Americans High On Optimism
July 12, 2021A couple of whimsical, near-nonsensical items this afternoon which in the face of our current reality, should make one feel better, if just for a moment or two. Hope in the time of the virus:…
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Fire On The Power — California Electrical Grid Threatened By Oregon Blaze: A Scenario That ‘Does Not Represent Random Bad Luck’
July 12, 2021A bit cooler than ‘normal‘ this late-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley, though, we’re scheduled for triple-digit temperatures again today, it’s off the full-blown crazy of this past weekend. Supposedly, we’re on a downward…
‘Shine’ Even ‘Where Summer Strives’
July 10, 2021Still comfortable outside this mid-morning Saturday here in Californnia’s Central Valley — heat-shit is expected in minutes as we’re forecast for a high of 111-degrees as summer continues unrelenting in its grip on life. Right…
“Rosie & Jimmy Sittin’ In A Tree” — 75 Years, “K–I–S–S–I–N–G”
July 7, 2021Today, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 75 years of marriage, way-long for any couple, but the longest for presidential twosomes — now well-ahead of the number-two pair, HW and Barbara Bush (73 years 111 days)…
GETTR Hacked Holiday Style
July 4, 2021Calamitous karma this morning for the T-Rump’s former right-hand idiot, Jason Miller, as his new start-up, GETTR, a supposedly social media platform, was hacked for a little while, taking emphasis away from the porn images…
History On Holiday
July 4, 2021A laugh-at horror for the times, dark humor biting in the dark (h/t tweet the great Miss Cellania this morning): Here we are, a celebration Sunday — the fourth of July, Independence Day, the federal…
News To Make You Scream!
July 1, 2021A shitload of news already this Thursday, and we’re just at mid-morning right now. Most of the shit is depressing and there’s some weird mixed-in, though, as a country based on the optics we’ve in…
US House Okays Select Committee On Capitol-Building Attack (Update) — NYT Publishes ‘Visual’ Horror Video Of Assualt
June 30, 2021Update: A new, unvarnished video view of the Capitol-building attack from The New Times this afternoon — main written detail: The work of understanding Jan. 6 has been hard enough without this barrage of disinformation…
Michael Mann: ‘That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change’
June 30, 2021As weather/climate change has become a major, near-continous, much-copious series of news stories, this a fortuitous film moment in Kansas: Not much information beyond the video — did find this via Yahoo: ‘In the midst…
Science Subjects: Dementia; Narcissism in US Presidents
June 29, 2021Outside the normal news cycle this afternoon, a couple of interesting science/health items caught my eye earlier as I was close-to-normal-constantly Doomscrolling the InterWebs, seeing them created a curiosity as one could apply to me…