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“The financial and human costs of U.S. involvement [in Afghanistan] were immense and will be felt for decades…” – Admiral James Stavridis (Ret.) Issue #353

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Editor’s Letter Afghanistan. Hoo-boy. What a huge blunder... right from the start, 20 years ago. Only Rep. Barbara Lee had the courage to vote against the typical, smash ’em up, American-style knee-jerk, hyper-military reaction at the time. Sure, we needed to respond, but this wasn’t an attack by a country, as everyone knew, but by an amorphous terrorist group, hiding out in several countries. What was needed was a surgical, police-style response against these bad actors, with the help of their host countries. And perhaps some economic sanctions against said countries if they refused to help.

Instead, we saddled up, with guns a-blazing, providing a big show for the networks and a visceral revengeful release for a traumatized populace. And, naturally, a couple trillion dollars or more was completely wasted, as well as thousands of American lives, not to mention innocent Afghan lives. But no real justice was had.

Perhaps we’re finally learning a lesson here: Our military might cannot solve every problem we have in the world. But I doubt it. After all, there is far too much money to be made, and profits always seem to trump anything else. It’s like President Dwight Eisenhower warned us so many decades ago: the “military–industrial complex,” as he called it, would fleece us, if we let it, and leave us more vulnerable, not less. He saw it coming, and we should have listened.

Instead, even today, the military budget just keeps ballooning, even under an administration that sees the need to spend domestically instead. Biden’s proposed budget still increases defense spending, including on nuclear weapons, to $754 billion -- up by just 1.6 percent, however, the smallest increase of any federal department.

Back to Afghanistan. The vast majority of Americans has wanted to get out for a very long time. Even the previous White House resident wanted to get out, but like everything else -other than tax cuts for the rich and wall-reinforcing -- he failed to make it happen. (Never got around to infrastructure, either, though a bill was always just “a couple weeks” from being announced.) Now we’re finally leaving, and of course, the right is attacking Biden in every way possible. They’re aided by the fact that the withdrawal is a real mess -- which it would have been, to a more or lesser degree, no matter how it was handled.

Even so, I agree it could have and should have been handled better. We should have begun the process of getting Afghans out who helped us and that we had relied on all these years much earlier. We should have taken the time to get all our military equipment out, which is now in the hands of the Taliban.

But most of all, over these long 20 years, under both party’s presidents, we really, REALLY, should have been MUCH better at helping Afghans build a government the people there could trust. Instead, we let a bunch of corrupt, incompetent sleezebags take control, and let hundreds of billions flow to a new, corrupt elite. That part is the most unforgivable of all. We had it in our power to “nation build” correctly, as we claimed we wanted to do.

It’s no wonder the Afghan army laid down their arms. They didn’t believe in bad so-called “leaders” that had been forced upon them. Had we done it right, there’s a good chance the story would have come out very, very differently.

Yet another massive failure caused by unrestrained, rampant greed.

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Not Finished with Us Yet We were hoping to move on...

but too many think they know better than the scientists.

Their good intentions are misplaced...

and so is their sense of who the enemy is.

They are worried...

and don’t like being saddled with rules...

but they’re just making it harder than it needs to be.

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So, we need to get more creative. (continued)

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It’s getting biblical in scope...

because the end may be coming.

The proudly foolish share more than beer...

and can’t seem to see the forest for the trees.

They are determined...

to never admit they might be wrong.

So on and on it goes...

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and where it stops, everybody knows.

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The Jerry Duncan Show Interviews Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

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Wherein our intrepid talk radio show host interviews Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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ANNOUNCER: Live from under a rock in your backyard, it’s The Jerry Duncan Show.

JERRY DUNCAN: Good morning listeners nationwide. Is it a good morning?

Not really. Today on the show my guest is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

JERRY: Welcome, Governor.

RON DESANTIS: Not thrilled to be here. But I need the publicity.

JERRY: Knock, knock.

DESANTIS: Who’s there?

JERRY: Jerry.

DESANTIS: Jerry who?

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JERRY: Gerrymandering. You changed the boundaries in Florida so Republicans can win elections.

DESANTIS: That’s an outdated term, Duncan. It’s called “Cheat To Defeat.” Perfectly legal.

JERRY: Hold that thought. I have breaking news. The Mars Rover found your birth mother an hour ago.

DESANTIS: Oh, man. No wonder I crave Mars bars and trips to Roswell, New Mexico.

JERRY: Exactly, big fella. Let’s get to the fun facts. You are 43 years old. Went to Yale and graduated from Harvard law school. Even played baseball at Yale.

