Category Archives: History

TV Hit — Insurrection/Riot Hearing Last Night Scored Good Viewer Numbers

June 10, 2022

Now a day after the televised first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection/riot, all the data is in and it appears the session last night was a media success. All…

T-Rump Creator Of ‘Carnage’ And ‘Chaos’ — Select Committee’s Opening Round

June 10, 2022

Hot and getting hotter near noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — heat dome it is with the current temps in the low 90s and a forecast for a high of 103-degrees by the…

Heat Dome Again — Climate Change Sucks Big Time

June 9, 2022

Summer explodes the environment: (Illustration: ‘Heat Dome’ across US Southwest and Pacific Coast this weekend, image found here). Overcast and though a bit warm, fairly comfortable outside here near noon Thursday in California’s Central Valley…

Right-Winged SCOTUS Is Attempting ‘To Maintain A 1940s, 1950s View’ — Against The Majority Of Americans

June 6, 2022

(Illustration found here). America might be entering a open-ended minority rule over the vast majority. The Republican party and right-winger voters are the minority, but the twist this November could change all that — a…

Jan. 6 Committee Hearings This Week ‘Will Be Very Disturbing’

June 6, 2022

Sunshine and breezy this near-midday Monday here in California’s Central Valley — if the wind dies down, however, it will turn hotter-than-shit. The wind is a major cooling-effect factor. Also hotter than shit is this…

John Dean: Watergate ‘Would Be Very Different Today’ — Due To T-Rump’s Inability To ‘Experience Shame’

June 5, 2022

(Illustration: ‘John Dean nears the end of reading his 245-page prepared statement before the Senate Watergate Committee in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 1973′ — image found here). In context of this month’s 50th anniversary…

Measurements Indicate CO2 Levels Highest In Human History

June 4, 2022

(Illustration: Art by Matteo Farinella, written by Jeremy Deaton, and found here). Once again putting aside guns and war and nasty Republican asshole politics this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, maybe focus for…