“A mass of tomatoes scattered across a California highway made for stunning photos but commuter hell, after a truck crashed into a center divider and spilled its load across the roadway” on Monday, August 29, 2022. See story here. It took 6 hours to clean up the slippery mess. Return to [...]
Archive for August, 2022
Is Trump hurting GOP candidates?
At first glance, it doesn’t appear that way, as Trump-endorsed candidates mostly did well in GOP primaries. But those were only Republican base voters, who are still loyal to Trump. A deeper dive into polling of the general electorate suggests Trump is hurting the GOP’s November election[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 11:04 pm § in Religion
Toxic pastor loses job for toxic behavior
Matt Chandler, a Seattle native, was a Southern Baptist megachurch pastor in Texas (bio here). The history of the Southern Baptist denomination is rooted in support of slavery; in modern times, it’s an evangelical religion whose specific beliefs and preaching somewhat varies among member churc[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 7:18 pm § in Environment
It’s too late to stop sea level rise
Scientists using a new satellite-based methodology predicted Greenland ice melt will raise sea level nearly a foot by 2100 in a study published on Monday, August 29, 2022 (read story here). “A one-foot rise in global sea levels would have major consequences for coastal communities,” CN[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 6:18 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
“Stop the Steal” organizer whines about legal bills
Ali Alexander (photo, left; bio here), a rightwing activist, helped incite the Capitol riot, but didn’t participate and wasn’t arrested. However, he’s been hauled before the House committee investigating the riot, a grand jury investigating fake electors, is being sued by cops inju[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 5:25 pm § in Misc.
Pumpkin boat
A Nebraska man paddled 38 miles down the Missouri River in a hollowed out pumpkin on Saturday, August 27, 2022, to set a Guinness World Record (see story here). Anthropologists speculate whether the first human watercraft was a floating log, a raft, or a dugout. Who’s to say it wasn’t a [...]
I’m used to racist/sexist GOP candidates, but a lobotomized one?
Disclaimer: Just because I’m used to them, doesn’t mean I vote for them. Blake Masters, 36, is the 2022 Arizona GOP nominee for U.S. senator. He wasn’t born stupid, as he has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford, so his cerebral cortex must have been pithed at some point, perhaps as[...]
Biden should not apologize for “semi-fascism” remark
Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) demanded an apology from President Biden after he “criticized a wing of the Republican Party for embracing authoritarianism,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, August 29, 2022 (see story here). Sununu (bio here), who comes from a prominent political family, isn[...]
August 29th, 2022 - 3:53 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP’s Mar-A-Lago search accusations aren’t credible
It’s the silly season. That’s what election years are called, because as voting approaches, parties and candidates say increasingly silly things. Republicans are now claiming the FBI search to recover classified government documents from ex-president Trump’s private home at Mar-A-L[...]
Did they make it to the top?
Seattle’s iconic Space Needle has 832 stairs. If you climb 831 of them, then go down, did you climb the Space Needle? I say NO! you have to climb it again (sign up here), and go all the way to the top, to say you climbed it. Unfair? Life isn’t fair. Photo at left: Members of […][...]