<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mendocino Community by Marc Tager]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mendocino Community by Marc Tager]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/seedsofinsecurity</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:27:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mendocino-community-by-marc-tager.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Seeds of (in)Security: Maps that Matter: From “Food Desert” to Food Apartheid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Food deserts aren’t natural—they’re mapped by policy. Neighborhoods saturated with fast food and liquor stores, yet miles from a grocery, aren’t accidents of geography. They’re the result of decades of decisions that decide who eats well and who struggles to eat at all.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/seeds-of-in-security-maps-that-matter-from-food-desert-to-food-apartheid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f7654ce789aa300a4771af</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:11:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_57bbd812aa874c429ff915c5c577f250~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_961,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red, You and Blue: The Scam that is Killing America]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reckoning is coming, red or blue, both rot the soul of this nation. Dussel warned us: comfort breeds decay, and truth spares no hypocrite.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/red-you-and-blue-the-scam-that-is-killing-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6903c1cb07f57e482084f9bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Media Ethics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:23:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_70f0314b2ef047d9895d14c39a76dc70~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_612,h_506,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeds of (in)Security: The Checkout Cliff: Why Benefits Don’t Always Equal Meals]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first post on Food Insecurity in the richest country in the world. This one touches on how the amount provided by benefits like SNAP are only a drop in the bucket for need. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/seeds-of-in-security-the-checkout-cliff-why-benefits-don-t-always-equal-meals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f76d06e789aa300a4781b2</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Quest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food Insecurity]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:23:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_e45baa87b43f4f25b3fa59cf24010950~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_764,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeds of (in)Security: California’s Abundance Paradox: Why the Hands That Feed Us Go Hungry]]></title><description><![CDATA[I. Introduction: Two Californias The cold arrives before the sun in the Central Valley, a damp chill that seeps through layers of worn clothing. It is 4:30 a.m. In a small, overcrowded house just outside of Fresno, Elena pulls on a pair of stiff work boots, her movements quiet so as not to wake her two children. Outside, the headlights of a labor contractor’s van cut through the darkness, one of dozens fanning out across the sleeping landscape to collect the hands that will harvest the...]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/seeds-pf-in-security-california-s-abundance-paradox-why-the-hands-that-feed-us-go-hungry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f76498e789aa300a477018</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:47:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_0f48b3df286c4bf4977dab3ba50990c2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prop 50 ~ Swallow the Salty Hypocrisy ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ll be the first to admit it: I’ve flip flopped on California’s Proposition 50. Not because I suddenly found religion in partisan politics or fell under the orange glow of Trump’s tan. No, it’s because Prop 50 shines a bright, unfiltered light on something most people don’t like to acknowledge. It’s not about fairness. It’s about power. Always has been. Always will be. The Gerrymandering Game ... Trump Didn’t Invent This If you listen to the prevailing narrative, you’d think Donald Trump...]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/prop-50-~-swallow-the-salty-hypocrisy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f4160ca2a44301b290047b</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:04:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_3a2ac8aad9184c7a885eb43def33fa48~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_909,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red vs. Blue Is a Lie: Both Parties Are Selling You Orwell’s Nightmare]]></title><description><![CDATA[They told Germans censorship was “For Your Protection.” Today, both parties chant the same lie. Like Nazi propaganda, our freedoms are stripped under slogans of safety, proof that Orwell’s 1984 isn’t fiction, it’s policy. I am an equal opportunity hater. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/red-vs-blue-is-a-lie-both-parties-are-selling-you-orwell-s-nightmare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dd8cb3938dc83f538fa30a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:45:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_f19b0e0288354c0b985c7e1ffeb42c53~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_504,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witch, Please: How Rumors Still Run the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Witch, please… think before you share. We don’t bother checking facts anymore, we just let talking heads and algorithms spoon-feed us truth. And honestly? Most of the people on my feed are guilty of it. Yeah, I’m calling you out. Sharing memes like gospel doesn’t make you informed, it makes you part of the problem. From Salem to cancel culture, suspicion has always burned trust faster than truth heals. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/witch-please-how-rumors-still-run-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cca437860daee44b30c98d</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:46:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_e9ab4be81e2845d88760e839d80101b8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Unshackled: Is the U.S. Prison System Broken or Designed This Way?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, I believed the system that held me was broken. From the inside, it felt like a chaotic, dysfunctional machine, chewing up lives through incompetence and neglect. It was a narrative of failure, of a good idea—justice—gone horribly wrong. But the deeper I dig, the more I speak with experts, and the more I confront the history of this nation, the more I’m forced to ask a more unsettling question: What if the system isn’t broken at all? What if it’s working exactly as intended? This is...]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/justice-unshackled-is-the-u-s-prison-system-broken-or-designed-this-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cb1f1d4e0e4df68a78783b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:51:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper Bedfellows: Love and Lies ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think my muse finally showed up, probably drunk and late, carrying a suitcase full of lies. Funny how fear makes us lie prettier and call it love. Then we swear it’s “authentic” while hiding the receipts. I unpacked this twisted tango in my latest post—read it and rip it apart. If you don’t, the lies win.

