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in August of 1987
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Dastardly dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-30-2014 Sparks TribuneHopeful High Holly Days: Heroes big and small
Big Daddy Chuck Harper, 1934-2014
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-23-2014 Sparks TribuneBreaking Bad 5: Machine Gun Michele and the good ole boys
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-16-2014 Sparks TribuneBreaking Bad 4: Ira & his ammosexuals flip us the finger
Hansen places his puppets in top slots but still controls the lower house.
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-9-2014 Sparks Tribune
Walter White and some other white guy
Breaking Bad 3: Ira, the guv and the dragonslayers
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-2-2014 Sparks TribuneBreaking Bad Part Deux: Ira blames the Tribune
Barbwire by Barbano / Submitted for publication 11-21-2014 / Expanded from the 11-25-2014 Daily Sparks Tribune
On 11-24-1874, barbed wire was patented.BREAKING BAD 11-23-2014—>Hansen resigns as Nevada State Assembly Speaker
Outing new Nevada Assembly Speaker Ira Hansen
Follytix '15: From Topless Campaign to Breaking Bad
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-18-2014 Daily Sparks TribuneBarbano outs Ira on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV show
____________________________________
Voting, gloating, loathing and scapegoating
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-11-2014 Daily Sparks Tribune
If
you voted early, this will make you regret it
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 11-4-2014 Daily Sparks Tribune
Follytix
'14: Year of the Topless Campaign
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-28-2014 Sparks Tribune
Happy
150th Birthday, Ms. Nevada
Nevada
Day Required Reading
The
Lady in the Red Dress
The Barbwire's classic Nevada Day column written
in 1983
The compleat history of the Silver
State in 500 words
SO
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Sparks
Tribune 10-31-2013
and previously
Barbwire:
Nevada not really a state
No,
we were not Battle Born in Kenya
Top
10 reasons Nevada lives in the 19th Century
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-17-2013 Sparks Tribune
Cheap
thrills: Sex banned in Gomorrah South
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-14-2014 Sparks Tribune
Education
Dysfunction Part L—>
True
confessions from the back of the bus
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-7-2014 Sparks Tribune
Education
Dysfunction Part XLIX—>
We don't need no education: Leaks
R Us
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-30-2014 Sparks Tribune
Can
megaresorts scam Tesla-style freebies?
EXTRA—>READ
ALL ABOUT IT: Barbwire scoops Reno Gazette-Journal by 2 years on flammable NVEnergy
fire meters
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-23-2014 Sparks Tribune
Education
Dysfunction Part XLVIII—>
St.
Elon, Lord Pedro and Gov. Veto El Obtúsè
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-16-2014 Sparks Tribune
9-23
CRYSTAL BALL UPDATE: The above column accurately predicted Supt. Martinez's
departure one week in advance
Tinkle-down
economics: testing Tesla's testes
Theft
of Washoe Med/Renown provides cautionary tale
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-9-2014 Sparks Tribune
Education
Dysfunction Part XLVII—>
Door-to-door
salesmen and stoner stores
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 9-4-2014
Labor
Day 2014: Red, white and screwed
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 8-28-2014
Sexy
scandals, whitewashes & black towers
Media overlook federal sex/race/ethnicity
investigation into Washoe County School District
Meanwhile,
big money is spent strictly on abstinence
State panel to review militarization of police departments
In Nevada visit, new Veterans Administration boss proves
all jobs require training
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks
Tribune / 8-21-2014
Education
Dysfunction Part XLV—>
Bringing
serious heat well into the night
Nevadans host moment of silence for Missouri police shooting victim Michael
Brown
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 8-14-2014
Education
Dysfunction Part XLIV—>
Pots
and Kettles: Can't we all get along?
BREAKING
NEWS: WCSD Vice-President Dave Aiazzi has announced that he has been diagnosed
with leukemia and will be resigning by the end of September.
Remember him with healing thoughts and prayers.
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 8-7-2014
Education
Dysfunction Part XLIII—>
Playing
the race card for profit and peril
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 7-31-2014
Education
Dysfunction Part XLII—>
We
don't need no education or Pedro, either
Reno-Sparks-Washoe
school boss fired and unfired
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the Sparks Tribune / 7-24-2014
How
to assassinate Medicare and Medicaid
Health
Savings Accounts: The insurance industry's Trojan Horse
Reno
Gazette-Journal / 7-19-2014
Migrant
laborers: Your folks and refugee kids
What
do broke Baby Boomers and Central American refugee children have in common?
The future of the U.S. workforce.
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-17-2014 Sparks Tribune
A
cold shower for the NY Times Tesla gusher
40
years in the wilderness: Study says Silver State on downhill slide since 1970
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-10-2014 Sparks Tribune
Ask
Hobby Lobby to take in refugee kids
So
five uptight old Catholic guys in grim reaper robes don't like contraception.
