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I think it's time the Lazy B shuttered that place. This time its drugs, several years ago, workers were sabotaging the H47s being built there. Something rotten is going on.
[Techdirt] The Righthaven saga continues. Just as it's lost in Colorado, and was told it needs to pay legal fees there as well, the company is still trying to get out of having to pay legal fees in the Hoehn case in Nevada.
As you may recall, Righthaven was ordered to pay legal fees of $34,045.50 by September 14th. It did not do so.
Following that, Hoehn's lawyer, Marc Randazza (whose name you're seeing a lot in these Righthaven cases), asked the court to declare Righthaven in contempt, and sought both to put the company into receivership and to allow US Marshals to seize property from Righthaven for its failure to pay.
In typical plodding fashion, Righthaven has still not paid up... but has filed a motion asking the appeals court to put off the district court's judgment, because it believes the ruling will be overturned (ha!) and having to pay up would cause irreparable harm.
The motion is worth reading. As with previous Righthaven motions we've seen, the company seems to think that mocking the district court judge is a reasonable strategy. You can feel the contempt for the judge in the filing, which I can't imagine will go over well.
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How does it feel now that the money taking lawyers are pounding on your door, asshole?
Fuck 'em. Seize their assets and throw the lawyers in jail for contempt.
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For the money righthaven bilked the taxpayers out of while filing such frivolous lawsuits, they must pay and dearly. It's a wonder that they and Stevens Media are not held under RICO statutes.
[Bangla Daily Star] A group of 15 Nepalese villagers, including a 14-year-old child, have been incarcerated for eating a leopard in the belief that the meat could guard against gout disease, an official said yesterday.
The group said they found the dead spotted leopard by a temple near their village, 90 minutes' walk from the nearest road in the Mahabharat mountains in western Nepal, forestry officer Hari Paudel told AFP.
"They were charged with eating the meat of an endangered animal. The law requires them to inform the district forest office when they find a dead or injured animal," he said.
"One of the villagers had gout and he believed that he would be cured by eating the meat. The other villagers thought it would work as a preventative measure."
Gout, a painful joint disease, is a form of arthritis caused when acid builds up in blood and causes inflammation.
"We ate meat of the dead leopard we found near the village believing that it is a cure-all drug. We were totally unaware of its legal aspects," one of the accused was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post.
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Gotta be better than armadillo stew or possom al la king cab.
[An Nahar] Saudi King Abdullah has revoked a sentence of 10 lashes imposed on a woman for breaking the ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom, a Saudi princess said Wednesday on her Twitter account.
"Thank God, the lashing of Sheima is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved King. I'm sure all Saudi women will be so happy, I know I am," said Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
"In tough times we stand together; in good times we celebrate together," the princess said. "I'm proud to be Saudi. To all Active Saudi women thank you for your efforts."
Sheima Jastaniah was sentenced on Monday by a court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where she was caught driving in July, a rights activist said.
"We were shocked yesterday (Monday) that she was sentenced to 10 lashes," the activist said, adding Jastaniah would appeal the verdict.
The sentence came a day after the king announced women would be allowed to vote and to run in municipal polls, and to join the all-appointed Shura (consultative) Council, a first in a country that imposes many restrictions on women.
Amnesty International condemned the sentence, saying it demonstrated the "scale of discrimination against women in the kingdom."
"Flogging is a cruel punishment in all circumstances but it beggars belief that the authorities in Saudi Arabia have imposed lashes on a woman apparently for merely driving a car," said Amnesty's Philip Luther.
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GolfBravoUSMC:
Please consider a new photo category. Let's call it.... Women Who Drive.
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Twenty lashes if you're in the far left lane, ten miles an hour slower than traffic, and yakking on your cell phone.
Forty lashes if you're doing all that directly in front of me.
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Truckers in the "fast" lane going uphill are the worst offenders. I5 should have been expanded years ago between Grapevine and Tracy. I avoid 5 altogether these days. I wish I could figure out how to avoid Hwy 58. The former Knights of the Road have become major league a-holes in the past few decades.