DESANTIS: Yep. JERRY: U.S. Congressman from Florida in 2013-18. Judge Advocate in the Naval Reserve. Deployed to Iraq with the SEAL team as a legal advisor. All good.

DESANTIS: There is no bad.

JERRY: Not so fast, altar boy. You’re against DACA. Oppose recreational marijuana. Against a minimum wage increase. Drafted legislation to protect Confederate monuments this year, and support election law restrictions.

DESANTIS: What’s the point?

JERRY: You’re a douchebag, Ronnie. So 80’s. Everything in Florida is in the 80’s. The temperature, humidity and your IQ. You’re living in yesterday.

DESANTIS: No. I’m not! I oppose mask mandates. I’m selling merchandise for my re-election campaign with cool slogans like “Don’t Fauci My Florida” on T-shirts.

And I train alligators to circumcise baby boys in Miami.

JERRY: Flipper the Dolphin is dying to join our conversation. He’s pissed off about cruise ships on his turf. Can I let him talk?

DESANTIS: What the hell? Go ahead.

Jerry calls Flipper.

JERRY: Flipper. It’s Jerry Duncan.

F L I P PE R T H E D OL P H I N: E E E E EEEEEEEEE. Put pimple puss on the line.

JERRY: Okay. Here we go.

All three on the call.

DESANTIS: What’s the problem, Blubber?

FLIPPER: It’s Flipper. And I got a problem with you!

DESANTIS: Bring it on.

FLIPPER: There are doz ens of loan sharks cutting in on my turf. Selling condos to Jellyfish. Our property values have gone south. What’s even worse are cruise ships polluting the water.

DESANTIS: Are you sure it’s not the Miami Dolphins? I’m staying the course.

FLIPPER: You mark my word, Governor.

Florida will be under water some day and I’ll be sleeping with you and your wife in a waterbed. EEEEE EEEEEEEEE. DESANTIS: (sweating) I’m gonna have nightmares thinking about that bubblehead.

JERRY: Probably, Climate Change Denier. By the way, I don’t think you are stupid. You just have bad luck when you think.

JERRY: See you tomorrow.

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“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of un war ranted in flu ence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.

“Only an alert and knowledgeable cit i zenry can com pel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961

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Global Hot Spot Scientists gave their most urgent warning yet...

and it’s clear we must change our ways.

Most of us are quite aware of the problem by now...

and are moved to act.

In real estate, it’s all about location...

and someday, every place will finally be safe.

But until then, we’d better heed all warnings...

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because we humans just weren’t built for this sh*t.

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Date That Will Live in Infamy Congressional Republicans fought hard...

saying there was nothing to see there.

McCarthy picked a team of real winners...

but bossy ol’ Nancy said no.

It’s a shameful situation, they said...

so maybe just ignore the whole thing.

They disparaged the proceedings...

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making clear whose side they’re on. (continued)

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Republicans want to have it both ways...

but they crossed the line.

Their base continues to be blinded by the lies...

while pretending only they know what true patriotism is.

The investigation may turn up inconvenient truths...

so they’re trying to vilify anyone who participates.

They have their priorities...

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which don’t seem to align with democracy.

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Proposed Law Requires Ugly People to Wear Masks

By Earthvessel, thespoof.com The latest bill being worked through US halls of congress includes a little known stipulation that will requires ugly people to cover up at all times when outside of their homes.

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Representative Jonathan Barnes, (R) OH says he’s “very optimistic” about the bill passing. “I figure since everyone has been through the ringer the past couple of years, and since everyone has a mask laying around why not make ugly people wear their masks and give the rest of us a break!”

Woke leader and widely known ugly person William “Wokeman” Williamson says he’s working nonstop these days in an effort to stop the bill from getting through congress. “People aren’t going to stand for this in this day and age! I am imploring everyone to call their reps and let them know this is a disgraceful outrage!”

Wil liam son screamed, with several veins in his head protruding. Williamson then refused to put on his mask for a photo. Crackling a smile at the photographer he cracked “My mama says I’m handsome!”

Asked about such opposition to the bill, Barnes elaborated “Don’t get me wrong, I stand by all ugly people and fully believe in their rights being the same as everyone else. Just as long as they are wearing their masks when in my line of sight, I have absolutely no problem with them being there.”

By Ted Holland, Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network) The deadly Delta Blues COVID variant, first reported by SNN, is running amok worldwide.

As detailed previously by SNN, the variant attacks the Musico Emotional system of the body.

People who listen to top 40, bubblegum and hip hop music are especially endangered. Lovers of blues, funk, Motown, soul, Carolina Beach, old time country and old time gospel are safe.

