Olivia Newton-John — R.I.P.
August 8, 2022Olivia Newton-John has died, it was announced today. She was 73, same age as me. In the 1970s I had a continuous crush on Stevie Nicks, Diane Keaton, and Olivia Newton-John. A most-peculiar period for…
Category Archives: History
BFD: A Rose Is Still A Rose — Senate Passes IRA
August 7, 2022Yes, indeed. It is a Big Fucking Deal. The value/impact comes not only from what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act itself but that the bill actually passed the Senate, despite the notorious Manchin-Sinema one-two franchise…
Exploding Denial — Republican State Treasurers Fighting Climate-Change Action
August 6, 2022Not an unpleasant late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley as temperatures are in the low 90s, and a gentle breeze even softens the air. Especially refreshing after a week’s worth of triple-digit heat —…
Joe Shines — High Job Numbers Today Caps A Winning Week
August 5, 2022In the darkness, sometimes there’s a flash of light. Maybe not enough to blind you, but enough to see the shift in the wind — and ascertain there could be hope in the face of…
Alex Jones Lies In Lying
August 4, 2022Alex Jones is a literal piece of shit in human form. He and T-Rump share the same air — they breathe in order to lie, and use the lies to make a shitload of money…
Summertime ‘Danger Season’ Due To Global Warming
August 4, 2022Hot and still this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — temperature near 100 alfrerady and without hardly a hint of wind, makes the air heavy and creates a feeling of even more heat.…
Catastrophic Climate-Change Risks Are Unexplored — ‘We Must Do The Maths Of Disaster In Order To Avoid It’
August 2, 2022Mid-summer’s nightmare as heat and fire together in a deadly, dangerous mix — in California, the McKinney fire near the Oregon border has burned 56,000 acres and killed four people so far, further north in…
Nancy In Taiwan
August 2, 2022Hot sunshine returned this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley — after a few days of clouds/overcast skies and some lower temperatures, the heat of summer returns today as we’re forecast to hit triple…
T-Rump Again: ‘Injected More Chaos’ Into GOP Primary In Missouri
August 1, 2022In contextual appreciation of my post earlier today and the asshole antics of the T-Rump — once again another story with a hedged endorsement in Missouri, dumb-assing himself like an unhinged idiot. He is indeed…
T-Rump A Shitty Golfer Who Sucks At Golf
August 1, 2022One of the most horrible creatures who has ever lived is the T-Rump — not only is he a shitty, immoral asshole with zero redeeming qualities, a cruel liar and cretin but he would be…