Fire Hazard
May 21, 2012As if on cue late yesterday afternoon, a thick, moist portion of coastal fog descended upon my little stretch of northern California coastline and eliminated any view of the rare annular solar eclipse which swiped…
Tag Archives: History
Cold Thursday
May 17, 2012Up earlier this morning than normal, but even much surfing through online news nothing seems to strike an emotional chord — most of the shit is so depressing, each click seems just like the last…
Criminal Intent
May 16, 2012After years of the worse president in US history has mostly been under cover. Few know the guy’s even still alive, much less still walking around, acting like a dumb-ass — George Jr. maintains a…
Afghan Apocalypse — ‘Guardian Angels’
May 13, 2012In the neurotic groundswell last week of the absorption of gay people and the bullies that define the genre, the wars overseas have lost a lot of its news flavor with American audiences, despite the…
Dimwit Dollars
May 12, 2012Chump change: A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example, Dave was sick of working for chump change, he wanted a decent salary, or, ‘Don’t put that on the agenda, it’s chump change.’…
Dreamless Falling
May 10, 2012Creatures of the future in the hardcore words from the dangerous mind of Dick Mourdock, who whipped Dick Lugar in Indiana on Tuesday: “What I’ve said about compromise and bipartisanship is I hope to build…
Frightful
May 8, 2012In a most-personal and open manner, Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney for president — the broadcast via e-mail at about 11 o’clock last night. Who’s the wiser? Reportedly, last Friday Romney visited Pittsburgh where he…
Climate A Go-Go
May 4, 2012Moist weather here early this morning along California’s northern coast — a seemingly continuous drizzle which turns into a deep, wet fog and then back again. Fairly normal, though, for this region, but it still…
Near-Pure Crazy
May 3, 2012Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity…
Anniversary
May 1, 2012Put-down of the day number one — from Juan Cole, pissed at Mitt Romney’s put-down of President Obama’s take-out of Osama bin Laden: Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out…