Wonder if they thought that way back in college?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-3-2014 Sparks Tribune
The
Status Quo Ante versus the Status Quo Uncle
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-26-2014 Sparks Tribune
Barbano on statewide Nevada Newsmakers show
Tesla
plants PR slants to get into the public's pants
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-19-2014 Sparks Tribune
Nevada
follytix '14 still played under 1952 TV rules
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-12-2014 Sparks Tribune
Nevada's
righteous ayatollahs arise once again
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-5-2014 Sparks Tribune
When
your enemy is destroying himself, never interfere
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-29-2014 Sparks Tribune
Barbara
Bennett, Erik Holland and Václav Havel
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-22-2014 Sparks Tribune
Stabbing
rock-sucking kangaroos on the Ides of May
Reno
Gazette-Journal blatantly manipulates mayoral contest
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-15-2014 Sparks Tribune
Negative
Optimism:
Making the best of being worst
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-8-2014 Sparks Tribune
Mayday!
Taxes smolder while citizens do slow
burn
May
Day in Reno, D-Day for teachers' union tax petition
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-1-2014 Sparks Tribune
Revolution,
evolution, devolution & truth dilution
Also:
Labor leader Joe Assalone dies
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-24-2014 Sparks Tribune
Making
the best of an inbred situation
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-17-2014 Sparks Tribune
The
Obamacare Bitcoin online vote exchange
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-10-2014 Sparks Tribune
In
search of the modern day Barbara Bennett
Barbwire
by Barbano / Substantially expanded from the
4-3-2014 Sparks Tribune
Bob
McGowan, Miss America and César Chávez
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-27-2014 Sparks Tribune
2014
Nevada Press Association Award Winner
We Don't Need No Education XXXVIII—>
The politics of media ga-ga boosterism
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-20-2014 Sparks Tribune
We
Don't Need No Education XXXVII
Follytix
'14: If you don't laugh, you'll cry
BREAKING
NEWS: State illegally uses tax money vs. teacher tax vote
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-13-2014 Sparks Tribune
Campaign
2014: An expensive comedy act
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-6-2014 Sparks Tribune
Shirl
Elliker: Nevada loses an honorable man
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-27-2014 Sparks Tribune
We
Don't Need No Education XXXVI —>
Education:
The cure spawns an even worse disease
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-20-2014 Sparks Tribune
Fold
your favorite charity, then go thank yourself
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-13-2014 Sparks Tribune
Lying
means never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
2-6-2014 Sparks Tribune
We
Don't Need No Education: Time to give up?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
1-30-2014 Sparks Tribune
Justice:
Just another word for nothing left to lose
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
1-23-2014 Sparks Tribune
All
the news you wish you didn't need to know
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
1-16-2014 Sparks Tribune
Can
Amazon drones deliver healthy cigarettes?
Lotsa
laughs, César Chávez Celebration XII, Jello Biafra, 3 obits, the
campaign to elect Don Dondero to the Nevada Press Assn. Hall of Fame + Barbwire.TV.
So what's not to like?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
1-9-2014 Sparks Tribune
Solar-powered
insurance drones from hell
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
1-2-2014 Sparks Tribune
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Warring
tribes battle the great black whale
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-26-2013 Sparks Tribune
2013:
Unlucky number for an ugly year
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-19-2013 Sparks Tribune
They
don't do anything until somebody dies
UNR
and downtown Reno theater firetraps show how little was learned from the infamous
Las Vegas Hilton and MGM disasters
Remembering Sen. Joe
Neal's landmark high-rise fire sprinkler law
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-12-2013 Sparks Tribune
Lamenting
the loss of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
12-5-2013 Sparks Tribune
Reader
beware of what's not really there
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-28-2013 Sparks Tribune
John
F. Kennedy's 2014 Inaugural Address
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-21-2013 Sparks Tribune
Remembering
another local school murder
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-14-2013 Sparks Tribune
UPDATES: Peggy Pierce memorial service and I-80 road construction deaths
The
bloody guns of October fire on November
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
11-7-2013 Sparks Tribune
Nevada
Day Required Reading
The
Lady in the Red Dress
The Barbwire's classic Nevada Day column written
in 1983
The compleat history of the Silver
State in 500 words
SO
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Sparks
Tribune 10-31-2013
and previously
Let's
persuade Apple to start making i-Guns here
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-24-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbano
on the Barbwire plots new TV season
Barbwire
Special Web Edition / 10-21-2013
Barbwire:
Nevada not really a state
No,
we were not Battle Born in Kenya
Top
10 reasons Nevada lives in the 19th Century
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-17-2013 Sparks Tribune
USA
at crossroads:
New Deal or new
Confederacy?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-10-2013 Sparks Tribune
UPDATE—>Bill Moyers:
Shutdown is simply secession by other means
Sex,
sports and rock 'n' roll dept.
