Geologists Issue RED ALERT After Satellite Detects Sudden Uplift in Moun...
Just in case humans are not causing enough headaches.
Fascinating science, especially if one does not live in the middle of a lahar danger zone.
And another new vid!
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025
Thank you WION. Really good comedy even if Colbert goes away.
🚨Trump Gets Hit By Nobel Peace Prize BOMB, LOSES IT
"Typing in ALL CAPS is NOT diplomacy."
Just enough to make the mountains hum: cascade volcanoes share strange pulse
When politics gets to be too much, how about some VOLCANOES!
Cascade Volcanoes Show Strange Pulse Without Warning – Mount Rainier Now...
And for grains, a hidden magma chamber in a supervolcano near Naples, Italy.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
A word from Protest Curmudgeon: it is horrifying to have to say "genocide" about a purported ally, and...
This week, hundreds of former Israeli military officials issued a letter saying that Hamas poses no military Threat to Israel.
Hundreds of Gazans have been killed in the insanity that currently passes for food distribution in #Gaza
Radio broadcasts are filled with Israeli voices saying, essentially," Genocide? What Genocide? Famine? What Famine?"
Polls in Israel show both that many Israelis are disgusted with the current situation and that they just want hostages home. Some in Israel would be too happy just to drive the Palestinians out, bulldoze the place and transform it from an open air prison to some kind of grand Trumpian resort.
And Hamas releases disgusting pictures of hostages starving along with the rest of the population.
It would be just awesome, to RantWoman at least, if visible vigils or protests included feet on the ground demands like allowing UNRWA to resume management of food delivery or admitting the internaional press.
Instead, there are media reports of Rep Adam Smith's town meeting getting shut down by protestors.
RantWoman's instinct at firstwas just wait to coment. RantWoman assessed the initial reports as standard protestor vs protested they said / they said.
Leave it to Brandi Kruse to provide details of the initial court hearing.
Socialists arrested for disrupting townhall of Democratic Congressman
Oh, FFS.
There is being as obnoxious as possible. If the point is to be as obnoxious as possible, sure. way to go. Congratulations Kshama, with a bonus for rushing the stage, which RantWoman always considers dangerous as well, of course, as rude.
And there is persuading people to take different actions, that is different actions besides arresting protestors, as if the criminal justice system is not already overcrowded and overused.
RantWoman's other problem: RantWoman is trying to imagine Kshama addressing some of the things RantWoman knows Rep Smith gets to address.:
--Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphatically is not doing his job about proposing a budget on the timeline required by law, RantWoman would certainly want a smaller defense budget and different priorities, but RantWoman just can't see Kshama having productive conversations about legitimate policy considerations.
--Hegseth's campaign to fire women and people of color in prominent positions is more about a white supremacist military than effective national defense.
--Hegseth and the President's politicized personnel decisions are about as dumb as Putin firing everyone who disagrees with Russia's "special military operation in Ukraine."
--There is a whole generation of people who have returned from endless wars, some deeply committed to Constitutional principles that MIGHT pull the country back from the current administration's thunderous stomps toward authoritarianism. RantWoman is quite certain these people are far better equipped to speak to others in their ranks ready to tear down US society than Kshama or anyone working for her.
--Hegseth clearly has no concept of the importance of diplomacy and the right person applying the right words at the right time in challenging situations. See for instance Hegseth's disgraceful treatment of General Milley who called up his Chinese counterpart during the aftermath of #January6 and probably forestalled some kind of international crisis on top of the domestic outrages.
Should RantWoman go on?
RantWoman is not in the "Kshama never again" camp, but Protest Curmudgeon has plenty else to opine about and would not mind less rhetoric specifically from Kshama and maybe even more actionable policy discussions.
Previously from Rantwoman
What of the Ali family now???
What We Didn’t Know About the Ali Family — Attorney Speaks Out
I did not watch the whole trial, but did Fatima try to talk to her parents about bad things from her previous trip to Iraq. I have the sense from school officials' testimony that maybe her family did not believe her about any creepy things from the previous trip. Or maybe Fatima talked to the school counselor because she did not feel safe or like she would be believed by her mother.
Did anyone ask questions about abusive behaviors in the home? Sometimes people can be REALLY reluctant to name the problem, but that issue definitely came to mind.
I also think the school did Zahraa a disservice by banning her from all North Thurston schools. Where do the younger kids go to school? How is Mom supposed to be a parent for them?
Finally, there can be A LOT to be said for a neutral non-family interpreter but Zahraa declined the services of Language Line. I assume everyone has uneven experiences with language line but in the best case consistent interpreter practices can provide more consistency and opportunity for people to ask questions directly. Also Zahraa probably needs more in-depth cultural support than one conversation.
Anyway, all of this probably requires a different approach from a criminal lawyer, but I think the judge could consider some of this in preparing for sentencing.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Town Hall Update: Rep. Adam Smith 6 pm MONDAY AUGUST 4, 6 pm
Neighbor, Thank you for taking the time to complete our recent town hall survey and for expressing interest in participating in the upcoming deliberative town hall hosted by Rep. Smith and Civic Genius. . Rep. Smith will continue to hold events in our district to hear from constituents and we look forward to hearing from you on any issue. Please don't hesitate to reach out here any time. |
Sincerely,
Adam Smith |
P.S. What did you think of this email update?
RantWoman comments: 1. THANK YOU so much for asking people's opinions and for having great forms that work well for RantWoman and her screen reader. 2. The email RantWoman received said Sunday August 3 in the text but the link above takes people to a blurb and to the correct date MONDAY AUGUST 4 3. RantWoman STRONGLY endorses online town halls, not only to save herself travel burden but also because it cuts down on ways for disagreements to exceed all constraints of decorum. (Looking at you, any Republican who can't find ways to meet with constituents. Thank you for your attention. RantWoman. |
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Sunday, August 3, 2025
A "wholesome" break from RantWoman's current legal YouTube fixations: MURDER and attempted murder.
One indication that RantWoman is rapidly approaching an age that can be described as "older than dirt:" RantWoman has never really gotten into binge-watching, say, TV series.
We will not discuss whether or not a raging YouTube habit counts.
The last couple days, RantWoman has so badly wanted to escape everything to do with the President and his disagreeable Cabinet shredding the constitution, that RantWoman has fled to....drum roll, please...Court TV.
RantWoman barely dipped her toes into the sentencing of Brian Kohlberger for 4 heinous murders of University of ID students.
RantWoman thanks Mr. Kohlberger for pleading guilty. RantWoman was not looking forward to a whole summer of gruesome testimony and trial related social media.
RantWoman realizes this path probably will not ease grieving families gut wrenching grief.
RantWoman would not mind never again hearing Brian Kohlberger's name and having celebration of lives every year for the 4 murdered students as often as they need.
RantWoman had ZERO desire to even dip her eyeballs into more info about the sentencing than a short news snippet.
The other legal situation RantWoman is binge watching: the case of WA vs. Ali and Ali. Videos are widely available on YouTube via CourtTV or another called Justice is a Process, as well as J.D. A lawyer explains.
The next several posts will feature RantWoman opining about different aspects of the case. RantWoman had been holding off with commentary until verdicts have been returned. Verdicts have now been returned and sentencing has been set for August 18. That is still miles to go before we sleep. So please read on.
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