Branson Hunter
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Johnson Valley News 7/26/2019 5 months, 3 weeks ago
So too are they unusual events electrical outages in unincorporated 29 and other areas in the MB. Seems each rainfall the grid goes down in patchwork throughout the areas.
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Censorship At high Desert Publishing 6 months, 1 week ago
The following Comment is written by Branson Hunter.
This entire opinion piece is bullshit. The DT and HDS allowing mostly unfiltered comments. This complainer only post a few comments. He would have you believe he was a legitimate commenter for a year. The only agenda this troll has is to sow discontent.
Rebuttal to “Censorship At high Desert (…[Read more]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Power outages affecting thousands of customers in the Morongo Basin 6 months, 1 week ago
Update: Most of Yucca Valley, Flamingo Heights, and Landers have been without power most of the night from outages in the Morongo Basin. According to Southern California Edison. Z107.7
Channel 3 Updated: Jul 1 […]
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Rebuttal to "Censorship At high Desert (sic) Publishing" 6 months, 1 week ago
I recognize you haven’t pulled the story yet. Thanks for the courtesy. Overall you have been very fair these nearly two decades about free speech for all sides. And I continue to honor you for that.
You are wrong on this Dan. I think there is a place here for a defense of the paper. It is not about Branson Hunter. I suggest I go back and edit the…[Read more]
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Rebuttal to "Censorship At high Desert (sic) Publishing" 6 months, 1 week ago
Hi Dan.
If I have a voice this is what I hope for:
My post is NOT a comment. It is a REBUTTAL article not a routine “Tit for tat” comment. It is a serious article that should see daylight in the same prominence as the original Feature opinion piece.
By keeping my article as a feature it will not get buried in comments. I think most people don’t…[Read more]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Rebuttal to "Censorship At high Desert (sic) Publishing" 6 months, 1 week ago
Adam Baum was booted out of The Hi-Desert Star and Desert Trail for aimless profanity and unprecedented off-topic personal attacks.
He refused to agree to the paper’s Terms and Conditions of Use, but he posted […]
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Johnson Valley News 7/12/2019 6 months, 1 week ago
Traffic dangering telephone poles are okay alongside the highway, yet here in our rural backyard a little red sign that has been there for years is a menace? That is all part of our rural area, and that sign is a part of the scenic route designation we all would like to see happen. Many people don’t know exactly where they are until they see the…[Read more]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Over 350K Facebook users signed on to 'storm' Area 51 6 months, 1 week ago
It’s not so irrational that people want to know some of the many secrets Area 51 holds.
“Today” reported early this morning (ET 1:29 am) that over 379,000 people have signed on to a Facebook ev […]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Six Earthquake Myths Debunked 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Your pet may act strange during earthquakes
That does not mean it knows an earthquake is coming.
According to the Seismological Society of America, there is no strong evidence behind the claim that cats, […]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Huh? Supermarkets testing technology that would give retail cashiers the boot? 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Image-recognition software is the future. The link below introduces the reader to what is being applied in other countries. It is our future. Is it much to do about nothing? This is an interesting-educational […]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Assm. Obernolte: Gas taxes vs. failing infrastructure 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Gas taxes went up an additional 5.6 cents on July 1st, making our state home to the highest gas taxes in the entire country. You’d expect that with all that tax revenue, Californians would be driving on some of […]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, 7.1 Earthquake strikes near Ridgecrest again! 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Confirmed USGS 6.9 USGS 7.1 quake. Same fault line, same general area. Clusters of quakes taking place in the area. The quake swayed homesteads in unincorporated Twentynine Palms. This quake was felt in Nev […]
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Board Waxed…. Narley Ride….. It’s Land Surfing.
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, 6.4 Earthquake rocks SoCal, felt in 29 Palms Desert Heights 6 months, 2 weeks ago
I felt it while while seated at my computer. First thoughts: I was dizzy, then the house slightly swayed. I quickly took Jasper (big-big dog) and went outside.
Reports from call in witnesses to CNN repo […]
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Happy Independence Day 6 months, 2 weeks ago
This is the time to celebrate Independence Day, and our insatiable appetite for freedom and democracy. It is the time to celebrate the judicial and congressional equal branches of government. Are we all united in this goal?
