War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
As COP21, the UN climate talks in Paris starts its second and final week of negotiations today, the outcome for people alive on earth right now is not so bright, despite any-type result from the conference. Even maybe for those yet unborn… In the face of that, rare, positive news (via Stanford.edu) — a new…
An absolute-hateful event — after a nice nap, a cup of coffee going, and shortly after waking-up the laptop, a terrifying thingy lurches out from the screen, knocks the freaking-fucking living-shit out of me: ‘Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people…
One of few military people who had much-more sense than his peers was the late Gen. William Odom, who in 2005 way-understated the horror: ‘“The invasion of Iraq may well turn out to be the greatest strategic disaster in American history.”‘ Odom, who died in 2008, couldn’t fully grasp a decade ago how intense, and widespread…
In Paris this morning at the opening of COP21, the UN climate talks, and President Obama (Reuters): “What should give us hope that this is a turning point, that this is the moment we finally determined we would save our planet, is the fact that our nations share a sense of urgency about this challenge…
In climate news, the big-story is COP21, the UN talks starting Monday in Paris. Despite the reality, a lot of the gloss is greased oratory: “The stars are more aligned right now to reach agreement than I have ever seen them,” U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern told reporters last week. “We are…
Always just issue Mark Twain’s famous little speech on Thanksgiving, which seems to sum-up the ritual: “Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for–annually, not oftener–if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the…
Republican William Ruckelshaus, 83, appointed by Dick Nixon in 1970 to be first head of the EPA (the Guardian): “The Republicans aren’t helping, they are just responding to the convictions of the base that climate change isn’t a real problem and feeding that back to them — it’s a vicious cycle “Instead of treating it…
Bright and chilly this Monday morning on California’s north coast. A more-crisp feel to the air as we’re experiencing a lull in the rain for a few hours — the NWS had earlier invoked a ‘Frost Warning’ for our area, indicating winter a-coming. Another rain front expected later this afternoon with drizzles and such until…
Ugly, dumb-ass memory: Jeb! during the second GOP debate in September: ‘“You know what? As it relates to my brother, there is one thing I know for sure: He kept us safe. I don’t know if you remember, Donald. Do you remember the rubble? Do you remember the firefighter with his arms around him? He…
Overcast a bit and cold this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, sunshine showing itself often, but not enough. A slight chance of rain (about 15 percent), but doesn’t really look it. Today is Veterans Day, supposedly a time set aside to honor those who are serving/have served in the US armed forces. However, in…
