War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
America is at a crossroad/fork-in-the-road, yet we try and maintain a sense of normal in the chaos: Comfortable and nice this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — another sunshine sparkled day without even a slight hint of that shitty tule fog. This being the Left Coast, some things come naturally. In other places,…
Just turning dark this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, a soft ending to a gorgeous day of sunshine and warm temperatures — we’re whiplashing daily between deep fog and clear skies, but at least there’s a break from the thick gray every other day or so. Weathering the weather is still a thingie.…
Amnesia is embedded deep within the Republican brand — cowering out of sight now a mainstay of the GOP operational apparatus as the public gets a whiff of their real agenda of chaos, which in turn, strongly indicates an inability to govern. And the memory loss carries a nasty, chickenshit T-Rump stink: Nutshell via BusinessInsider…
Heavy-gray tule fog this near-mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley — thickest I think of the season so far and chilled wet, too, a contrast from the sunshine the last few days. Just a reminder of the time. Tweet of the moment: Especially with the vastness of the T-Rump’s blighted image as head of…
Overcast and chilly this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — another gorgeous winter day until late in the afternoon, and fairly warm for the season this morning. Weathering the weather is nothing well-worth mentioning if you are careful. However, the governance landscape sucks because one of only two major political parties in this…
A way-politicalized, straight-on clip that’s now all over the InterWebs since this morning, sure you’ve probably already seen it — I’m just going to pop it here where I can click on the post (especially from my iPad) see it again and again — right on the bulbous, enflamed nose: There’s more in the air…
My youngest daughter called me from Minnesota today one year ago. She sounded taken-way-aback, and a bit frightful — “Are you seeing what’s on the TV right now,” she nearly cried. “Duh!” I quickly replied. There was really nothing else to go with, no real usable words to conjure up an explanation for such a…
Thick fog covering the just-turning-dark this Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — a depressing look to say the way-minimum, but that’s the current motif seemingly embedded in our psyche nowadays. All looney tunes with the despondency, too, which makes it shit worse. Another piece of weird for this already weird new year — lightning…
Darkness already this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — despite it being night-like outside, darkness has been known to lie. Even when it’s obvious: A crucial point from Wendy Weiser, vice president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice (NPR this afternoon): ‘I am worried that if we don’t pass federal legislation,…
(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Guernica,’ and found here). Another gloomy-gus democracy on the brink poll — via NPR this morning, though, the results indicate the lying, rot-backside to the destruction of the American experience: A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64-percent of Americans believe U.S. democracy is “in crisis and at risk of failing.” That sentiment is…
