Author: Simon

Some nice pictures and commentary by engineering geologists at Meta Bunk.

About 8 minutes I did a postmortem of the old Counter-Culture at 60s Nostalgia. I wouldn’t go so far as to say “Conservatism is the new Counter-Culture.” My take is more that “Leave Us Alone” (libertarianism) is the new Counter Culture. I does sorta look like Conservatism if your glasses are not properly adjusted.

Californians are learning that flooding is a natural event in California. I think this will put a damper on a lot of Global Warming hysteria as citizens turn to more immediate concerns. Like preparing for future floods.

In honor of California. Zepparella

There were warnings 12 years ago about the Oroville Dam. They were ignored. Three environmental groups — the Friends of the River, the Sierra Club and the South Yuba Citizens League — filed a motion with the federal government on Oct. 17, 2005, as part of Oroville Dam’s relicensing process, urging federal officials to require…

But only if the dam breaks. And what are the odds of that? Rather good I’d say. But the crisis at Lake Oroville won’t abate any time soon. Northern California is on pace for its wettest winter ever, and Croyle said an estimated 2.8 million acre-feet of snow blankets the Sierra above the dam. Depending…

He did it by signing Executive Orders. Too bad no other President ever thought of this. Well. Will it work? There is no way to tell for now. The orders are secret. Here is my take on all this: “The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most…

YouTube has pulled the original video I posted. Man Mountain Molehill in the comments suggested the video you now see.

Donald Trump favors letting government take your money without due process. Two Texas senators have offered legislation this year to require conviction before someone’s assets could be seized. Sen. Konni Burton, a Republican who often pushes civil-liberties legislation to protect personal information and property, was a fierce critic of Trump during the campaign. She and…

Our Republican leaders are trying to help President Trump. McConnell and other GOP leaders agree there is voter fraud but not on the scale claimed by Trump. “There is no evidence that it occurred in such a significant number that would have changed the presidential election,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday…

The recent happenings at Berkeley got me to thinking. A comment I made about the current riots (roughly) “That was nothing. In the 60s there were 10s of thousands in the streets. They are getting thousands. At most.” got me thinking more. In the 60s I was on scene for a lot of it. I…

Yes he did. And in his honor a little street fightin’ music. Kathy Kinsley in the comments suggested that “We all want to change the world.” Well we are all doing what we can. Here is what I can.

Eric is covering the physical aspects of the riots in Berkeley. I’d like to give a bit of attention to the moral aspects. Or How Mario Savio became a hero of the right. In 1964, Berkeley student Mario Savio addressed his peers in a speech about the importance of the free and open discussion on…

About 9 minutes The early confirmed reports do not match up with the final conclusion of the Quebec mosque shooting.

The Clinton involved would have been Bill. He was cheered by Congress.

Tell me what people fear and I will tell you how to control them.

The problem with politics is that hardly anyone considers, “and then what?” OK. You won. What effect will your win and the policies that flow from the win have on the electorate? In the mind of the winners it is always, “We won didn’t we? They will love us.” I have watched this play out…

“What The Hell’s Going In Chicago?” Trump asks. If you read Chicago newspapers, as I do from time to time, it is not hard to figure out what is going on. There is gang warfare over the heroin trade. The cartel allegedly unloaded heroin from hidden panels in the buses to warehouses in Aurora and…