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Army Bob: Ingesting any kind of smoke is bad for you
by Robert M. Traxler “So far in 2018, more than 48,900 fires have burned more than 7,700,000 acres of land in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire…
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Ranger Rick: The avoidable tragedy of Calif. wildfires
On Nov. 8, the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. high voltage line near Poe Dam malfunctioned and started a fire in the early morning. A captain of the California Department…
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One Small Voice: Dining set tells Thanksgiving history
The massive, Victorian dining room furniture had been in the house at the Jersey shore since the house was bought in 1940, but the furniture actually dated from the 1920s,…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: We are powerless vs. gas prices
"If I could have my way. I'd get myself right up today, but I can't, so I'll cry instead." — The Beatles "There ain't nothin' I can do about it."…
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Army Bob: We are not just tribes, we are Americans
Political holy grail is that the Republicans are practicing “tribalism.” What constitutes tribalism is once more what people want it to be. “Tribalism is the state of being organized by,…
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Ranger Rick: Life 101, a good friend, facing the inevitable
It was August when I met him for breakfast. He was nursing a cold and looking tired, even though he said he had a good sleep of at least eight…
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One Small Voice: Blue Wave just gentle lapping at shore
I watched Tuesday night's midterm election returns as if expecting some kind of karmic payback for Trump's election in 2016. Of course, there was none. The results were anticlimactic. We…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Electoral blue wave indeed occurred
“Against the wind I'm still running against the wind I'm older now but still running against the wind Well, I'm older now and still running Against the wind…” — Bob…
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Basura: Trump ain’t scared of no low IQ legislator
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a loaf of bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much…
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Army Bob: False Kavanaugh accuser gets little press
The Kavanaugh hearings are over, Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Let’s look in the rearview mirror and see what we find. It was holy grail that the…