War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Life is getting a bit on the mental-breakdown side of the fencepost: Details via Yahoo News this morning: An overwhelming majority of Americans believe the U.S. is in the grips of a full-blown mental health crisis, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought a rise…
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…
Mainly overcast, though, some faded-yellow sunshine appears occasionally here this mid-day Monday in California’s Central Valley — not bad considering Joe Biden’s return to DC earlier this morning: Report via NY1: A snowstorm in Washington, D.C., early Monday morning disrupted federal government operations across the city and even all the way north to Delaware, where…
Here we come to the end of another whole, full-fledged year, and seemingly really nothing to show for it, or even have a semblance of uplift for 2022, which from all indications might just turn out to be worse than the last two combined — never in my life have I so hope and want…
(Illustration: ‘Redhope‘, street art by Shepard Fairey, and found here). Just paying attention to what’s going on around you nowadays is a way-depressing and emotional bowel-suck of an endeavor, and if you’re a ‘news nut‘ (vs a ‘news addict,’ which is really just more druggie-like than the perceived institutional-grade crazy) doomscrolling through the activities of…
Drizzling still this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, after a day full of deep-overcast skies and continuous threat of hard rain — reportedly, maybe some sunshine tomorrow before another storm slated for next week, and the new year. In the air, climate disaster seems close at hand. And art mirrors reality — listen…
Insane our current place in history although a time of great knowledge — a dangerous, highly-infectious disease is surging around the world and, for reasons beyond real understanding, is especially gushing here in the US (CNN this afternoon): ‘They come as doctors expect the holiday coronavirus surge, driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant, to…
In this time of madness, a cadence of the measure (h/t Miss Cellania): (Illustration found here). A decent foible of the horrid nowadays is showing empathy (without the screaming and crying) — there’s a lot of shit out there happening to folks all around us, from the pandemic to politics (MAGA relatives) to severe weather.…
Wet and chilly this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley as winter storms pound the state, dumping heavy rain on the flatlands and a shitload of snow in the mountains and foothills — major system reportedly due in tonight and another later in the week. Part-n-parcel of weather quick-snapping to climate change within a…
Raining this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, a wet holiday experienced by a lot of Americans today — rain and snow for a big chuck of the country, but in some parts are heat records: ‘Wichita Falls, Texas, hit 91 Friday — warmer than its July 4 high of 88, and Grandfield, Oklahoma,…
