War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Beyond the knotty dung-drops happening right now — another shooting, closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, Republicans whining about Maxine Waters talking truth, a drone flight on Mars, and so forth — a major event in the battle against climate change happens this week when the world is supposed to come together to…
Once again, another intermission from the frightfully tedious news cycles screaming ugly scenarios ad infinitum seemingly crafted by Rod Serling with a collaboration effort from Kurt Vonnegut. However, no one, really, could have thought this shit up, though, a load of people have tried, and got it wrong. This recess from that blare is a…
Beyond the political idiocy of Republicans, today one who doesn’t understand satire, and for a couple of weeks another who’s been upgraded from just fucked to royally fucked to a subject matter really out-distancing all of our so-called problems right now, which is climate change, really a climate crisis. A runaway fright train barreling down…
Last night, residents of South Florida on the Atlantic coast got a thrill, and probably a quick scare across the skies above them (per NPR): And from another angle: Scrolling around the InterWebs this morning, I couldn’t get any confirmation the object was the projected asteroid scheuled to pass earth last night — from EarthSky…
If the wordage, ‘Before Times,’ has become a catch-pin for life prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, from all indications it could also come to include the period in the next generation or so. The twin beasts of the T-Rump and the coronavirus coming together have fostered a grim future, at least according…
Anyone who does any driving — Before Times and the COVID pandemic, of course — can see our roadways, bridges and assorted, related structures are shot-to-shit and have been in crappy-dangerous condition for a long time. In fact, you have to go back 65 years to the last activity with our transportation/electrical grid complex and…
(Illustration: ‘Cherry Tree Blossoms in Washington DC,’ by Donna Tuten, and found here). In the onslaught of frightful items on the agenda of the nowadays, from COVID to racism to economic woes, the huge, massive elephant in the room (no, not the GOP’s repugnant replica) can easily be overlooked/overshadowed by these pressing issues, and that’s…
As the ‘normal‘ is made the new ‘abnormal‘ in this day-and-age, Joe Biden is taking the bull by the horns and moving this country in the right direction despite the over-stuffed spasms of Republicans, who are drowning in bile and ignorance without lifting a finger. Hence, this afternoon the first gathering of Joe’s team: Some…
Jolting Joe Biden continues on a roll as he’s expected to propose a $2 trillion infrastructure plan today during an event in Pittsburgh — supposedly the first of two parts, the ‘American Jobs Plan‘ would not only re-build our transportation system, but invest in care for elderly and disabled Americans, create more affordable housing, refurbish…
Although we’re more than a week into Spring (March 20), the weather today here In Merced, located strategically about middle of California’s Central Valley, feels more like summer than any kind of flowering coolness of Easter season. Walking Leroy this morning, I had to remove my hoodie/sweatjacket for the first time this year, and proceed…
