Virus as plague: Here in California, as in way-too many other places, COVID-19 is overwhelming medical systems. We reported 18,591 new cases in just the last 24 hours, a daily average of 15,121. One month…
Instead of a message of hope in the midst of a runaway pandemic — a self-centered petulant blather (h/t Susie): Beyond the shitty attitude, incompetence and lack of any empathy for any fellow human, the…
In a time of a way-divided country, there’s one issue a bulk of Americans are together in agreement — lighten-up on marijuana. Right now, pot is medically legal in 33 states, recreationally legal in 12…
Surge really isn’t the absolute-right description right now for the spread of COVID-19, it’s more like a tsunami without precedent, a whiplash of horror. Last month was the shits (CBS News yesterday afternoon): The United…
Ending of the Thanksgiving four-day spread this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, first of two precarious holiday functions to finish out one shitty year, Christmas/New Year now approaching in sight. Outside just now…
Actual reality of this day via the great Mark Twain: Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be…
Beyond politics and the virus: Climate change is earth’s biggest issue, and is more than just a problem for future generations.The shit is already here. The hottest warming-up spot is also one of the coldest…
As the T-Rump readies himself to pardon the annual turkey this near-midday Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, the real story of the holiday season is rolling hard — ‘US Covid-19 cases could reach 20 million…
As surging COVID-19 explodes across the US tallying-up record numbers with no immediate end in sight, the T-Rump, supposed leader of any national response to this catastrophic crisis, instead blows off an international summit on…
As COVID-19 surges, the very assholes who claim it’s all a hoax and let the people die are testing positive for the disease. This morning Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida announced he’d tested positive…