Natural Weekends – Snow Day
Like most of the northern tier of the country, we are suffering through an almost two-week long cold snap where temperatures won’t rise above freezing. Yesterday, however was a snow day which actually warmed...
Monthly Archive: December 2017
Astronomy Adventure – Crater Gassendi
Crater Gassendi is a large crater that has been mostly inundated by the lunar lava that created Mare Humorum which is the circular, darker, flat area to its lower left and is thought to...
Democrats Have A Platform For 2018 Elections – They Need To Articulate It
Democratic Representative Jackie Speier was on All In with Chris Hayes Thursday night and Hayes asked her, “Does the party need a platform to run on in 2018?” Speier’s reply was the most frustrating...
Today's Wall Street Criminal – Citibank
In a departure from the usual, Wells Fargo is not the Wall Street firm engaging in more misdeeds this week. Instead, it is Citibank which for some mysterious reason managed to go four years...
GOP Tries To Steal The Election In Virginia To Maintain Their Own Power
I was disappointed to see that this Washington Post piece as well as Chris Hayes and Joy Reid last night really mischaracterized the nature of Shelly Simonds motion to have the Newport News Circuit...
Trump Just Made Killing Off The Elderly Even Easier
Earlier this year, the Trump administration rolled back an Obama-era provision that prohibited nursing homes from using forced arbitration contracts if they wanted to remain part of Medicare and Medicaid. According to the administration,...
Access To High Speed Broadband And Reducing The Urban/Rural Divide
In the post-World War II era, the Eisenhower Interstate System was the envy of the world and a major driver of US economic growth. Authorized in 1956, at a time when the government had...
Will Democrats Fall Into The GOP's "Bipartisan Trap"?
Mitch McConnell has seemingly had a rough year. His multiple attempts at repealing Obamacare in its entirety utterly failed, even as it consumed most of the legislative year. But, at the last minute, he...
White Christmas
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…and that’s what we got!. Last night’s rain turned to snow early this morning and now the skies have cleared, the sun is out, and the light dusting will...
A Quiet Christmas Eve On The Creek
It’s a quiet Christmas Eve on the creek as we wait for Santa to arrive. Here’s what it looks like: