Category: This Weeks News
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Will Trump do business with Taiwan?
By Donna Westfall – December 6, 2016 Credit to Ben Carson News – December 6, 2016 – When you shop at WalMart and check the labels on products, have you noticed how many items are made in China? This happens because America is buying more product than its selling. It gets down to economics. Jobs…
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The simple truth about Standing Rock
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – December 5, 2016 – Recently published by the Triplicate was a Coastal Voices piece “Solidarity with Standing Rock” (Triplicate, December 1,2016) by Jessica Cejnar, a reporter for said Triplicate, who spent wasted column space narrating the trials and tribulations of three Del Norters, Manuel Saavedra, Jacob Patterson, and Grecia Rojas,…
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How to buy at an on-line auction
By Donna Westfall – December 2, 2016 – The first time I ever attended an auction was in Beverly Hills. We signed up at the door and received a paddle with a number on it. The items being sold were fine art and furniture pieces. It was the 1970’s and Arte Johnson, from Rowan &…
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Happy to see Fidel gone?
UPDATE: December 5, 2016 – The Russian-made, jeep-like vehicle carrying Fidel’s ashes broke down and had to be manually pushed during his funeral procession on Saturday, December 2nd, according to Breitbart News, Fox News and Daily Mail. Cuba’s current population over 11 million. By Donna Westfall – December 1, 2016 – With the death of Fidel…
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Did our President-elect just save 1,000 jobs?
By Donna Westfall – November 29, 2016 – The Carrier manufacturing company of big air conditioners was planning on moving 2,000 jobs to Mexico to save $65 million. That’s not going to happen. Here’s one good reason why. The parent company, United Technologies, takes in $56 billion in revenue and it’s largest single customer is…
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25 foot motorhome stolen
Credit to The Del Norte and Curry County Scanner Feed – November 29, 2016 – Around 6:30 pm, a suspect entered a 25 foot, tan Mercedes motorhome in the WalMart parking lot and attempted to attack the owner. The owner jumped out and the suspect took off. A chase ensued. California Highway Patrol and the Del…
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Tom Hayden dies at 76. Time for a history lesson
By Donna Westfall – November 28, 2016 – When you’re born and raised in Los Angeles, it’s not uncommon to meet, go to school with and know movie and TV stars. But, It’s not often you answer a knock at your front door and see in front of you none other than Jane Fonda. She…
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The plastic bag ban deception
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – November 26, 2016 – I can assume many people have now had the opportunity to go to Walmart or Safeway, load up your basket with products, then on arriving at the check out counter notice that the rack containing the infamous “one use plastic grocery bag” was missing from the…
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Why I stopped my subscription to the Triplicate
By Roger Gitlin – November 23, 2016 – I write these comments as a private citizen’ they are personal and my own and have nothing to do with my position as an elected sworn Del Norte County Supervisor. Wednesday, November 9, 2016 I stopped my subscription to The Triplicate. As an elected official, why would…