World’s Funniest Compass – a Tates Compass

Tates CompassEver heard of a Tates Compass ?

Originally alleged to work only in the Southern Hemisphere as it points South instead of North – it inspired the saying — Continue reading

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A French Toast to Serendipitous Living

Eiffel Tower - Courtesy Wikipedia

Eiffel Tower – Courtesy Wikipedia

Some years ago, a splendid, incisive article about the French culture appeared in a coffee table magazine written by an American woman who’d lived in Paris for 20 years or so, having married a Parisian and raised children there.

Having lived in Europe myself, including a couple dozen moons in many marvelous regions of France, and having the pleasure of meeting dozens upon dozens of fabulous French folk in their native habitat, I was rather eager to learn of her far more experienced wisdom on it.

With sharp insight, she addressed the American misunderstanding that the French are rude to Americans. Roughly, (wish I could quote the article exactly, but it is filed inscrutably away in some folder in storage) she explained: Continue reading

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Improve – Not Change

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Fire Makes “Change”

You want to “change” the world?

Whoa. That’s frightening.

George W. Bush changed the world . . . acclaimed worldwide for making our world worse. In a horrible way. Continue reading

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Everybody Loves Boobs

This is a scream – with a deadly serious message.

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Dave’s List – Shameless Promotion — for Pretty Good Products

Excellent Backup Drive - Western Digital Passport

Excellent Backup Drive – Western Digital Passport 1 to 4 Terrabytes for $54-$110

To help make your life easier and maybe a bit more fun – here are some pretty good products that I use and recommend – that can help make your life better.

If you buy something through this web page it will provide a few dimes to help reduce costs to run this “free” website.

And it won’t cost you a penny more to buy them through the links here. In fact, because of my extraordinary shopping skills to find you and me the highest quality products at the lowest prices – they may save you considerable money over their life span – all the while making your life easier.

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Casey Lucius – EcoFaux or Eco-Fraud ?

“I do not use environmental concerns in my decision making . . . 

and I never will.”

Casey Lucius - EcoFraud

Casey Lucius — Eco-Fraud “I do not use environmental concerns in my decision making – and I never will.

The five of us who heard this politically absurd declaration were stunned nearly speechless.

While Pacific Grove grows or collects some wonderful environmental protection advocates,
somehow the town seems to attract more than its share of carpetbagging Eco-Fauxs. Sadly, LA’s Sandy Kauffman and Stockton Developer Dan Cort come too easily to mind. Continue reading

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101 Thank You Signs for FireFighters from Carmel Valley folks, for Big Sur’s 2016 Soberanes Fire

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Here’s a photo essay of the overwhelming (hand-made) “Signs of heart-felt appreciation” from local folks for the men and women fighting Big Sur’s terrible Soberanes Fire in July and August 2016.

Fire Fighter Sculpture

Fire Fighter Sculpture

I found more than 100 signs on Carmel Valley Road alone. Some are elaborate works of art, some small, some huge, some clever, and one is a sculpture of a fireman. Some thank those who have saved animals and the helicopter crews.

From simple to snazzy, be advised the sheer volume and sincere sentiment might inspire tears.

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Soberanes Fire Plume 2016 from Carmel Valley Airport – Aug 8, afternoon 2pm

Fire Plume from Carmel Valley Airport Aug 8, 2pm Looking South-East

Fire Plume from Carmel Valley Airport Aug 8, 2 pm
Looking South-East

Big Sur’s Soberanes Fire Plume 2016 from Carmel Valley Airport – Aug 8, afternoon 2-pm

This smoke plume is blowing in a new direction: much more East than South-East (the direction the whole fire was advancing in general up till now).

The plume poking up on the right looks to be from the Los Padres Dam area.

Frighteningly, the low cloud of smoke just to the left is from just downstream, apparently in the Prince’s Camp / Cachagua valley – where a lot of people live.

There apparently is a backfire set in that area.

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NSA Kills People Based on MetaData !

National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee on the NSA's PRISM program, which tracks web traffic and US citizens' phone records, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Former National Security Agency Director General Keith AlexanderTotal Contempt for Personal Privacy and our US Constitutional Rights. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Have you heard Senator Dianne Feinstein’s horrible excuse for NSA’s treacherous privacy violations with “Its only metadata” ?

