The Obama Illusion
July 8, 2011One of the way-great disappointments in US history is Barack Obama, growing from ‘yes, we can’ to ‘no way’ in the space of a finger snap. Most likely, a great reason for the depressed anxiety…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Time is a Beatle
July 7, 2011Today is ex-Beatle Ringo Starr’s birthday — he’s 71. SEVENTY-ONE! WTF! The boy is suddenly a freakin’ old man. Seems just like the day before yesterday when Ringo responded to the question, ‘Are you a…
Haboob Hello — Beyond the ‘Tipping Point’
July 6, 2011Haboob: A strong wind that occurs primarily along the southern edges of the Sahara in The Sudan and is associated with large sandstorms and duststorms and may be accompanied by thunderstorms. It usually lasts about…
Surge Dirge
July 5, 2011All over the hotel, dignitaries, who had come to the capital to discuss the future of Afghanistan’s security, locked themselves in lavatories or hid under beds as the killing began. — The Telegraph, on the…
Celebration
July 4, 2011Another view of this particular day: You profess to believe “that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth,” and hath commanded all men, everywhere…
The GOP — One Ugly Crowd (And Bat-shit Crazy, Too)
July 1, 2011(Illustration found here). One must always keep in mind when giving any thought to how Republicans govern to this heart-felt comment from mush-faced twit Mitch McConnell from last October: “The single most important thing we…
Pump Pressure
June 30, 2011Once again, another $20 worth of gas in my Jeep yesterday, the pump price now at $4.09 a gallon for regular, down a whole dime since the last visit 10 days ago. Gas prices are dropping,…
‘Run Away, Run Away’ — The King is Reanimated!
June 29, 2011“Well, we’ll not risk another frontal assault. That rabbit’s dynamite. — Graham Chapman as King Arthur in ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail‘ By way-far, Monty Python was (and still is) the most original, outlandish…
The Faucet (And The Clock) Is Running
June 28, 2011Always a skeptic, and although never a doubt about global warming, the speed in which this shit will strike hard at everyone’s daily lives has always seemed a bit understated. Report after report, study after…
No Soul
June 27, 2011One of the most-horrible stories in a long, long list of horrible stories coming from war waged nowadays: Insurgents tricked an 8-year-old girl in a remote area of central Afghanistan into carrying a bomb wrapped…