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People on the on-ramp who refuse to match speed with the prevailing traffic and immediately merge in piss me off - i am usually right behind them and unable to merge into the instant traffic jam which forms behind their 25MPH slower moving vehicle.
[Bangla Daily Star] Unidentified criminals killed a Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... activist and injured eight others when they attacked him at his Beldia village home in Gafargaon upazila early yesterday.
The dead is Ilias Hossain, 32, a member of Jubo League Gafargaon unit.
Police said a gang of at least seven criminals stormed into Ilias's house around 1:00am and attacked him.
As his family members tried to resist, the assailants attacked them with sharp knives and fired bullets leaving eight people injured.
The gang took away gold jewellery and Tk 3 lakh before leaving the house.
Police reached the spot around 10:00am and recovered the body of Ilias.
Five of the injured -- Shahidullah, 35, Ali Hossain, 30, Makbul Hossain, 35, Ahsan Ullah, 25, and Nazim Uddin, 40, -- were admitted to Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex.
Saddam Hossain, younger brother of the dear departed, said his brother had political enmity with some locals. He, however, did not mention any name.
A gang of robbers beat Ilias mercilessly two years ago. Police incarcerated the robbers who are now out on bail, added Saddam.
Ilias worked as a personal security assistant to politician Giasuddin Ahmed for about three months after the last general election.
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[Telegraph UK] The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper's website said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the case.
"He was in fairly serious overall condition," a source told the Miami-based Spanish-language daily. "When he arrived, he was in quite serious shape and that is why he was brought in for emergency care."
Venezuela's Information Minister Andres Izarra appeared to deny the report in a posting on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
"Those who should be admitted are the journalists of the Nuevo Herald, except into a madhouse (instead of a hospital)," Izarra tweeted, without providing further details.
On Sunday, Chavez sought to assure Venezuelans he was healthy, telling them that cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatment has not left him with any debilitating side effects.
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I have noticed his bloating for some time now. When he was on the balcony with his aid the last time. Should he go on dialysis he will be severely impaired. Most likely more stomach bloating. Then I'd bet diabetic either now or will be. Even for normally active people dialysis is a terrible drain on energy levels. He will still run for office if he is alive. Even from a wheelchair. I still believe he is a poor patient. Determined to eat or drink what he wants. Time to call in the shaman if they are brave enough.
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Dale, more likely side effects of the chemo. They gave him something that nailed his kidneys. It happens...
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P2K definitely wins the 'snark of the day' award!
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Just as bad as kidney failure, he may have aplastic anemia, which means his bone marrow is no longer producing, or not producing enough of the three blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Untreated aplastic anemia is an illness that leads to rapid death, typically within six months.
If it is a more serious form, treatment would involve a bone marrow transplant, after strongly inhibiting the immune system. Probably not something to do if you have bad kidneys.
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Dale: I think the shaman would send him to a "psychic surgeon" specialist, then get out of the country before Chavez pegged, figuring that as soon as Chavez cacks it, anyone involved with his health care are going to be tried as CIA agents.
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Anonoymoose Hello. I forget your vast knowledge in the Medical field as well as the fringe elements. The ""psychic surgeon" specialist" hit the mark.
I actually didn't forget to be truthful. I just didn't remember.
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See also NEWSMAX > DOCTOR: DIALYSIS EXPLAINS HUGO CHAVEZ'S HEALTH SWINGS, espec under a possible scenario that cancer could had spread to his kidneys.
China believes it will be free from dependence on Russia for military jet engines within the next five years, which implies that Chinese engine manufacturers still have a way to go.
Synopsis: If you live in Caliphornia you're screwed. If you live in El Centro, Caliphornia, you're not only screwed, you're pregnant. If you live in either Dakota or Nebraska you're thinking about sending CARE packages to the Calis.
