a tip for impatient newshounds
Maybe it's just me, but it sure seems that, for all the advances we've had in in our computers and web browsers, it still takes for-friggin-ever to get a lot of web pages to load. And maybe it's just...
View ArticleDear Elected Representative
Dear Elected Representative,Please allow me to put the BP oil spill catastrophe into perspective for you:And while you are contemplating that, I would also like you to know:● I believe what has...
View ArticleIt's the "booming," stupid!
"[S]omething that's always been the greatest strength of America is a thriving, booming middle class, where everybody has got a shot at the American Dream. And that should be our goal. That should be...
View Articleearthquake? tsunami?
Notice anything odd? Look at the headlines on the major news sites. Look at the Daily Kos Rec List. You can't prove by any of them that less than a week ago tens of thousands of people lost their...
View Article"Union" Busting SCOTUS Style
The Supreme Court today has handed corporations another major victory in their battle to screw individuals with impunity. In a 5-4 vote they have allowed corporations to force customers to use...
View ArticleTucson Barrios - a photo diary
I got my first introduction to some of the old neighborhoods, or barrios, near downtown Tucson, Arizona, this past Friday. As a photographer, new places with lots of color and character are always a...
View ArticleSunday Shorts (no. 1)
Something is changing. In the past few years, advances in camera and computer technologies have converged in a way that is sending shockwaves out into the world of visual arts. While it is too soon to...
View ArticleSunday Shorts (no. 2)
Welcome to edition number 2 of a series introduced last Sunday. This week I have six more short films for you (total watching time: about 15 minutes). As with last week's films, they illustrate what...
View ArticleKate a pampered princess? Not even.
In case you missed it, the big celeb/entertainment news yesterday was that princess Kate Middleton was pregnant and, given her royal lot in life, had gone to the hospital to get treated for morning...
View ArticleWhen did this become okay?
In a statement made this past Friday, The F.B.I. revealed that they responded to a request by a foreign government [later identified as the Russians] for background information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev...
View ArticleAre you paying attention?
"Temperature rises that are now in prospect, after the Paris Agreement, are in the range of 3–5°C. At present, the Paris Agreement voluntary emission reduction commitments, if implemented, would result...
View Article88% of COVID-19 infected people not tested
[Note: Updated per observations/corrections in early comments. CFR has been changed to IFR and statements that 88% figure applied to people not knowing they have COVID-19 (including post title) were...
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