War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast and a bit warm this Friday morning as we head into another weekend — time flies when given time. Today, of course, is the first day of summer — the Summer Solstice — and is supposedly the longest day of the year. In fact, according to the brainiacs, this day is so long it…
Seemingly clear skies this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, but I can’t see any twinkling stars — must be a way-high overcast way-up yonder somewhere. Well, this is Humboldt County, we’re higher than the rest of the country combined, to start with, and to finish. America as a concept is pretty-much over — this…
Foggy and a bit on the drizzly side this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’ve a 30 percent chance for more rain today, but the sun will peek out sometime later, somehow it always does. And despite a shitload of other news happening, the NSA escapade also somehow peeks its nefarious face out…
Ground fog and way-oddly quiet this here-already Monday morning along California’s north coast, and the Pacific Ocean only a mile or so away, can’t be heard at all — usually there’s at least a muted roar from the west. In the still of near-silence, an image of a world far, far away. Yet the imagination…
Americans’ view of Congress would be laughable if the national situation didn’t suck so bad. And Americans know it: Americans’ confidence in Congress as an institution is down to 10 percent, ranking the legislative body last on a list of 16 societal institutions for the fourth straight year. This is the lowest level of confidence Gallup…
Another overcast early morning here on California’s north coast, this the mid-week edition of life as society goes semi-berserk, or something. Blowback: An intelligence term for adverse, unintended consequences of secret operations. The CIA first used it in a report on the 1953 operation that overthrew the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran. During the…
Overcast and quiet this early Tuesday on California’s coast, and despite some breaks in the cloud cover, there’s no view of the mysterious Gamma Delphinid meteor shower expected to pass earth this morning. Somebody will shoot it with a camera, for sure. And in the midst of all that NSA travail this week, a horrible shooting…
High overcast with a slightly-chilled wind this way-early Monday as we carrom into another new work week, leaving behind the rat-tailed dump of private-first-class droppings — or what’s now called, ‘Boundless Informant.’ Apparently, there’s no bottom to the data suck. On Saturday, the UK’s Guardian revealed the NSA whistleblower as American citizen Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old…
A little overcast, and a bit more chilly this Sunday morning on California’s north coast, and already I’ve been drinking in enough InterWeb-shit on leaking bad stuff and whistleblowers in general, making the pointing out of a crime, worse than the crime itself. And right-off the bat (via HuffPost): Confirmation that the NSA filed a…
High overcast again this early Thursday on California’s north coast and life continues impeded by all kinds of nefarious workings unseen for the most part — or heard. This morning, the InterWebs are chunked-full of miniscule details of the cellphone party-line established by our government to keep tabs on terror. Another legacy from George Jr.,…
