Category Archives: Politics

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…

DC Flowers — Arrogant Republican Madness

June 3, 2022

Overcast and breezy this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — sunshine most of the day and warm, now getting towards evening, a bit cool and comfortable outside. Enjoying the weather before the summer…

Navarro Indicted — ‘I’m Willing To Go To Jail For This’

June 3, 2022

A gleeful note in the news cycle this Friday morning — maybe the start of something good: Details/background via The Washington Post a short while ago: Navarro, who was a trade adviser to President Donald…

Democrats Must Stand And Fight Against Republicans’ Crazy-Ass Tilt To Have ‘Basically Declared War On Reality’

June 1, 2022

Hot even in the shade this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — we’ve reportedly started a climb this week to summer-like temps as the weather heats up in accordance with the coming days.…

‘Bleak’ Climate-Change Study: Environment Going To Shit Maybe 60 Years Earlier Than Previously Projected

May 28, 2022

Faded-yellow sunshine peeks out occasionally between off-white clouds this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — cool temperatures, too, in nice pre-summer kind of weather. In the horror of the news cycle lately, deep…

Law Enforcement Handling Of Texas School Shooting In Chaos

May 26, 2022

Overcast and breezy but still hot as heck this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Away from the InterWebs for a good while today, I didn’t catch the initial reports of a law enforcement…

Republicans And The Gunsmoke In 19 Dead Children

May 25, 2022

Boiling-hot outside this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — reportedly 108-degrees just before 6 p.m. PDT — and it’s still days away from official summer. Shit-already-on-a-overheated-stick. In the wake of the massacre yesterday…