Obladi, oblada.

Last summer, again. This is between Mt. St Helens and Spirit Lake, an area called the Plains of Abraham. In June-July (I think), the lupines turn it all blue.

I'm expecting to hear from the insurance company today, with the settlement. Our losses totalled over $4,000.00. I know I'm being pessimistic, but I doubt we'll get half of that from Farmer's. Le sigh.

Life goes on, bra! La la how the life goes on.


In 1979, radioactive steam leaked into the atmosphere from the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility, in Pennsylvania. In the film “The China Syndrome,” made before the incident and released just twelve days before, a character remarks that a cloud of waste could wreak death and destruction over 'an area the size of Pennsylvania.' Earlier in the year, a local magazine had run a fictional story called “Meltdown at Three Mile Island.” They even got the date right.

In 1930, over five hundred years after Constantinople fell to the Ottomans (who changed its name to Istanbul), the western world recognized the city as Istanbul.

move along, nothing to see here

I am having a hard day. It's not been a particularly good year, so far. I don't have the enthusiasm to dig a picture out of my -whatever- today, but I don't suspect it'll be missed. No events from history either. We're going to war with Iran, but you didn't read it here.

Think! It ain't illegal yet!

I was right again (scroll down to March 11): Spitzer was targeted, and that makes the investigation illegal. In America, we don't prosecute for political reasons. Er, didn't prosecute for political reasons, before Bushcheney.

John McCain goes to Iraq and makes a few socio-political blunders, showing off his ignorance of foreign policy, but the mainstream media focusses on the bullshit Clinton-Obama "war." What does that tell you? It tells you that the media would rather have you focus on the weaknesses of the Democratic candidates, than reveal the weakness of the Republican candidate. Now, what does that tell us? It tells us, in no uncertain terms, that the mainstream media operates as an organ of the Republican party.

Let's have a look at a sample page. If you're seeing the same page I saw, you're seeing eight headlines under the "Election Coverage" banner. There is no mention of McCain. In fact, Bush is at the top. Hello? Rather, we find three headlines for stories which appear to be bad news about Obama, and one which leads with the phrase "Anti-Clinton." One other head suggests that Bill Richardson is 'loyal' to the Clintons, but the story is about his endorsement of Obama (more conflict inside the party, see?). The general effect of the page is to emphasize that the Democrats are not organized or focused enough to be able to focus on policy, and are therefore not fit to be President.

As long as we read/view mainstream media, we are in their thrall. This is the kind of enemy I'm fighting.

Think for yourself, and my fight is won.

It's International Waffle Day today.

Bela Bartok, Aretha Franklin, Frank Oz, Elton John and Sarah Jessica Parker were all born on this day (1881, 1942, '44, '47 and '65, respectively).

If you must leave then go ahead

John Wesley Powell was born on this day in 1834. William Morris was also born on the same day.

In 1973, Pink Floyd released "Dark Side of the Moon."

Daisy

Today in 1743, Georg Friedrich Handel premiered The Messiah.

In 1910, Akira Kurosawa was born.