Vibrant Sunrise From Orbiting International Space Station
Let me try to help you understand what it feels like for me when I am fully aware of being alive and consciously living on Earth.
Returning from Orbit a Space Shuttle Astronaut wisely observed —
“The first day we all pointed to our countries.
. . .
“The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents.
. . .
“By the fifth day we were aware of only one Earth.”
President Harry S Truman
“I don’t give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it’s Hell.”
–US President Harry Truman
That pretty well describes my experience in local politics.
Mark Twain, my father’s favorite humorist, said
“Always do right. this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
Mark Twain and Will Rogers are proof that if you want to tell the truth in politics, it helps to have humorist skills.
Surveillance Means Spying on Someone !
(c) 2026 David j Dilworth
Spy – Causing Chaos
Please take a moment to absorb the CIA’s definitions of Surveillance —
“The systematic observation or monitoring of places, persons or things by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.”
-Glossary of Intelligence Terms & Definitions, June 15, 1978, for the CIA Director
“Multiple Sightings at Time and Distance”
– John Kirakou: Operations Officer for the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, personally targeted for assassination by a foreign agent surveilling him.
That means the basic threshold for when Surveillance occurs is — When any equipment or person observes a person or materials in two different places at two different times.
This means any activity with two or more cameras, detectors or sensors in close proximity, or one camera detecting a person twice over a time interval – is conducting Surveillance — according to the US government surveillance experts. Continue reading
They’re Not Democrats – they’re Business Democrats
(c) 2026 David Dilworth
CIA Director Leon Panetta (Republican in Disguise) — Remote Controlling a Drone Killing Civilians in Pakistan
A few decades ago, maybe around the late 1990s, California Republicons realized they just couldn’t get elected in California anymore. Research showed it was due to their mean-spirited, greedy, selfish and anti-freedom goals.
For example – California Republicans incessantly fight against – protecting Californians’ health and safety, they fight protection for forests, ecosystems and imperiled species.
They vote against stronger pesticide restrictions & consumer protections — and while claiming to fight for freedom, they eagerly vote to harm freedom for people of color and same-sex couples.
So, Republicans learned to stop losing by “swimming upstream” in California on their real “values” and quietly converted to the Democrat party.
Why not?
It doesn’t cost anything. Except maybe their morals and ethics.
Best of all there’s no policy test, nor any loyalty test; no test for what kind of government you will vote for once elected.
Since the Media never really ask any probing questions and Candidates dodge them as much as possible, so as long as they keep their mouth shut, who’s to know? They can make excuses for their bad votes.
Take it Apart, Clean it, & Put it Back Together Method (TiA-Ci-PiBT)
(c) 1967 Copyright David Dilworth, Hal Williams & Alan Williams
SpaceCraft Repair Guides
When any device stops working – from a Flashlight, to Slot-cars, to Carburetors, to Drones, to Computers to Spacecraft — there is one method that works a majority of the time – even when you don’t know how the device works!
We call it the Take it Apart, Clean it, & Put it Back Together Method.
Most recent experiment:
Inherited a Flash for a Canon EOS camera; a 220ex. Installed New batteries – no go. Continue reading
Early Computer User Group
Imagine a group of Toaster enthusiasts. Right – people who love making Toast. Maybe cinnamon toast for Saturday mornings.
They are so excited about toasters, they arrange meetings and share tips – for free.
Or Vacuum Cleaner zealots. Same thing – meetings and free technical support for each other. Continue reading
“Monopsony”
The Hidden force keeping wages lo w !
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
Jon Stewart Nailed the Dumpster Fire !
“The Church and Trump share one thing they care deeply about”
. . .
“Distracting us from Sex Scandals”
Sherlock Holmes famously espoused the idea “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
No, no NO !
How many well-meaning people have been led astray with this sneaky fallacy by a celebrity puzzle solver? Or even falsely declared someone guilty with this faulty logic.
Its called The Incredulity Fallacy. Continue reading
Weather
“If you don’t like Monterey Peninsula weather, move five feet.” Early 1980s
Personal
“There’s no one else on Earth that I would rather be.”-1979
“Flattery is a pretty poison. Nice to get as a gift, just don’t swallow it.” 2015, Feb
“George is my favorite Brother” – (yes, he’s my only brother) “I wouldn’t trade him for anybody.” (Though if Olivia Munn was asking, that could get awkward.)
“Eccentric means perfectly round, just off-center. Considering the alarmingly mental & emotional center of America, it’s a laudable, even imperative goal, and not even mildly difficult to have better ideas.” 1985
Love vs Lust
“There’s no such thing as a German Kiss.” July 2016 Continue reading
Angry Standing Room Only Crowd
Angry outbursts punctuated a parade of opposition at a Carmel Valley Town Hall about a Developer’s proposal to build 70 “Starter mansions” and 20 “affordable units” at the Village Airfield.
