This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: People are leaving social media in droves and now the numbers show it; San Francisco will wipe out tons of pot convictions as the war on weed dries up; More tips on how to compost in your apartment.
This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: People are leaving social media in droves and now the numbers show it; San Francisco will wipe out tons of pot convictions as the war on weed dries up; More tips on how to compost in your apartment.
Roadside sign in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 2017 (source)by Gaius PubliusIn Cape Town, South Africa, they're calling it the day the water taps could be turned off. They're also calling it, not an impending crisis, but a "deep deep deep" crisis now. It's also a vision, perhaps, of the future of California and the American Southwest.
Congressional crashes, children's coffins and pedogate Puck + this day in history w/the murder of Daniel Pearl and our song of the day by Tune-Yards on your Morning Monarchy for February 1, 2018.
(ANTIMEDIA) Berkeley, CA — Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have managed to record single thoughts as they travel through the brain, and in doing so have clearly shown how the prefrontal cortex acts as a coordinator when human beings respond to perception. Berkeley researchers used electrocorticography (ECoG), a precise but highly invasive method of recording neural activity that requires […]
Healthcare incorporated, gourmet thieves and destructive psychology + this day in history w/'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' and our song of the day by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on your Morning Monarchy for January 31, 2018.
The Republican lottery winner who already spent $243,798 and got 1 vote for his efforts (one)This is too funny to pass up. Various factions at the the DCCC have been working against each other and recruiting sundry terrible candidates to run in Orange County congressional districts. In CA-48-- Rohrabacher's district-- one goof-ball (Kyle) recruited New Dem Harley Rounda while a more powerful goof-ball recruited the other New Dem, Hans Keirstead.
Prosecuting protest, gun trace task force and full-throated warmongers + this day in history w/the "I Don't Like Mondays" shooting and our song of the day by The Vaccines on your Morning Monarchy for January 29, 2018.
The California legislature is considering passing a law that would punish waiters (or their employers) with a $1,000 fine and up to a six-month prison sentence if they give a customer a plastic straw without a request for one. [These collectivists have got to be removed from office before they imprison everybody. Come to think of it, that's really what they want, isn't it.] [...]
Devin Nunes' Central Valley congressional district (CA-22) begins north of Clovis and Fresno and it's northern and eastern suburbs beyond the airport. The district meanders down through Dinuba and Visalia and ends just south of Tulare. It's a pretty red district-- McCain and Romney both beat Obama (respectively 56-43% and 57-42%) and in 2016 Trump beat Clinton 52.1% to 42.6%.