As reported, the strain started in a Mississippi juke joint. GutteBuckette Pharma of Mississippi was designated by the CDC and The WHO to develop a vaccine to combat the Delta Blues strain.

That will not happen, due to what has been d e s c r i b e d a s a t e r r i b l e m is t a k e . T h e GutteBuckette Pharma production plant was raided by agents of the ATF, who mistook the vaccine for moonshine whiskey and destroyed 3 million gallons of it while blowing up the apparatus used for making the vaccine.

By Diane de Anda Japan was so disappointed with the limitations the pandemic placed on their Olympics, that they had planned a variety of spectacular surprise additions to some of the events to make sure that records were broken and that the To-

Anaconda. Photo by Daniel10ortegaven, flickr.com.

kyo Olympics would go down in history as an extraordinary piece of showmanship. Their plan would have insured that the athletes would perform any sport involving speed at a rate no one thought was possible.

Fortunately for the athletes, the plans leaked out and the Olympic Committee nixed the entire thing, swearing all involved to secrecy so it would not be detrimental to the Olympic’s reputation. However, a member of the Olympic Committee who was in favor of Japan’s plan,

Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to

Obama cut Conan O’Brien from his 60th birthday party invite list I bet Conan’s spot was taken by Jay Leno.

Jared Kushner’s starting an Investment Firm They promise to make you a millionaire … if you started out as a billionaire.

A guy who spent $30 million to build Trump’s wall wants his money back Hunch is, he gets bigly FU from Mexico!

Happy 84th birthday, Dustin Hoffman One of the good things about aging is you probably forgot all about Ishtar.

Poll: Ron DeSantis approval rating sags as COVID-19 rages … Well, they can always name a Disney World ride after him. ‘The Unvaxxed Pirates of the Caribbean Cruise Lines’ …

My Pillow’s Mike Lindell claims he was ‘attacked’ at pro-Trump ‘symposium’ That’ll teach him to bring a pillow to a fist fight!

David Schwimmer shoots down Jennifer Aniston dating rumors … so, look for their new show “Friends with Benefits.”

One in every 1,400 people in Florida hospitalized with COVID right now And in Miami Beach, lots of complaints that their kids don’t call or write.

Megyn Kelly: The media is making January 6th out to be so much bigger than it was Which is why Megyn needs to change her name to Karyn.

Alec Baldwin calls wife Hilaria Baldwin a ‘legend’ as she pumps breastmilk while snacking Sounds like someone was playing the home version of ‘America’s Got Talent.’

Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly spent 3 years hunting for Bigfoot In fairness, a lot of people want to find their birth parents.

Kanye West offered free adult entertainment while staying at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Yeah, but the concession stand costs are still a bitch.

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Howlin’ Wolf: key ingredient of a very special cure.

As a result of there being no available vaccine, SNN resident witch doctor and voodoo consultant Dr. Sweet Mama DoRite has revealed a procedure, based in old Blues culture, that will protect people from the strain.

Dr. DoRite explains “The Delta Blues Vari-

Japan Scrapped Plans for Spectacular Additions to Olympics

By Paul Lander. All you need to do is follow one simple rule: barely pay attention and jump to conclusions. So, here are some headlines today and my first thoughts:

Afghan President Ghani Flees Country as Taliban Enter Kabul: “It’s Over” So, now look for all those Twitter epidemiology experts wh o became Women’s Gymnastics experts to now be Afghanistan scholars….

Aspiring to the High Standards Set by Cable News

Cure for Deadly ‘Delta Blues’ COVID Variant Revealed

Ripping the Headlines Today

United Airlines to require all 67,000 U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated In fairness, they’ll do anything to beat Delta.

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was able to provide this reporter with documents describing a few of the startling additions that had been planned for the program.

A number of “motivating devices” had been planned for the swimming competitions to encourage swimmers to increase their speed toward the end of the final lap. In one, anacondas were going to be released in the final quarter of the race.

Similarly, near the end of the last lap in one track and field event, big cats were to be released onto the track. To reduce the danger, cheetahs were excluded. Veterinarians were poised with tranquilizer guns, but the athletes were not appraised of this until after the race. In another, phosphorescent powder was embedded in the form of a long fuse in the middle of each lane to be lit toward the end of the last lap.

One slight modification was made to the pole vaulting apparatus. A small pool with a couple of crocodiles was to be built in front of the landing mat, encouraging the athletes to make a high arc that would propel them beyond the smiling reptiles.

