The GOP Virus
November 11, 2020Most-likely the horrific main horror from off the T-Rump and his crowd is the killing fields produced by runaway COVID-19 in just about the entire US — 139,855 new cases just yesterday, 10.4 million total;…
Category Archives: Health
Happy! Happy!
November 7, 2020Biden/Harris with a celebration in the air. New York, New York! (h/t Digby): And outside the White House (h/t Raw Story): And from the groundbreaking newly-minted Vice President (h/t BJ): Harris is history in real…
Heat in Time — ‘A Kind of Vicious Circle’
July 2, 2020Hot but manageable this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — temps have been high-90s this week, but by the weekend, supposedly back into the unbearable triple digits. Heat in the summer time… In…
Quake!
June 24, 2020Earthquake just a few minutes ago, and according to the USGS, the shaker, located south of Lone Pine, California, registered a 5.8 on the Richter Scale. I was lying on my bed surfing the InterWebs…
T-Rump No Semblance of Sense
June 12, 2020Most-excellent view of positions in the chain and empathy (great h/t Miss Cellania): A little together in diversity as shown by this study on integration in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2002 (Washington Post this morning):…
Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 14 (abridged)
June 12, 2020Breezy and not all-that-warm this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley. Compared to yesterday (101-degrees), today has been a snap — it’s 77 right now and with cool gusts the ambiance is near-comfortable. Another…
Al Sharpton on the T-Rump’s Antics: ‘Wickedness in high places’
June 9, 2020Another near-lost most-ominous piece of particulars on the infestation of a “nightmare” — Dr. Anthony Fauci (CNN today): “Ebola was scary, but Ebola would never be easily transmitted,” Fauci said speaking at the BIO International…
Backyard
June 5, 2020Breezy and nice this late-afternoon Friday in California’s Central Valley, though in the mid-80s the air is way-cooler than the last two/three days, which saw temps in triple digits close to sundown. And we’re getting…
‘Say His Name: George Floyd!’ — Merced Marches
May 30, 2020In continuing protests of the police killing of George Floyd earlier this week in Minneapolis, several hundred people converged today on downtown Merced to show solidarity for the cause, and lend support for African-Americans being…
Dog-blogging Magnitude of the Bad
May 29, 2020Near mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley, and finally a day not so blistering hot — we saw a week of triple-digit temperatures, topping out yesterday at 105-degrees. As of right now ‘just‘ 80,…