War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Finally at last, the final day of the shittiest year in history, or at least in my lifetime — I’ve spent now more than 72 years here on this planet and nothing compares to 2020 for the sheer volume of shitty shit. Topping that list, or course, is the horror of the COVID-19 pandemic, which…
As this way-horrible time-frame of 2020 grinds down to mere hours, the pandemic will soon touch upon a full year of rampage in the US (The New England Journal of Medicine): On January 19, 2020, a 35-year-old man presented to an urgent care clinic in Snohomish County, Washington, with a 4-day history of cough and…
As COVID-19 cntinues to surge apparently unabated, this morning Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received a vaccine dose while pleading for all Americans to get inoculated, rightfully: “Literally this is about saving lives.” She’s way-correct, but the problem is logistics and idiocy — the COVID vaccine roll-out has been anything but smooth (h/t for the tweet…
Although the T-Rump did sign the COVID bill last night, it was torture to get hin to do it, emphasis on a mentally-disturbed asshole-prick (h/t on the tweet Daily Kos): The news article mentioned above comes from USAToday at the end of last month; written by Dr. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, a psychiatrist affiliated with Weill…
UPDATE: ‘Per CNN: President Donald Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, according to multiple sources, averting a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to millions.’ A sigh, followed by a whimper… ***…
Time draws nigh upon us for end-of-the-year lists, and to-do lists for the 2021 (in Before Times, this tally was generally called, ‘New Year’s Resolutions‘), but first we have to say good-fucking-bye to 2020 — which termination of said year coming slowly-way-quickly. Best so far in this genre (great h/t to Miss Cellania): 1. The…
This Saturday evening instead of crap, a look at a few science research/reports published recently on various subjects related to the clusterfuck that’s 2020, and maybe some hope or whatever for the coming new year. (Illustration found here). So to begin: An odd new study indicates we learn as we get older to value a…
Raining here this Saturday morning in California’s Central Valley — and once again feels like it’s raining all over the world, especially in Florida where the T-Rump sits his big ass blathering about nonsensical shit while the US burns. While a way-seriously required COVID-19 relief bill is still unsigned, he golfs and acts like the…
An imbalance in the $900 billion Congressional COVID-19 relief bill has unplugged the Twitter world, spawning the hashtag, ‘ #LetThemEatCake,’ with notable sarcasm: Although I covered some of this imbalance in a post this morning, apparently the whole thing is rife with unnecessary shit — some finer details via The Washington Post this afternoon: But…
In the laborious era of the coronavirus there’s been a couple of bright slices of light recently, one of course, the vaccines, and the other a hard-accomplished COVID-19 relief bill passed this week by our near-worthless Congress, though, the paltry portion lies plainly on the side of shit-stamping Republicans. Definite the divide as captured by…
