Author Archives: David

Let me try to help understand what this feels like for me. Returning from Orbit a Space Shuttle Astronaut wisely observed —   “The first day we all pointed to our countries. . . . “The third or fourth day … Continue reading →

Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder for Heritage Society Fundraiser Created by Snick Farkas Pacific Grove artist Snick Farkas has created a bird feeder entitled “Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder (Missing Plaque & Footprint)” for the PG Heritage Society’s 7th Annual … Continue reading →

A test in India let people judge whether a volunteer was communicating by typing with a human or a software program. This type of test is called a Turing test. The headline for most media on this was that 59 … Continue reading →

Ordinary People Locked Out of CraigsList with No Recourse — Is this “Arbitrary and Capricious ?” “Craigslist locked me out for no apparent reason, with absolutely no warning, absolutely no possible way to get back in and no way to … Continue reading →

Cure for the Common Cancer Here’s news of some extraordinary research — an experimental drug that seems to be able to make impotent any cells infected by any type of virus without harming healthy neighboring cells. New drug could cure … Continue reading →

“We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military-Industrial Complex.” -President Eisenhower warning about the Cold War and its unjustified military spending proposals. Not many remember Eisenhower, a 5-star General, was “Supreme Commander … Continue reading →

The daily Herald newspaper has gone so far off the deep end, abandoning their professional responsibility to Monterey Peninsula readers – that we need a whole new newspaper of record. A newspaper that explicitly refuses to hire such horrible anti-public … Continue reading →

In 2003 after a significant amount of research, I wrote about 3 extremely promising potential cures for skin cancer / melanoma. Based on those research results, I predicted that within 10 years no one should die of skin cancer – … Continue reading →

Final (Monday July 17, 2011): We got it right. (I don’t know if anyone else was predicting “Carmageddon” would be a bust, but we nailed it.) This outcome would be no surprise to any well trained traffic engineer. Friday July … Continue reading →

While the local Chamber of Commerce doesn’t really tout this feature, Pacific Grove, California is the world leader for a town or city with the most number of people killed by Great White sharks. 1952: December 7 Swimmer Barry Wilson … Continue reading →

Here is a list of the most important articles and Documents about the Collins Scandal. Who’s Culpable? (Overview of who did what – when, or “Culpable Characters in Collins’ Corruption”) Ed Mitchell Report – listing who Collins billed, met with … Continue reading →

This is the full text of Ed Mitchell’s News Conference: July 1, 2011 at the Monterey County Courthouse Steps. (For the complete original document – click here.) News Conference 1 July 2010 (c) Copyright 2011 Ed Mitchell My name is … Continue reading →

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” – William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Marina Coast Water District got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, potentially with some people going to jail, so they hired a lawyer to write a report … Continue reading →

In the several decades I’ve been helping out protecting our environment, I have yet to hear a single person who genuinely obtains significant environmental protection (not just talks about it or merely works to do so) call themselves an “Environmentalist.” … Continue reading →

Lets review those who had a serious role in Monterey County’s Collins Scandal about the Regional Desalination Project. This does not necessarily mean they are guilty of a crime, but each benefited from and were getting paid as either a … Continue reading →

Reading a Herald headline today I’m not the only one who couldn’t help laughing — “Monterey County Supervisor Dave Potter named desal ‘watchdog.’” My my my – that is uhhh . . . “interesting.” Or to put it accurately “The … Continue reading →

Its the 21rst century and greedy, avaricious logging beasts still insist on destroying California’s few remaining forests for money. You can help stop this fundamental harm – click here http://www.pelicannetwork.net/stopclearcut.htm

What do you do when a police officer lies to the court? You and hundreds of other innocent people go to jail for decades, until his conscience catches up with him. “Former cop says his lies sent people to prison” … Continue reading →

Here’s an eye opening science research article that found putting Duct tape on a wart removes a wart more often than the standard dermatology practice of freezing a wart with liquid Nitrogen. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12361440