Unemployment rates fell in roughly two-thirds of large U.S. cities in August, despite zero job growth nationwide.
Here are the cities with the highest and lowest rates:
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A lot of those cities in California look like agricultural centers. They might want to blame it on the EPA for goofing up the irrigation. Sucks to be an illegal alien looking for a job picking lettuce.
Ener1’s stock has plunged 95 percent this year and the company said Aug. 10 it’s “determining whether the company has sufficient liquidity to fund its operations.” It’s also restating its financial results for 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, and has not filed its second-quarter report.
Ener1Â’s battery-manufacturing subsidiary EnerDel Inc. received an $118.5 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department in 2009 to help the company expand its production capacity. In January, Vice President Joe Biden visited an Ener1 factory in Indiana to promote companies building green vehicles.
The company was at $4.17 when Biden visited the plant on Jan. 26. Ener1 shares dropped 1 cent today to 19 cents Correction: 15 cents (-20%) EoD 9/28/11.
in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. Ener1 has a market value of $32 million $26 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
[An Nahar] Global creditors announced Wednesday the return of auditors to Greece in a bid to break an impasse over billions of euros in blocked bailout loans Athens needs to avoid default.
Nearly four weeks after abruptly leaving the city, EU and IMF negotiators will restart tough number crunching from Thursday amid mounting social tension and what the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... describes as the biggest challenge of its history.
Efforts to resolve the wider debt crisis, which the United States fears will trigger another worldwide downturn, are embroiled in national feuding with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... suggesting a second Greek bailout may need to be renegotiated.
Berlin, Gay Paree and the European Central Bank are also at odds over how much Europe's banks should lose in the event of a default, which would require massive recapitalization of bankruptcy-threatened lenders.
"This sort of in-fighting amongst Europe's leaders will only serve to undermine the recent rally in shares and the euro, underlining the importance of the audit's findings," said Moneycorp in a note to investors.
European stocks fell among the disarray, with London down 1.44 percent, Gay Paree 0.92 percent and Frankfurt 0.89 percent. However the euro was up against the dollar in afternoon trading, climbing to $1.3621 from $1.3590 in New York late Tuesday.
Once auditors decide the government in Athens is doing enough to merit more financial aid, Eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund will still have to sign off the money.
Finance ministers meet on Monday in Luxembourg, but EU economic affairs front man Amadeu Altafaj indicated that the negotiations in Athens would not be concluded in time for a decision by then.
He said another meeting of the 17-nation currency Eurogroup would be called to make that decision "as soon as possible."
While Greece is left waiting for the funds from a first 110-billion-euro ($150 billion) bailout approved last year, a few Eurozone states have yet to sign off on a second 159-billion-euro Greek rescue package that was agreed in July.
German politicians are due to vote on Thursday on expanding the scope and size of the EU's current rescue fund -- the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) -- which has already helped rescue Ireland and Portugal and will be tapped for Greece's second bailout.
The parliament in Finland, another country where there is deep-rooted reluctance to bailing out Eurozone strugglers, finally approved changes to the fund on Wednesday, but is still just the tenth of the 17 states to have done so.
"We are today faced with the greatest challenge our Union has known in all its history," European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso warned in his annual "state of the union" address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who held talks in Berlin on Tuesday with Merkel, said his country was making a "superhuman effort" to bring down its massive debt of more than 350 billion euros.
However the Financial Times reported the bailout had run into trouble, with some Eurozone members pushing for private creditors to take a bigger writedown on their Greek bond holdings.
In an interview with Greece's state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
, Merkel said the audit could also determine if the second bailout set up in July will stand as originally agreed.
"Should we renegotiate or not?" Merkel said. "Of course we would prefer that the figures remain unchanged, but I cannot foretell (the mission's report)."
The head of the German banking federation criticized the rampant talk Eurozone governments may now push private holders of Greek government bonds to accept losses of 50 percent instead of 21 percent as agreed in July.