Well, no Dianne, you are dead wrong  — “Metadata Kills.”

We now know the NSA-CIA kills people based on Metadata – because the former head of the NSA admitted it at a public forum !

Michael Hayden Gleefully Admits: We Kill People Based On Metadata

NSA even selects people to assassinate-by-drones using metadata. Now that CIA dropped their requirement for confirmation (a second credible source), they are killing innocent civilians with drones. This could far too easily lead to the CIA murder of innocent American citizens.

This is so far beyond insanity.

This is nothing short of ongoing, outrageous, Treasonous privacy invasions.

Most Elected officials take an oath to protect our “and defend the United States Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and Domestic !”

NSA is one hell of a Domestic Enemy that needs to be stopped.

What NSA is doing is indistinguishable from Treason.

Call Your Senator, Congresswoman and

write letters to your favorite news outlet – Today !

 

 

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Queen Elizabeth appreciates John Livingstone’s Photography

John Livinstone - Master Photographer

John Livinstone – Master Photographer

Before settling in a lovely Portland, Oregon suburb, bon vivant John Livingstone enjoyed an idyllic many-decades career in Carmel as a respected master photographer, author and restaurant reviewer.

He had the pleasure of  meeting and photographing many fascinating characters and their events; keeping some of the nicer ones as friends.

He admits his fifty-year career was recently “capped by a gracious letter from England’s Queen Elizabeth” in response to a photograph he took on her Coronation Day, some sixty two years ago in a Swanage, Dorsetshire pub.

During World War II, The Anchor Pub was Pfc Livingstone’s favorite off-duty destination along with his army buddies in the small English Channel town.

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Recovery: Wolf family returns to California with Pups

Five wolf pups and their parents were photographed in Northern California recently.

The last confirmed wolf living in California was more than 90 years ago in 1924. (One  wolf,the famous wolf OR7, visited California in 2011.)

Wild wolves historically inhabited California, but they were all killed by humans.

While one should regard wild wolves with deadly caution, only one human is known to have been killed by a wolf in North America. (1) Continue reading

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Who’s the Enemy ? Domestic Enemies with TLAs

National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee on the NSA's PRISM program, which tracks web traffic and US citizens' phone records, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander – Total Contempt for YOUR Personal Privacy. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

What do the CIA, FBI and NSA (No Such Agency) have in common with everyday Americans ?

Regarding secrecy and privacy protected by our Constitutions – absolutely nothing. They have it ALL backwards, upside down – and absolutely wrong.

These nefarious TLA (three letter acronym) agencies operate exactly like foreign government spies – where we are their targets – rather than treating us as the people they are working for; they are supposed to be serving US. Continue reading

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Best Advice ever on how to buy a New Car

While I doubt I’ll ever buy a new car (they lose thousands of dollars in value the moment you drive them off the showroom floor), here is an excellent step-by-step advice on how to buy a new car. Continue reading

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Eager Dog Teased

I like this.

Clark the Dog Comedian

Clark the Dog Comedian

Naaaahhh. That’s way too mild.

This is hilarious, brilliant and inspiring. Maybe the funniest dog in years !

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Leon Panetta ! Why Did You and I Assassinate this Woman’s Mother with a Drone?

Momina Bibi - Assassinated by a US Drone Authorized by Leon Panetta

Momina Bibi – Assassinated by a US Drone Authorized by Leon Panetta

Only a year ago while you, Leon Panetta, were in charge of all US military operations as Secretary of “Defense,” this elderly grandmother and midwife was murdered by a US Drone in Waziristan (Pakistan). Here is her daughter’s story.

“The last time I saw my mother, Momina Bibi, was the evening before Eid al-Adha. She was preparing my children’s clothing and showing them how to make sewaiyaan, a traditional sweet made of milk. She always used to say: the joy of Eid is the excitement it brings to the children.”

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NSA: “We kill people based on metadata.”

Astounding admission by NSA’s former Director Michael Hayden.

“We kill people based on metadata.”

This means the US government can (totally illegally and immorally) kill you – without even listening to your phone calls, reading your email or your mail.

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