Moneyball: Invest in texting, tweeting & twerking
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
10-3-2013 Sparks Tribune
Just
like old times: UN,R and Hot August Nights
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-26-2013 Sparks Tribune
How
to play pro ball and be cruel to your school
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-19-2013 Sparks Tribune
For
sale: The American way of life — and death
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
9-12-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbwire
more than a decade ahead of the curve—>
The
campaign against forcibly paid obituaries
Muhammad
Ali & Sir David Frost faced off here
Barbwire
memories of two superstars
Barbwire by
Barbano / Expanded from the
9-5-2013 Sparks Tribune
Reno
City Council again rolls over for Waste Management
Workers,
ratepayers, taxpayers & competitors all harmed, as usual
Barbano: Two monopolies for the price of one
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review / 9-5-2013
Lawnmower
Man, bladerunners and smoke eaters
Demonstrators
at Reno Federal Courthouse deserve combat pay
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-29-2013 Sparks Tribune
 |
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, TONTO? All participants in the demonstration were reminded that breathing is both voluntary and optional. There is no requirement forcing anyone to inhale Reno's foul forest-fired air. (Photo courtesy of L. Martina Young / APoeticBody.com) |
Reno
rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the fabled 1963
March for Jobs and Freedom
10 a.m.–12 noon Saturday, 24 August 2013, Bruce Thompson
Federal Courthouse, S. Virginia & Liberty streets
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-22-2013 Sparks Tribune
We
don't need no education, Part 24
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-22-2013 Sparks Tribune
Web
extra — Bill O'Reilly's
sex education
Reno
Gazette-Journal / 8-16-2013
A
quarter century of Barbwire, part deux
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-15-2013 Sparks Tribune
Barbwire:
25 years before the masthead
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-8-2013 Sparks Tribune
Visitors:
Is America still tough enough?
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
8-1-2013 Sparks Tribune
The
presence of all colors gives you black
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-25-2013 Sparks Tribune
Bagging
black bucks in the Gunshine State
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-18-2013 Sparks Tribune
|
The Dean's List The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites. Barbwire Nominee Guy Richardson elected to Nevada Press Assn. Hall of Fame on first try
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Barbwire Nominee Guy Richardson elected to Nevada Press Assn. Hall of Fame on first try |
Blogging
with the rabble on the Tower of Babel
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-11-2013 Sparks Tribune
Death
panels hard at work right here in River City
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
7-4-2013 Sparks Tribune
Clarence
Thomas, Little Anthony & the Imperials
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-27-2013 Sparks Tribune
Rosy
the poll dancer's destructive seduction
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-20-2013 Sparks Tribune
Googling
for liquid Romanian castanets
Other
than doing our laundry, what should we do about
Big Brother peeking into our collective lace undies?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-13-2013 Sparks Tribune
Enron
II: Nevada's Battle-Born Toxic Event
Indigence
and indigestion from ingestion of Warren Buffett's buffet
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
6-6-2013 Sparks Tribune
2014
Nevada Press Association Award Winner
The
2013 looney tunes legislative lexicon
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-30-2013 Sparks Tribune
MAY
29: Sen. Harry Reid Keynotes Path to Citizenship Public Assembly
Little Flower Church / Kietzke and E. Plumb Ln. / Reno, NV
Details
in the May 23 Barbwire—>
Longing
for the wisdom of the grateful dead
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-23-2013 Sparks Tribune / Updated 6-1-2013
Star-stuck:
Dirty deals for dirty movies
Ghostrider
Nicolas Cage sticks it to Nevada school kids
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-16-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Mr.
Wynnderful waxes wealthier whilst we wither
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
5-9-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
The
asinine assassination of KJFK talk radio
The
Travus 'n' Andy Show's last chance
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded
from the
5-2-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
4-28-2013
National
Workers Memorial
Day of the Dead
You're
not worth much dead or alive
Impose
the death penalty on companies
knowingly causing worker fatalities
Do
you think your life is worth more than $566 a year?
Barbwire by Barbano
/ Expanded from the
4-25-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
UPDATED
5-7-2013 with Robert Reich commentary
Gov.
Sandoval's $3 million New York State of Mind
New
Nevada ad campaign slips
on a sideways banana
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
Sunday 4-21-2013 Reno Gazette-Journal
Portions
of the above also appeared in the 4-10-2013 RGJ and the 4-18-2013 Reno News
& Review
2014
Nevada Press Association Award Winner
Hopelessly
trying to win an earthquake
I
publicly wept when they looked at me.
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-18-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Sitting
ducks in Sparks as storks stalk Carson
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-11-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
César
Chávez's fight continues
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
4-4-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Fixing
education: The bulldozer solution
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-28-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Gov.
Sandoval, César Chávez and the Grateful Dead
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-21-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Papa
Francisco Primero: ¡Viva La Revolución!
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the
3-14-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Petition
pondering & pandering:
Just Say No, a Nevada tradition
CLINGING TO THE LEDGE—>Do the Nancy
Reagan thing
Just
say no and invalidate term limits and right-to-work-for-less in the process
Barbwire by Barbano / Special Online Abstinence Edition / 3-5-2013
An
edited and updated version appeared in the 3-7-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
The
brutal law of unintended consequences
Between the devil and the deep Joe Neal
Long-lost
research may invalidate more than 100 longstanding Nevada laws
IRONY ALERT—>New
higher electoral standard for teachers' tax petition may generate more support
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-28-2013 Daily Sparks Tribune
Barbano back on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV/radio program
