TGIF Rants & Updates

Recent posts here have been almost entirely domestic. What can a Tucson-based blogger say about events that’ll make the slightest difference? Still, one tries to keep a hand in. On the Air India crash: the engines on those Boeing 787s produce more than enough thrust to make up for forgetting to set flaps and slats […]

Monday Bag o’ Whatever

From all I can see, most Los Angelenos continue to go about their daily business, unaware of the protests Trump & company are calling an insurrection. Then again, if anyone knows what an insurrection is, it would be Trump.

Jonesing for Attention (and Other Hot Takes)

My pen pal, like me a retired military officer, says he’s ready to quit reading and watching the news altogether, because everything’s political and both sides and so on.