Alan Arkin — RIP
June 30, 2023Sad note this Friday morning: One of my most-favorite entertainers/actors of all time, Alan Arkin, has died at 89. He blew me away in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” an odd, humane-funny,…
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Weather/Climate: Hot And Hotter
June 29, 2023Clear and bright with temperatures climbing to under 100 this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley and the next couple of days we’ll join a goodly chunk of the rest of America with furnace-like…
‘Known Knowns: Things We Know We Know’ — Except In The Russian Close-Call Coup
June 28, 2023Beyond the domestic tales of treachery with the MAGA/T-Rump Republicans, the Russian near-coup/treachery (or whatever) this past weekend continues to fester itself without any general relief — as been stated long before, what’s known is…
Democracy’s SCOTUS Shot-In-The-Arm — For Now Anyway
June 28, 2023Bright sunshine and gathering-warmth temperatures this mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valey — another day in the hot-stacked, rapid road to summer triple-digit numbers upcoming, maybe tomorrow, if not, Saturday at least. Weather is…
‘Bravado’ Of A Psychopath
June 27, 2023As the world continues to turn, T-Rump continues to shape-shift his way out of an actual recording of him blabbering about having classified documents — as presented yesterday via CNN — and today has seen…
Earth Melting: Heat Waves Made Even-More Awful By Climate Change — ‘They Are Getting Worse, That’s For Certain’
June 27, 2023Overcast with an occasional slice of sunshine this near-noon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — a last day or so of cool, wondrous weather until we run headfirst, smack-dab into a furnace environment by…
T-Rump Classified Docs Case: ‘These Are The Papers’ — More Recordings/Confessionals
June 26, 2023Clear, gorgeous skies and tepid temperatures this late-afteroon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — the first day of the end of a wonderful pre-summer blitz of great weather. Heat rolls in the next few…
Russia In A Teacup Twisted — Vlad Putin In Possible Crisis
June 23, 2023Sunshine and a cool, gentle breeze this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — another weekend ahead with even more agreeable weather. Summer is nice and soft, so far. Beyond the terrible news dump…
‘Special Day’ Remembrance
June 22, 2023Another gorgeous, sunshine-filled, low-temp episode shortly after the noon hour Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Reportedly, another 10 days or so of this chilled-type weather (abnormal for the time) and summer is then expected…
House Republicans Do A ‘Bitch’
June 21, 2023As we await news on the submersible, known as “Titan,” missing since Sunday on a sight-seeing trip to the deep-sea-sunken Titanic, there was a couple of incidents in the House today that kept the interests…