As a heat wave grips the west --
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 09/02/2022 - 1:08pmThis diary was prompted by a Grist piece: As heat wave grips Western states, officials warn of blackouts.
So okay let's dig in:
california
The Evil Stupid Team Lockdown Report
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 12/18/2020 - 2:13pmWhen people get snide and sarcastic about "Team Lockdown" and how foolhardy it is not to follow the lead of "two Brits with a blog" who happen are THE people who can tell you what is happening in Europe, odds are they are in part targeting california. We have long been identified as being over-the-top and extreme is our "Lockdown" policy.
Post Election Drama Continued
Submitted by Blue Republic on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 9:13amThings continue to get interesting - not attempting any particular narrative here, but throwing out a few possibly significant new bits that people might not (yet) be finding covered elsewhere.
A bewildering variety of claims of election abuse are popping up - from local and small-scale to international and huge.
COVID-19, California edition: Gavin Newsom does something right
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 1:30amHas COVID-19 finally redirected Neoliberals, like our Guv'ner Newsom? Perhaps. Parenthetically, Fineswine, Pelosi and the Camel are beyond redemption. But here we go:
Critique of California
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 9:20pmSo the latest news from California is this:
New fires flared up in Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties on Wednesday and Thursday just as winds eased in the north and firefighters wrangling the state’s largest active blaze, the Kincade fire, managed to contain more than half of its 76,800-acre footprint for the first time.
Paradise Lost
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 1:16pmOkay, my copy of "Paradise Lost" (yes, the Milton poem) is in storage, and the one online doesn't really entice me enough to read it. It starts out with Satan, who like Christopher Columbus was on a quest for the Garden of Eden.
Sunday Open Thread: June 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 06/17/2018 - 5:00am
and it is also Sweetmorn, Confusion 15, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)
World History this day
California Democrats screwed independents; Now it may backfire on them
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 02/15/2018 - 1:20pmCalifornia Democrats have a problem that they've brought upon themselves.
Climate change mitigation again: California this time
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Tue, 10/03/2017 - 12:55pmThe climate disasters are coming, and there probably won't be a lot of traction for the next four years because the Democrats all got behind Clinton (who wasn't going to do anything besides propose an overelaborated and useless sop to the fossil fuel companies anyway).
Judge claims he is doing us a solid
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 09/02/2017 - 2:25pmLos Angeles County Judge Gregory Keosian dismissed Richard Simmons lawsuit against National Enquirer owner American Media, saying that "it is simply not libelous or defamatory to call someone transgender."
Misidentification of a person as transgender is not actionable defamation .... The court will not validate those prejudices by legally recognizing them.
--Judge Keosian
