Cool and comfortable this mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, a nice feeling, too, of having the Gavin Newsom recall fiasco go down in flames, and Republicans receiving a ballot-box knuckle sandwich — although…
Big-bang item in the news cycle this Tuesday morning — beyond the Gavin Newsom recall election out here in California (hope to do a post on it later today) — is another horrible inside look…
In surfing the InterWebs this afternoon, there was a high shitload of news going on, but notice of Adam Kinziner’s words in an interview struck a match — pretty-much coming from a Republican for Republicans…
Congenial and clear sunshine this mid-day Monday here in California’s Central Valley, with both the actual physical meteorology and the political weather expected to heat up as time moves through the day — tomorrow the…
Just to escape the doomscrolling for a while and center a post this late-afternoon Sunday on a ‘shine‘ in music and in words, we try to visit a brightness from inside with all the darkness…
(Illustration: ‘MQ-9 Reaper,’ digital artwork by Tommy Anderson, and found here). Oddly and horribly ironic on the eve of one of America’s near-sacred, modern anniversaries, a report today the military drone strike last month in…
(Illustration: Untitled (1981), by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and found here). Today 20 years ago was a Monday. Although I’ve tried to remember how that particular day felt, other than another beautiful day in San Luis Obispo,…
As America stews through a slew of potboiler issues, according to what citizens feel, we’re up shit creek without a paddle. In the latest Ipsos poll out today, just a quarter of respondents think the…
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…
Nice way to start a day in this doomscrolling era — way-funny and sweet (h/t Miss Cellania): And the reaction from the security guy is priceless, makes the scene not only comedic but touching —…