Sweet
October 11, 2011As the movement across the US takes an even more wide-spreading appeal, the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon has snagged a big endorsement from a popular source. Via Raw Story: “We know the media will either…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Let Them Eat Cheesecake’
October 10, 2011On Wall Street this morning protests continue as a now-major force in the news cycle, making folks pay attention to one of the great scams of world history. And today is for the future —…
Sad Sack
October 9, 2011One thing that aggravates me to no end is George Jr. — the man can’t really disappear because of all the horror he left behind haunts the entire planet. Now he’s afraid US troops don’t…
Moving Magnolias
October 8, 2011A glaring example of how long climate change has been developing, and how the warming quickens/intensifies nature. Climate Central reports a study on the migration north of Southern magnolias, among several tree species, where average…
Canker in the ‘Predator Pie’
October 8, 2011“It’s getting a lot of attention,†the source says. “But no one’s panicking. “Yet.†(Illustration found here). The quote above comes from a Danger Room blog post on a computer virus that’s infested the US…
Dead, Disastrous Decade
October 7, 2011Mr. Bush had belittled “nation building†while campaigning for president 18 months earlier. But aware that Afghans had felt abandoned before, including by his father’s administration after the Soviets left in 1989, he vowed to…
‘Hot…’ — Not!
October 6, 2011Jobs has finally topped the news cycle with an overpowering media assault and now maybe more US peoples will have a chance at getting employed… Whoa, wait a sec! Not that kind of jobs, dumb…
Toll of Endless War
October 5, 2011“How can we let this happen? How is that acceptable in the United States of America? The answer is, it’s not. It’s an outrage. And it’s a betrayal — a betrayal — of the ideals…
‘…the plan is to win…’
October 4, 2011Nearly as Pink Floyd intoned more than 30 years ago: “Is Anybody Out There?” the noted follow-up nowadays: Is anybody listening, or paying attention? A surge is rippling through US financial districts as the Occupy…
Just Plain Gall vs Unmitigated Gall
October 3, 2011In the last few years there’s been a momentous outburst of gall — the audacity of some people to bullshit despite incredible evidence to the contrary — which has touched just about every aspect of…