Lake Folsom drought
The city of Folsom California gets their drinking water from here. In wet years the water level is nearly up to the lifeguard tower. The entire state is officially in a drought now. (Click to view full-sized)
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month June 2008
Steppenwolf – Monster (Live 2004)
One of the best protest songs from the 60’s and as relevant as ever. And it’s nice to see John Kay still has it. From the lyrics And though the past has its share of injustice Kind was the spirit…
San Francisco Chinatown and tea
We moved to the S.F. area recently and went exploring in Chinatown. I’d figured it would probably be a tourist trap. Not hardly. Thousands of Chinese live, eat, work, and do business there. The streets are filled with people and…
Ok, we can link to AP again. Sort of.
AP backed off their threat of a lawsuits against the Drudge Retort (a liberal site) for quoting 40-80 words from their articles. They now say they just want to protect their headlines and the lede from being posted elsewhere. (So…
Steal This Dream: Abbie Hoffman & the Countercultural Revolution in America
Larry Sloman interviewed over 200 people for Steal This Dream, an oral history of Abbie Hoffman. As one who lived through that era and more or less was a Yippie, reading this decades later was illuminating. Mistakes, yeah, we made…