Detail the Details
September 22, 2014Overcast and quiet this early Monday on California’s north coast — outside my apartment the world seems slow in moving, as if putting off a hardscrabble reality a few minutes longer. And the forecast does…
Category Archives: History
‘Wingnuts’ at the Door
September 21, 2014Some non-comedic events the last couple days with security drama on the West Wing. Or at least close enough, and spiced with some insightful crazy. Via USAToday about the guy who jumped the White House fence…
Climate Cry the Rabbit Hole
September 21, 2014Dark-thirty still this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — fog dwells deep around streetlights, and life is way-freaking quiet. Time really flows away writing a post for my blog here — right now it’s…
Cento di questi giorni! Sophia!
September 20, 2014Foggy and gray this early Saturday on California’s north coast, and the beat goes on. In the ugly mists of current events — odd, violent and bad — flooding a weekend/news cycle-dump, I was awash…
Cakewalk Creep
September 16, 2014Less than a week ago President Obama screeched the ISIS mission in Iraq “will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil.” Today, the president’s top military dog, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the…
Terror Prod
September 15, 2014An example of how way-insane the terrorism game — all CIA “lies” the most-fabled al Qaeda has lost its terror-touch (via Reuters): “Whatever slip-ups or errors (regional branches)…may have committed are limited in number in…
Blue Monday and Black Gold
September 15, 2014A wall of gray this early Monday on California’s north coast — thick fog again, and really wet. My back patio appears as if there’d been a soft, but really-nice-enough rain last night. Just thick-ass…
Sheepskin Stratagem
September 13, 2014Bright and a bit windy this Saturday afternoon here on California’s north coast — another day in the life. Elizabeth Warren is one of the better ones in DC — she’s got an Op/Ed on…
Terror Dazed
September 10, 2014Tonight, President Obama supposedly is set to present his plan for action against the infamous ISIS, and will be speaking to a nation apparently approaching the level of scared shitless. According to a new NBC…
Babel On History
September 10, 2014Sunny with a touch of overcast skies this early Thursday on California’s north coast — could be another start to a most-beautiful day. Yesterday turned out warm and gorgeous. Today, though, is the 13th anniversary…