Jonathan ~ As you well know, Monsanto's strategy is to immediately comment publicly to shed doubts on "our" authors' points of view. Science without sense and ethics is not good science, but...

Absolutely, Dreadtori and Mudwoman: we are all connected, and so are these issues. It boils down to one big struggle that we find ourselves in: Humanity vs. The Corporation.

They've been winning...

So TRUE DreadTori ~ We ARE all connected. The challenges you list are connected. And our individual decisions, choices, actions and inactions have rippling effects on ourselves, our families, our...

As the Santa Rosa Volunteer Coordinator of the Yes on Prop 37 campaign, I couldn't agree with Jonathon more! We definitely need to change tactics, but I agree with Mudwoman in that trying to get this...

all the more reason to get rid of the Public "Health" Officer position -- as well as both Shirlee Vane and Captain Underpants.

The PD article did, in fact, report on the controversy at Chaflin's departure at the end of the article here.."In discussions of the plan, Silver Chalfin did not provide “valid evidence as to its...

Jonathan ~ Thanks for sharing your to-the-point article. Please send it to the campaign directors in OR and CO....and follow-up to see if they grasp your points.

I've read other articles...

After watching this fluoride drama unfold for years now it seems to me that Carrillo and this Lynn Chafin character are in their positions because of the fluoride industry. Carrillo, if he was just a...

Monsanto boosters have been criticizing my new Huffington Post column, saying that I am anti-science because I do not feel that GMO food is safe and am concerned about my health and my children's....

I just published a new column in the Huffington Post, click here to read and comment on their pages, about what I view as the failed tactics that have contributed to losing both propositions to label...

There ARE many more dead people right now BECAUSE armed police shot those whose actions might be construed as life-threatening to them.



And the 2nd Amendment backs that up. Andy had an...

I am originally from Bakersfield in Kern County, CA (which is the main setting in the book "Mean Justice"). I picketed the BPD re: my son's violent arrest a few years ago. (He was on the ground in...

1) also - what was the range/distance from the Deputies' car to Andy? And, why didn't the cops stay in their car at a distance and tell Andy to comply over their PA/bullhorn that all cop cars have?...

Many police departments do use stun guns. I don't know about SoCoSD, though. But many do. An officer must decide which weapon is appropriate at that moment. If he has a stun gun, he also has a...

I do not know the "RIGHT ANSWER" I do not think there is one, I think the right questions are more important.

WHY is there a MILITARIZATION going on with our police services and what can we do...

I would like to throw into the mix here as we continue to debate the murder of Andy Lopez...i ask all participating to take the time to go to Huffington Post today and read the article "Judge to Iraq...

fine, I agree it's silly to have hard & fast "no shoot till they shoot" rules. The point of agreement should be that we've gone overboard in allowing extreme lethal force before the nature of the...

Precisely. Thank you.

Tom, I understand that there are extreme examples in both our statements. But the current MO of the police seems to be “shoot first and ask questions later”. The result of that is that children, the...

I don't have any helpful comments for Q1. But for Q2 we can start by raising the IQ floor & ceiling for new cadets. ie: no more hiring dumb cops. Remove the "fear loophole".; Meaning someone...

In response to Barry's questions, I have been to many of the events surrounding the murder of Andy and will go again this afternoon for the People's Tribunal at Julliard Park from 1 to 5 p.m.

I...

Well said!

i wrote the following note to Pat Thurston on KGO after listening to her program this weekend...it sums up how i feel...but i have so many feelings and thoughts every day about Andy Lopez and his...

We should never have a military attitude about policing our community. This is a direction taken by the police department that should never have been allowed. By treating our community as a war...

I think that water balloons are quite different from stick swords or sling shots (a rock can seriously injury someone's eye). I remember my son at 8 yrs. old, getting hit in the head with a rock...

Notthing, absolutely nothing will change, and it can, and it will happen again....because the powers that be in this county, (i.e. Board of supervisors, city council) are too afraid, too intimidated,...

I agree this this message. A Military mindset is very different from a civilian mindset. Remember that the abu grave (sp) scandal was brought to light by an individual serving in the military who...

It will be interesting to see what the police report will say when their "investigation" is finished. If the conclusion is that Gelhaus gets off the hook because the toy looked like the real thing,...

I totally sympathize with your point! But, again, where are we going to find all these people who did not choose to get in the military, yet desire to enter a profession in which they must be...

It's interesting to me that we have ratings on movies because of violence, product safety recalls due to small parts that can be choking hazards, seat belt/helmet laws, etc. etc. etc. - and yet we...

I don't know how any one else feels but I think that since military people have the mindset of shooting first before taking that little moment, no military personnel should be allowed into law...

Yes, you're right ... even as a girl I enjoyed that sort of thing ... we used to make forts and throw things at our opponents from them ... great fun and injuries were minor ....

It's not the...

While I take your point, I think that child play involving the actions of running around, stalking, hiding, ambushing, and mock attacking involve deep primal, animal instincts that are not in...

This is indeed a difficult situation ... the police are trained to respond quickly to any suggestion of a weapon for good reason ... they must at all times protect themselves and the community ... my...

I think the manufacturer who made a toy to look like the real thing has some culpability.

Unfortunately the very nature of the police job tends to attract people who like the excitement of possible violence on a daily basis and who like to exercise dominance and authority over others. It...

I haven't been to any of the Police killing protests yet (have you?) though I have read many of the articles. I'm still not seeing a clear message on how to proceed regarding:

1) What should be...

:busdir: Yes AKPainter has been getting tons of clients from the Business Directory Listing, because of the great service they offer and the Waccos who have been kind enough to leave them glowing...

I am also sorry it closed. It had become my favorite place to go during the week when I was bored & looking for a bit of excitement in this town which can be a little sleepy. It had a great...

I don't know what happened that resulted in the closure of Aubergine, but I am very bummed about it. The Hopmonk is great, but Aubergine was way more non-"commercial" and the venue always felt like...

Right on, Podfish!

Everything you said is absolutely true.

And to this, I will add that several countries other than the U.S. do NOT even have "expiration dates" on several food products.
...

Thank you so much for providing this source of clarity, in this sea of consumer confusion.

Safety isn't guaranteed by package dates. Unfortunately, we have no guarantees on our safety. In...

Let's consider why people shop at discount places, like Grocery Outlet, and even buy outdated food items:

1. They aren't making a "living" wage, so any food is better than no food,especially when...

I agree; it is. Much of what's good has come from willingness to speak truth to power. You may already know that Norman Soloman presented a petition of over 100,000 names in Oslo, suggesting that...

Right after I wrote this, I came across this on FaceBook ... don't know if the link will work since it's on FB so I'll paste it in ...

The Rutherford Institute
James Madison, who was one of the...

Even your reluctance to discuss this points to my concern for this country ... why not discuss it? ... supposedly all branches of government are here to serve the American people ... if that is no...

We are all very concerned with Mister Carillo's breeches, er, breaches, but the true elephant in the room, the big villain to me, is the NSA, which seems to be Hell-bent on establishing a Big...

It's almost that time for the monthly flea market in bodega Bay. What a great way to find stuff or sell stuff you wanted to get rid of - and hey - perhaps make some extra money - who doesn't need...

Thank you so much for posting the website! I just sent over a comment with the article that former Crescent City councilwoman, Donna Westfall wrote...

The Health Services Dept. has a page for public comment, and I actually was able to copy and paste the whole Iowa study into the comment box, so it accepts a pretty long comment. Here's the link:
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