Category: This Weeks News
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Delta Dental Exposed – Follow the Money – Part 1
CREDIT TO SECURE ARKANSAS, A Grassroots Organization Delta Dental often comes to mind when dental plans are mentioned… but how much do we REALLY know about this organization and what they’re doing… besides paying dental claims? Well, just follow the money! This past Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, Secure Arkansas attended an Administrative Hearing conducted in…
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The end of daylight saving & back to Standard Time
By Donna Westfall Credit to Salvador Dali for a picture of his clock. Why do we even have daylight savings time, and why does it end on November 1st? It’s not a new invention. Ancient civilizations adjusted their daily schedules to the Sun’s schedule for example during Roman times. It’s supposed to make better use…
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Bubonic plague case confirmed in Oregon
By Donna Westfall About 20,000 people live in Crook County, Oregon, smack dab in the middle of the State. Among them is a 16 year old girl infected with Bubonic plague. During the 14th century, the Bubonic plague swept through Asia, Europe and Africa killing an estimated 75 million people and became known as the…
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Planets Visible
For a couple more days, Saturn will be visible in the night sky. Then it will disappear in the evening sky in November, but reappear in December. For tonight, or rather in the early morning around 3:30 am, you’ll need a small telescope to enjoy it’s golden color and rings. Between October 30th and November…
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Crazy Common Sense – Illogical Logic
By Guest Columnist Michael Ceremello, Former Vice-Mayor/City Council Member for the City of Dixon Our city liar, lawyer, attorney was at it again Tuesday night. The man who still stands by his logic that the part of the California Constitution giving citizens and voters the right to say “NO!” to funding stupid projects is unconstitutional, now…
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Darth Vader in Odessa, Ukranian News
By Donna Westfall Credit to Dumskaya Just about 15 hours away from Moscow, Russia where Putin leads the Communist nation, if you drive southwest towards the Black Sea lies the city of Odessa in Ukraine with a population of over 1.2 million people. Think road trip equivalent of driving from LA, California past Denver,…
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3 Correctional Officers. 3 Crimes. No Accountability. Why, Mr. District Attorney?
By Linda Sutter U.S. law enforcement officers and other officials like judges, prosecutors, and security guards have been given tremendous power by local, state, and federal government agencies—authority they must have to enforce the law and ensure justice in our country. These powers include the authority to detain and arrest suspects, to search and seize…
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Death of a Patriot
By Peter Schiff and Schiff Staff My father Irwin A. Schiff was born Feb. 23rd 1928, the 8th child and only son of Jewish immigrants, who had crossed the Atlantic twenty years earlier in search of freedom. As a result of their hope and courage my father was fortunate to have been born into…
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What is a Time Bank?
By Jaime Yarbrough Transition Del Norte held a potluck and orientation meeting at the Fire Protection District on Washington Sunday, October 18th. Transition Del Norte is a subset of Transition United States whose objective is sustainability and energy independence (http://transitionus.org/) Their goals include healthy eating, starting gardens, permaculture, organic farming and much more. Getting people together…
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Update on Sutter Coast Hospital Profits and Critical Access
Submitted by Gregory J. Duncan, M.D. Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery Headline Article Debunks Sutter’s Prior “Gloom and Doom” Forecast For those who missed the 10/1/15 headline article in The Del Norte Triplicate, and were unable to attend yesterday’s Town Hall meeting, here is “the rest of the story” on Sutter’s financial claims…