They Know Where You Surfed On The Net Last Summer!
This N.Y. Times story blew me away this morning, and I've seen no mention online, so here goes... The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of...
View Article(567) Let's Go Surfing
Last diary I wanted to get the idea across that we're about to lose the vote via Rush Holt and Barak Obama submitting legislation to the 110th which will throw more money to the voting machine lobby...
View ArticleBreak Time Again.....
Cross posted from The RealistIt's another Saturday Night and I aint got ..... Well not quite. But, I am not in the mood for deep political thought right now. Even realists have to have some fun from...
View Article(567) Surf Diary
I promised a Surf Diary....This is actually an excerpt from a novel. It's not me talking, it's a character.When you see text with Article V mentioned, then you know it's me ;)
View ArticleThere's Been a Sea Change, the Dems Don't Get It - Reflections of a Bodysurfer
Moving from the Maryland suburbs of DC to Hawaii is moving overseas. Many mainlanders can't make the transition to life on the islands because it is so different and there is so much local hostility to...
View ArticleSurfing For Peace
God will surf with the devil, if the waves are good, Paskowitz said. "When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can't help saying something that brings them together.""There is a wisdom in the...
View ArticleSurf's Up in Gaza!
Yes, there are surfers in Gaza...now don't that beat all!SURF'S UP IN GAZA - Gaza has become an unlikely surfing enclave. California surfer Don Paskowitz moved to Tel Aviv in 1956 and set about...
View ArticleSurf's Up in Gaza. Surfboards blocked by Israel's Military Siege.
Surfboards. Add this item to the very long list of items that Israel is keeping from the people of Gaza, as part of collective punishment. Perhaps that concrete and steel are part of this military...
View ArticleEddie would go...(record big waves to hit Oahu)
Eddie Aikau from Wikipedia: Edward Ryan Makua Hanai Aikau (Kahului, Hawaii, May 4, 1946 – March 17, 1978) was a well-known Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer. The words Makua Hanai in Eddie Aikau's full...
View ArticleThe Eddie - A Big Hawaiian Wave Photo Diary
Yesterday they held The Quicksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave contest at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu. I took some photos. This is a pure distraction diary....Waimea Shorebreak
View ArticleOh My God
Well, DK4 has diminished Daily Kos as far as I’m concerned, and I might even venture to say, by design. But let’s not debate, it’s just an opinion.
View ArticleOh. Oh. Plutonium Contamination Suspected.
An interesting element of the periodic table - one that has never actually been observed - is element 137, which has an atomic number that exceeds the highest known naturally occurring element in the...
View Article"Subway Surfers"--Major Waves in NYC
I thought I would share this with my New York City friends and neighbors (and anyone else, of course, that loves surfing). Light on text, but big on video. It's an amazing little short documentary,...
View ArticleNursing and Surfing
So I was walking my dog this evening. It is a Sunday night and I am now trying to adjust my sleep schedule so that I can be awake in the mornings again. I slept away most of Sunday afternoon and hope...
View ArticleClimate SOS! Witnessing the Outer Banks Drown & Drawing the Line at 20ft Sea...
At the height of hurricane season in September I join the annual migration of a group of surfers to Cape Hatteras to catch the swells. One of the popular, well known surf spots we go is named S Turns,...
View ArticleDreamland: An Amazing Documentary You Need To See
I flat love documentaries. Nova, Frontline, and Independent Lens on PBS are all recorded in my household.But honestly, but about 90% of the documentaries I watch are about war, death, poverty....
View Article*New Day* - Photos of our Santa Cruz Weekend. What Excursions Do You Have...
Every day is a new day and with that, a new opportunity.EVERYONE is welcome and please join us each morning at 7:30 AM PACIFIC to tell us what you're working on, share your show & tell, vent,...
View ArticleThis video shot with a drone and a GoPro at Banzai Pipeline will blow you away
Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, is a surf spot that serves up some of the most beautiful, largest and deadliest waves in the world.If you look right before the break you can see the razor sharp reef that a...
View ArticleNicaragua, Hidden Jewel of Central America: A Photo Diary
Carriage in front of the Cathedral of Granada. This cathedral is probably the most photographed building in Granada. Needless to say, I couldn't resist either.View of Volcan Concepcion, Ometepe Island....
View ArticleObama may get Oahu beach named after him.