#SpicyTruth #LoveVsFear #BlogConfessions]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/proper-bedfellows-love-and-lies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c33f32e0f1c98e01af64f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:39:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_fb318b9b8df94a4bbacc5ed2e57b6327~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favoritism Is a Leadership Cancer: Your Double Standards Are Showing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think your boss is a leader? Think hard friend. Real leaders don’t play favorites or throw teammates under the bus to save face. If your workplace runs on whispers, double standards, or “special treatment,” it’s not high-functioning it’s fractured. Time to question the crown. You don't know now you know!]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/favoritism-is-a-leadership-cancer-your-double-standards-are-showing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687025ec57cc2148d1fada36</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:50:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_8ccf020c5f9e4931a8d6fc7bd854c5d2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bailing Out Bad Policy with Your Backyard: #OnlyInUkiah]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s call it what it is: Ukiah is broke, and this annexation scheme is a desperate cash grab dressed up as progress. They’ve burned through their own budget, and now they want yours. This isn’t smart growth, it’s fiscal colonization, plain and simple. More taxes, more rules, less transparency. If we don’t stop it now, we’ll be paying for their mistakes with our freedom.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/bailing-out-bad-policy-with-your-backyard-onlyinukiah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686c22919843a7afff077ca6</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:41:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_36710d7adfb14789ab560c401eb45db0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restitching the Flag: A New Look at Old Glory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Funny how a piece of cloth gets folks more worked up than injustice itself. One side clutches it like a weapon, the other side wants it ash on the pavement. Me? I still think it belongs to all of us. You mad? Good. Let’s talk about it.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/restitching-the-flag-a-new-look-at-old-glory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68670961313711f211ee7185</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:38:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_0fc020c4270c4c6ea1ee6de17dacdbea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_446,h_297,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The House Always Wins: Culture Wars and Economic Chains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prove me wrong: the game’s rigged, the debt’s a leash, and we’re too busy fighting each other to see who’s really cashin’ in. I dare you! ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/the-house-always-wins-culture-wars-and-economic-chains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68635678b52c3211b38db45d</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_04f6e888447f4b10b3dc8911bd37d0b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something to Protest About]]></title><description><![CDATA[We protest everything but forget the tunnel right here at home. The skunks still cross the tracks while we argue. Open the tunnel, bring jobs, and let’s quit chasing our tails.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/something-to-protest-about</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6850ab9bd8437c49c9c804b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Local Events]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_006f89b0bb3447b49ebff6c0ff2d34c9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_626,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diarrhea of the Mouth, an Incurable Virus ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chasing wisdom is dead, long live attention]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/diarrhea-of-the-mouth-an-incurable-virus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68509127653508bea403253a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ead85_ec9be7604008425a93ce253db531a2b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_784,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Least Dentists Numb You]]></title><description><![CDATA[My thoughts on attending a City Council Meeting or having a root canal in Ancient Egypt ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/at-least-dentists-numb-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684c7d77aa56dbe5c6a89be4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:56:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stirring the Pot: Mixing Grit, Heartache, and Hope Into Real Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[My crazy battle with Senioritis and I am NOT a senior. I am in my prime. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/template-the-ultimate-guide-to-writing-the-ultimate-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68165da46de8a20e660a047c</guid><category><![CDATA[Marc Andrew Tager's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educational Quest]]></category><category><![CDATA[News From Noyo Harbor]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 18:37:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forgotten Gender: The Fight for Women’s Rights in U.S. Prisons]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 5th Instalment of my series on our Prison Industrial Complex. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/the-forgotten-gender-the-fight-for-women-s-rights-in-u-s-prisons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f5135dfece5ced8d64e8a9</guid><category><![CDATA[Educational Quest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Justice Unshackled]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:09:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership: Fear vs Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Leaders are not born so they must be moulded, a trick society has still not recognized. ]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/leadership-fear-vs-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f5135dfece5ced8d64e8a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:45:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darwish Channels Dussel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advocate Ashira Darwish and my view of her interse ction with Enrique Dussel.]]></description><link>https://www.marcatager.com/post/darwish-channels-dussel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f5135dfece5ced8d64e8a7</guid><category><![CDATA[Musings And Then Some]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:30:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marc A. Tager</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>