Crazy Fall
October 8, 2013Crystal clear once again this way-too-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast as we shrink into day eight of the infamous, batshit crazy US government shutdown. And the feedback on the GOP has been what…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Chokepoint’
October 7, 2013Notwithstanding all the screaming and crying and blubbering, it’s Monday again — nothing, and I truly mean nothing, at all can be done about it. Except to accept the fate of the first day of…
Wheeling Down the Rabbit Hole — ‘Horribly Helpful’
October 6, 2013One of the best of the detail people online,or maybe anywhere, is Marcy Wheeler, also known as emptywheel — I’ve read her shit for years, and she’s got focused eyes to gaze hard back at the…
War Crimes — ‘Within the scope of their employment’
October 6, 2013In the midst of the most-current, pure-crazed US government debacle, a murderous example from most-recent history, most-horribly won’t go away — 107 people were killed in Iraq yesterday in just a few incidents: The killings, which…
T-Shirt Weather
October 5, 2013(Illustration: ‘Sunset Over the Arctic‘ found here). Odd the weather here this Saturday afternoon along California’s north coast — crystal-clear, and for this late in the day, still way-warm at 76 degrees, seemingly a stock-weather…
‘Insidious’ Insanity
October 4, 2013Crystal-clear and chilly again this early Friday here on California’s north coast as we plunge into the weekend, following-through one of strangest, dumb-ass weeks in the history of the good-ole-US of A, which is losing…
‘Common Sense’ — Ha!
October 3, 2013Another clear and chilly early morning here on California’s north coast, and we step lightly into day three of a shifty-eyed shutdown of political sanity. The New York Times on Day One: By Tuesday morning, the…
Worse Yet to Come
October 2, 2013Clear and chilly this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, and as we reach the middle of the work week, a shitload of people have been sent home from work as the breakdown of the…
Tea Time!
October 1, 2013“You are a menace. A walking pestilence.” — Dr. Zaius (Illustration found here). The GOP got tea-brained: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) didn’t sound terribly convinced himself when he announced the Republicans’ last stand to…
Spoiled Brats
September 30, 2013Despite all my efforts, it’s Monday again. Rain and wind up here this early morning on California’s north coast, but the storms that have plagued the US upper Pacific coast appears to be fading pretty…