I have known a few people over life who worked where they carried keys, many keys. Keys in numbers that required big key rings. Some even used 3 inch carabiners because there were so many keys to keep track of. When I worked at a school many years ago the janitor jingled down the hallways with keys on his belt. Oh so many keys. Not being one who ever wore a belt I often … [Read more...]
I skipped the SOTU; did I miss much?
Instead of watching the State of the Union address, I decided to finish House of Dragons on HBO. I figured what difference could there be, right? The SOTU features an aging president with succession issues and House of Dragons features, well, pretty much the same plot. Nevertheless, it was good to finish House of Dragons, the prequel to Game of Thrones. It’s slower and not … [Read more...]
Moonhowlers: Fix Social Security. Please die.
Life imitates art. The dystopian, polluted world of the Charlton Heston/Edward G. Robinson film “Soylent Green” (1973) is coming true. That’s the net effect of what’s being proposed both here and abroad. In Japan, a place where elders are supposed to be respected, some yayhoos have suggested that the elderly should off themselves. Said yayhoos are not outliers and this is … [Read more...]
Layers of Layers
It’s not just because we are in the throws of deep winter. It’s not because we are reaching for extra layers of clothes. It is however because of those things that layers of different things have come into view in the past few days. Let’s peel away some layers to peek at a few examples. It all started with the layers of things one might put on when building those turkey … [Read more...]
The strange human need to lay blame
It’s part of human nature to lay blame in times of tragedy. Chunli Zhao, 66, a Chinese national killed seven people when he snapped at the mushroom farm he worked at Half Moon Bay, California. It stemmed from a beef with his supervisor. A day before, Huu Can Tran, 72, killed 12 people at a dance club in Monterey Park, California. Jealousy over who was dancing with whom … [Read more...]
Fatherly advice from the Holy See of Me
PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVICE FROM MAYOR QUARANTINO: Don’t play dumb when public documents are requested. Veteran KOLO TV-8 journalist Ed Pearce has been reporting on abuse of public workers injured on the job who have no recourse at law when governments won’t pay. Washoe County’s Olivia Benson, former Sheriff’s Detective Kim Frankel, was severely injured on duty by a drunk … [Read more...]
Nevada’s ‘historic’ funding from Washington
Our senators from Nevada want you to know that they have snagged pork from Washington to improve our lives in Nevada. I know this because I get their press releases. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says she’s gotten us a $1.2 million grant – yes, kids, $1.2 million – to train more mental health professionals in Nevada schools. “Investing in our kids’ mental health has … [Read more...]
Snake oil, snake worship and quack news
The east coast owners of KRNV TV-4 (NBC) and KRXI TV-11 (FOX) continue to pervert and pollute the public sphere. Sinclair Broadcasting operates more than 200 stations across the country which makes it by far the biggest telecaster. They control at least a dozen signals in northern Nevada and have put into practice their profit-envy of the Aussie Murdoch family’s Fox Noise … [Read more...]