War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Bright and warm still in late afternoon on California north coast, working toward end of the week already — flies the time. Looking upon lying about time — George W. Bush, State of The Union, Feb. 2005: ‘“As we fix Social Security, we also have the responsibility to make the system a better deal for…
Sunshine and a warm breeze near this mid-day Thursday on California’s north coast, and we supposedly could top 70-degrees this afternoon. Another pleasant shoreline episode. Up here in marijuana country and across a well-rolled America, a dramatic shift in the cannabis perspective, which is years and years late — via Yahoo: Forty-four percent of Americans…
Broken-overcast this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, with sunshine playing a more aggressive part in our morning — hope is for more brightness this afternoon. Yesterday was about the same, too, but little sunshine arrived later. According to the NWS, there were more than 500 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes on Monday across the interior of…
Overcast with some occasional thin-ass sunshine this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast, and another mundane summer-weather episode for us. Not so last weekend down southern-California way — Science writer Bob Henson at WunderBlog this morning: Amazingly, the past weekend produced more rain in San Diego than the previous 100 Julys combined (1915–2014). This was also…
Despite a twisted history, marijuana is proving itself over and over again in the medical/health arena, the latest gets down to the bone. Via Quartz: Marijuana has increasingly been used for its medicinal properties, but until now, the drug has mostly been associated with alleviating symptoms — such as nausea and decreased appetite. A recent…
Fog-banked again this Monday morning on California’s north coast, breaking a four-day trend of early-in-the-morning sunshine and a return to the gloomy gray of summer. This afternoon, however, will most-likely be gorgeous — warm, clear and with a nice sea breeze. If life allows… In this current era of weird, of bloody killings and terrible…
Bright, clear and windy this Friday afternoon on California’s north coast — supposedly we could reach the mid-70s sometime today, even as the entire region is apparently cooling off a bit after a run at some record heat. Part-n-parcel for the times: ‘Summer temperatures have already increased across the U.S. in recent decades; in the…
Lock ’em, and load ’em! Or whatever. Now nearly a month since the South Carolina church massacre, and seemingly a dry-spell of mass-gun-killings — yet not. Weird shit this mass killing narrative, and today the beat goes on: Four Marines were killed at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with the gunman being shot dead.…
Angela Merkel and the coldness of the touch. Via Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle: Nearly a minute passed until Merkel saw that Reem was crying and approached her saying: “You did that very well,” while stroking her hair and right shoulder. The discussion host then intervened, telling Merkel that it was not a case of…
Bright sunshine and a warm-wispy wind this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast — the ideal summer day, most-likely about the best it gets. Supposedly about 77-degrees right now, with the interior reading 20-degrees hotter, but without that wonderful sea breeze. The NWS also released preliminary rainfall totals from last month, but moisture around here was…
