Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Drone Ownward
February 14, 2009The future is still here — “the first time a combat vehicle has used a laser to shoot down a UAV.” (Illustration of General Atomics Predator UAV found here). This morning another report of yet…
Timing the ‘Shadow Army’
February 12, 2009Wednesday’s seemingly-fearless, intricate attacks in Kabul by a way-over-resurgent Taliban should be very much a sign-post of an eye-opener on the bad road ahead in Afghanistan. Apparently, a near-identical Mumbai operation with its seemingly random…
News Bytes Dog
February 11, 2009Today has been what’s most-definitely called a big news-event day, from all things financial — the ongoing stimulus package finally passed Congress, bank CEOs were grilled on Capitol Hill, more fallout came from yesterday’s unveiling…
‘Nobody Knows Anything’
February 11, 2009“When it comes to backs, nobody knows anything.” — Peter Paul ‘Paulie Walnuts’ Gualtieri, The Sopranos One of the most-frightful aspects of this extremely-current financial meltdown is its seemingly incoherent complexities, made worse by dumbfounded,…
Requiem for the Graves
February 10, 2009Dying in Iraq is down: In January, 138 civilians were killed in violence across the country, compared with 238 in December, according to the figures, based on data collected by Iraq’s Health, Defense and Interior…
Words and the Looneytune GOP
February 8, 2009This morning a note on words misplaced by right-wing, wingnuts suffering intently from schizophasia in a most non-oblique fashion. An ex-Detroit Lions coach had to apologize for being nasty and petulent last month after saying…
Lonely Afghan Dilemma — Obama’s Daymare
February 6, 2009daymare Pronunciation: \ˈdÄ-ËŒma(É™)r, -ËŒme(É™)r\ Function: noun : a nightmarish fantasy experienced while awake (Illustration of the Darul Aman palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, found here). Afghanistan is one lonely country, and apparently so, becoming more lonely…
Killin’ Themselves
February 5, 2009“Suicide is painless,” and yes indeed it does bring on many changes, but with the game of life hard to play, since it’s gonna be lost anyway, to win is to cheat, lay it down…
Nuts-and-Bolts-and-Circuits Of Modern War
February 5, 2009One thing is certain in history: Weapons of war have become more advanced as a civilization seemingly progresses, always and continually getting more bang for the buck, and in turn, becoming less humane, more indiscriminate…