Clive Cussler R.I.P.
February 26, 2020A bit of sad news announced today — Clive Cussler, action-adventure novelist, who sent unflappable fiction hero Dirk Pitt on insane missions all over the globe, died Monday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He…
Tag Archives: History
Despite All the Shit — ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’
February 22, 2020Surprise this morning as I was re-introduced to one of my most-favorite songs from one of my historically most favorite musical artists, Neil Young, and from of my weirdest periods ever, the mid-1970s. I was…
California Drought, Again
February 21, 2020Sunshine is good, but we really need rain to survive. Although our Pacific Northwest neighbors experienced drenching rainfall already this year, California has been pretty-much dry, somehow the storms missing us. Yesterday, the U.S. Drought…
Turmoil American Style
February 19, 2020This country is up shit creek without a paddle — a group of federal judges had set an emergency meeting for today on matters that “could not wait,” but now have decided to wait after…
T-Rump’s Daddy: ‘You Are a King … You Are a Killer … You Are a King’
February 15, 2020In just a few days an obvious fracture in America’s supposed-rock of liberty: (Illustration found here). Brooklyn-based artist Tim O’Brien. who created the above image for a Time cover in June 2018: ‘“This portrait of…
Newsprint Eulogy
February 14, 2020Another 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…
Heart the Dumb
February 14, 2020Start another dumb celebration off right (h/t Miss Cellania): Just another Friday news-dump day… (Illustration found here).
Bill Barr Bitches
February 13, 2020Each day lately seems to bring its own shit-storm of dramatic nuttery. (Illustration: ‘William Barr – Caricature,’ by DonkeyHote, found here). Today’s episode concerns the continuing flak off the Roger Stone tribulations, a multi-faceted showcase…
Roll the Doobie!
February 13, 2020Pot 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…
The T-Rump’s Bully Pulpit and Kids: ‘They hear it. They think it’s okay. The president says it…Why can’t they?’
February 13, 2020Even as the T-Rump attempts to destroy our governing system via a shitload of corresponding sideshows, the horror of his nasty mouth has drained-down into our young people, creating a sink-hole of racial unrest, and…