It's interesting how this thread has split in two. One group wants to discuss our screwed up healthcare system and how we might fix it. The other group wants to play Unpaid Political Operative and...

As usual, Rustie gets to the heart of the matter. This breakdown, however, is precative — it describes one idea of how things might work in the future. As with the ACA, any proposal coming from a...

Not that facts matter, but in 2004, W got 62 million votes to Kerry's 59.

But yes, the DNC was against Bernie in 2016. This is well-documented, but it's too unpleasant for many to think about.
...

You say it was a changed situation yet you failed to say what changed. We'll wait.

Blaming Ralph Nader and Jill Stein (seriously?) for the failures of poor Democratic candidates is EXACTLY the...

No one can guarantee anything in this realm, particularly when it's as vague as "certainly have/get what we want." That doesn't mean we accept "tactical defeats" and pray that somehow enough of them...

Once again, Rustie has the important insight. The Dem Old Guard -- Obama, the Clintons, Pelosi, Schumer, Biden, and all the largely faceless political operatives who run the machinery -- would rather...

That's one way to look at it. Another way is how Rustie described it, as something that was clearly negotiated last summer, if not before, but many of us learned about it just a few weeks ago. (Btw,...

This is incorrect in one respect. Bankruptcy is definitely not just a name change. In BK, the court effectively takes over the company and decides how its assets will be distributed (if it's to be...

As far as pet supplies go, the Sonoma Humane Society (on Rt 12 between Santa Rosa & Sebastopol, near Llano Road) is taking them and concurrently handing them out to those who need them. See:
...

Not allegedly. Longs Drugs was in fact purchased by CVS Caremark Corporation in 2008. Longs Drug Stores, LLC; and Longs Drug Stores California, LLC; were created in October/November, 2008, apparently...

Does anyone here have access to a copy of the CVS complaint as filed in court? Who is Sebastopol using as attorney to defend the case?
Thanks in advance,
Rico

I greatly appreciate those willing to discuss this like adults, rather than threaten violence (which, even if meant in humor, is not the least bit funny). We have learned here that the participants...

As a member of the Santa Rosa Cycling Club and someone who rides our bike paths a heck of a lot, I can assure you that the unfriendly behavior of the cyclists as described by the original poster is...

This is a rat's nest of a discussion, but I'm dumb enough to jump in. The simplest answer is because people are willing to pay it; if they weren't, fees would go down, just like any other good or...

I have mixed feelings. As a Sebastopol resident (and a Stanford man), I'd like to understand better what happened in court in Hobbs v. Jenkel and in the process of the forced sales of Jenkel's...

Simple translation of Brian Cofran's email: When you are rich and powerful enough, you can do whatever you want.

Hope this helps.

A small nit to pick: A judgment and a settlement are two different things. A judgment is entered by the court as the result of a trial or some dispositive motion. A settlement is an agreement by the...

You basically need to have some reason that gives you the right to intervene, typically that you have a financial interest in the case in some way. Moral reasons alone are not enough. (There are some...