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Oxnard Airport, Dec 2009

Thought for the Minute

Hell is waiting. But it's a dry heat.

Punishment

Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, "I’ve lost my electron."
The other asks, "Are you sure?"
The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive.”

Q&A

How many Federal employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Sorry, that item has been cut from the budget!

Not Really That Old News

The FDA Is Out to Lunch

The Food and Drug Administration, the federal agency charged with protecting our health, is a miserable failure—OnEarth.org

Low wages and high unemployment are paralyzing the global economy

The race to become "competitive" by lowering wages is killing us—The Real News

Fact check: Mitt Romney's convention speech

We're not calling him a liar, but...—CBS News

Your networth has tanked. Thank a Republican

Their "Get Obama at any cost" tactics have made our economic position far worse—AFL-CIO

Pennsylvania's Voter Suppression Laws

ACLU, others argue Pennsylvania's new photo ID law could thwart a million potential voters—McClatchy

Americans know squat about military spending

Americans are consistently misinformed about the amount we spend on the military--and many don't like the truth when they hear it.—Alternet

New Media - but Familiar Lack of Diversity

Women, people of color still marginalized online—FAIR

It's the Inequality, Stupid

Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America.—Mother Jones

Whistling Past the Wreckage of Civil Liberties

Watchdogs slept through a decade of civil rights rollbacks—FAIR

Americans Don't Realize Just How Badly We're Getting Screwed by the Top 0.1 Percent Hoarding the Country's Wealth

With an unprecedented sum of wealth held within the top one-tenth of one percent of the US population, we now have the most severe inequality of wealth in US history.—Amped Status

People We Know

imamanga

Ima to Eien ni - Now and Forever: the comic

OblivionInk

Anime-style art from Ryan Bunter

Spage Age Polymers

The Facebook page

Always Thinking

Ted Talks

Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world

Health, Nutrition, Environment

Health Insurance

Concerned about your health insurance?—http://californiaonecare.org/

Global Warming: Really?

Complete with colorful graphs—InformationIsBeautiful.net

Start a Farmer's Market!

Can't find a farmers market near you? Here's a gude from the USDA

Nutrition Wonderland

An In-Depth Gudie to the World of Nutrition

Center for Food Safety

Promoting sustainable agriculture for health and envronment

eFoodAlert Blog

A daily digest of international outbreaks, alerts and food safety news

Food Safety News

Web-based newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety

Union of Concerned Scientists

Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions

Visit the Links Archive

Upcoming Events (click here)

http://www.venturacountyfair.org/pages/3441/ Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 through Sunday, August 11th, 2013

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Farmers Markets

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Ventura River Trail

805-653.1894

311 West Park Row, ventura ca

ventura, CA

This protected bike trail goes from Ventura to Ojai and passes some interesting views. You can rent bikes at Ventura Bike Depot on Main and Olive.

Map

Channel Islands Harbor Farmers Market

805-6985-4852

3600 S Harbor Bl

Oxnard, CA 93030

Hours:

10am - 2pm

Map

Camarillo Old Town

805-386-3584

2220 Ventura Bl

Camarillo, CA

Hours:

8am - 12 noon

Map

Thousand Oaks Farmers Market

Oaks Shopping Center

Thousand Oaks, CA

Hours:

1:30pm - 6:00pm

Map

Oxnard Plaza Park Farmer Market

5th & C St

Oxnard, CA

Hours:

10am - 1pm

Map

Newbury Park Farmers Market

Teller Road & Hillcrest Drive

Newbury Park, CA

Hours:

8:00am - 2:00pm

Map

Ventura Wednesday Farmers Market

805-529-6266

Santa Clara & Palm

Ventura, CA

Hours:

8:30am - 12 (noon)

Map

Thursday Main and California Market

805-652-2089

Main & California

Ventura, CA

Hours:

5pm - 8:30pm

Map