Alseep at the Wheel
February 25, 2012Sometimes the end tells more than anywhere near the beginning — this the last paragraph from a feature at The Economist on coal usage in Asia and how it does ‘worry’ the rest of the…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
State of Mind
February 24, 2012Out here on the so-called ‘Left Coast,’ life is about the same as anywhere else, but it’s CALIFORNIA. And according to a new poll, most of US peoples hate us: Only five are in negative…
‘Tulip’ Tango
February 23, 2012Beyond war crimes: Peter Falstead of Jane’s Defence Weekly says the tail fins look, “very much like the tail fins from SM-240,†also known as the “Tulip Tree†developed by the Soviets in the 1970s.…
Ass in Charge — ‘take out the rubbish’
February 22, 2012Down through history, dictators and other such types have always launched slaughter sprees when needed to maintain hold on power, no big deal — in Syria nowadays, however, the horror virally gobsmacks the face of…
‘Scared to Death’
February 21, 2012A small instance of a humongous and worsening situation: The decline in the chipmunk’s genetic diversity occurred in the relatively short span of 90 years, demonstrating the rapid threat changing climate can represent for a…
Theology of Disaster
February 20, 2012Religion covers a lot of ground — there’s a church for just about every conceivable thought and emotion, and there’s always somebody willing to kill you for whatever’s sake. Rick Santorum’s smug view: “In the…
Aspirin My Ass
February 17, 2012In the 1965 movie, ‘Harlow,’ was the first time I’d heard the aspirin between the knees routine when the bombshell actress (played by bombshell Carroll Baker) first arrived in Hollywood and wondered how to survive.…
Weather What?
February 16, 2012Old age don’t excuse. Seagrass that spans 2,000 miles of the Mediterranean Sea, considered the earth’s oldest living thing and supports “marine ecosystems that rank among the most valuable on earth in terms of biodiversity…
Not (A)Musing in the Morning
February 15, 2012Woke up in a sad funk this morning, worked hard for a long time to concentrate on some kind of post, but couldn’t wrap my dull brain around nothing — cold air held in shaking…
Shaking Oil
February 14, 2012First: I usually don’t post anything on oil/gas prices until I put a little fuel in my increasingly fragile Jeep, but after reports of such strange, and accelerating-upward pump prices in recent days, some investigation…