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The Underground’s Short Casts for 2010-03-11
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Legislation proposes making Chinook California's "Official State Endangered Species" (Jab at Feinstein?) http://bit.ly/91fxvT #
Underground discussion of felt-soled vs rubber-soled wading boots (http://bit.ly/8Yi6Dv) mentioned on Orvis...
Today at 03:00 am |
Underground Fly Fishing...
The dawn of the Boutique fish
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With all the genes being sprayed at the tasty fish we should’ve known eventually we might get something other than a soft docile lump, content with pellet feed and milling aimlessly within its concrete lined habitat.
All the gnashing of teeth...
Yesterday at 11:02 pm |
SingleBarbed
EPIC
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Winter fun abounds: one state – five days – two canyons – four ski resorts, and yes, it WAS epic.
I know that some people feel that word—epic—is too often used, particularly when describing a day of skiing or riding (a.k.a....
Yesterday at 10:54 pm |
Sand Dollar Adventures
Blake Wins Democratic Party Endorsement in Bid for Senate Seat in Special Election
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While Republicans slug it out, Democratic candidate Justin Blake is consolidating Democratic support in his bid for an upset win in the 37th District State Senate seat.
Blake, of Rancho Mirage, has received the endorsement of both the...
Yesterday at 07:57 pm |
The California Majority...
"Race to the Top" is code for right-wing destruction of, and is war on, California's Schools
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Stung By "Race To The Top", Will California Repeal So-Called Reforms?
by: Robert Cruickshank
Mon Mar 08, 2010 at 13:00:00 PM PST
It was an idea so audacious that even the Bush Administration didn't dare try it. Arne Duncan, President Obama's...
Yesterday at 06:10 pm |
Sacramento for Democracy
The Rule of Law still exists; torture trials begin ... But not where you'd think
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I'm moving this a little out of order to make a point. Click read more to find out where due process and some semblance of rule of law apparently still exists
Glen Greenwald:
At least 100 detainees died in U.S. custody, many as a result of...
Yesterday at 05:55 pm |
Sacramento for Democracy
Sacramento comedy club offers free admission to state workers
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Sacramento comedy club Laughs Unlimited, is bringing back “Furlough Friday” free admission in March for city, county and state employees. (The club is also extending the deal to the fourth non-furlough Friday this month, Mar. 27.)
A...
Yesterday at 03:54 pm |
Explore Sacramento
Post Modern Portraits of Women Who Have Healed Through Art
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Post Modern Portraits of Women Who Have Healed Through Art at Tangent Gallery in June
Portraits of ordinary women, which include the healing art that helped them through difficult changes in their lives will open at Tangent Gallery, 2900 Franklin...
Yesterday at 03:48 pm |
Explore Sacramento
Ted Costa Blasts Oil Companies, Now Opposes AB 32 Initiative
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In a major blow to the two Texas oil companies funding a suspension of AB 32 initiative, one of the co-authors of measure now says he will vote against it.
Ted Costa of the People's Advocate, told the Sacramento Bee, that the campaign had been...
Yesterday at 02:15 pm |
The California Majority...
Roderick Haig-Brown’s “A River Never Sleeps” Reissued in Hardback (or, We Cheer)
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Roderick Haig-Brown’s “A River Never Sleeps” is rightly considered a fly fishing classic, which is why the release of a new hardback edition – complete with passages from Nick Lyons and Thomas McGuane – is worth a...
Yesterday at 02:05 pm |
Underground Fly Fishing...
Wordless Wednesday: Crush 29
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Sweet+Tart+Refreshing= the Grape Tart Tini at Crush 29, complete with a garnish of red grapes.
By Jenna Buhagiar
Yesterday at 01:00 pm |
Sac Foodies
Check Out Natomas High Engineering Project
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Natomas High School is one of four schools from the Sacramento area which developed a device meant to enhance the fan experience at Arco Arena in an engineering challenge sponsored by Intel and the Sacramento Kings.Each team's device used...
Yesterday at 11:46 am |
Natomas Buzz
Steve Pougnet also Tapped for DCCC's Red to Blue Program
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Steve Pougnet, who is challenging Mary Bono Mack in CA-45 is one of thirteen candidates that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified as likely to flip a seat from the red to the blue column.<
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While the DCCC typically...
Yesterday at 11:15 am |
The California Majority...
"SARAH PALIN WITHOUT THE BRAINS": "GROUP CHALLENGES WHITMAN AND POIZNER TO FACE THE PRESS AT GOP CONVENTION
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The independent expenditure group, Level the Playing Field 2010, today challenged GOP gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, to hold press conferences at the GOP convention. Here's the statement spokesperson Sean Clegg issued this...
Yesterday at 10:13 am |
The California Majority...
Union of Concerned Scientists: LAO Study on AB 32 "Baseless Attack"
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A March 4 letter from legislative analyst Mac Taylor to California State Sen. Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto) attempts to cast doubt on the economic benefits of the state's landmark global warming bill, AB 32. According to Jasmin Ansar, a climate...
Yesterday at 09:33 am |
The California Majority...