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BREAKING
NEWS & THEN SOME —>
Freedom
loving racists shoot to rewrite history
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 9-20-2017 Sparks
Tribune
How
to get rich quick in hurricane country
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 9-13-2017 Sparks
Tribune
The
grasshopper and the dragonfly
Adios
to a grandfather and a grand-daughter who never met
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 9-6-2017 Sparks
Tribune / Expansions in blue
Virginia
City Nevada celebrates Slave Labor Day
Barbwire
by Andres Luis Barbáno
/ Special
online Labor Day edition 9-2-2017 / Updated 9-3,4,5
Life:
What happens while you were making other plans
Adios
to a grandfather and a grand-daughter who never met
Barbwire by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 8-30-2017 Sparks Tribune
Letter
Carriers unions present $10,000 to Food Bank
Profit-mongering
health care crashing in northern Nevada
Wednesday
—> Just in time for President Trump's visit to Reno:
True
confessions of Nevada's undercover Republican PR man
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 8-23-2017 Sparks
Tribune / Updated 8-24-2017
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BACK TO THE FUTURE — Bernie's Irregulars were well represented
among the 300+ who gathered at twilight 14 Aug. 2017 on the banks
of the mucky Truckee to remember Heather Heyer and Charlottesville,
VA, in front of Reno City Hall. One young man sported a t-shirt
version of the lower three images, above. His wife even had a
Bernie carrying case for her iPhone. Hope springs eternal. Be
well. Raise hell. / Esté bien. Haga infierno. (Pardon
my Spanglish.)
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Weeding
the gardens of bad judgment
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 8-16-2017 Sparks
Tribune
What
a long, strange trip it's been.
12
August 2017:
On this date in 1988, Barbwire by Barbano first appeared in the
Daily Sparks Tribune.
Peruse the sordid story of
how it came to pass lo, those many years ago.
Step into the Wayback Machine: The
Nun's Story, the tale of the first Barbwire
2018
—> The year of
estrogenizing dangerously
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 8-9-2017 Sparks
Tribune/ Expansions in blue
On Aug.
10, 1939, a Reno bartenders union picket line
was thrown up at Tommy’s Victory Club in Carson City. [PDA]
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Teamsters
and transit contractor reach tentative agreement
Strike avoided pending Aug. 4 worker
vote
UPDATE
5:58 p.m. PDT 4 August/ 00:58 GMT 5 August:
Secret ballots were counted Friday afternoon, Aug. 4. Union members
approved the new contract with MV Transportation of Texas.
Read
more about it
Texas
Hold'em
—> RTC Washoe transit system workers overwhelmingly reject
contract offer, strike authorized
Strikebreakers
on the streets of Reno-Sparks without a strike
Charges
of illegal unfair labor practices filed with federal authorities
System
manager given big pay raise
Union
busters in town to disrupt bus system
Workers
reject deficient contract offer, strike authorized
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Special Online Edition 7-13-2017 / Updated 7-14, 7-15, 7-16,
7-20 and 7-21-2017 GMT
An
edited version of this commentary appeared in the 7-20-2017 Reno
News & Review
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Sparks'
flying philosopher
John Hanks dies at 91
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
Expanded from the 7-26-2017 Sparks Tribune
Expansions in blue
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Authentic
fakes, blonde flaks & grumpy old men
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 7-19-2017 Sparks Tribune
Union
busters in town to disrupt bus system
Workers
reject deficient contract offer, strike authorized
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Special Online Edition 7-13-2017 / Updated 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-20
and 7-21-2017 GMT
An
edited version of this commentary appeared in the 7-20-2017 Reno News
& Review
Trump
converts flaming liberals into gunfighters
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 7-12-2017 Sparks Tribune
America's
final Independence Day looms
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 7-5-2017 Sparks Tribune
We
Don't Need No Education Part LXXVII—>
Flint
Michigan, Sparks-Reno style
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 6-28-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 6-29-2017
Of
Sons & Giants: Reno-Sparks NAACP families grieve
Workers
demonstrate at Sparks Nugget
Sen.
Dean Heller, R-Nev., opposes GOP health care bill
Las
Vegas Review-Journal / 6-23-2017
Rx
for Rape and Pillage
SMOKING
GUN —> The big picture ain't pretty. DC GOP lawmakers are
trying to bludgeon thru Obamacare "repeal" because
the budget cuts therein will substantially reduce projected deficits.
Without those projections in law, under current revenue-neutral rules,
they will not be able to pass their tax cuts for the corporately wealthy.
No less than conservative Reason Magazine Editor Peter Suderman
said that on the June
19 PBS/Bloomberg Charlie Rose TV program. As Lily
Tomlin once opined, no matter how cynical you become, it's hard
to keep up. The game's afoot. So use a foot to kick some ass.
