America is infested with fascists, beginning with our corporate overlords and their political wing, the Republican party . . . their media w...

Ivanka waving to delegates at the UN General Assembly September 23, 2019   I haven't spent much time here on American fascism th...

Nous sommes Charlie Graphic by: by Lucille Clerc Here are a couple of thoughtful articles reflecting on some of the more obscure...

View from the screen porch posted from Bloggeroid Arg! The guy next door has been vacuuming his vehicle for going on two hours now....

Cliven Bundy. This guy is an embarrassment to the great state of Nevada. I live in Nevada and, contrary to what FOX News would you believe, ...

TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 11, 2012 -- The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate i...

M. Lee forwarded me this link from Boing Boing . It's pure pleasure hearing Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins lay into right w...

I snapped this photo the other day from the bike trail near Central Point. Good old Oregon! In case you're wondering, I'm for legali...

I hassled most of the morning sorting out my utility bills. Most are autopay but my records were in the rears. That was bad enough, then the...

Just read this morning that immediately after the FBI announced an inquiry into allegation that victims of the 9/11 attacks had their phon...

I used to wonder how the rising tide of hatred in Germany went unnoticed by its citizens, the ordinary people, but now I understand. It did...

Cartoon by Gary Larson Last week I went on a rant about the old saying, " write about what you know ", blasting people who c...

Today is Haloscan's big deadline. Either start paying for their service or get dumped. Screw them. I have been wanting to switch back ...

Eye over Costa Rica What happens when things change, when a part of you, or your life, breaks off, slips away? I don't mean the big thin...

It seems that most biological mechanisms of action show that life involves far-from-equilibrium conditions beyond the stability of the thres...

Drawing by Rachel Hoffman Just after dawn, a squadron of magpies shoot up from the eastern sector of the sky, clear the stern peak of D...

"Suspect" We are still living in the fucking dark ages.This kind of shit makes me sick. It's not quaint or funny. It's pat...

Mary Mungummory waits for her daily hand out at the kitchen door while inside Paloma the dog takes advantage of the distraction to search f...

Antigua, Guatemala This evening we leave for Tikal which is north along the Beliz border in the Petén Basin . The bus leaves from Guatem...

Still reeling from losing so many files yesterday. After a night's sleep, I remember more clearly just what got sucked into the Big Blac...