War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Deep fog this morning on California’s north coast — if the standard stays like the weekend, the sun will burn the moist off about noon-ish and produce a beautiful, clear-sunshine day. And what a weekend! In the UK there’s great rejoicing: Hosting the Olympics has boosted morale more than any single event in most people’s…
US peoples, do you understand what you’re actually seeing? In 2008, I though John McCain was the way-worst-ever presidential contender in all of US political history — but was I freakin’ wrong! The 2012 GOP version, however, is beyond the measure — and this morning Mitt Romney even went further in creating a possible funeral…
Seven US peoples have been killed in Afghanistan the last few hours, but where’s the political outcry? The Washington Post laments: Yet this may be the first presidential campaign in U.S. history in which an ongoing war fails to produce a significant debate. Explicitly or implicitly, the candidates have successfully encouraged much of the media to…
Sitting here this early Thursday morning surrounded by quiet, I can hear shit plop a mile away. Jezebel reflects: This whole Chick-Fil-A debacle, it seems, is all fat people’s fault. This might be a great week to be a chicken, but it’s the fucking worst week to be a fat gay guy. Apparently, the entire…
Foggy, quiet and a bit chilly again this morning up here on California’s north coast, the same ordinary for us the last few weeks — can’t remember the last time I woke up to clear skies and stars twinkling. Not so on the other side of the US: The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University…
Quiet and still this wee-early Tuesday morning on California’s northern coast, creating a false sense of all is well with the world. When it ain’t. Of course, the entire world is overwhelmed by the curious Mars landing — $2.6 billion worth of excitement, while down here on planet ground-level, the costs of everything seems to…
Fog/drizzle this morning up here on California’s northern coast, a mighty contrast to the rest of the US, and most-likely, a huge chunk of the planet. Bad news continues with another mass killing in Wisconsin, this time apparently with religious/racial overtones, and the bizarre link in the shooting deaths of two Brooklyn, NY, shopkeepers, both…
Another of the ‘canary in a coal mine‘ motif, this one via butterflies. Two years ago in the UK, a bunch of people calling themselves ‘citizen scientists,’ took part in the first Big Butterfly Count to much-better track their slowly disappearing butterfly species — 10,000 people participated in the original, 34,000 last year, no telling…
Quiet this morning up here along California’s northern coast with the sun trying in vain to slither through an Old Testament-looking sky, featuring epic clouds and small patches of clear blue way up yonder. A condition which gives the air a kind of golden hue. This marks the return of daily blogging — not only…
Another Friday morning, but I’m not feeling it this week. Old, twitching health problems have spring up this morning, complicating a fragile, personal ecosystem — and making the end of the work week more than just a day on the calendar. Added to the toasted brain is the arrival tonight of my younger brother, who…