War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Hot, and dry this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — according to the NWS, we’re still boiling at 102 degrees as I type this, and a couple of hours till dark. We and a goodly chunk of the earth are in the midst of over-the-top heat bouts (called ‘domes‘ nowadays), and unfortunately, the…
An overcast, humid late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Infused with gray clouds, the temperature hasn’t been out-of-control hot as forecast last week. The last couple of days have been nice, though the air has been muggy and warm. Reportedly, in the low 90s right now — livable. Not livable or believable: Note for…
Time-splitting history: Hot, and hot, this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — according to the NWS, looks like we’re going to miss hitting triple-digits temperature-wise today by just one degree In fact, we were forecast for a high of 104, but for some clouds, we remained cool (typed in way-ironic fashion). Our eventual…
T-Rump’s mug shot from August 2023, after being indicted in Atlanta for racketeering and related charges. Earlier today, I visited my local VA clinic to get some lab work done, and after taking my seat in the lobby, joining several other vets in various levels of decay, I noticed the shit-posting of our current president…
Happy fourth, Miss Liberty! In the celebration of a celebration, it’s about the country, not T-Rump’s insatiable, cruel scam of our history: Tom Sullivan today at Digby’s place nutshelled it right-spot on — no way could I record it any better: Our modern mad king has bulldozed the East Wing. He has wrecked the Reflecting…
Screaming into madness seems currently spot on — via the Guardian in January 2019: The Scream was created by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 but it has become a masterpiece – the masterpiece – for our time. There are comparably “iconic” works of art – the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – but…
