War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast and quiet this way-early Thursday morning on California’s northern coast and there’s no moisture out there — from all indications the next few days should be rain free, or at least that’s what the weather people report. In this neck of the redwoods, though, it’s all in what happens next. Beyond the weather, news-making…
(Illustration found here). Overcast again this wee-early Tuesday morning, and this area along California’s northern coast has been forecast for some rain and wind for the next few days, reportedly starting tonight. Part and parcel for the region this time of year, but so far not much moisture, but the season is still way-young. One…
Delusion is a many-splintered ideal for those who either can’t handle reality, or have a need to dream while awake — the entire presidential election was a will-o’-the-wisp drama played like a soap opera. Despite facts, the most-awesome excuse comes from the scholarly Karl Rove: “Mitt Romney had what I scientifically call a butt-ugly primary.”…
(Illustration found here). Writing, and actually, well beyond re-writing: In a letter to Ezra Pound, in January 1923, Hemingway wrote: “I suppose you heard about the loss of my Juvenalia? I went up to Paris last week to see what was left and found that Hadley had made the job complete by including all carbons,…
End of the work week again, another Friday to contemplate gushing-forth news events overshadowed by hyped-up weather shenanigans. In the final sprint to the finish, Mitt Romney has got shit-kick-me written all over him — yesterday he pissed off the Italians, and now he’s the big-butt of late-night jokes. The Center for Media and Public Affairs…
(Illustration found here). In the horror images of Hurricane Sandy, one frozen moment might be the nexus of this year’s presidential race — President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie emoting with victims/survivors of the storm. Despite all the bullshit spewed from the GOP political cesspool this election cycle, one photo blows the whole…
Thick ground fog here this morning along California’s northern coast, but above the mist is clear skies and the dawn breaking from the east. Quiet here, but not so where that dawn’s first light originates — the eastern half of the US is in for some bad shit the next few days, especially the next…
Overcast and rainy this morning along California’s northern coast — and it’s been a keen-edge cold, too, giving rise to the winter a-coming just around the corner. Our wetness is just part the season’s first major storm, which has dumped near two-feet of snow on the northern Sierra Nevada’s and spawned a record-tying five tornadoes…
Just about everybody but Republicans know Mitt Romney lies out his ass — if he can’t come up with any kind of falsehood, he’s speechless. Eclectablog takes a look at Politifact‘s bullshit meter: For statements that were ruled to be “True†and “Mostly Trueâ€, it’s Obama and Biden at 45.0 percent, Romney and Ryan at…
(Illustration found here). Last night at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York, a big political-bullshit laugh-fest where the public-servant 1 percent pretends they’re human, Mitt Romney attempted some side-splitting humor: In discussing how he prepares for the debates, Romney said his strategy was to “find the biggest available straw man and mercilessly attack…