Tag Archives: Politics

Working And Sorrow In A Time Of COVID Sorrow: America’s Federal Law — ‘Buck Up And Carry On And Keep Your Chin Up’

November 5, 2021

Everything is now embedded in a horrid Friday news dump — in this case today, a dump on anxiety levels from so many different angles it’s shitty to contemplate. Even in handling sorrow: Chad Broughton,…

Message For Democrats From This Week’s Elections: ‘Effectively Communicate’ — Nothing Heavy!

November 4, 2021

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s debacle of keeping democracy alive in America a lot has been written about what happened, who’s to blame, and what can be done about it. Most are bullshit, but there’s…

In Reality Time Climate Change Makes ‘Mother Nature’ Meaner

November 2, 2021

In an attempt this late-afternoon Tuesday to stay away from news on the Virginia governor’s race (too anxiety-like depressing), and the sad shenanigans in DC (Asshole Joe Manchin being an asshole, also down-deep depressing) as…

Climate Change: G20 A Wimpy Bust, Future Of Mankind Might Rest With COP26 — ‘A Daunting Task’

October 31, 2021

Overcast with an occasional splash of faded-yellow sunshine this late afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — scary-boo night coming, so all is not well. And in a split-screen effect today, just as the…

On The Eve Of COP26, The Climate Looks Bad — ‘Time Has Passed For Diplomatic Niceties’

October 30, 2021

(Illustration: ‘Increasing Forest Fire Activity,’ (watercolor and colored pencil, 2015), by Jill Pelto, and found here). On the eve of the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, our environment is reeling from one catastrophe to…

Cold-Coal Joe’s Legislative Work ‘Astoundingly Cruel’

October 29, 2021

One depressing sign of the times unseen by apparently a shitload of Americans — one party (Democrats) are focused on helping people, attempting to enact policies that give aid to families, while on the other…

DC Federal Judge On How DOJ Is Handling Prosecutions Of Jan. 6 Insurrectionists — ‘Almost Schizophrenic’

October 28, 2021

In the status of unknowns nowadays, one major blank space is how AG Merrick Garland and the DOJ will prosecute/or handle the asshole-MAGA hatters arrested from off the Jan. 6 insurrection/riot at the US Capitol…