Compatible Creatures: War, Politics, and Life

Bright sunshine and way-too-warm temperatures this mid-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — a taste of what’s surely to come in a few short weeks, maybe a preview of a boiling-hot summer, which is no shock. We’re in the mid-80s right now with reportedly a chance to pop 90 before the day is out […]

Angle of attack (CNN): ‘But President Donald Trump is proving that a politician can absolutely harm the economy when they lack any regard for the consequences, borne largely by the people who elected them.‘ The T-Rump sucks: However, he’s sucked for a long, long time. And so sucky, he’ll never reconize his own shitstorm: T-Rump’s […]

Overcast skies with a semblance of rain-to-come this late-afternoon Saturday in California’s Central Valley. Rain was forecast for today, but so far we’ve been high and dry. Maybe later: The annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner is tonight — shit ain’t the same in T-Rump time, making it sour-like to squeeze humor out of […]

This particular day, 18 years ago, was a Tuesday. What a stretch of time, huh? In April 2007, war was the major topic, and shit looked bad — yet in a nowadays perspective, them was the good-ole-days. Sarah Palin was still more than a year off, and Barack Obama was already on the scene: ‘“America […]

A gray, cool late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. First post this month that isn’t a beloved-dog obit — Bad (and nefarious) shit is accumulating so fast nowadays it’s getting harder and harder for me to slow down enough to type instead of doomscrolling for the daily/hourly/minute-by-minute activities of an advancing black hole of […]