Much Ado About…
April 18, 2012Pretty much a fact that Republicans can’t govern worth a shit — three GOP presidents excepted, Abe, Ike and Dick, though the last guy had some major pathological problems — and George Jr. was the…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Word
April 17, 2012“They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago.” — George…
Afghan Awful
April 16, 2012“The other day I was listening to the radio. The Afghan minister was assassinated. I’m thinking, What threat did he pose to the Taliban? Who even wants to go to Afghanistan? His phone rings once…
Patrimony Revoked
April 15, 2012President Obama ain’t pissed already: If it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course I’ll be angry,” he said. Of course, the source…
Weathering Climate Change
April 15, 2012Welcome to the real future: The National Weather Service received 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns Saturday and early Sunday in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. This morning also via CNN, five people, including two…
Hilariously Not Funny
April 13, 2012Next to the North Koreans, the US Republican political party is the biggest bunch of incompetent, big-mouthed assholes on the planet — after some wondrous words of self praise, both fired rockets that disintegrated shortly…
News Cycle Dump
April 12, 2012Raining hard this morning in the pre-dawn hours on California’s northern coast, upchucking a similar blistering shower of news gasping for air already. In the old but about time category, George Zimmerman has been nailed…
Syrian Ripple Effect
April 11, 2012In the early morning, there’s news of an 8.6 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean — that’s a big sucker with tsunami warnings issued for the entire region, but initial reports…
Damascus Rat
April 10, 2012Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s? Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist. — The Princess Bride Ah, Westley, yes they do (just as yourself found out real fast) and the real…
Bottom’s Up Monday
April 9, 2012Monday morning — again. And in these way-pre dawn hours here on California’s northern coast there’s quiet and peace and a bit warmer than normal. Just from the my perch, the world appears A-Okay, but…