Sunny and breezy a few minutes past the Thursday noon hour here in California’s Central Valley. Warm, but not bad and nowhere like the last couple of days, the cool wind helps, I’m sure —…
(Illustration found here). As we spin through this weird-ass conundrum of the coronavirus, our biggest enemy in acquiring a handle on the pandemic is the T-Rump, and his self-centered bullshit that’s impeding an organized assault…
Another sad event in the shifting world of good journalism. (Illustration found here). News gathering has always been a hard row-to-hoe, even in the best of times. Technology switched the goal posts all around, which…
Pot has been a mainstay for more than 46 years — for me, personally, catching the bong in 1974 — and the changes in just the last decade have been incredible and most-fascinating, especially with…
As most-all eyes are fastened on daddy T-Rump’s idiotic impeachment trial, son-in-law Jared Kushner is making the world safe for grifters: Some background via Vanity Fair yesterday: Last June, more than two years after his…
Tomorrow will be the 12th anniversary of the Great Recession’s fiscal origin moment: ‘On June 22, 2007, Bear Stearns pledged a collateralized loan of up to $3.2 billion to “bail out” one of its funds,…
Privilege has its most advantage in just being an advantage — a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reveals nothing new, rich people’s shit don’t stink even if polecats, (at…
Bright and windy this early-evening Wednesday on California’s north coast — a simply-gorgeous day, and even with a chilled and sharp breeze, the Ma-‘e’l Dunes in Manila was still a good hike area earlier this…
Sunshine, thick-white clouds and a goodly breeze. The Little River Beach was superb this morning when I finally took Cowboy and Kuru for their walk — good time had by all. Meanwhile, also from this…
(Illustration found here). One good ground-gainer in all this horrifying news-life cycle-shit, and something which not too long ago would be considered a major no-no, especially while running for president of the United States, and apparently,…