Thanks to the republicans, we are a lot closer to living the hobo lifestyle  — partying at the soup kitchen line. Woohoo! I had no idea that when Bush wanted to make this an ownership society, that we would all end up owning companies that hold toxic debt.  What a deal! Thanks to Wonkette, I […]

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The RNC Hates Our Oceans
“California’s coastline is an international treasure. I do not support lifting this moratorium on new oil drilling off our coast.“
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger really the only republican that likes our oceans and appreciate what drilling off our coasts would do to our tourism?
John Mccain is now agreeing with Bush to reverse a […]

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Light Brown Moth, Light Brown Moth
What Do You Hear?
I hear helicopters in the sky
Dumping unknown chemicals…
Apologies to Eric Carle.
If you haven’t heard already, there are plans to do an aerial spray against the Light Brown Moth in Marin this Summer. The first communities will be Tiburon, Belvedere, and San Francsico. Opponents, StoptheSpray, feel […]

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The deluge has been constant today. Our big tree is becoming quite mossy and there is a lake in our backyard. We do need the rain, but golly — it is sure causing a tremendous amount of distress. At least we aren’t having the out-of-control winds we experienced earlier this month.
Highway 101 on the Sonoma-Marin […]

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It is becoming clear that the spill is worse than was initially thought. It couldn’t come at a worse time - during migration time for birds. There reports of slowness to act and reporting of the full extent of the damage., Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency today in response to […]

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The California Office of Emergency Services has issued the following Earthquake Advisory for residents of Marin and surrounding counties:
In response to Tuesday evening’s magnitude-5.6 earthquake near the junction of the Calaveras and Hayward faults, the following statement was issued by the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, a panel of scientists chaired by the State Geologist […]

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On September 25, 2007 Supervisors Steve Kinsey, Judy Arnold and Hal Brown voted to allow more development on the Silviera Ranch/St. Vincents property than the Marin County Planning Commission recommended. Only Susan Adams and Charles McGlashan voted to uphold the commission’s recommendations which would have limited it to 221 units (100 units for low income […]

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Can our affluence be killing us?

How can a county with such great climate be so bad for the climate? An environmental education group puts the county’s ecological footprint at 27 “global” acres per person, where the national average is 24. It turns out that being a politically progressive county is not enough, when conspicuous consumption rears […]

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It’s hard out here for a maven. It’s hard to be civilized or sane when its so darned hot.
So, have you ever got out of your car after blasting the A/C and get smacked by a wave of unbearable heat and think, “How do people live like this?!?”, only to realize you DO live like […]

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Without seeing this film, we will suggest everyone go see this regardless if your opinion matches the current president or the guy who should have been our president in 2000…cough…Al Gore…cough. It will be playing on June 2nd at the CineArts at Sequoia in Mill Valley (25 Throckmorton Ave), or the California Theaters in Berkeley […]

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