Be well. Raise hell. / Esté bien. Haga infierno.
Andrew
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Labor Day Parade
6 September 2010 Virginia City, Nev.
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On 20 June 1967, heavyweight champion and Muslim minister
Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating the federal draft
law (he was stripped of his title and blacklisted for three and
a half years); on 20 June 1910, the Nevada governor’s
office reported a flood of telegrams and other communications
asking Governor Denver Dickerson to stop the Johnson/Jeffries
prizefight in Reno, but Dickerson (traveling back to Nevada from
Oregon) gave no indication that he planned to interfere with the
fight. [Courtesy
of Journalist Dennis Myers' Poor Denny's Almanac]
On
June 16, 2016, United Auto Workers legend and boxing historian
George "Battling"
Nelson (left) died in Sparks, Nevada.
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BREAKING
NEWS AND THEN SOME—>
One
for the books under the bus
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 6-21-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 6-22 and 7-3-2017
Condemned
at Birth
The
diabetes establishment inhibits research on a very promising diabetes
CURE
"Tell us how it will make ever
make us money."
Barbwire by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 6-14-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 6-14 and 6-20-2017
EMERGENCY
TRAFFIC BULLETIN
Reno street sealing
seals residents in their own homes
1:51 p.m. PDT 8 June 2017
Nevada
consumers consumed again
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 6-6-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 6-8-2017
Ring
up hope before checking out
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 5-30-2017 Sparks Tribune
Down
Amnesia Lane with the Gold Hill News
Drafting
the Donkeyite Dream Team
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 5-23-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 5-25 and 5-26-2017
In
Memoriam
Seattle,
Wash. (5-22-2017) — Former Reno-Sparks NAACP President and Nevada
civil rights legend Eddie
B. Scott is dead.
His
family informs us that he was a victim of cancer. He was in his 80s.
A memorial service is tentatively targeted for Reno in June. Watch this
site for more information as it develops. Eddie ventured out on the
front lines when such temerity could (and often did) get people killed.
May the great man rest in peace knowing that he did his work so admirably
well.
HOT-WIRED
(and wireless) STRIKE
AT&T Wireless,
Wireline and DIRECTV workers walk off the job
After AT&T
refuses to present serious proposals by deadline, three-day strike hits
dozens of cities.
First-ever AT&T wireless strike could close many retail stores this
weekend.
"Frustrated
over the lack of progress in contract talks, more than 17,000 AT&T
union members
in California and Nevada walked off their jobs on Friday."
Los
Angeles Times / 5-19-2017
Trumping
Reagan's television rules
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 5-16-2017 Sparks Tribune
Bench
warrants and G-forces
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 5-9-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 5-10-2017 GMT
On
Cinco de Mayo,
2012, at Barrio Logan, the Navy cargo ship U.S.N.S. César
Chávez was christened.
(©ourtesy of Dennis
Myers' Daily Almanac)
¡Viva
Chávez!
César
Chávez Celebration XVI
/ Celebración
de César Chávez XVI
Saturday
31 March 2018
/ Sabado
31 de Marzo 2018
Highlights
from the record-breaking 2017 event at Circus Circus Reno
May
Day for Labor Day
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 5-2-2017 Sparks Tribune
/ Updated 5-3 and 5-4-2017 GMT
Happy
Labor Day everywhere in the world save the USA. Join the demonstration
in your town.
Be
well. Raise hell. / Esté bien. Haga infierno. (Pardon
my Spanglish.)
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Trump'll
shake 'em up
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 4-25-2017 Sparks Tribune
Busted
at the Legislature
Fear
& Loathing @ the Ledge
Barbwire
by Andrew Barbáno
/ Expanded from the 4-18-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated 4-20, 4-21, 4-22,
4-23, 4-25 and 4-28-2017.
Expansions in blue;
much more to follow; stay tuned.
60
Revenging Rakkasans
Barbwire
by Barbáno / Expanded from the 4-11-2017 Sparks Tribune
On
April 4, 1968, the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., 39,
was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn. (NY
Times)
¡Viva
Chávez!
César
Chávez Celebration XVI
/ Celebración
de César Chávez XVI
Saturday
31 March 2018
/ Sabado
31 de Marzo 2018
Highlights
from the record-breaking 2017 event at Circus Circus Reno
Halls
of Fame and Glory
Barbwire
by Andres Luis Barbáno / Expanded from the 4-4-2017 Sparks Tribune
Listen to the man himself / entravista
con César Chávez
SPECIAL
BULLETIN 31 March 2017 (U-News) — An archival interview
with César
Chávez
will air this evening on the Sacramento/Lake
Tahoe/Reno-Sparks-Carson City NPR Radio station 90.5-fm
| 91.3-fm Stockton/Modesto | 88.1-fm Quincy. It was recorded
when César
Chávez
and more than 10,000 marchers arrived in Sacramento. They
included Nevada César Chávez
Day stalwarts Mary Valencia
Wilson, Maria Zamora and José
Refugio Rubio Avalos.
