War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
As we cruise through these crazed and perlious times, music helps us cope. And sometimes certain songs more than others show the way to the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. In a sense, a kind of anthem for a time. In the last few years I sort of gyrated betweena tunes set…
As we ponder this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, we understand a large percentage of America is dwelling within a bubble of near-insanity, or maybe carrying a brick-or-two shy a full load. Either way, this country is half-and-half nuts. And the entire Republican Party is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs — take today’s ramblings…
Rain and more rain here in California’s Central Valley this Thursday afternoon, and feels like it ain’t never gonna stop. In the news it appears an endless cycle of rain, too, mostly of the nutcase variety, of stories piled high of how the GOP is infected with a bigly-binge of crazy — like this: Or…
One of the top-notch items on President Joe Biden’s agenda is a return full-steam to addressing climate change, which under T-Rump was not just put on a back burner, but tossed-off the stove completely. In November, Biden named John Kerry to head the assault, making the move even more serious by creating for Kerry a…
UPDATE This occurred after I posted last evening: Now back to the show… Along with Joe and Jill Biden taking-up residence in the White House, also for the first time in four years — dogs. The Bidens have two German shepherds, Champ and Major, but I couldn’t find any news about them arriving at the…
A kind of Respite Friday — drizzling rain on-and-off all day here on my little speck in California’s Central Valley. Maybe more like a breathing-space day with the explosion of events already in just three weeks of a new year, which was supposed to be at least fractionally better than 2020. The news cycle appears…
One most-wonderful scene today with the new Biden adminstration is the return of the ‘sane’ and qualified press briefing without bullshit and ‘alternative facts:’ I missed most of todays events as they unfolded as I had a follow-up medical exam in the afternoon at UC Davis in Sacramento. However, I did catch Biden’s inauguration this…
Less than a week away from ending four years of horror, T-Rump has a cratered-descending favorability with the American public, while Joe Biden enjoys an ascending popularity — shit stinks, a rose has a scent: NEW: Biden Begins Presidency With Positive Ratings; Trump Departs With Lowest-Ever Job Mark https://t.co/YD0UhR3uDz — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January…
Although all the screaming in the news cycle right now is primarily US domestic bullshit, any emphasis on the ugly elephant in the room (not the GOP) right now, which is climate change, goes near-about unnoticed, further creating a whiplash diaster still barreling headfirst toward a fatal, horrible conclusion. In a world staggered by a…
Sitting here in California’s Central Valley awaiting the trickling-down results of the Georgia run-off election for possible control of the US Senate — Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are facing off against Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. A contest tied strongly to the T-Rump. While standing by an encouraging note (via FiveThirtyEight): On…