Some additional events were scheduled for pure theatrics. Before the top three were to be awarded their medals in boxing, they had to go three rounds with a 200 pound kangaroo. It was recognized that an Australian contender might have a slight advantage. If the kangaroo won by a knockout, the kangaroo was awarded the opponent’s medal. As the Japanese are great lovers of visual puns, the three fencing medalists were to be required to battle it out with a swordfish and then slice it up with their foils for sushi.

To end the festivities on a lighter note, two sumo wrestlers had been training for months to compete on the balance beam. Each has a signature landing technique, the pancake and the cannonball.

Surgeon General’s Warning: ‘Humor Times’ Habit-Forming The U.S. Surgeon General warned citizens about a national humor magazine called the Humor Times today, saying it was “habit forming” and could lead to serious bouts of belly-laughter – upsetting the ha bit u ally pessimistic and pe o p le wi t h weaker stomachs.

“Sure , we all like to laugh,” the official said, “but at what price?

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Sud de n guffaws can disturb those nearby. Tears of laughter can blur your vision. And smiling can tire your facial muscles.”

“We’ve all heard the line, ‘laughter is the best medicine,’” he went on, “but is it, really?

Perhaps too much of a good thing is just that – too much. Be careful out there, America.”

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ant attacks ‘the un-funked’ people with no bottom in their Musico Emotional systems.”

To combat this, Dr. DoRite suggests that people collect these obscure blues records: 1. My Babe by Little Walter 2. Back Door Man by Howlin’ Wolf 3. Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters 4. Ooh Pooh Pa Dooh by Jesse Hill 5. Beautician Blues by BB King 6. Wang Dang Doodle by KoKo Taylor 7. Te Ni Nee Ni Nu by Slim Harpo According to Dr. DoRite, you must get 45 or 78 RPM records – no tapes, CDs or digital versions.

Then, play the records in order 775 times, while facing the moon and soaking your left foot in a bucket of MD 2020 wine.

Dr. DoRite warns that any variation from this delicate and lifesaving procedure could be disastrous. Deviation could result in the conjuring up of a most unpleasant and destructive demon or one could turn oneself into a goat.

Intergalactic Study of Critical Species Theory Downgrades Mankind

By Ted Holland, Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network) Dr. Shakitte N. Breakitte, Dean Emeritus of the Intergalactic Spttttee Department of the University of Rhattschitte, located on the planet Zardoc, has recently shown that the earth species known as “mankind” is really not suited to rule the planet.

Better leaders, theory shows. Photo by Scotto Bear, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dr. Breakitte explained that after a several-centuries-long study of Critical Species Theory, “The species of mankind has basically made a mess of the Earth and in some ways Earthschitte has endangered the universe.”

He continued, “The only reason mankind rules the earth is that they have all the money, women, guns and dope on the planet. The aardvark species is actually far more suited to rule the planet.”

He made the case for aardvarks by citing the following points: 1. God created aardvarks before he created man.

2. Aardvarks never randomly shoot each other.

3. Aardvarks never cheat on their mates or income taxes.

4. Aardvarks only have to have sex every 18 months, while man has to have sex every 18 minutes.

5. No aardvark has ever disobeyed the 10 commandments.

6. Neither Donald Trump or Joe Biden are aardvarks.

Dr. Breakitte states that a good start to rectifying the Earth situation would be to get an aardvark elected president of the United States or made Queen of England.

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Twenty Years and Nothing to Show We tried, but the Taliban had time on their side...

and have always been good at infecting the population.

It’s an all-too-familiar scene for Americans...

and for those we leave behind.

It’s been disastrous for the administration...

definitely not a good look.

But it’s the end of an era...

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and time to head on home.

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Goodbye New York He said he was just being himself...

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and that much was obvious.

He touted his liberal bonafides...

and demanded people respect his boundaries.

Nothing he tried seemed to work...

and he was getting it from all sides.

So, he said, he’d do what’s right...

and for once, he set a good example.

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September, 2021

Alternative Reality Republicans continued to stand by their man...

The faithful are easy to keep in line...

trying their best to stay on his good side.

but now they’re confronted with the gravity of the situation.

Their cult leader says he’s building a winner...

and that all they have to do is continue to believe.

He’s inspiring many to follow in his footsteps...

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and even making some converts.

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The Hightower Lowdown

Olympic Feat The odds were against them...

but they persevered.

It was a time to display national pride...

A Phoenix Rises!

