Author: Samuel Strait
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In A Landscape with Hunter Noack
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 29, 2022 I must admit I am a relative novice when it comes to Classical Music. Iam most certainly aware of much of its historical value to humansociety, yet my skill level in determining what is good and bad music islimited to those pieces of music that I find…
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The 5-0 Club Back Together Again
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 25 2022 One would think that with all five of the current Board of Supervisorspresent it would be a cause for celebration, but no, it appeared to beyet another case of five regular people totally out of their collectivedepth when conducting the County’s business. Over the course of threeand…
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Let The City’s Theater Begin
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 21, 2022 Yes, the City’s Pool is open for business, and a few driveways on HStreet and East Harding Street have been replaced. The Crescent Fireand Rescue is set to be a hybrid fire department with new fire captainsand the Crescent City police got some new toys, patrol cars,…
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Some Of The Things We Have Learned About Covid Along The Way
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 17, 2022 Seems that there are a few laggards that have not learned anything aboutCovid-19, masking, “vaccines”, and what has been spun as “protecting” us from the inevitable end of days. I suppose it starts at the top wherewe have a befuddled, near octogenarian at the helm of the…
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Looks Like The Lipstick On The Pig Is Costing Too Much
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 17, 2022 Suspecting that the City’s Council is at all cognizant of the fact thatthe United States is in a recession may be asking too much. Obsessionwith the community pool being likely a “bridge too far” is a given. Clearly the “term” inflation and supply chain issues are something thatthe…
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Water, Water, Where Art Thou?
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – August 10, 2022 On three separate occasions in the last twenty years, voters have goneto the polls and approved billions of dollars in spending to improve ourcurrent water problems in California. This money, much of it spent onthings that have done just the opposite, continues to be…
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The 4-0 Club
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – August 10, 2022 The 4-0 Club seems to have become a regular “thing” for our Board ofSupervisors, as Supervisor Short was basking in the glow of a “new”grandchild in Wyoming. Congratulations to him and his family, a trulyworthy absence as the August 9th meeting of our august…
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EV’s, I Don’t Think So
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 10, 2022 It would appear that the recent news about all forms of electricvehicles is uniformly bad. Originally they were a relatively harmlessbit of vanity showiness that the wealthy paraded around in when theyweren’t being driven in stretch limousines. Kind of like a message tothe “regular” people that they…
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The Death Of The Expert Class In America
Commentary by Samuel Strait – August 7, 2022 We see it here in our local community. We see it throughout the Stateof California. We see it every where in this Country. What is it? Thecomplete and total collapse of anything remotely related to the expertclass of people that set themselves apart as unassailable in theiropinion…
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Don’t Worry We Are Already Over That Cliff
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – August 2, 2022 We have raced past so many Cliff endings, leftist end of the worldscenarios that my head can’t keep up with the latest hystericalscreechings of a leftist climate porn elitist. Seems we do not have toworry about “war with China”, or even with Russia. Looks…