The things you don't know if you don't read the local news every day.
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Mayor: Water Crisis critics are politically motivated
Poway Mayor says critics support his opponent in county supervisor's racewww.10news.com
10 hours? That's a lot of "Russian thistle".Does anyone remember that I hate tumbleweeds?
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Wind-driven tumbleweeds piled on Richland highway trap 5 cars, truck
30-50 mph winds Tuesday night blew a small mountain of tumbleweeds onto state Route 240, closing the road for 10 hours and trapping five cars and one semi under a pile of prickly bushes reaching as high as 30 feet.www.seattletimes.com
10 hours? That's a lot of "Russian thistle".
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Duncan Hunter submits resignation letter to Pelosi, Newsom
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., sent a letter of resignation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, and plans to officially leave his post on Jan. 13.www.foxnews.com
In the "I grew up in Vermont" Facebook page someone posted a picture of the remnants of the East Haven cold-war-era radar towers, up near the
Canadian Border.
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That inspired me to write a little verse based on Arlo' Guthrie's "Coming into Los Angeles"
Watching out for Russians coming over the pole
Flying in their big jet bombers
Radar hopes to pick them up as they come down
Trying to ruin everyone's summers
Heading down to Los Angeles
Hauling something worse than disease
Don't let them pass if you please
Mister Air Force man
I tried to find a good karaoke version of Arlo's song, but the ones I found online suppress the melody along with the voice, leaving only the rhythm and percussion, so here is Arlo's original - you can sing along with the new words to the first verse.
You were . . .I'm drinking Mexican beer and eating sushi purchased at a German grocery chain watching an American space launch by a company founded by a South African.
You were . . .