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Assemblyman Obernolte: Ballot transparency bill gutted re tax increases 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Transparency is a vital part of ensuring government accountability. Unfortunately, some lawmakers disagree. A Senator from San Francisco just gutted and amended a bill that would repeal a measure I authored i […]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Wow! U.S. Military (active, former, retired) Receive Free Tram Admission throughout July! 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
During the entire month of July, all U.S. military personnel with valid military identification—active, former and retired—receive complimentary admission to the Palm Springs Aer […]
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Well I know what we’re going to do this month…. Thanks for the story Ben…..
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, Dan Walters: Does spending more on schools pay off? 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The inescapable point is that money is clearly not the only factor in educational outcomes, and perhaps not even the most important one. With virtually stagnant enrollment, California has increased overall […]
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, It's official, the expressway to an increase in local property taxes is in motion 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Isn’t John Cole the guy who voted for the 29 Palms municipal bond debt for the Project Phoenix’s slush fund. That venture costed 29 taxpayers 30 years of debt with zero to show for it. Yes former councilmember Cole voted for that. And he Mr. Cole surely voted to foist another school tax bond debt stacked on the existing school bond property tax…[Read more]
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Branson Hunter wrote a new post, It's official, the expressway to an increase in local property taxes is in motion 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Morongo Unified School District last night voted to set into motion the first procedural step toward a proposed property tax increase for Morongo Basin property owners and homeowners.
Z107.7 is the first […]
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Isn’t John Cole the guy who voted for the 29 Palms municipal bond debt for the Project Phoenix’s slush fund. That venture costed 29 taxpayers 30 years of debt with zero to show for it. Yes former councilmember Cole voted for that. And he Mr. Cole surely voted to foist another school tax bond debt stacked on the existing school bond property tax debt.
WOW four Assistant Superintendents. That’s like having four generals for one battalion of troops.
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Branson Hunter commented on the post, Carnegie SVRA under threat! 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Beautiful area.
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What I would prefer is to keep this argument in one thread. Either I go in and add this story as a comment to the original story or you do it. I think we have all grown past tit for tat stories.
Hi Dan.
If I have a voice this is what I hope for:
My post is NOT a comment. It is a REBUTTAL article not a routine “Tit for tat” comment. It is a serious article that should see daylight in the same prominence as the original Feature opinion piece.
By keeping my article as a feature it will not get buried in comments. I think most people don’t read comments. Maybe experienced reader, but not all readers.
I don’t think politics should be any sort of factor in pulling the story, if it is at all.
Cactus Thorns is your creation. It has survived for two decades of reporting local opinions, news and local stories. We have tried to keep to quasi-journalistic standards.
I would hope that as a feature the community is better informed regarding the allegations and the rebuttal to those allegations.
Is there a priority in downsizing my story to comments? What is the harm in keeping it as a feature? It’s not like CT has a bunch of contributors and feature space is limited.
I’m hoping you respond to this before pulling the story.
Both of these rants are what they are. Back biting should be kept to a minimum. I thought we got past all these personal attacks.
Lets put it this way…. If I am personally accused by the likes of the Desert trail crew as the author of either of these diatribes I will not be a happy camper. I am just the vehicle of free speech.
I recognize you haven’t pulled the story yet. Thanks for the courtesy. Overall you have been very fair these nearly two decades about free speech for all sides. And I continue to honor you for that.
You are wrong on this Dan. I think there is a place here for a defense of the paper. It is not about Branson Hunter. I suggest I go back and edit the rebuttal story.
I don’t know this this entity that posted a few comments in the paper. Once maybe twice I brought to this cyber entity’s attention that the paper had rules.
The entity was actually amusing because he just let go with profanity and attacks all over the place. Then after a few posts he was gone like a desert wind passing through.
That’s it.
Do I care about the entity’s politics? No. The DT or HDS booted him because his comments were taken by the paper as racist…that’s what the entity wrote.
It’s all your call Dan. A re-edit may be a better approach.
Well it looks like two of my favorite people are at one another throats, so the blog suffers.
I learned along time ago that pissing into the wind only gets your shoes wet.
Oh and by the way…. the Web site is for my enjoyment. Comments come when there are things to actually comment on. Two guys throwing rocks at one another is not a reason to a reader to enter the fray,….. You two want to club the shit out of each other does not mean anyone else gives a shit. Just an observation…..
Adam you do owe me 3 good stories for the blog gods…. Get to typing.
Who knows what my readers care about…… It’s still is no holds barred. Its your soup, you stir the pot.