War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Sunset to another gorgeous day here this early-evening Tuesday in California’s Central Valley — we’re drying out in style. According to predictions, rain maybe this weekend, so all is clear until then. An update on my COVID situation, now approaching a full week. My daughter tested positive again today, so the wait continues. She appears…
Beyond the environmental heat and drought, my spot here in California’s Central Valley also fired its way onto the list of mass shootings nationwide this Memorial Day weekend (per BuzzFeed News this afternoon): ‘In just a 72-hour span over Memorial Day weekend, there were more than 300 shooting incidents across the US, according to data…
In a scenario right out of a horror movie, America is in the throes of a surging onslaught of gun violence as more weapons are made available to anyone with an apparent trigger finger and some mental problems, which by all accounts is quickly becoming a shitload of people. According to Gun Violence Archive, as…
America has gone trigger happy with gun insanity — the NRA is a mass-murderer’s cult: Over the Mother’s Day weekend there were plenty of gunplay to keep firearm aficionados gleefully occupied — per NPR this morning: ‘We’re just 18 weeks into 2021, and already the U.S. has experienced 194 mass shootings. That averages out to…
America woke up this morning to another freaking mass shooting — this one late last night in Indiana (CBS): A 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday night, killing eight people before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. Police identified the suspect as Brandon Scott Hole, a former FedEx…
(Illustration found here). Another mass murder event — 10 killed yesterday at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store — three days ago, one killed, five injured at a Philadelphia house party, and last week, of course, eight killed at a couple of spas in Atlanta, as we return to ‘normal‘ after a lockdown pandemic year. ‘Normal‘…
Overcast-gray this Tuesday evening on California’s north coast, with no sun appearance at all today — also a dog run to Little River State Beach this morning was the same, except for a chilled ocean breeze. Showers maybe on Saturday, and supposedly remain ash-like all week. Best illustration I’d seen yet on mass shootings, America…
Overcast, damp and gray this near-noon Thursday on California’s north coast, awaiting the weekend and some rain. The NWS issued a ‘Hazardous Weather Outlook‘ this morning, which warns not just for the amount of precipitation (light-to-moderate), but also the season’s first real-rain fall — making ‘…the roads very slick.’ In the not-so-glib category, coupled with…
Slight drizzle this early Friday on California’s north coast, feels like it’s drizzling rain all over the world. State of the killing union — via Dallas Morning News this morning: As they stood on the corner, a Dallas police officer came up to them and held out his hand. “You want a sticker?” he asked. It…
Sunshine this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast with a fog bank drifting in place just down the street, creating cooler temperatures than yesterday — overall, however, we’re shooting mostly for good weather for awhile. In the context of shooting, hard to fathom the National Rifle Association actually existing, one of the most-horrid organizations in…