Two Carmel Valley public interest community protection groups (Friends of Valley Airfield-FOVA and Carmel Valley Association-CVA) organized the gathering at Tularcitos School March 18, 2026
Well, it was standing room only. More than 250 residents attended and gave the developer non-stop Blast after blast. Long-time residents (“I’ve lived here 70 years“), respected community leaders, and experts including Planners and Architects (“Blindingly Inappropriate“) ripped into his proposal for its huge unacceptable impacts to Carmel Valley’s sleepy Village.
One woman courteously asked those in the audience to stand if they oppose this project. Local gentleman Warren Haber observed – “It was a sea of opposition. I didn’t see anyone sitting.” Continue reading
Never OpenAI !
Why: OpenAI Eagerly Agreeing to Surveillance of Americans and Robot Military Murder – A War Crime.
Never Use OpenAI – Chat GPT, GPT4 etc.
Never Invest in OpenAI. Period.
Never Discuss OpenAI and Chat GPT. Continue reading
by David Dilworth
Hatton Canyon (green vegetation) to the right of Highway One (yellow)
In 1952 California’s evil Dept of Transportation (CalTrans) announced intention to destroy a quiet, spearmint-scented Forest Canyon next to Carmel-by-the-Sea to build a 3-mile, 4 lane Los Angeles style freeway next to Carmel in Hatton Canyon; right behind Carmel High School.
Faceless Sacramento bureaucrats and technocrats (including Caltrans District 5 Director Tom Pollack, and Greg Albright) recklessly decided to destroy 21 acres of a serene forest; home to deer, Mountain lions, and gentle red-legged frogs which soon received Federal Endangered Species Act protection.
Cal-Trans forest destruction proposed chainsawing some 31,000 native (many ancient) Monterey pine trees along with 10-12 acres of wetlands. (Final EIR)
It took 48 years of tremendous controversy and powerful opposition and a successful lawsuit for the awful project to die, or at least get buried, when the Governor Davis signed the 2000 state budget authorizing purchase of Hatton Canyon for California State Parks. Continue reading
Bike Rider Alert ! — Hyper-Dangerous Guardrails !!!
Hyper-Dangerous Guard Rails
Cal-Trans new Guardrail Design is outrageously dangerous to bike riders because they are severely Sharp-Edged and Stick out into Bike Lanes.
This one on a Carmel Highlands curve almost fully blocks the Bike Lane – but its hidden on approach. Surprising then forcing unsuspecting riders to swerve into traffic lane – or get their leg gouged by the guardrail, likely falling into traffic lane.
Monster Threatening War Because He Didn’t Get Peace Prize
The Orange Wrecking Ball is Furious because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize – so he’s sending US Military Troops to steal Greenland !
You get to vote – Which part of his absurd Toddler Rant is the most Monumentally Greedy, Self-Serving or Idiotic ?
Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded by the non-profit organization Nobel Committee – Not a Country or any government agency !
Great White Shark
Solstice 2025, December 21.
Another swimmer was apparently killed by a large shark off Pacific Grove’s Lover’s Point.
Two people saw a large shark breach Monterey Bay’s surface with a human in its mouth – at the same time a woman swimmer went missing.
Great expose by Mother Jones on how Realtors were caught trying to Force Higher Sales Prices – by Hiding Risks from buyers. Continue reading
Why Trump wants War with Venezuela – Its Not about Replacing Maduro
by David j Dilworth
Trump is spending tens of millions to deport people from US to anywhere else; primarily those with a Venezuelan connection.
However, his deportations are monstrously illegal – primarily (why?) because —
ONLY Congress has responsibility for Immigration and Deportation !
So instead of getting Congressional permission, he’s falsely claiming he has authority from the “Alien Enemies Act
Continue reading
Arugula – image courtesy of Taylor Farms
USA’s Wrecking-Ball Calamity, has made yet another silly error thanks to his failing hearing and poor translation.
He confuses daily agricultural shipping for a terrorist group. Continue reading
WTF ? ! ? ! ! !
We’ve always thought it would be Republicans who would destroy Environmental Laws in California . . . They’ve been trying and failing for decades.
Nope, its the Democrats successfully Dismantling California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
More accurately its the “Business” Democrats – who are quietly taking apart CEQA piece by Huge piece.
California’s Environmental Quality Act – CEQA – is the major Dam holding back otherwise unrestrained powerful greed of DREGs (Developers, Resource Extractors, Polluters and Governments).
For 50 years CEQA has been instrumental in stopping outrageously harmful projects up and down California: Golf Courses, worthless Highways, Monstrous Landscape obliterating Mansion “subdivisions,” spraying Cities with Pesticides, and on and on. Continue reading
Masked ICE Agents – Kidnapping People off American Streets !
Which country sends a horde of Military to Strike Fear in Peaceful Protestors?
Well, that’s not a short list is it?
Myanmar comes quickly to mind, then there’s Russia, China, Chile, Nicaragua, Indonesia, etc.
How about which Country sends Masked Gunmen to Kidnap innocent Americans?
Then Physically Torture them ! Continue reading