"If governments now unravel the deal that was reached on private-sector involvement, then the loss in confidence for the financial markets would more than negate the benefits of any such action," Andreas Schmitz told the German daily Bild.
A Greek government front man said the country would escape default.
"We are not far from securing (the loan tranche). One by one, pending issues are settled," deputy government front man Angelos Tolkas told Flash Radio.
The Greek parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial property tax to shore up its budget, but the country is under pressure to jumpstart a privatization drive that is months behind schedule, and that creditors want to see raise 50 billion euros.
Greek austerity measures have met fierce resistance and Athens was again paralyzed by a transport strike Wednesday, with police again using tear gas, ahead of protests by pensioners, municipal workers and students.
Pushing for more unity in Europe, Barroso promoted the creation of controversial joint Eurozone bonds, despite German opposition, saying they would be a "natural and advantageous step for all" against the crisis.
Seeking to prevent future debt crises, the European parliament adopted on Wednesday stiffer budget rules armed with the threat of fines against governments with runaway deficits and debts.
Fitch ratings agency lowered Eurozone member Slovenia's credit rating by one notch to AA- over concern over its banks and failure to implement reforms to stabilize public finances.
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Can't win for losing, can we? Go, Herman! Has-been if she ever was comedienne Janeane Garofalo: "Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican party. Conservative movement and tea party movement, one in the same. People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say 'Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man.'"
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A classic example of Obama's core constituency.
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Listen, you dumb bitch. You ain't funny, you ain't relevant, and you are ignorant and stupid.
Please go play in traffic and let the grown ups have the air.
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She does have a point, in a twisted way. Consider "Obama is probably well liked by some of the Democrats because it hides the racist elements of the Democratic party."
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I never got this attitude from democrats - lincoln was a republican, jim crow, segregation were all the work of democrats in the south. Byrd was a KKK grandmaster, and a demo.
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The joke's already been done (Frank J.? I can't remember): "Tea partiers are so racist that they are willing to elect an African American to get President Obama out of the White House."
Mainly because the Trunk leadership doesn't know how to or even want to fight. It's divisive you know. You can't get along in the Country Club if you're always getting back into other peoples faces to give as much as they pass out to you. The older generation made a very serious mistake ASSUMING it was self evident [Lincoln, KKK, etc] not grasping the indoctrination in schools by the Donk Party commissars.
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"'Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man.'"
Similarly, we Rethuglicans support Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman to show that we hate women, support Nicki Haley and Bobby Jindal to show that we hate immigrants, and support Mary Cheney to show that we hate gays.
On a side note, that pic of Janeane suggests that she's in the running for the Amy Winehouse award...
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Why are the republicans getting the stick?
Because it's the only stick they have to beat us with...
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AAAAAIIIIIII! My eyes!
**reaches for eye bleach**
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Someone needs to create a Garofalo bot. Any phrase you type in gets the word "racist" sprinkled throughout. It would completely replace the real Garofalo while being far less noisome.
Partly because Hollywood and the LSM have, for decades, protrayed Republicans that way. And the Republican leadershit (spelled correctly!) have simply let it pass unchallenged.
The product of which are creatures like this who feel comfortable crawling out of the dark, damp, spiderhole they usually hide in and make these kind of stupid statements with a straight face.
Why does anyone listen to Garofalo? She can't act. Never was funny. Has obvious mental and intellectual problems. And is gross and ugly (both outside and inside) to boot.
Betsy the cow has a better understanding of politics. And at least Betsy contributes to society.
Because racism is a nearly impossible charge to refute. The Democrats realized that, and then realized it worked, and have continued to use it. Notice how the Democrats say "code words" and keep the racism covert, so they don't actually have to prove anything. They just insinuate and throw mud and feel superior and collect the votes as the black community gets poorer, and poorer.
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Unfair to winehouse, who did actually have some talent. Jenny's claim to fame is more along somebody who is a bitter smartass and managed to dye her hair; sort of the great-grandmother of the emo movement.
