Abandoning the Kurds

Another take on the issue of abandoning the Kurds.

The Rolling Stone magazine, no admirer of Donald Trump, doesn't believe the whistleblower is real because of the reaction of the CIA.

I remember that during the 1955 flood, ham radio operators provided communications among the people working to handle the emergency. Now Cal Fire is working to dismantle the ham radio communications systems.

We teach nothing, we know nothing—and that could cost the United States everything.

Attorney General Bob Barr gave an important speech about religious liberty at Notre Dame.

Wildlife photographer of the year winners in pictures.

Adam Schiff (aka Pencil Neck) flipped on the need for the whistleblower to testify after it came out that his staff coordinated with the whistleblower prior to the complaint being filed.

California has rolled out an earthquake warning system with an ap that you can download to your smart phone. Unfortunately, earthquake waves move pretty fast, as much as a mile a second.  That means you will get lots of warning if the epicenter is a long ways away, and not much if it is close. So, if the earthquake is close enough to kill you, you don't get much warning. Download the program MyShake on your smart phone. Of course earthquakes don't kill people, improperly designed falling structures kill people.

Back in my youth, I worked on a survey crew measuring slip and creep on faults in California. One of these was the Garlock Fault, east of the San Andreas. It never went anywhere; all of a sudden it's moving.  This section of the San Andreas was the location  of the largest historical earthquake in California, the 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake.

What kind of watches do fighter pilots wear? Surprisingly, none of the watchmakers that advertise this claim are actually found on the wrists of fighter pilots.

Those of you in California may want to read what the CEO of PG&E has to say about power shutoffs.

If you watched the debate, you prob ably weren't too impressed with Biden's performance. His campaign seems to be faltering.

ABC wanted to show video of the alleged carnage in Syria, so they used some stock image from a gun range in the US. A less well-known journalist used some stock earthquake footage to show dead children.

Congress is spending billions at Boeing for rockets that private enterprise is building at a fraction of the cost.

Here's something you didn't see in the news: about one mile of the wall is built every day.

One of the impeachment witnesses says they tried to warn Biden in 2015 about the problem with Hunter working for the Ukraine gas company.

There's a new book out "The Bible is a Catholic Book". It's for Catholics that are intimidated by the Bible.

The media are claiming that the White House admitted to a "quid pro quo" on Ukraine. It appears to be an incorrect analysis of the actual statement.