War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
A brownish, dystopian environmental ambiance this Thursday morning in California’s Central Valley as apparently the wildfires rampaging statewide is worsening human/animal sight and breathing conditions. I took my daughter’s basset hound/greyhound mix, Leroy, for our normal walk earlier and it appears large noses can be an even worse indicator of bad air quality — he…
Some news be good today: Rescuers on Tuesday pulled 16 people out alive from rubble in Brefèt, a town in Les Cayes in the Southern department, three days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the area, according to Haiti’s Civil Protection agency. The newest latest Axios/Ipsos poll shows most Americans might be near-sane: Two-thirds (64-percent) support…
In the wake of shitty domestic American fanfare — COVID surges thanks to Republican hardcore hardheadedness — the sad, shame of Afghanistan continues to unfold badly, an image of a country shattering like glass when struck with a huge, craggy rock — 20 years and we end with a terrible tale of America abroad. Today…
Environmental news seems to pop up in the afternoons lately, and today was no exception — hot records melting in the heat: According to data released today by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, last month was not only the hottest July, but also ‘earned the unenviable distinction as the world’s hottest month ever recorded,’…
Heavy-heat again this Wednesday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley, though, we’re not sweltering alone — seemingly the whole freaking world is boiling. The Pacific Northwest and BC Canada are catching the top-crust warmth with another ‘heat-dome attack‘ driving temperatures to massive heights, while seemingly near-in concert, another ‘dome’ act is scorching the eastern US,…
In a fresh uplifting-downward this Wednesday afternoon in the seemingly never-ending horror story that’s the COVID-19 pandemic, now in its super-wicked ‘Delta’ version, is a new angle on the mega-power-center of this latest surge as prompted by Republican leaders who are pushing death on a personal-grand scale that seems horribly historic in its hideousness —…
Another Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley and to set the tone, one of my favorite songs done in an unplugged, acoustic form with sentiment — this version became a favorite of mine after an extended hospital stay/and surgery experience three years ago, and listened to it at least a couple of times a day…
Some tib-bits of crazy this Monday afternoon and the seemingly random chorus of an urgent hint of deadly danger: And of Emily Miller, thus: ‘The ousted spokeswoman, Emily Miller, had little experience in health care. She had spent years working in Washington for Republicans, including the former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay and Senator Ted Cruz…
(Illustration found at NASA: A supercomputer model in 2015 created the above simulation of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and portends the ghastly, horrible, monstrous-looking results if this shit continues). Six years ago, the world maybe still had a chance to shift from the worst aspects of climate change, but now the sense is the…
(Illustration by Afghan artist/activist Jahan Ara Rafi, and found here). Looking beyond the domestic shitstorms this Sunday afternoon of COVID Deltas surges and corresponding displays of cruel ignorance by Republicans, the horrible debacle of Afghanistan continues to get worse — unfortunately, however, a situation just like everything else. I always figured the Taliban would re-take…
