Category: This Weeks News
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Remembering Elvis Presley and others.
By Donna Westfall – January 8, 2021 This morning, we said good-bye to some overnight visitors, a couple in their 20’s. Their home, a town called Hesperia. We’re familiar with the area having spent 8 1/2 years in the Southern California high desert which also includes Victorville and Apple Valley. The interesting thing about that…
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Carnevale in Venice, Italy. Will it take place this year?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 8, 2021 It is sad to see that one of the best and most colorful of yearlypartys, as well as the grandfather of many others worldwide, will go theway of other such enjoyable events in this new year. Carnevale, a fixturein Venice, Italy, is likely to be…
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HOW DID THEY VOTE?
By Donna Westfall – January 7, 2021 The Joint Session of Congress reconvened after the shooting, and after a six hour recess. Electoral vote counting resumed through the wee hours until 4:30 am, January 7th Vice President Pence announced our next President. Mr. Biden is to be sworn in on January 20th. Did Congress fail…
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ACTUAL VIDEO OF ASHLI BABBITT SHOOTING
By Donna Westfall – January 7, 2021 From this posting and video put up on Twitter, and copied to mewe.com, “Stop the Steal Group,” the shooter does not look like Capitol Police. What do you think?
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Part 3: How are Small Businesses Faring in Crescent City/Del Norte County?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 6, 2021 The following article is part three in a series of how the past year hasaffected local businesses. The first two outlined how the pandemic haschanged the way local salons and hotels have adjusted to the new terrainin order to continue to provide their services to…
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Woman Shot at Capitol; Electoral College Vote Stopped for the State of Arizona
By Donna Westfall – January 6, 2021 Was an unarmed Air Force Veteran shot in the chest at the Washington DC Capitol today? The officer that shot her has been identified as Officer Samuel J. Hyde of Maryland. The woman, a Trump supporter, identified as Ashli Babbit, had 14 years in the service and did…
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Science of Consensus Often Wrong
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 6, 2020 It has become an increasingly familiar event when modern”scientists”utter words of such complete foolishness that one wonders what exactlyhas happened in the world of science. As long as humans have inhabited the earth the tiny lights that moveacross the night time sky have elicited a…
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The Price for Standing Up for the Constitution
By Donna Westfall – January 5, 2020 When I read about Senator Hawley’s wife with a newborn daughter being harassed by possible Antifa demonstrators, I immediately looked up the Police Station’s telephone number and gave them a call. I wanted to get a copy of the press release. Master Police Officer, Juan Vazquez, of the…
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STOP THE STEAL? SORE LOSERS!
By Angry Old American Copyright Angry Old American, January 3rd, 2021. All Rights Reserved. For the sake of argument, let’s say we have two rival tribal casinos. As not to cast aspersions, we’ll call one “Brand A” and the other “Brand B.” To end their Tribal and business rivalries, they bet their casinos and entire…
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Part 2: How are Small Businesses Faring in Crescent City/Del Norte County?
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 5, 2021 The following is part two of a series on how the past year has affectedlocal businesses. This particular article explores the trials andtribulations of one hotel owner in the day of the Covid Pandemic. Oneof the key components of the local economy is tourism. So…