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My column - AS IT STANDS -currently runs in the Sunday edition of the Times-Standard. This is a NO POLITICAL PARTY ZONE. That means I don't belong to ANY POLITICAL PARTY.Commenting about politics is FAIR GAME. I think most politicians are liars and cheats. I don't pull punches when it comes to them. I also offer the reader some HUMOR, OPTICAL ILLUSIONS, ODD/WEIRD NEWS STORIES, FUNNY ANIMAL PHOTOS, and glimpses of the MAN BEHIND THIS BLOG.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Some reasons why we lost the Olympic bid

Other funny stuff

Man's face after he hears Chicago lost the bid

Haiti Makes Bid For 2216 Olympics

DeRosa brings 2016 Olympics to St. Louis

Reports: Obama traveling to Denmark in support of Kenya 2016

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STAND DOWN 2006

STAND DOWN 2006
Dave & Shirley Stancliff load up a van of food for the upcoming Veterans Stand Down in Ferndale. Click twice on photo for story.

Today's thought...

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"Every artist was first an amateur." - Ralph Waldo Emerson -Pic by S.Stancliff

Millie the Pug

Millie the Pug
Normally camera-shy, Millie allowed me to take her picture the other day. She is my constant companion and PT trainer. She makes me go for a walk every day! She is also a Laker fan and proudly wears her Laker collar for every game.

Teddy Roosevelt said...

Teddy Roosevelt said...
Do what you can,with what you have,where you are."

Seneca said...

Seneca said...
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable." Pic by S.Stancliff

DREAMING...

DREAMING...
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." - Lanston Hughes-Pic by S.Stancliff

Me & my Honey!

Me & my Honey!
Shirley and I try to make the most of every day, because you never know when it's your last one.

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McKinleyville, California, United States
I've been married for 35 years to the love of my life, Shirley. I'm a Vietnam/Cambodian Veteran (1970), and a retired newspaper editor & publisher who now writes an opinion column for a daily newspaper.We have three sons and five grandchildren.
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