War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Six US GIs have been killed since Friday in a conflict Mitt Romney says is just a ‘word‘, four this morning, shot dead by an Afghan soldier during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area in the southern part of the country. One aspect of this horror show is getting worse: It was the…
Friday finally and what a week — life don’t suspend itself, however, just because Saturday and Sunday is time off. Shit has no clock. Early this morning, poo poo is still blowing across the Middle East, still flowing from Mitt Romney’s mouth, but out in the blackness of deep space, earth again dodged a bad-shit…
Full fog this morning on California’s north coast, wet, moist and dense — real quiet, too, and seemingly surface-wise, so intensely peaceful. Beyond this little space, however, the rest of the planet seems to have gone coo-coo with a capital K. Including a different form of ugly protest boiling across the Arab world, this time…
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday was Sept. 11, 2001, eleven years later, and although US peoples mourned a horrible tragedy, the real shit-kicker is what’s happened since — the US and the world is at a nasty crossroads and with all the remembrances history has become a lie. The problem is we Americans…
Clear skies this morning on California’s northern coast, and might turn out to be another better-than-average day, with a bit of warmth added to the weather mix. We’re experiencing some delightful Indian Summer time up here with some of our best days recently — wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on the planet. And today,…
Another Monday morning — Saturday and Sunday already a blur — and here we are facing another work-week with crazy bullshit piling up on all sides, the society of life is reaching beyond the norm. Yesterday, President Obama received an awesome bear hug from a Republican pizza shop owner during a stop on a bus…
One regret I’ve had (among a whopper list) is that I’ve never been a homeowner, though, for many years I was eligible for a VA loan via the GI Bill. Nowadays owning a home can be disastrous. In 2008, there were more than 3 million home-foreclosure filings, up 81 percent from 2007 and 225 percent…
Another way-quick end to the workweek and this morning along California’s northern coast is about like yesterday, and the day before, and the day before — overcast and moist. Yesterday was fog-laded and chilly — the sun made brief appearances, but was crowded out by clouds. Forecasts for this part of the US via climate…
Overcast and a bit windy this morning up here along California’s northern coast, but who’s to know how the day will be — not I. Yesterday, the fog didn’t burn off until mid-afternoon and the air carried a chill with not much warmth coming off the sunshine, unless one found a wind-break. Weather’s gettin’ weird.…
Another fog-laded early morning here on California’s northern coast, but if the last few days are any indication, the mists will burn off at the approach of daylight and a most-beautiful day will emerge, ending up to be what’s considered near-toasty in these parts, which is pretty-near chilly. Weather is relative — like a mother-in-law…