War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
An unexpected pleasure: Via the Guardian‘s live blog: With the flick of his pen, Biden signed into law a $1.9tn coronavirus relief package, cementing the first major legislative victory of his presidency. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving the people of this nation, working people, the middle class…
Less than two months after taking office, Joe Biden has popped a grand slam: Despite what Republicans are blubbering, this package will help take care of Americans — details via Vox about an hour ago: The American Rescue Plan, which Biden first unveiled in January, will deliver aid to millions of Americans and inject funds across…
Rain expected any time now this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, although showers were forecast to have arrived already, and the way this winter is going, rain-wise, it may not come at all. We’re hurting for water. What’s also in a weird-ass hurt is GOP DC politcians facng the overwhelmingly-popular support from Americans…
(Illustration found here). Although the CDC released easier guidelines today in lifestyle choices for fully-vaccinated folks, the playbook continues it’s still dangerous for COVID-19, and even now, a year later, we still don’t know a shitload of stuff about it: ‘ “As more people get vaccinated, levels of Covid-19 infection decline in communities, and as…
(Illustration: ‘Global Warming,’ abstract-acrylic, by Dennis Nadeau, and found here). Beyond the normal calamities of everyday life nowadays, like COVID-19 and whatever Republicans are up to, some old-fashion back-burner news on our swiftly-deteriorating envirnoment getting even worse if nothing is done to correct our current climate-changing trajectory. Here in California, and for the entire Southwest…
Another Sunday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley, sunshine hazy right now with some way-needed rain forecast for mid-week. In the midst of a pandemic, once again an upcoming drought year. The numbers/stats for COVID, however, are not drought-like — according to John Hopkins University this afternoon, the US has 28,989,066 cases (most in the…
Finally, this monrning after way-too-much bullshit: Details via The Washington Post just a bit ago: The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan on Saturday, as Democrats muscled through a marathon debate — and overcame dissent from moderates within their own ranks — to move one step closer to delivering President Biden his first…
Even as the Republican assholes try and shit on the country, from voting suppression/insurrection to allowing COVID to spread, one is softened at least some by the humble heroics of Dolly Parton. After pledging $1 million to Vanderbilt University last April, which partly funded the Moderna mRNA vaccine, the 75-year-old received her COVID vaccine shot…
(Illustration: ‘The Order of Chaos,’ by Osnat Tzadok, and found here). Here we are this early-evening Wednesday in California’s Central Valley, while across the country there’s shit popping like stones on pond water. As we’re still neck-deep in a dangerous pandemic, the disorder in attempts at order is way-inflamed by idiots. Congress is half full…
As Congressional hearings were held today on the Jan. 6 insurrection/riot at the US Capitol building — a joint investigation by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee — we really didn’t learn anything new, except the way-known fact it was a T-Rump incited clusterfuck to continue the…