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Hey, Janeane, if you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you're not a racist, you'll have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot.
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Mr. Green Bull, there's no way that waste of skin can prove she's not an idiot.
'Cuz she IS. >:-(
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"The joke's already been done (Frank J.? I can't remember): "Tea partiers are so racist that they are willing to elect an African American to get President Obama out of the White House."
The real thing is, Americans want someone who is competent and Americans really do not care about color.
To prove it once, "historical", to prove it twice, sane.
[Dawn] The United States will continue to extend support to the people of areas devastated by floods in Pakistain so they could start their lives afresh, said Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of the US Ambassador Cameron Munter, at a ceremony to inaugurate desiltation of water courses in Banda Sheikh Ismail in Nowshera district on Tuesday.
"Since the last year`s flood, we have been providing healthcare, shelter and rehabilitation services to the population affected and displaced in Pakistain," said Dr Wyatt, adding that that her government was enthusiastically supporting the Pak people so they could start their lives afresh.
She said that farming played a significant part in the lives of people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and that was why they were according top priority to providing high quality seeds and fertilisers and construction of tube wells and water courses.
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Me too! I'm going to eat an extra helping tonight in their honor.
Is it Peshawarites or Peshawarians? Better get a fatwa on it...
[Dawn] Continued to be irked by prolonged loadshedding, people in the thriving provincial capital`s various areas have demanded smooth electric supply.
A resident of Hashtnagri complained of the continued power suspension to his area for three to four hours many times in a day.
He told Dawn that most power outages by Beautiful Downtown Peshawar Electric Supply Company were unscheduled. He said that complaints to Pesco often fell on deaf ears. Yeah, funny how all the deaf guys at PESCO end up in Customer Service, ain't it?
Kashif Khan, of Gulberg, said that loadshedding for long hours in a day was common. He said that Pesco supplied electricity for one and a half hour and then suspended it for the next four hours daily.
He added that frequent power cuts had forced people into purchasing diesel-run generators but that, too, was little help in light of prolonged scheduled power outages.
Abdul Qadir Khan, of Badhber, also criticised Pesco over suspension of electric supply in the area for 18 hours daily. He said people had bought generators to run tube wells for water. He blamed his misery on non-payment of electricity bills by the people of tribal areas.
"They don`t pay bills and we suffer from their practice," he said. ...lousy hicks!
There are also complaints of water shortage in the city due to prolonged scheduled power outages. A Gulabad resident said suspension of electric supply left tube wells out of action.
He said scheduled power outages had affected children the most under the current humid conditions.
When contacted, a front man for Pesco said low power production had led to prolonged scheduled power outages. He said power outages were carried out by Regional Control Centre, Islamabad.
The front man urged people to optimise use of electricity, especially during 6pm and 11pm, to help power companies overcome the current energy crisis.
He also said industrial consumers could save at least 25 per cent energy they used through better management.
He urged commercial power consumers to shut down businesses before 8pm and avoid decorative lights.
The front man recommended use of energy savers and tube lights instead of bulbs and said people should iron clothes during the daytime to save energy.
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RICHMOND (KCBS) -- A solar power project that involved clear-cutting groves of eucalyptus and oak trees to install solar panels has been halted near Richmond after county supervisors said they were embarrassed caught off guard on the tree removal. Not mentioned in the article : It was a green building project
The Contra Costa County Board of Dolts Supervisors said it never signed off on a plan to remove the trees at Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline Park to install solar panels for the county. By some estimates, nearly 100 eucalyptus trees and one dozen oak trees were chopped down. But they block the sun!
"To say that we're flabbergasted is to say something kind of pissed off mild," said Beverly Lane, president of the East Bay Regional Park District Board. Crap we look stupid..
She maintained the district had nothing to do with extensive tree removal. Nope...not us...move along...nothing to see here..
