Tag Archives: History

Terrible Times’ Most-Terrible Tweets

September 7, 2021

Warm and near-about comfortable this mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — first day of the ‘fall season,’ a time zone which usually lasts until about Halloween, then the holiday season kicks in, amping…

Time Is Of The Essence — Climate Change Warning (Again!)

September 6, 2021

Another major red-flag warning on the here-and-now-but-worse-in-the-immediate-future thingie of climate change — a call from professionals/scientists to turn the boat — yesterday a big editorial: Nutshell via HuffPost this morning: A coalition of more than…

Dali Day This Labor Day 2021 AD

September 6, 2021

(Illustration: ‘Geopoliticus Child Watching The Birth Of A New Man,’ print, by Salvador Dali, and found here). Another screw of the clock face, and it’s Labor Day again, though, here in California’s Central Valley the…

Saturday Musical Introspective: Songs From Long-Ago Memory

September 4, 2021

In a non-contextual free-form this Saturday morning, and amongst savage news stories, I’m slipping back some 47 years, back to 1974 — I graduated from the University of Florida that June and spent the summer…

Joe Biden on Texas Abortion Law: ‘Almost Un-American’ — Lyft And Uber Agree

September 3, 2021

Another Friday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley (yet you could be any-or-everywhere)  and shit still pesters the news cycle today, dump-or-no-dump, mostly due to the horror of Republicans. Beyond being vile, and cruel, Republicans…

Wild Fires To Wild Flooding — Climate Change In Real Time

September 2, 2021

Slightly warm at a cool 88-degrees this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and we’re still clear of smoke from our rampant wildfire war being waged up and down the state. Although there are…

Dark Side Of Texas On Women’s Rights

September 1, 2021

Doomscrolling truly in surfing the news this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — shit, I could be anywhere and would still come across story after fucking story of shit happening, most sorry to…