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How can you not believe
(Author Unknown) How can you not believe in God when octopuses DREAM and otters have a favorite rock they carry around in a little SKIN POCKET and cows have BEST FRIENDS and bees are out there communicating the coordinates of flowers through INTERPRETIVE DANCE and they have REGIONAL DIALECTS? Cats are PURRING at frequencies associated…
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Resident supports Bissmeyer for District 1 Supervisor
Editor, We have been seeing a lot of exposure of problems with fraud and waste in government lately. Billions upon billions in fraud waste and abuse of just about everything government is supposed to do for us. It is time to get these problems solved at every level. We are taxed enough and need our…
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Wading through the state’s proposition swamp
Voters who have perused their general information voter’s guide trying to figure out the long list of propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot can easily get confused. And it’s no wonder. Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has served since 2021, authors all the text the explanations in those voter guides and has often been accused…
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Rescheduled Farm Bureau dinner slated for Nov. 14
The Mariposa County Farm Bureau will hold its annual Prime Rib Fundraiser Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 14, in Building A at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds. It was rescheduled from a date this month due to the federal firefighters’ fire camp at the fairgrounds. The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a hosted bar sponsored…
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Social Security announces 3.6 percent cost of living boost to payments in 2027
That averages out to an extra $75 per month for tens of millions of recipients. By Jack Phillips (Republished from The Epoch Times) Tens of millions of retirees will see their Social Security benefits increase by 3.6 percent under a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that goes into effect next year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced…
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‘Let It Burn’ or ‘Fight It Fast?’ How federal and state wildfire strategies really differ
When smoke rises above the Sierra foothills, Mariposa County residents rarely care which agency’s boundary the flames crossed. Residents want aircraft overhead, engines on the road and firefighters moving quickly. Yet California’s wildland fire system is divided among federal, state and local jurisdictions, each with a different mission. That division has helped sustain a persistent…
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Dozens of California dams need repair as El Niño winter draws closer
BY RACHEL BECKER (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) With an El Niño winter threatening heavy rain, the State Auditor warns that California’s aging dams “continue to pose a risk to public safety,” especially in the Bay Area, San Diego, and Los Angeles areas. Lawmakers gave the state the power to penalize dam owners that…
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For Shawna Dahl, a new light breaks through
When readers first learned of Shawna Dahl’s battle with a cancerous tumor in September, the story traveled far beyond the article on this website. Hundreds upon hundreds read it, while thousands more followed along on Facebook—an outpouring that reflected how deeply the local horse trainer has touched the lives of people around her. At the…
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Power to the People, Right On
By: Bill O’Reilly (Republished from billoreilly.com) Back in the late 1960s, flower power was blooming in the USA. Radical leftists like Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Jane Fonda believed the anti-Vietnam War sentiment would lead to permanent leftist change in America. Instead of capitalism, folks would “share the land.” All would be groovy, far…
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Report: ICE Launches Sweeping California Crackdown
By Charlie McCarthy (Republished from NewsMax) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly has begun an operation to go after the “worst of the worst” as well as noncriminal illegal aliens in California. The enforcement campaign, internally called “Operation Safe California,” began several days ago in the San Diego area and is expected to continue for…
