I am voting yes on Prop 37. Before I read this link I thought Wow, Monsanto is infiltrating progressive BBs to divide & conquer. Then I read the post. It is well thought out and makes good...

I'm voting yes. The point is not the loopholes in Prop 37. The point is that if it passes, even with its imperfections, it will be a MAJOR economic disruption for the GMO industry. That is why...

If Prop. 37 were as pathetic a sell-out as this original post described, it's hard to see why big money would be going toward its defeat. Most change is incremental, and as with health care,...

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. -Herman Melville,...

ok it is not purrfekt, but to assume us who know the details and will vote for it don't, thats your stuff. it will help me and the trans fat story has been an overall success, at least now i can...

I am most certainly voting YES on 37!!

If I don't "they" win and they will have more and more power, patents, control and dominion as time goes on.

Not a good thing to risk due to some...

Thank you very much for this very thoughtful and detailed post. You have obviously done your homework and have included very important information both about the downfalls of this proposition and...

Yes, you should only give to 501c3's which mean they are tax exempt (and people can take donations off their taxes).

More locally, I would recommend the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House in Ukiah....

I give most of my donations to Oglala Lakota College on Pine Ridge Reservation. https://www.olc.edu/
I have been sending them money every year for several years.
Emerald

I find this portrayal of Kathleen to be accurate. I dealt with her as a Board member of the Senior Center, while I was employed there. I found her going along with who ever was standing next to her....

I have remained silent on this topic until now. As the election approaches, it appears that Kathleen Shaffer is attempting to distance herself from her previous advocacy of the CVS/Chase project. She...

CAUTION: Stereotyping Ahwead!





A PLANE IS ON ITS WAY TO TORONTO , WHEN A BLONDE IN

ECONOMY CLASS GETS UP AND MOVES TO THE FIRST CLASS

The Traveler




I've have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots.
Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.
I've also never been in Cognito. I...

. . .i have always enjoyed the wit and clarity of mark twain. he had a unique gift of weaving words together in such a manner as to defy argument. they stood with the strength of truth.

. . .if u...

Sonoma County Conservation Action has endorsed Robert Jacob for Sebastopol City Council (along with John Eder).

https://www.facebook.com/SebastopolTomorrow/posts/449838098393074

Kathleen Shaffer has been telling voters as she walks door to door that she opposed CVS/Chase, but had no choice to approve it. In...

Please try the corrected link.

Many Californians remember the state's 2007 proposal to spray pesticides out of airplanes onto ten million people in an attempt to kill the apple moth, an insect that scientists say has been in...

oh come on - you expected to get away with quoting such a divisive unAmerican figure as Mark Twain? Who hid behind a pseudonym while he bashed America, and co-resided on this planet with Karl Marx?? ...

ahhh!
please don't misquote me, my friend. my words were not-for-profit. i never said that santa rosa community market is a non-profit!
there is a HUGE technical difference between the two! ...

so by definition the "medical skeptic sites" are less trustworthy than someone who's making money selling his advice? I suppose that the World Health Organization's equally suspect, but here's their...

Here is the PAC : Sustainable Sebastopol (they even hijacked the name of a long-standing truly Sustainable Sebastopol that has been around since 2001)
...

Again, although I hold no personal issue with our pals at Whole Foods, I would like to point out that they are a national corporation based in Austin, Texas, who also share space in our lovely little...

Are you outraged by deceptive political ads? We finally have a chance to do something about it if we can get the legislature to pass AB 1648, the California DISCLOSE Act.

AB 1648 would stop...

You appear easily frightened. Nor it seems to me have you or Howard read my response carefully. IF the measure is well written it will take considerable effort to get a goodly number of signatures...

so calmly using logic is condescending?? passionately flailing about will give better results??

Failing to understand the forces you're dealing with, failing to understand the source and limits of...

I really love the calm, logical tone you use to explain these basic facts of life. I certainly hope that Dian, a very passionate woman, who cares deeply about the natural world, has got her head on...

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S.F. Police Have Underreported Minority Arrest Rates For More than a Decade
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The San Francisco Police...

I, too, would love a farmer's market on a weekday evening. . . . starting at 3:30 or 4pm so I could go there after school pick-up. I want to shop at the farmer's market more often but have only been...

Cancel your credit card before you die.
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die! This is so priceless, and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.
A lady died...

[ Peter Schurch is a member of the Sebastopol Design Review Board - Barry]

We tried to resist the intrusion of suburban business models into the
downtown core. We failed. Sebastopol already has...

By Shepherd Bliss
WaccoBB.net

Despite the past-midnight, contentious, split 3-2 decision by the Sebastopol City Council to conditionally approve the controversial Chase/CVS development in our...

Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash with his best friend, Wylie Post, was probably the greatest political sage this country ever has known.

Enjoy the following:

1. Never slap a man...

Hi, all: I got a "free offers" coupon book in the mail last week, with a buy one/get one free coupon for Sobbit Goa, my fave Indian restaurant; I was determined to try something different, since...

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We Won!

Court Rules...

Here is the reposted link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVOK42o4E0 -sorry about that. If the link doesn't work, just type "Magic Mormon Underwear" in YouTube's search window. The...

<br><br>The argument that having a bunch of armed people present would have ended the violence sooner because someone would have shot the assailant was effectively answered in the Arizona incident in...

He is wearing secret underwear.

Yes, to see a Youtube examination of these "garments", it is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVOK42o4E0&feature=related

Bruce (or "handy"),

Since you seem to be replying to my original article (Chase Bank Sucks Money Out of Our Community) I feel I need to point out something here. First of all, you make some good...

I was raised in a Mormon household. I left the church as a teenager due to the narrow-minded attitudes about hair length and other frivolous things.

I maintained a live and let live attitude...

>>>And the first claim, murder rates are lower when there are more guns??? Really??? where has that ever happened??

If you compare the statistics of New York City with those of London, I think...

I enjoy a derogatory stereotype as much as anyone, but I prefer it in the context of humor. I suppose it's beneficial to work at developing stronger and more richly detailed generalizations of large...

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Money for Nothing
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 26, 2012

For years, allegedly serious people have been issuing dire warnings about...

Stand up against Goldman Sachs

https://www.couragecampaign.org/page/-/OaklandVsGoldmanSachs_button.gifOn July 3, the City of Oakland told Goldman Sachs to re-negotiate a toxic ...

Chase Bank is a wormhole that sucks money from our community
and pumps it to Wall Street where it will no longer circulate in our local economy

Scott McKeown
WaccoBB.net

It’s unfortunate how...

The Argonaut

I am old and have not prospered.
I possess only my thoughts. I have accumulated only
memories.
And I am mad. Insane.
It is my solace.
One cannot fail at madness.
It is my...

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY JULY 27, 2012

from Occupy Santa Rosa General Assembly
to the people of Anaheim, California

Occupy Santa Rosa stands in solidarity with you!

We are outraged and...

ALEC via CVS/Chase is attempting to strong arm the community and infiltrate local legislation is also what is ultimately at stake here. We have to say no to the CVS/Chase proposal for so may other...

If anyone is wondering about why CVS and Chase are being opposed, know this. We have local banks and credit unions that support our local economy while Chase and other big banks run a casino,...

Invisible Work


Because no one could ever praise me enough,
because I don't mean these poems only
but the unseen
unbelievable effort it takes to live
the life that goes on between them,
I...