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Mechanization and taxpayer funded subsidies of commodity crops transformed the mid-west into a…

Your father sounds like he was farming in a region that could not provide the kind of labour he needed for his cranberry crop. If so, bums…

Jan 16

Jan 16

Fazer, you made some really great points.

Personally, I focus on the system. I've worked, studied, and engaged with the American system long enough to have confidence in my views…

Jan 11

Jan 11

California's water wars are as old as the state itself.

Today, two farmers - just 2 - in the central valley use more water than all the residents of Los Angeles and the entire San Francisco Bay…

Jan 11

Jan 11

Burn, burn, burn

I piled cheese on the bread, plopped lunch on the grill and looked out the window. Smoke! OMG, that’s smoke! When you live in the…

Jan 9

Burn, burn, burn

Jan 9

Poetic Justice, Mother Nature Style

A reply to Super Mrs. C

Jan 7

Poetic Justice, Mother Nature Style

Jan 7

Imagine how many people would have been happy to keep the money they earned, instead of being…

PS. Thank you for the conversation and happy new year, to you and yours :)

Jan 1

Jan 1

Douglas Rushkoff, wrote a good piece here on Medium. Titled "Corleone-Style Diplomacy

World events in the context of The Godfather" made some sense and I recommend it.

Dec 29, 2024

Dec 29, 2024

Has technology provided the uber-rich and powerful another opiate for the masses?

Did The Matrix begin as a little escape that turned into the all-time monster enslaver? And now, we have a tech-bro who loves ketamine…

Dec 21, 2024

Dec 21, 2024

You describe a very common experience in all political parties.

But every once in a while, someone who knows civics really well joins and things change. I've seen that happen enough times to think that…

Dec 20, 2024

Dec 20, 2024

Yeah David!

I’m so done with all the posturing, moralizing, and ridiculing I could spit. We need people to stop co-splaying ‘1960 protestor’ and start…

Dec 16, 2024

Dec 16, 2024

Raffey

Raffey

Rural America is my home. I serve diner, gourmet, seven course, and homecooked thoughts — but spare me chain food served on thoughtless trains of thought.

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