…politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz
From the monthly archives:
Looks like Fleckman is walking back some of his ownership of the right-wing talking points. Yet, they’re still factually incorrect.
When I published my original post calling him out on them, I was accused of attributing modified talking points to him. Let’s get that factual error out of the way first. If you read my post, [...]
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Twitter can be a great source of information. Or not, depending. As marketers have discovered, it’s wonderful for getting a message out and spread virally, whether it’s true or not. Political operatives have discovered the same thing. In fact, the Twitter API is so robust and friendly that it can become a 24/7 propaganda machine, [...]
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Today was one of those days. DG and I tagged along up to UCSB with BigDog. While he taught, we walked on the beach at low tide, catching waves, dogs, rocks and things with our cameras (I gave her the D70). She pointed out this rock on the beach. It was dry when she showed [...]
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It’s summer. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that summer and winter mean I get obsessed with water, water droplets, and reflections in water droplets…so here’s the first of a few.
Also? I missed my 4th blogiversary on July 5th…Four years seems like a long time, but then, it [...]
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I’m often accused of tilting at windmills, particularly as the health care reform debate heats up. It’s not a wild accusation; I refuse to surrender to cynicism. I still believe, just as I did growing up and as I have throughout my various intersections with politics, that politicians still hear and heed the voice of [...]
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This reminds me a little of what I remember the beach to be like when I was a kid. Combined with the carnival ride photos, it evokes memories of spending the day at Long Beach with my dad, then going over to Queen’s Park (long gone) for rides on ferris wheels and roller coasters and [...]
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