Time Melts with COVID-19 Surge
November 15, 2020I was shocked, shocked! (h/t BJ): And even worse, but in the same killing field (h/t Tom Sullivan at Digby’s place): Click on the tweety bird for the full thread — sad and exasperating. The…
Category Archives: Madness
Crying the Fog of Ludicrous
November 14, 2020Fog and a chill in the AM, but now early-evening Saturday has mostly clear skies with fading, but-still bright sunshine, and the air is much warmer. Weather here this morning in California’s Central Valley was…
‘An Assault on the Senses’
November 11, 2020The T-Rump is one nasty-faced human being. Culture in the face of such profound ugliness and an appreciation for it is really, really hard to explore, much less bring to any kind of decent closure…
Specious Statements of Shit, Interrupted
November 5, 2020While we’re still waiting for the election shoe to drop, obvious bullshit became even more conspicuous in a press briefing a little while ago by the malignant T-Rump, who blathered about how the whole balloting…
Lights Out! And We Get Scary Dark
June 1, 2020Overcast and mostly quiet this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Seemingly, with every day an acceleration of a shitty ride further into calamity. And today no exception: Hysteria over this is natural, but…
‘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…
T-Rump: ‘I tested very positively in another sense this morning’
May 21, 2020Early-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Warm, but not bad with a gentle, cool breeze which keeps the air pleasant and comfortable. We can feel the summer coming, though. Forecast for the next 90…
Virus-Rattled Insanity
May 18, 2020Overcast and damp this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Humid, too, after raining on-and-off nearly all day. Better than the heat and we need the rain. Major news of the day, so far,…
‘Trump Death Clock’
May 8, 2020We’re in an era of ‘you can’t make this shit up,’ shit: Background via the Guardian‘s live blog this morning: The Trump Death Clock, the real-time tracker that seeks to put a figure on the…
Despite Death of ‘Some People,’ T-Rump Taunts ‘But We Have to Get Our Country Open’
May 5, 2020Bat-shit crazy times, huh? And this from the LA Times this morning: Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions…