Corporate Lovefest
June 14, 2012One most-obvious example in the problem with modern life in the US came yesterday during the shameless, sham of a Senate hearing with JP Morgan honcho Jamie Dimon when gnarled nit-twit Jim DeMint slobbered: “We…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Mournful Morning
June 13, 2012Early in the morning can be a most-depressing place, at least viewing the state of the US, the world and my own self. Watching the news for insomniacs on ABC, the images float past of…
Odd Tuesday
June 12, 2012Deep fog covering the northern California landscape this early Tuesday morning, but it does feel a bit warm, keeping hopefully the streak of great weather up here going — the fog always burns off early…
Monday Once Again
June 11, 2012Monday again and after not posting any freakin’ thing over the weekend, the catch-up is on the bun, or words to that effect. And the world continues to twirl away toward oblivion without so much…
Heat Means Hot
June 8, 2012Under cloudy skies this morning up here along California’s northern coast, but still real cool — not so everywhere. One weather/environment event this week that went near-completely under the radar — hot rain in Saudi…
The Sweet Crude Swallow
June 7, 2012Prices at the gas pump have taken the way-backseat in the old news cycle lately, but WTF — in the face of actual face eating, Chinese body parts mailed to all over by a Canadian…
Horror!
June 6, 2012What a drag! When I got up this morning, switched on the laptop, pulled up CNN and saw that Scott Walker had eventually won in Wisconsin, a wailingly-loud, horrible, throat-clutching scream wanted to flee my…
Up In Smoke
June 5, 2012Ballot-box day across the US, including a primary right here in California and a nasty knock-down-drag-out fight in Wisconsin — 100-percent 24-hour political cycle. Four other states — Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota…
Quiet Riot
June 4, 2012Jeremy Scahill, noted national security correspondent for The Nation, spoke this past weekend on the bottom line for the US drone wars: It’s murder — it’s mass murder — when you say, ‘We are going to…
Candle Light
June 3, 2012History is relative. And in this 24/7 nowadays it’s way-hard to imagine any kind of life without electrical power. Hence, last week Leon Panetta spelled it out: “Well, there’s no question that if a cyber…