Daily Archives: August 8, 2007
Michael Gordon resumes his Bush/Cheney propaganda
Michael Gordon has another virtual stenographic piece on the front page of the NY Times, in which he parrots the Bush/Cheney anti-Iran propaganda about Iran being the source for much of the weaponry and methods that kill American troops in … Continue reading
Book review: William Alsup’s “Missing in the Minarets: The Search for Walter A. Starr, Jr.”
This is a small book but a very interesting read. The subject is the death of a prominent young mountaineer in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in 1933, and the subsequent search for his body. I don’t think I … Continue reading
Filed under books, global warming/environment, Outdoors, San Francisco, travel
John Pilger on the state of journalism
John Pilger is an outspoken British author, journalist and filmmaker. He recently spoke on the state of journalism. His remarks are particularly applicable to the recent Scott Thomas Beauchamp kerfuffle. Ironically, I began to understand how censorship worked in so-called … Continue reading
Northern California garden snails are “escargot”
Yes, those brown and yellow garden snails you host in your backyard are the same animals that are served as a delicacy in Europe. In fact, they were imported from France in the 19th century for that purpose, but the … Continue reading
Filed under food/drink, San Francisco
Do it yourself: replacing fabric window screens.
It’s not as hard as they make you believe, if you follow this tip (I’m not gonna go through the whole thing). The key thing is DON’T take out the frame and put it on a flat surface like they … Continue reading
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