Honolulu councilmen Stanley Chang and Ernest Martin introduced a resolution on Thursday to change the name of Sandy Beach Park to Obama Beach Park. Sandy's beach is on the SE tip of the Island of Oahu....
View ArticleSurfing in ice off the south coast of Iceland is totally Rad!
The below clip is from the movie Strange Rumblings in Shangri La. The movie won best picture of 2014 at the Surfer Poll awards. This is the Iceland feature of the movie. In an interview with Paste...
View ArticleBrazilian Surfer Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Killed by Off-Duty Policeman
The madness of unnecessary deaths at the hands of those who "serve and protect" acquired a twist of international celebrity Tuesday as the surfing world mourns the death of professional surfer, Ricardo...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing - 8 Jul 2015: "GREEN PROPHET: Sustainable News of The...
Smart farming for lazy city farmers ... lettuce, basil, green onions, varieties of mint, a watermelon, eggplant, and some Arabian greens like meloukhia. Green Prophet is a very cool, fascinating...
View ArticleCranky Users MetaFestival-Surfing the basics with DK5
Image Credit DJ Struntz. Surfers in the surf film "Strange Rumblings in Shangri La," walk past small icebergs on the coast of Iceland.I am a visual person so I really like how simple the image diary...
View ArticleLuck
I swear to god there has never been a luckier candidate in history.Seamus. Properly-sized trees. "I like to fire people."The Olympics Ambassador. A Republican convention without soldiers.Etch a Sketch.
View Article2-13-16 Today's TILT (Things I Learned Today
February is Black History MonthToday isNational Tortellini Day17 year old Rochelle Ballantyne is one of the best chess players in the world. She's on the brink of becoming the first female...
View ArticleThe Eddie Is A Go!!!
Surfing’s Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikauknown as “the Eddie” has been given a GO this morning on Waimea Bay, North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The Honolulu StarAdvertiser’s Wednesday’s article:...
View ArticleThe Vinyl of the Day! The Beach Boys
In honor of the official beginning of this miserably hot Summer, the Vinyl of the Day is ‘Endless Summer’ by the Beach Boys, 1974. A compilation of hits from the Beach Boys prime era of 1962-1965,...
View ArticleCUA Events: Denver—7/16 & 22, Virginia—7/22, Mt. Mitchell—8/12! Your Fire...
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in other...
View ArticleSurfers adapt to Climate Change
xEmbedded ContentIn episode 54 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with Dr. Chad Nelsen, the CEO of the world famous Surfrider Foundation! Chad discusses the work of Surfrider Foundation and how it’s...
View Articlemorning open thread--more music from days of yore
Good Morning Kossacks and Welcome to Morning Open Thread (MOT) We're known as the MOTley Crew and you can find us here every morning at 0630 am Eastern time. Feel free to volunteer to take...
View ArticleTrump Don't Surf
A friend gave me a three-work bumper sticker: Trump Don’t Surf.Another friend asked what this meant. On the one hand, it’s simple tribalism I suppose. But to a surfer this statement has several...
View ArticleMuseum Pieces: The History of Surfing
The earliest history of surfing is entirely unknown, but it is likely that Pacific Islanders were riding atop waves on flat wooden boards for centuries before the Europeans arrived.Homemade wooden...
View ArticleA dolphin adopted the orphan of a different species years ago and, still...
National Geographic has a fascinating story where a bottlenose dolphin adopted a baby of a different species, a melon-head whale, back in 2014 and is still caring for it today. The whale species are...
View ArticleGood News Roundup: Thursday September 5, 2019: The Arbitrarily Capricious...
Surf’s Up! It’s September again. Summer is waning away at last, nights are longer and cooler, schools are back in session, Congress is wandering back from their recess, and the Supreme Court will...
View ArticlePNW surfer, Wave Hound, friend of mine has lost his home in the Echo Fire...
My friend Todd, who owned Wave Hounds surf shop in Seattle for years, and taught me and countless others to surf in Oregon and Washington, has lost his home and everything in the Echo Fire in...
View Articleif surfing is the last stage of capitalism, skateboarding must be Goofy...
It’s the silly season so cultural imperialism is not about blue jeans and sustainability but about surfing competition at the Olympics as an article in WaPo implies.The reality is that the Olympics has...
View Article📌This Week In The War On/For Women: October 1 - Int'l Day of Older...
From the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights: <big>UN expertpraises older women’s [irreplaceable resilience and contributions] in the face of continuous emergency...
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