Americans High On Optimism
July 12, 2021A couple of whimsical, near-nonsensical items this afternoon which in the face of our current reality, should make one feel better, if just for a moment or two. Hope in the time of the virus:…
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Cheers For Death From CPAC: ‘Horrifying’ Says Fauci
July 11, 2021In the long-short run, conservatives/Republicans are destroying America on many levels, from the ballot box to the classroom, but maybe the worse strike is death — fighting the fighting of a deadly virus that’s already…
‘Shine’ Even ‘Where Summer Strives’
July 10, 2021Still comfortable outside this mid-morning Saturday here in Californnia’s Central Valley — heat-shit is expected in minutes as we’re forecast for a high of 111-degrees as summer continues unrelenting in its grip on life. Right…
GQP The Party Of Bullshit Out In The Open
July 8, 2021Nice and still somewhat-cool this mid-morning Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, though, enjoyable right now, we’re in for some hot-spanking weather later today, and for days into the climate-changing future. Beyond weather and our…
“Rosie & Jimmy Sittin’ In A Tree” — 75 Years, “K–I–S–S–I–N–G”
July 7, 2021Today, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 75 years of marriage, way-long for any couple, but the longest for presidential twosomes — now well-ahead of the number-two pair, HW and Barbara Bush (73 years 111 days)…
Climate Change: A Sad, Long-time Knowledge
July 5, 2021Weather and climate continue to be a major news items — today it’s Storm Surge Watches for SW Florida off the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa, weather wise — and reports how a changing, warming climate…
GETTR Hacked Holiday Style
July 4, 2021Calamitous karma this morning for the T-Rump’s former right-hand idiot, Jason Miller, as his new start-up, GETTR, a supposedly social media platform, was hacked for a little while, taking emphasis away from the porn images…
Climate Change Is Here! Earth Could Be Already On A Bier!
July 3, 2021One continuing reflected aspect of the boiling-over heat wave that placed a ‘dome’ of suffering over the US Northwest and Canada the past week is that climate change is real, here right now, and bad…
Poll: Majority Of Americans Believe Democracy Under Threat
July 2, 2021In a sense of relief, I’m not the only one scared shitless and paranoid about America’s democratic future: Details via PBS this morning: Two-thirds of Americans (67-percent) believe democracy in the United States is under…
Afghan Agony
July 2, 2021(Illustration: ‘Map by W.H. Payne, Published by Letts, Son & Co. 19–. Geography and Map Division,’ and found here). When I started this bog, ‘Compatible Creatures,’ more than 14 years ago — April 2007 —…