Last paragraph yesterday from a story by Spencer Ackerman at the Guardian about how NSA people do as they please with government technology: Compounding the potential financial conflicts at the NSA, Buzzfeed News reported that…
Overcast with a sharp-chilly wind this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — maybe more rain today, but the chances are slim. We did get some good totals from that last couple of days, especially…
Rain in the gutters this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — NWS reports ‘Heavy Rain’ today with three-quarters to one inch expected. After just waking up sometime this morning between one and two o’clock,…
Another damp, foggy morning on California’s north coast as Monday starts another round of life — and a still-odd sense being in a “retired” state of mind. Mondays ain’t the same without no job. My…
Thanks to Eddie Snowden, we’re watching them watch us. The real bad shit — they don’t give a rat’s ass. In this case, the “them” being our own government. Memos from George Jr.’s smoke-screen attempt…
Fog-bound this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, but just a wee-bit to the east are huge chunks of deep-growth forests, dry and waterless, and in some places, on fire. A moist shoreline and a…
Latest update on the still-evolving disaster of Fukushima: ‘Interestingly, researchers found that instead of outright killing or obviously harming organisms, the low-dose radiation effects were insidious. In rice, for instance, low level gamma radiation in…
(Illustration: ‘The White Tiger of Autumn,’ by Kevin Lee Drum found here). On this early Sunday, the world is in a fog. Here on California’s north coast, it’s literal — deep, ground fog, a normal,…
Overcast and a touch of ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and a warm breeze, too. The air’s not really ‘warm,’ but feels like it, though. In the atmosphere this morning, though,…
High overcast with a cool sea breeze this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — the short work week might be a little tougher, but the weekend’s in sight. And speaking tough — little Eddie…