Times: 7:00 p.m. PDT/10:00 p.m. EDT/02:00 GMT/SUT. Spread
the word. ¡Sí
se puede!
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The
César
Chávez Long March
by Reno artist Erik Holland
The
original watercolor was displayed for several years
in the Nevada Legislature offices of Sen. (now Congressman)
Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas, prime sponsor of the 2009
César Chávez Day bill.
Copyright
© 2009 Erik Holland. All rights reserved.
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On
March 31, 1927, César Chávez
was born near Yuma, Arizona.
On this date in 2017, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval was
timely for once and declared today César
Chávez Day
in the Silver State. Although invited, he did not attend this
week's annual celebration. Hope springs eternal for March 31,
2018, at Circus Circus in Reno.
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César
Chávez Celebration XV
/ XV
Celebración del día de César
Chávez
Wednesday
29 March 2017
/ Miércoles
Marzo 29, 2017
2017
info and highlights from the record-breaking 2016 event at Circus Circus
Reno
Washoe County Commission proclaims
César Chávez Day / del dia de César Chávez
2017
Sponsorship
and Online Ticket Purchase Information
Boletos
e información
In
search of César Chávez
Barbwire
by Andres Luis Barbáno / Expanded from the 3-28-2017 Sparks Tribune
CWA
wins California/Nevada strike at AT&T
By
Samantha Masunaga / Los Angeles Times 3-23-2017
Not
necessarily news
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-21-2017 Sparks Tribune
Workers
make a housecall on their congressman
Amodei opposes current Trumpcare
proposal
Death
Panels, Part Deux
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-14-2017 Sparks Tribune
NEW
— World-class
inaugural inductee to Nevada Musicians Hall of Fame announced
Positively
negative
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 3-7-2017 Sparks Tribune /
Updated 3-9 and 3-12-2017
In
memoriam
DEBRA
JOYCE DONLEVY
16 January 1959 — 4 March 1978
Rural
Nevada is a very dangerous place should you ever need medical
attention — and nothing
has changed in four decades. January
16, 1959, brought the births of Debra Joyce Donlevy/Carson High
'77 (1959-1978) and Donna Leslie Cline (1959-1999).
Their
youth was cut in twain on the same night in 1978
within the loneliness of the High Desert Outback of the American
Dream. They made much of the little time they were given. Remember
them fondly.
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Equal
Rights Betrayal
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-28-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated
3-1, 3-3, 3-6 and 3-8-2017
First
woman Teamsters CEO re-elected to new term
Recall
in Tesla County moves ahead
18:18
GMT 2-24-2017 / 6:18 PST 2-23-2017 (Barbwire
Confidential U-News) — A petition to recall Storey County
Sheriff Gerald Cook Antinoro was certified today. [MORE]
Reidless
or Rudderless?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-21-2017 Sparks Tribune / Updated
2-22-2017
Kate
Smith & Lady Gaga
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-14-2017 Sparks Tribune
/ Updated 2-16, 2-17 and 2-21-2017
Feliz
al dia de Santo Valentino
On
Feb. 11, 1960, sixty members of the NAACP appeared
at the doors of the whites-only Hawthorne, Nev., casino, the El Capitan,
and were refused entry. [Poor
Denny's Almanac]
Go
Trump Yourself
23:18
GMT 2-9-2017 (Info from Reuters via Las Vegas Review-Journal,
comments via Barbwire)
— A U.S. federal appeals court (made up of three so-called judges)
on Thursday unanimously upheld a temporary suspension of President Donald
Trump’s order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority
countries. Stay tuned.
Be
well. Raise hell. / Esté bien. Haga infierno. (Pardon
my Spanglish.)
"The preconditions
are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald
Trump could use to set the country down a path toward
illiberalism....Those citizens who fantasize about defying
tyranny from within fortified compounds have never understood
how liberty is actually threatened in a modern bureaucratic
state: not by diktat and violence, but by the slow, demoralizing
process of corruption and deceit. And the way that liberty
must be defended is not with amateur firearms, but with
an unwearying insistence upon the honesty, integrity,
and professionalism of American institutions and those
who lead them. We are living through the most dangerous
challenge to the free government of the United States
that anyone alive has encountered. What happens
next is up to you and me. Don’t be afraid. This moment
of danger can also be your finest hour as a citizen and
an American." (Emphasis added.)
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The
Gorsuch Nonesuch: Poison Annie's Revenge
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-7-2017 Sparks Tribune
