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Elizabeth Warren's choice:
'Medicare for All' purity or a path to beating Donald Trump?

Jill Lawrence, USA...

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Fall

Fall, falling, fallen. That's the way the season
Changes its tense in the long-haired maples
That dot the road; the veiny hand-shaped leaves
Redden on their branches (in a fiery...

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I love this!!

Alex Blasdel writing about Timothy Morton:

"He was devastated by Trump’s victory, but not necessarily surprised that America had opted for what he called the political equivalent of a diet of...

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LET'S GET THIS DONE. SIGN AND PASS. JUDE


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Petition to Speaker Pelosi and Committee Chairs Nadler, Cummings, Schiff, Waters, Neal and...

I've been away more than in the area...so can't comment. But there's a great free (ad supported) app called "Flight Radar" that should give you the callsign and flight info on any plane/helicopter in...

What Happens When You Get Lost

Out in the mountains nobody gives you anything.

And you learn what the rules were after the game is over.
By then it is already night and it doesn’t make any...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2019-09-24_21-42-29.pngI've been noticing more frequent noise from low flying large commercial airplanes over (or just east) of Sebastopol lately. I...

47843Today around noon my phone blew up with texts about the passing of Robert Hunter. Best known as the lyricist who worked heavily Jerry Garcia (and to a lesser extent Brent Mydland) of the...

eddierosenthal wrote:


I totally agree, with you, Ed, that "blaming government, leaders is shunning our own responsibilities. Would there be any leaders here? Is it only greed and landowners...

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Shame on us

for silence on Palestine, Kashmir, Amazon, Bahamas, detention centers in US and much more
for letting our neighbor’s homes be demolished
for allowing fascist politicians to take over...

the state wants some of the money it's contributed to the national pool to be spent back here where most of it comes from. It's kinda like if you and a couple of buddies bought the pizza for the...

Cyberanvil, you have such a gift for saying so little and riling up responders to write so much!

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cyberanvil cited two links:


I opened up these links and read the articles, cyberanvil. I can't tell you that the contents of those articles leaves me with any confidence that the current POTUS...

September Tomatoes


The whiskey stink of rot has settled
in the garden, and a burst of fruit flies rises
when I touch the dying tomato plants.


Still, the claws of tiny yellow blossoms...

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streaming freely
your long hair,
your long body
your...

Pilgrimage


Vicksburg, Mississippi


Here, the Mississippi carved
its mud-dark path, a graveyard

for skeletons of sunken riverboats.

Obviously since it could not be either Bret's or John's sole fault they both must hire attorneys and sue one another, the hose manufacturer, the faucet manufacturer, the plumber who installed the...

oh, I'm sure you can notice some key differences..

gasoline and tequila are substantially similar too. Both wet, clear liquids, flammable, interesting smell. But if I'm buying a bottle to take...

Ecology of Soul

We already know about
our dwindling environment
the dead seas
the polluted air
the disappearing species.

We are accomplished at
pointing fingers

that's the problem. Of course there's some liberal hypocrisy involved, but there are other forces that make this hard to solve. Especially when you bring in the idea of 'relatively empty' areas in...

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Thank you, cyberanvil for bringing up the issue of liberal hypocrisy, in the context of the issue of homelessness.

It seems to me that a long-range solution to...

finally, I sort of agree with you. Of course, I haven't met "Sebastopol", so maybe she's of mixed minds. It might be the (admittedly few) trumpies who are at the forefront of the move to evict them. ...

Quite right; those that are home schooled by Fox News will not have it, as they are validated every day by right wing commentary. Spoon fed they have no other dish to their liking. On the other hand...

Your findings are amazing, Barry! Your taste in humor, satire is A#1, a service to our community, and activism, Thank you

no, he won't, nor will most Trump supporters. This is also a discussion of values. Many people sincerely believe the world's resources need to be more effectively exploited. That group isn't going to...

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We will also be at the Sebastopol plaza, starting at noon, this Friday, 9/20, to join the Global Youth Strike. Please consider joining us at either place, to be one of the millions expressing concern...

We’ve endured another summer of record-breaking heatwaves, floods, and refinery explosions. Enough is enough. No more government inaction and half-measures.

It’s time to build a renewable energy...

Schedule:
9:30-11:00am - Meet at SRJC Quad for poster making, music, and march/rally preparation.
11:00-12:00pm - March on Mendocino Ave to Old Courthouse Square.
12:00-1:00pm - Rally & Speakers....

Local lawyers most likely want to be paid for their opinions/advice. :-)

You mean the people fleeing atrocities in their lives, and the crisis created by your leader? Of course if you stop the natural flow and prevent them from their legal requests you are going to create...

I've heard this discussion a lot here and elsewhere. Which Democrat can beat Trump.

While obviously we need to dethrone Trump... this debate is missing a much larger issue.

Who can...

I'm not really sure what to make of this. A "climate emergency" should have been declared decades ago. And I have less then zero faith in our county (or state) to do anything productive that does not...

Fire Extinguisher Class (3 1-hour sessions to choose from) Sat., Sept. 28 from 9 am to noon at the Sebastopol Fire Station. Classes are free, but space is limited. Early sign-ups are required.
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You know everything is not good for you from the sun, vegetables, and most notably cars (which killed 1.3 million people in 2015), yet we accept these risks, and each of does what we choose to...

The Rise of Stone

Once in a cool June wood
I saw scattered rocks roll slowly uphill --
gravity’s undoing in the hush of noon
The mirage persisted until my mind
shifted to another circuit
...

This substantial list of proof about the dangers of cell phones and Wi-Fi should be sufficient to answer those doubting the truth of their multiple dangers.

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Not one business in all of Sebastopol donated money to Trump in 2016. That is wonderful! Sebastopol has always been a local bastion of the left. Click the website link below to see it for yourselves....

Thirst

They are all older than me —
the mountains, seas, trees.
They hold the wisdom of the years,
the secrets to survive.
They know not to fret
over small things,
that the world goes on...

I don't think the gardener should be held liable.

Perhaps...
And how is it that they can determine any ill effects from cumulative EMF exposure is solely due to the EMF exposure and not the countless other evil energies out there such as... gasp......