Thursday, December 05, 2019

Bad Faces: Little Hawk

Bad Faces: Little Hawk
Bad Faces: Little Hawk (2015)


.Through the 1860s and 1870s, Little Hawk had participated in the fights alongside his famous nephew -- just four years younger -- Crazy Horse. According to official data, he was one of the participants in The Battle of the Little Big Horn.
--The Wikipedia Holy Father


Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Bad Faces: Crazy Horse

Bad Faces: Crazy Horse
Bad Faces: Crazy Horse (2015)


All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Soldiers came and destroyed our villages.
--Crazy Horse


Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Cockroaches in the Night King's Army

 Cockroaches in the Night King's Army
Cockroaches in the Night King's Army (2019)


Long after the bombs fall and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
--Tama Janowitz


Thursday, October 17, 2019

Monday, October 07, 2019

An Embracing Couple Caught in a Nuclear Blast in the Night King's Army

An Embracing Couple Caught in a Nuclear Blast in the Night King's Army
An Embracing Couple Caught in a Nuclear Blast in the Night King's Army  (2019)


Given the current Trumpian dystopia gaslighting impeachment nightmare, I tried to imagine a ground zero worst scenario.  I guess this is it.

I might as well post this to my blog because no magazine or gallery would likely ever want it.

[Edited for clarity.]


Monday, September 02, 2019

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Sunday, August 04, 2019

Koko Searches for the Right Word

Koko Searches for the Right Word
Koko Searches for the Right Word (2016)


Famously, Koko felt quite sad in 1984 when her adopted kitten Ball was hit by a car and died. How do we know? Here is nonhuman primate grief mediated through language: In historical footage in the film, Patterson is seen asking Koko, "What happened to Ball?" In reply, Koko utters these signs in sequence: cat, cry, have-sorry, Koko-love. And then, after a pause, two more signs: unattention, visit me.

Monday, July 15, 2019

Saturday, July 06, 2019

Friday, June 21, 2019

Mother Nature Swims with the Dolphins

Mother Nature Swims with the Dolphins
Mother Nature Swims with the Dolphins (2019)


Scientists are trying to determine why more than 260 bottlenose dolphins have been found stranded along the Northern Gulf of Mexico since the beginning of February.

The number of dolphin deaths is about three times higher than the average for the time period, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.

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Some of the stranded dolphins had skin lesions associated with freshwater exposure, which is being investigated as a possible contributing factor, NOAA researchers said. In addition to skin lesions, dolphins can suffer from abnormal blood chemistry, swelling of the cornea and even death if they are exposed to low salinity water for an extended time.

Researchers said high levels of rainfall and flood control actions have altered the flow of freshwater in dolphin habitats this year. Dolphins in the area also suffered health problems after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 that may make them more susceptible to the effects of low salinity.
--USA Today, 6-16-19


Saturday, June 15, 2019

Jedi Grad

Jedi Grad
Jedi Grad (2017)


After graduating from the academy, the daily routine of Jedi changes dramatically. No longer are they faced with a regimented schedule. Instead, they are paired up with a Jedi Knight or Master who has chosen them and continue their education on a one-to-one basis.
--Nathan Gibson, "What Daily Life is Like for a Jedi", Ranker

As seen on: Burningword


Friday, May 24, 2019

Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Remix

Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Remix
Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Remix (2017)


If the Huckster spawn had a soul, she’s sold it.
--Max Brantley, Arkansas Times



Thursday, May 16, 2019

Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Trump Toady: Sarah Huckabee Sanders (2017)


Among the tales that Sanders — then the deputy press secretary — spun was the myth that Comey didn’t have the trust and faith of the FBI rank and file. When a reporter said that FBI officials actually supported the fired director, Sanders said in a May 10, 2017, briefing, “Look, we’ve heard from countless members of the FBI that say very different things.”

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According to the Mueller report, Sanders was lying about this plume of FBI sentiment: The “countless” comment, said the report, was a “slip of the tongue,” as Sanders told investigators. “She also recalled that her statement in a separate press interview that rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Comey was a comment she made ‘in the heat of the moment’ that was not founded on anything,” reads the report.
--The Washington Post


Saturday, May 11, 2019

Trump Toady: Ben Carson Remix

Trump Toady: Ben Carson Remix
Trump Toady: Ben Carson Remix (2017)


My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain.
--Ben Carson

Antiquities minister says presidential hopeful’s claim doesn’t deserve response, while another official points out that "this man is not an archaeologist."
--The Guardian


 

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Donald Trump in the Night King's Army

Donald Trump in the Night King's Army
Donald Trump in the Night King's Army (2017)


I can understand why Trump loves that "Game of Thrones" wall because the only walkers who got through were white.
--Stephen Colbert


Friday, April 19, 2019

Trump Rage Tweets

Trump Rage Tweets
Trump Rage Tweets (2019)


Blog with a View began as a back-in-the-day lefty political art blog.  It was designed as a praxis to witness political phenomena through my original art.

