It’s late Saturday night and I’m feeling lots of solidarity & concern for friends & family in the far southwest. Just days ago we faced a severe thunderstorm that produced flooding and widespread power outages in just an hour of fierce wind, flooding rain, and explosive lightning. That was then. Since Tuesday, there’s been … Continue reading OMG! Hurricane Hilary Is Coming; and She’ll Soon Have Company
#1 – Bloomberg: Out of Africa, a New World War By supporting the coup in Niger, Russia proves again that it sees its struggle against the West as a global war, just not a declared one yet. By Andreas Kluth — August 8, 2023 Bloomberg Opinion-You can think of the unfolding disaster in Niger in … Continue reading Speaking of Coups, Two Reports, Bloomberg on central Africa, and Dyer on the U.S.
Two reports: AP News: Uganda’s leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law BY RODNEY MUHUMUZ August 17, 2023 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president on Thursday slammed the World Bank, calling the global lender “insufferable” for holding up new loans after the East African country enacted … Continue reading World Bank Supports Uganda LGBT Rights: Dictator Miffed
About 10:30 Wednesday night, I was ready to pack it in: tired and frazzled from a day spent largely looking for chargers to recharge chargers for phone & Ipad, and then charging the devices while circling in the Fair Wendy’s air-conditioned EV, and buying drippy bags of ice from a darkened but open vape shop … Continue reading After the Sudden Storm: Minding the Light Again!
