Monthly Archives: August 2016

Climate Change is Impacting Beer

I’m hoping this adds some sense of panic to the calculations of my friends regarding AGW. A world without beer. H/T to Peter Sinclair and his blog Climate Crock of the Week. This is Not Cool For the first time, I’m concerned that a post might cause panic. View original post

GOOD MORNING! (bite me)

(Please don’t read this if you’re already as morose as I am. I don’t like the phrase ‘trigger warning’ but I’ve got a few here. Please remember I’m the guy who showed you this picture about the upcoming election). Wow! An interesting if less-than-productive summer, with Labor Day approaching like a woman scorned.  I’m tired. Like […]

End stage capitalism– spelled ‘Louisiana’

Some friends associated with the venerable Living Theatre of 1960’s fame are currently touring a show on capitalism as a form of sado-masochism. I got to see Know Your Rites at a dress rehearsal. Not an easy thing to watch, but I’ve been thinking about it a great deal (and you should go see it […]

The Jobs Lie–Trump calls it

Everyone reading this knows I’m not a fan of Donald Trump. But he got something right and even MSM has to admit it. I’m not talking about election fraud (which everyone is pretending didn’t happen in the Clinton Vs Sanders dustup). This is fundamental to the case Hillary Clinton is making for a ‘third Obama […]

When Habitat packs it in

Election is out of my system for the most part, so I thought I’d post this. As you know (if you’ve followed my posts), I’m doing a funny little play called PLANET HOSPICE come November and it’s about human extinction. People in denial about how far we’ve passed the tipping point seem to forget that […]

Done with election 2016

The ideal of American Democracy wanders out of the two parties’ conventions like a gut-shot deer bleeding out.The GOP fest was crazy as one could imagine, with the Cinnamon Hitler (h/t to Lee Camp for that) now the candidate, while in foul Philly, the Democrats nominated Hillary Rodham Clinton after a race  that made clear that […]

Restaurant at the END of the WORLD

Originally posted on Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scientist:
Restaurant at the END of the WORLD // Published on Jul 31, 2016 People were eating dinner on a second floor restaurant in Ellicott, Maryland when the street became a river, and then a raging torrent. My video is a social commentary on the restaurant patron behaviour…