Category: This Weeks News
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Welcome K9 (Cpt) BRUNO
Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office – February 5, 2021 After what has been an absolutely wonderful response with hundreds of great ideas, we are excited to announce the official name of our new K9. Named after a hero of ours, we have settled on the name Bruno. Sheriff Apperson reached out to the de Solenni…
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1 Million Jobs Making Electric Vehicles. Pie in the Sky
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – January 4, 2021 It would be a dream come true if the current president could magicallycreate 1,000,000 jobs out of thin air in the immediate future bymanufacturing electric cars. I have been reading all day about the newBiden claim that this has become a priority for his administration…
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DO AWAY WITH ALL PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUELS? ARE YOU CRAZY?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – February 3, 2021 When you are trying to save the world from the blight of fossil fuels,just how many people stop and examine just how bound up by petroleum we are in our daily lives. When someone starts spouting the nonsense that we should do away with all…
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Sick of career politicians? Sick of the double standard by Democrats?
By Donna Westfall – February 1, 2021 Credit to BlazeMedia/News by Paul Sacca – January 30, 2021 When you think of Nancy Pelosi being in politics the last 34 years and second in line to the becoming the US President, how does that make you feel? Remember her ripping up Trump’s speech? No class. Too…
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Stimulus Checks: Whether you want then or not will effect you, short term or in the end.
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – February 2, 2021 I have been asked the question, “Can the stimulus check be rejected?” People who think this way want to be thought of as personallyresponsible folks, because they have sufficient income to live, and itis a way for those people to say, “I’m better off than you…
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School District Wasting Money for a Change?
By Samuel Stait, Reporter at Large – February 2, 2021 It was recently reported that the Del Norte Unified School District wasto order two new seventy two passenger electric powered school buses toadd to its current fleet of diesel powered buses. The cost in total forthe two buses, just under a million dollars of previously…
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Who cares about Cancel Culture?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – February 1, 2021 According to Dictionary.com, “Cancel Culture refers to the popularpractice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures andcompanies after they have done or said something consideredobjectionable or offensive. [It’s} generally discussed as beingperformed on social media in the form of group shaming.” What a tidy little…
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BREAKING NEWS: Myanmar Coup d’etat. Is Democracy gone while the military takes control once again?
By Donna Westfall – February 1, 2021 If you look at the map, the country in green marked Burma bordered by China and Thailand, is the size of Texas and has about 60 million people. People that could ostensibly be living a much richer life except for the fact that the military has been in…
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Can American’s compete with China’s labor market?
By Donna Westfall – January 31, 2021 The simple answer, NO. Let’s get a little more complex. Newsweek article from 2018 – Chinese Women Workers Make 4 Cents for Producing $45 Disney Dolls BY CRISTINA MAZA ON 12/6/18 AT 10:01 AM EST An undercover investigation confirmed that women, mainly over 45 years old, got 4 cents for…
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Case for a Newsom recall continues to grow
Opinion Piece By Jon Coupal – January 31, 2021 After some fits and starts, the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be gaining traction. Proponents say they have collected over 1 million signatures. Media reports of a half-million dollar donation to the effort plus rumors of even more forthcoming are getting the attention…