Hoping for the end to war and, 2. advocating the destruction of a nation are two wholly different things. Now this latest response shows a callous indifference to death. Which is, I guess, an improvement?

Where do you get the idea that 750 ISIS fighters escaped detention? Link? No way would the Kurds want that to happen, they've been getting slaughtered by those head choppers for years. Also, what makes

Yay for moar war! The John Wayne model of foreign diplomacy. Sigh.

We spent some time in Louisiana with some pretty hardcore statists. Even sold a photography job to one of them. They happened to ask if we shared their views on voting, someone may have said something

Pretty creative yo. Every day carry - as in, you leave the house with gear to make a fire? Like, if you go get groceries and stuff? I've got a couple extra lighters in the van, its kinda the same.

I heard a failed state is where bankers have lost their monopoly on violence.

Just spent some time with California liberals. I realized that they're not even trying to be rational. They fully know their positions are completely untenable, and despite having no response to obvious

I'll huff and I'll puff... I don't believe the US is in a corner, this seems one big smoke screen for a failed MIC. They cannot take the chance that an S300 could drop an F-35, and thus they never intended

Too bad he cannot pick a different mail delivery service. In this 'free market' system, you'd almost think there would be options.

Just had a conversation about this tonight. Cheryl said "Two people have told me that I will never make it in the commercial world, and from both of them I took it as a compliment." Its money,

The smoke was from the fire that burned the town of Paradise, and that's a couple hours away. So I wasn't really that close, but we did all have to double check to make sure. Seemed like it was much closer

Hitchcock filmed "The Birds" about an hour from here in Bodega. We have photos of the church they used and the hotel both, but no birds in any of our shots. I've not yet been evacuated so haven't

On the day I shot these, the wild fire burned an entire town called Paradise, previous population was over 20 000. It was over an hour away though, so I was never in any kind of risk. Three months ago

Thanks! I've heard it said that the best photographer is the one who actually has a camera. Just got lucky with being in this valley at that time I guess. I didn't do any color corrections, only straightened

Haha. Not a real American. My wife was born in Arizona, but she's an anarchist so I don't think that really counts either. They say I was born under a canadian flag but I have no recollection and I don't

I don't know if the utility company paid off the ex-governor directly or indirectly, but likely one of his kids will be on the board of directors or get some other ceremonial $250K/year lifetime job

Is a declaration of human rights akin to a declaration of war? Based on your perspectives, it seems they're kinda the same. Based on Lucylin's comments, it seems they're even more alike than maybe I was

The smoke in the photos is from a fire that burned the entire town of Paradise California. Interesting that you mention it in such a context, it makes great food for thought. Thanks for checking it out.

The fire that sent the smoke in the photos seems to be controlled as of right now, apparently there are some doozy situations south of here though. We're in a town of 20 000 people, and they can usually

Thanks for a great comment! You're so right, its like camping during an electrical storm or watching a tornado touchdown reminds me how minuscule I am compared to nature. The photos seem so crazy like