Sonoma Democrat > 29 October 1857 Arrival of the Steamer Panama. Two Weeks Later from the Atlantic States. Terrible Shipwreck and Loss of Lives! The mail steamship Panama, arrived at San Francisco on Thursday last, bringing the news of one of the most heartrending disasters that has ever taken place on our Coast, in the … [Read more…]
This account sums up the feelings against the Mormons in Northern California. This will be added to as more articles like this come are found. Sonoma Democrat > 29 October 1857 Mormonism—Where’s it to End? Among the leading topics of the day at the present time, that is exciting the public mind from one end … [Read more…]
In the New Yorker, Oct 1, 1973, Richard Harris wrote an in-depth essay on the “The Presidency and the Press”, coving the Nixon White House and providing a good deal of background on the topic. It can be found here. This country’s reporters observe the odd tradition of providing a new President with a “honeymoon”—that … [Read more…]
About: http://blogs.harvard.edu/vrm/about/ https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/09/18/debugging-adtech-assumptions/ Wrong. If people have a real relationship with a company, they want it to be with sales or service. That’s it. For example, I have a great relationship with the service department of East Coast Volkswagen in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I’m on a first-name basis with the guys there, who know … [Read more…]
Read this closely, it is unedited, force yourself, read all the way to the end and see what our new administration is doing and thinking. It makes my skin crawl. Remarks of FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Spring Task Force Summit Annual Summit, Charlotte, NC May 5, 2017 Thank you … [Read more…]
From the Washington Post this morning, an analysis of the problems with the ACA by Jonathan Gruber. He is Ford Professor of Economics at MIT and worked on both the Massachusetts health-care reform and the Affordable Care Act. The article is here. What supporters of the AHCA are not admitting, however, is that the ACA’s … [Read more…]
You know the labels, Dole and Whole Foods bananas, ORGANIC on most everything, FUJI etc. on the apples, the annoying labels that food suppliers place on the food we buy in the supermarket. In late 2015, while adding some home-made compost to the garden, I was picking these labels out of the garden soil. We … [Read more…]
Below is a screen-scrape of what my Firefox addon “SOME RICH ASSHOLE” did to this White House Press Release. The unadulterated text can be found here. These people need to be put on an island with knives and no food. I normally wouldn’t continence quoting the Rich Asshole in this blog but these words are … [Read more…]
Recommended reading – lest we forget why it is important to stay active and vigilant: The Problem with TRUMP A series of L. A. Times editorials I. Our Dishonest President http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/ II. Why The Incoherent Creamsicle/Trump Lies http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-why-trump-lies/ III. The Talking Combover’s/Trump’s Authoritarian Vision http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-authoritarian-vision/ IV. Lord Dampnut’s/Trump’s War on Journalism http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-war-on-journalism/ V. Conspiracy Theorist … [Read more…]