Compatible Creatures by Bruce Maulden
War, Politics, and Life
Clear skies this early Sunday morning along California’s northern coast and the sun will soon pop up over the eastern mountains like thunder — although the forecast is for rain today, right now it’s gorgeous. And noted today for Californians: The public is invited to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Richard Nixon…
Wet, chilly and highly-gothic here on California’s northern coast this Saturday evening, drizzling rain since early on, creating a sad, thoughtful sense of purpose. Surfing the news sites seeking attention for my seemingly near-insatiable, up-to-the-second addiction for current events, apparently life seemingly has flat-lined as we crawl out from under the hideous holiday season —…
Overcast, and for an early January morning, a bit on the warm side, considering this is supposed to be winter. So much for the weather! Yesterday was payday at the liquor store I manage, and motherf*cker, was it a piss-ant, sad and depressing chore. (Illustration found here). We’re a rarity — payday is weekly, instead…
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…
In this the day after our Independence Day, the world looks about the same from up here on California’s northern coast, although the real word of the day yesterday (via Urban Dictionary) was “Freedom Fondle” — The honor of being screened by the TSA at airport security. Funny, but with a most-definite Orwellian feel. And…
Last week, a regular customer and I got into a short discussion during check-out on the subject of college debt — she told me she was having trouble paying off just $4,000 in loan obligations. “It’s a pain in the ass,” she said, but agreed her total was nowhere the average for today’s young people…
“They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago.” — George Carlin (Illustration found here). Yesterday, that most-august body of assholes, the US Senate, and fueled by the ugly gnashing of…
Wealth can indeed make one an asshole. A new study indicates when a person has more, he will take more: Those findings led to a series of experiments that revealed that people of higher socioeconomic status were also more likely to cheat to win a prize, take candy from children and say they would pocket…
Old age don’t excuse. Seagrass that spans 2,000 miles of the Mediterranean Sea, considered the earth’s oldest living thing and supports “marine ecosystems that rank among the most valuable on earth in terms of biodiversity and production” could be dying due to our deteriorating environment: “The seagrass in the Mediterranean is already in clear decline…
Last week, when Mitt Romney blubbered, “I’m not concerned about the very poor,” he later waddled back, claiming he “mispoke.” In reality, the Mitt told the truth — if one has money, who gives a shit. And cartoon-buffoon, mega-rich Don Trump on Monday silly-like claimed credit for Romney’s win in Nevada’s GOP caucus over the…