Such artistic witnessing was always more to me than an attempt to better understand political discourses  -- more than a medium to express outrage or exclaim social justice -- more even than an idealistic hope to potentially change rather than merely reflect history.

My blog felt like an act of personal survival.

And, really, since the 2016 election, but viscerally more since yesterday's release of the (still censored) Mueller Report, my little cyberspace speck is beginning to feel that way to me again.

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 No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!
--Donald Trump Tweet, 3-24-19

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White House’s always have some tug of war with investigative committees over document production. Some level of that is a normal part of the process. That’s not what’s happening here. The President is refusing every request, subpoena and, notably, blocking cases where the Congress has the explicit statutory right to receive and review documents with no questions asked. In oversight terms, it’s an open declaration of war. As a process matter, with a lawless White House, the main recourse is to the courts. But treating these as ordinary legal processes is a big, big mistake. It creates the impression these are just standard legal processes that take time and must run their course. That creates a facade of legitimacy that must be torn down in the political realm.

In every portion of this Democratic leaders in the House need to be vocally and consistently making clear that what we’re dealing with is not a legal process but an on-going coverup, an unconstitutional refusal to obey the Congress’s lawful, constitutional mandate. That doesn’t force the President’s hands in itself of course. But it prevents lying to the public, pretending that what is happening now is a legitimate judicial process as opposed to a war on the constitution itself.

The President is a chronic lawbreaker. The Democrats have power in one half of one branch of government. The Democratic victory in the House in November is only reason we are seeing even one page of the Mueller Report. Ending Trump’s lawlessness won’t be easy as long as Republicans are committed to supporting his law breaking and the Courts are corrupted with Republican appointees committed to keeping him in office rather than enforcing the law. The demand is that the President must follow the law and his supporters who are keeping him in power, abetting his lawbreaking, must be held accountable.
--Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, 4-19-19

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I hate to tell the Democrats, but millions of people worked themselves to the bone last year to give them a majority and it wasn't just so they could pass bills the Senate will never take up and the president will never sign. They sent them to be a check on this administration and force some accountability for Donald Trump's reckless, lawless behavior. If these leaders think that they can wash their hands of this and keep their anxious base engaged, they are mistaken.

Mueller and his team didn't write all that material out just so that Trump could claim full exoneration and carry on as if nothing happened. He wrote it with the understanding that while he could not indict Trump, Congress could and would fulfill its constitutional duties. To fail to call every one of the players in this drama up to the Hill to testify in public about these events is an abdication of that constitutional duty.

This dry recitation of the facts in Mueller's report, as dramatic as they are, was never meant to be the last word. It is an impeachment referral, and Democrats must take it up and do what the Constitution requires. If it fails, so be it. But at least the people will know that some leaders are willing to stand up in public and do the right thing. After reading page after page showing Trump and his lackeys refusing to ever do that, even once, it's pretty clear that's not an issue the Republican Party can ever run on again.
--Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo, 4-19-19


Friday, March 29, 2019

Colony Collapse

Colony Collapse
Colony Collapse (2014)


Over 40 per cent of insect species could go extinct in the next few decades, with butterflies, bees and dung beetles most affected. The main cause is habitat loss. That’s the alarming conclusion of a review of all long-term surveys of insects published in the past 40 years.
--Michael Le Page, New Scientist

As seen on: Oyster River Pages



Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Dr. Strange in the Night King's Army

Dr. Strange in the Night King's Army
Dr. Strange in the Night King's Army (2017)


 I did bring Las Vegas back, but something else came along with it. Something evil. A nightmare. 
--Dr. Strange

As seen on Chaleur Magazine.


Monday, February 11, 2019

Aquaman in the Night King's Army

Aquaman in the Night King's Army
Aquaman in the Night King's Army (2017)


 Sooner or later... king or hero... my hand will be forced and I'll do what I originally set out to do.
--Aquaman

As seen on Chaleur Magazine.


Saturday, January 26, 2019

Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Human Torch in the Night King's Army

The Human Torch in the Night King's Army
The Human Torch in the Night King's Army (2017)


 I need to be alone ... to sort things out... to decide just what it is I am!
--The Human Torch

As seen on Chaleur Magazine.


Saturday, January 12, 2019

Hawkman in the Night King's Army

Hawkman in the Night King's Army
Hawkman in the Night King's Army (2017)


I'm Hawkman, dammit! Now get your bony ass out of here or find something to fight with! 
--Hawkman

As seen on Chaleur Magazine.




Saturday, January 05, 2019