Jeb! Not The W
August 12, 2015Sunshine and a warm breeze about noon Wednesday here on California’s north coast as we’re supposedly in for another heat wave this week with temperatures maybe in the mid-70s — and it won’t help the…
Category Archives: Bullshit
‘Covered’ Asshole
August 7, 2015Yesterday, the 70th-anniversary of Hiroshima, and another notable milestone, too, — one with a major, major ‘what if?‘ narrative. Review of the 2006 book, “The One Percent Doctrine,” via the Washington Post (h/t Digby).: The book’s…
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’
August 6, 2015Seventy years ago today, and of “the most terrible bomb in the history of the world”, via Hiroshi Sawachik, a 28-year-old Army doctor then working in Hiroshima: “The smell was quite strong. It’s a sad reality…
Imbecilic Trump
July 28, 2015John McCain in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 29, 2008: ‘“She’s not — she’s not from these parts and she’s not from Washington. But when you get to know her, you’re going to be as impressed as…
Political Poop
July 23, 2015Bright and warm still in late afternoon on California north coast, working toward end of the week already — flies the time. Looking upon lying about time — George W. Bush, State of The Union,…
Gun Up!
July 16, 2015Lock ’em, and load ’em! Or whatever. Now nearly a month since the South Carolina church massacre, and seemingly a dry-spell of mass-gun-killings — yet not. Weird shit this mass killing narrative, and today the…
Angel, Angela ‘Caress’
July 16, 2015Angela Merkel and the coldness of the touch. Via Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle: Nearly a minute passed until Merkel saw that Reem was crying and approached her saying: “You did that very well,” while…
‘Truthiness’ Truism
July 7, 2015In the wake of pyrotechnic Fourth of July celebrations this past weekend and the noted ‘exceptional’ peoples back-slapping we all seem to do on this particular holiday, there also should be a pause for reality.…
Supreme Rejection
June 30, 2015An overcast, gray-damp Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, the shoreline fog just won’t go away — cool and moist here, but scorching-dry starting just a short distance inland. We’re forecast to be ‘much warmer‘…
SCOTUS Not…
June 29, 2015A drizzle-feel in the air this Monday morning on California’s north coast, a moist marine layer that appears fairly thick coats the shoreline — from appearances earlier, a light bit of rain maybe fell during…