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• Robo cops to the rescue? City hall discusses police reform

  By Editor on June 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  CITY HALL – In the wake of George Floyd’s death and ongoing national protests demanding the end of police brutality, city leaders met this week to determine ways in which police might better protect and serve struggling black communities. The… Read More ›

• To move forward, try looking back: Book review, lessons on Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

  By Editor on February 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Ambrose Bierce, Forgotten Books (2012), 300 pages My stepfather gave me Tales of Soldiers and Civilians as a Christmas gift. Dan read my sci-fi novel, Rise of the Liberators, and I suspect he wanted to encourage me to write more… Read More ›

• ‘Cosmic shit-storm’ merges California, Texas into new state

  By Editor on February 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

    AUSTIMENTO – The physical unification of two politically polarized states – California and Texas – has left scientists scrambling to understand what caused the anomaly as residents of the newly formed land mass struggle to coexist. Some consider it… Read More ›

• Assault-style vehicles coming to a neighborhood near you

  By Editor on February 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  LOS ANGELES — Increases in incidents of road rage are transforming motorists into road warriors, so claims a local company with plans to fuel the trend by offering the first weaponized automobiles available for consumers. Representatives from Rocket & Gamble,… Read More ›

• The death that tells the story of a generation

  By Editor on January 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Book Review: Gone at Midnight Jake Anderson, Kensington Books, 368 pages Gone at Midnight by Jake Anderson is a beautifully written account of the horrible events surrounding the death of Elisa Lam, the young woman whose corpse was recovered from… Read More ›

• A.I.-inspired ‘family feud’ goes to Supreme Court

  By Editor on January 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  NEWPORT BEACH – Arguments related to a couple whose marriage devolved online thanks to cyber attacks they sponsored against each other is being heard by the most judicious minds in the nation, even as details related to the husband and… Read More ›

• Love Letter to Deep State

  By Editor on December 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Love Letter to Deep State: A Review of Watchmen in Verse By Ryan Hyatt When I was a boy, you took pains to include me in overnights reading Watchmen, playing Rush’n Attack, Axis & Allies, Supremacy: Sipping Dr. Pepper and munching Twizzlers… Read More ›

• Youthful angst ignites ‘anti-righteous’ rebellion

  By Editor on November 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Book Review: Dystopia Boy Trevor Richardson, Montag Press, 558 pages In Dystopia Boy, the coming-of-age charm of Stand By Me meets the cyberpunk possibilities of The Matrix to create a near-future, rock ‘n’ roll-inspired ride through a neglected American heartland… Read More ›

• ‘Mother’ Earth has same rights as corporations, judge rules

  By Editor on October 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  SAN FRANCISCO – In a landmark case, a federal court decided today that the third planet from the sun has the same legal protections as the corporations that profit off it. The plaintiffs in the case – a group of… Read More ›

• Entrepreneur: ‘chlorophyll skin’ to solve climate crisis ‘without the fuss’

  By Editor on July 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  LOS ANGELES – An entrepreneur striving to resolve human-caused climate change — while making sure minimal sacrifice is required to human way of life – announced this week that his lab has manufactured the first carbon dioxide eating dermis, which… Read More ›

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