I live in a city with a hedge-fund-driven, corporate-run daily newspaper (Gannett Co. owns the Austin American-Statesman), and in my travels I’ve read dozens of similar outlets and talked to their readers. It’s always the same story: Money managers have reduced most local newspapers to mere remnants of real journalism. They have slashed reporting staff and outsourced even the editing, layout, printing and other basic production work to remote, centralized hubs. Thus, most of the flavor and timeliness of the “local” paper is lost, replaced by chopped-up national material, two-day-old sports stories, product promotions and other filler.

One es pe cially re veal ing mea sure of hedge-fund journalism’s commitment to its dual responsibility of informing the public and inspiring civic action is their failure to report on themselves. Their takeovers are done in the dark. <em>BANG!</em> Suddenly your local news is controlled by distant profit-seekers who’ve never been to your town. What deal was struck? By whom? At what price? To whom do they answer? What say will you have in their coverage? These are basic questions that any investigative reporter worth their salt would ask of any transaction of such consequence to the community. But local reporters, mayors, community groups, et al., are not even given the names of — much less access to — the financial chieftains who secretly directed the buyout, control operations and pocket the profits. The most taboo topic in corporate journalism is corporate ownership.

The damage caused by impatient hedge fund speculators is especially harsh for small cities and rural areas. Forget the demand for profits north of 20%; even a 10% return is a stretch in markets with fewer than 100,000 people. So, with no personal ties to these communities and even less commitment to the civic mission of local journalism, the predators often just cash out the physical assets, pull the plug and skip town.

Thus, hundreds of smaller papers have been shuttered in the last decade — some 300 in the last two years alone — and this winnowing has created “news deserts” (counties with no local news outlets at all) across large swaths of America. As for remaining corporate media, a new Pew Research Center survey found that 57% of folks in rural areas say that their “local” news media mostly cover some other area.

The good news is that, in ways big and small, dedicated local journalists are experimenting

JIM HIGHTOWER with funding, structures, staffing, etc., to produce the news that democracy requires.

• Foundations are seeding local projects and journalist positions. Take, for example, the Local News Lab — a project of the Democracy Fund. The Lab reports on the many new “experiments in journalism” and provides resources for anyone who wants to get started.

LocalNewsLab.org • LION Publishers (Local Independent Online News) — with more than 275 members — provides resources and community to independent news entrepreneurs as they try to build sustainable local businesses. LionPublishers.com • The Institute for Nonprofit News connects more than 300 independent news organizations dedicated to the radical proposition that “everyone deserves access to trustworthy sources of news.” inn.org • Assorted community media consortiums in several states and cities gather local news outlets and grassroots groups to share business strategies, fundraising, staff training, tech info, story ideas, etc. These include the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (more than 40 news sources), Colorado Community Media Project (24 local papers) and New Jersey Civic Info Consortium (state-funded support for a network of local news).

• Unionization is sweeping into dozens of hedge fund papers, so journalists themselves gain clout to report on and unify against corporate cuts, banality and plundering.

• More city governments are mandating that a fair portion of their advertising budgets go to local community publications, rather than remote chains.

These and so many more examples are glimmers of real journalistic hope across our land.

Committed community journalists are determined democracy fighters, butting their heads against the money wall to bang out honest news for local residents, not windfalls for profiteers.

Instead of bemoaning the decline of the free press, let’s join with these gutsy journalists and activists who’re actually working to “free” it!

except for those who know better.

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Believe It Or Not

Economic Outlook

It once seemed impossible…

The “new economy” sucks for most...

so it was hard to believe our own eyes.

but not for the one-tenth of one percent.

But it takes some big, sloppy incentives to make it work...

and nothing has actually passed yet.

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Families need all the help they can get...

and it’s a challenge just to get by.

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Miscellaneous Mischief

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Holistic Resource Referral In keeping with holistic philosophy, we begin each day with our Healing Circle. We do conscious breath-work, meditation and affirmations for our patients and ourselves to create healing, transformation and peace on our planet.

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California Stage Theater Creations presents Concerts in the Courtyard In town for Labor Day weekend? Don’t miss:

Sept. 4th: Jammin’ James and the Wing Women.

From original uptempo rock & blues to whimsical country to topical songs, JJWW’s great original music captivates listeners every time.

Sept. 11th, 8-10pm: Thomas Molina and the Yuppie Liberation Front.

This exciting quartet plays jazz, soul, funk and Latin music, along with original compositions.

Party down with us for the Summer Finale!

More info & tickets: CalStage.org (Prices on the website are suggested donations.

Or you may give what you can at the door.)

First Stop, Second Saturday: Live Music and Art, continues through October! FREE, from 4-7 PM.

In the R25 Arts Complex, 25th & R St, Midtown • Free parking Reservations & Info: CalStage.org