War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Even now after nearly half-a-century, one Vietnam vet still works to get a grip: Wright died in 1968 when he stepped on a land mine, Atwood said, and Wright’s mother always blamed him for her son’s death. He’s never been able to bring himself to visit his friend’s grave, he said. On Saturday he found…
Clear skies this morning on California’s northern coast, and might turn out to be another better-than-average day, with a bit of warmth added to the weather mix. We’re experiencing some delightful Indian Summer time up here with some of our best days recently — wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on the planet. And today,…
One regret I’ve had (among a whopper list) is that I’ve never been a homeowner, though, for many years I was eligible for a VA loan via the GI Bill. Nowadays owning a home can be disastrous. In 2008, there were more than 3 million home-foreclosure filings, up 81 percent from 2007 and 225 percent…
Fog/drizzle this morning up here on California’s northern coast, a mighty contrast to the rest of the US, and most-likely, a huge chunk of the planet. Bad news continues with another mass killing in Wisconsin, this time apparently with religious/racial overtones, and the bizarre link in the shooting deaths of two Brooklyn, NY, shopkeepers, both…
Another morning and another middle of the week — no horrible news to report this morning as I slept in an extra hour, just the continued death of life as we know it. Fog covers California’s northern coast, but if current weather continues to hold, the day should turn out to be warm and sunny…
Blow back from horror can create assholes of the purest form, as this from yesterday: Deputies were called to the AMC Norwalk 20 cineplex around 5 p.m. Sunday after moviegoers complained of a man who started yelling when the showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” didn’t start. Witnesses say Tabor then shouted, “I should go…
(Illustration via CNN of Aurora, Colorado, theater where 14 moviegoers were killed early Friday). Awoke to some horror this morning — at least 14 people were shot dead and 50 wounded during a nut-wad shooting at a theater in Colorado during an opening-day screening of the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” but from…
In the early morning, there’s news of an 8.6 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean — that’s a big sucker with tsunami warnings issued for the entire region, but initial reports indicate no big wave and damage is slight. Hopefully, they will be spared the shades of 2004 when another quake…
Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s? Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist. — The Princess Bride Ah, Westley, yes they do (just as yourself found out real fast) and the real world’s biggest, ugliest and nastiest rodent of unusual size resides in Syria — in fact, Bashar al-Assad has gotten so…
Firearms ain’t just guns, it’s a state of mind. Remarkably, shopping for guns while your babies boil in a hot van might indicate a redneck asshole, but not illegal: (background via the San Francisco Chronicle): Authorities contacted the children’s mother who showed up two hours late. She drove the children and father home in the…