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November 16, 2010In just a few words, the current plight of mankind: “It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Eyewitness to a Botched War
November 15, 2010(Illustration found here). The situation in Afghanistan has gone from real-bad, to worse, to down-right shitty. Eleven NATO troops were killed over the weekend — seven on Saturday — bringing the ugly total to 32…
Weekend Wanking
November 14, 2010“But February made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step. — ‘American Pie,’ Don McLean Surfing Internet news sites can be overly-depressing. Any kind…
‘Giddy-Up’
November 12, 2010Warmongering sonofabitches. Instead of the number 11, US military officials actually meant the number 14 — President Obama on announcing his so-called ‘Afghan surge’ last year blubbered US troops would begin a drawdown in July…
‘With War and War’s Expression’
November 11, 2010Veteran’s Day 2010 — A continuing, seemingly-never ending festival of sad. (Illustration found here). Adieu to a Soldier — Walt Whitman Adieu O soldier, You of the rude campaigning, (which we shared,) The rapid march,…
E! The Drones
November 10, 2010War-making equipment down through history has on many occasions been transferred to civilian uses, some of these shifts have been bad, some good and some creepy-dangerous. George Orwell would blow chunks nowadays at the direction…
Biological Abnormality: A Talking Asshole
November 9, 2010One of the things I’ve always wondered about is how do people who’ve done obvious shitty stuff in public handle themselves? How do they view themselves in a mirror, how do they sleep at night…
No Way Out
November 8, 2010‘Cause suicide is painless it brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. …and you can do the same thing if you choose. — Johnny Mandel, (M*A*S*H lyrics) (Illustration…
Terminal Time
November 7, 2010Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is –Â “Time Is On My Side,” The Rolling Stones Wrong — time instead is on an extremely short leash. There’s a scene in the movie,…
Cool? No, He’s Just Abstract Thinking
November 7, 2010Thirty years ago today Steven Terrence McQueen died. McQueen was only 50. He died one day after an operation to remove several metastatic tumors in his abdomen, the end result of a fight against mesothelioma.…