Republished from The Daily Bell under Fair Use Doctrine as educational STAFF NEWS & ANALYSISJimmy Carter Calls U.S. an OligarchyBy Philippe Gastonne – August 05, 2015 Former President Jimmy Carter spoke with the Thom Hartmann Program earlier this week about “political bribery” in the…
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“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” — They Live We’re living in two worlds, you and I….
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Editor’s Note: This is a comment coming in on one of our stories online. It is in response to Doc Robinson’s column promoting the port’s composite recycling project which is penciled in to cost taxpayers up to ten million dollars….
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Former Clallam County Community Development Director Sheila Roark-Miller was appointed July 21 to the County’s Noxious Weed Control Board. Roark-Miller and Fred Grant were appointed by a vote of the Clallam County Board of Commissioners, although they hesitated at the…
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“While Detroit lacks the glory of its auto industry boom days, it has transformed into something different — a comeback city that’s seizing its second chance. “ That is the closing sentence in a recent New York Daily News article. It could…
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Today my wife Floie and I decided to take a walk down the Dungeness River to observe and photograph the “trending upward” flow of the river “since 1988” and the “groundwater flows into saltwater at over 90 cubic feet per…
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Locally, a group of well-intentioned people have been meeting to find ways to address the area’s substance abuse issues. Following a number of highly publicized events, people in Port Angeles want to identify ways to curtail the damages being done by illicit drug…
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Serenity House, an organization dedicated to ending homelessness was started in the early ‘80’s. Since that time it has amassed real estate assets reported at $7.5 million dollars. You would not know that from the endless news articles explaining their…
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With more than four organizational meetings under its belt, the group working to bring community access television and live streaming of local events to everyday reality on the Olympic Peninsula is gaining momentum. Peninsula Area Public Access, or PAPA, elected…
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Clallam County Board of Commissioners Chair Jim McEntire responded to former commissioner Mike Doherty’s latest criticisms July 21 by saying that the State Auditor will investigate and “that will be that.” Well, that — meaning the state auditor’s office consideration —usually turns out to…
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