Instead, the county signed a contract with Main Street Power to have solar panels installed on top of county buildings including the West County Detention Facility near the park. SolarMan - the green crime fighter
"Had we known that these solar panels were going to be on the ground, near the entrance to a regional park, we would have definitely said no," said County Supervisor John Gioia.
He said the work has been halted at Pt. Pinole Regional Park. So not only will they not put the panels where they just clear cut but taxpayers will foot the bill to plant new trees...also not mentioned in the article
Jonathon Postal, a spokesman for Colorado-based solar company, said that company officials plan to meet with county officials this week to bitch-slap them for screwing the pooch discuss the project.
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Something else may be going on here. Eucalyptus trees are not native to North America, and in fact are considered an invasive species, replacing native oaks, mostly. More importantly, they are a safety hazard when found in numbers, because they are extremely flammable -- or inflammable, I always confuse the two -- as California has found to its cost.
Since ignorant tree-buggers, as opposed to knowledgeable ones, scream bloody murder any time there is an attempt to remove such species -- as California has found to its cost -- it may be that the Park Board decided to quietly take advantage of an opportunity. I can't speak to the oaks with this little information, but there are plenty of reasons to cut down badly damaged or diseased trees as a matter of good forest management.
There's an awful lot of missing information in this article. I suspect a journalist willing to play to an agenda and no idea of what questions to ask beyond the usual.
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I know people who think eucalyptus trees are weeds. They are native to Australia, not California.
I've heard people in Hawaii curse them bitterly. All I could tell them is they make good firewood. I'm sure they're not as nice as koa or sandal wood.
We're not so picky about non-native species in California. We can and do grow just about anything. I like eucalyptus myself. But there doesn't seem to be any shortage of them so I wouldn't worry about cutting them down the way I would an oak.
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Ebbing Uluque6305, y'all wouldn't have anything like your current problem with wildfires if there weren't so many eucalyptus trees...for the same reasons that you like it as firewood. As you point out, are plenty of non-native species that are both beneficial and well-behaved. :-)
Separately, my apology to the gentle readers of Rantburg for the tree-buggers. It was meant to be spellt with an h, but I missed. :-(
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Here's a LINK to a story on California's eucalyptus trees. It did not turn out to be a good import for a number of reasons.
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#6 tw; Actually, tw, I think you may have coined a very important and thoughtful saying here, even if by serendipitous means. I intend to use that expression from now on.
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"tw; Actually, tw, I think you may have coined a very important and thoughtful saying here, even if by serendipitous means. I intend to use that expression from now on."
Yes, definitely a good catch which helps Rantburg be a journalism site in pursuit of truthful reporting. Great work guys.
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Since all this is going on in the S.F. Bay area, would it be safe to assume the political affiliations of the various officials is NOT GOP-centric?
And BTW TW, I think your 'tree-bugger' is dead-nuts on, pardon the expresion....
Janeane Garofalo: "Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican party. Conservative movement and tea party movement, one in the same.
"People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say 'Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man.'"
Boy, they really have to turn their view inside out to make it so the Republicans look evil. Listen you dumb bitch, you ain't funny, you ain't relevant and you are just plain stupid.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Techdirt] The Righthaven saga continues. Just as it's lost in Colorado, and was told it needs to pay legal fees there as well, the company is still trying to get out of having to pay legal fees in the Hoehn case in Nevada. 
[Bangla Daily Star] A group of 15 Nepalese villagers, including a 14-year-old child, have been 
Saudi King Abdullah has revoked a sentence of 10 lashes imposed on a woman for breaking the ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom, a Saudi princess said Wednesday on her Twitter account.
[Bangla Daily Star] Unidentified criminals killed a 
[Telegraph UK] The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper's website said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the case.
Global creditors announced Wednesday the return of auditors to Greece in a bid to break an impasse over billions of euros in blocked bailout loans Athens needs to avoid default.
Janeane Garofalo: "Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican party. Conservative movement and tea party movement, one in the same.
