Tower of Obstruction

Unsurprising, but shitty-scary anyway. COVID-19 has gotten so bad here in Califoria, today 41 of all 58 counties were demoted down into the most-restrictive level of the fight against the virus, into the dreaded status of purple.* Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement, even insinuating a curfew may be coming. (Illustration found here). California currently…

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Time Melts with COVID-19 Surge

I 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 entire COVID-19 infrastructure is fucked, as a shitload of people are not paying attention to what is happening around them,…

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Crying the Fog of Ludicrous

Fog 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 just a preview to our immediate future — endless Tule fog and coldness. Horror of the fog is driving, reportedly…

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‘An Assault on the Senses’

The 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 — T-Rump has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and looks it. He’s pure, worthless shit. Surfing the news this afternoon, I…

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Smile, Laugh Your Ass Off, And Then Maybe Cry While Screaming, Liar! Liar!

A couple of short takes on the current mile-marker in this madness-Twilight-Zone-episode entitled, “2020” — both clips hearty h/t tengrain: And here: And as if on cue: Another blathering press conforance this afternoon quickly assembled/slapped-together in a foolish frenzy of What. The. Fuck. Via the Guardian‘s live blog: A hastily called Trump campaign press conference…

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Specious Statements of Shit, Interrupted

While 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 process is geared to steal victory from him. (I was taking a nap, missed it live). So bogus the pitch,…

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