{"id":34303,"date":"2019-11-05T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=34303"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:01:28","slug":"pge-lsd-and-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=34303","title":{"rendered":"PG&E, LSD, and Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PG&E vs. LSD.<\/strong> Overheard outside the Point Reyes Station post office during the blackout a week ago, one Sonoma County evacuee grimly commenting to another: “Reality is like acid! It’s intense!”<\/p>\n

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At Mitchell cabin,<\/strong> thankfully, the absurdity was far more gentle. In time, we got used to leaving a candle burning in the bathroom all evening. (For safety, we placed it in a corner of the acrylic shower stall.) We briefly stopped using the woodstove because of a red-flag alert and couldn’t use our large, electric space heater. I therefore had to turn our propane furnace on for the first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n

All that, just because of earlier wildfires elsewhere, which the President says are all state government’s fault.<\/p>\n

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President Trump expressed his contempt for California Gov. Gavin Newsom <\/strong>in a tweet, “Get your act together, Governor.” The President claims that California’s failure to “rake” its forests has been causing its wildfires, and now says he’s going to withhold emergency wildfire aid from the state.<\/p>\n

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The President holds Russian President Vladimir Putin in higher regard,<\/strong> calling him “smart,” and saying that Putin “has done an amazing job.” So four months ago he offered Russia aid in its battle against wildfires in Siberia. Putin hasn’t yet decided whether the aid is needed. No wonder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last month observed, “All roads seem to lead to Putin with the President.<\/p>\n

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Lynn with our cornucopia. <\/strong>The decoration is a harvest-season tradition in Mitchell cabin. Having worked for several days on the Point Reyes Disaster Council’s response to the blackout, she’s now hoping to get some rest and forget about the disaster in Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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