re trying too hard, guys! (Side note: Stelloh follows up last fall’s epic tale of dope, guns and Republican blood lust in the coming […]
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Buy American Pot
As addressed in Kym Kemp’s cover story and Hank’s latest Town Dandy , many locals are fretting about legalization summoning economic ruin upon Humboldt County. Could very well happen. But what are the implications of this argument ? The comedic minds behind Reason TV imagine an honest campaign from the American Marijuana Growers Association:
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Arcata Vegan Apostate Pepper-Pied
The SF Chron reports that Arcata author Lierre Keith, a former vegan turned anti-vegan , was pied with some sort of chili-pepper creme concoction while giving a speech in the Bay Area last weekend. Vegan anarchists claimed responsibility. Roll the tape: Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content. Keith talks about the […]
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An Encounter with the Messiah
When I talked with Raj Patel , a couple of years ago about the politics of food scarcity ( Why Does Food Cost More? ), I had no idea he would be proclaimed Maitreya , the Messiah for followers of a New Age cult known as Share International . But there he was on the […]
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Hum correction – Chris Chandler
Due to a couple of errors, the day for the Chris Chandler/Paul Benoit show at Old Town Coffee was listed incorrectly in the Hum and in Music and More. The show is on Monday, March 15. Here’s a song by the two of them:
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Google to the Broadband Rescue?
Today on the official Google blog , the company announced plans “to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States.” Two obvious questions: 1) How fast is “ultra high-speed”? 2) How many babies must we sacrifice to participate? Google says their network will deliver speeds […]
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Mavericks Brand Clothing
NCJ alums Japhet and Yulia Weeks report on a new surf-related clothing venture for the Wall Street Journal :
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Eureka, Haiti Victims of ‘Earthquake Weapon’?
The U.S. government can’t reduce the deficit or pass health care reform, but when it comes to weaponry, you better recognize! Within reason, that is: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez apparently believes that Eureka’s 6.5 temblor and Haiti’s devastating 7.0 quake were caused by a top-secret Pentagon shockwave weapon — a sort of disaster-blaster that can […]