War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: ‘Why Nurses Do What They Do,’ by Emily Thomas, and found here). Just I figured a long, ugly while ago, we’re far from being out of any kind of woods in conjuction with overcoming the crazy-ass COVID-19 pandemic, as mini-surges seem to be developing across various part of the US — and this despite…
(Illustration: ‘Bang,’ blotted ink drawing by Andy Warhol (about 1960), and found here). Despite two terrible mass shooting the last week — 18 killed in total — and a seemingly dearth of such events during this pandemic-influenced era, doesn’t mean people aren’t dying from gun shots, the exact opposite. Americans are shooting each other at…
(Illustration found here). Another mass murder event — 10 killed yesterday at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store — three days ago, one killed, five injured at a Philadelphia house party, and last week, of course, eight killed at a couple of spas in Atlanta, as we return to ‘normal‘ after a lockdown pandemic year. ‘Normal‘…
Another Sunday under the near-suffocating blanket of the COVID-19 pandemic, and although case numbers are falling and the vaccine-jabbing is gaining speed, the optimism which filled the airwaves the last week or so seems a bit farfetched and maybe a bit premature. According to the John Hopkins data-board, the US has experienced 542,199 COVID deaths…
When I read about this particular subject this morning, I was kind of floored. Despite this being right now and not 1975, Joe Biden’s team needs to re-evauate this situation pretty quick. Paul Waldman at The Washington Post earlier today: ‘But what it shows is that the federal government is in many ways still gripped…
A major problem in Amerca right now is the Republican Party. They’re all assholes. As a nation we’re facing a massivce health event — COVID-19, whch has already claimed 550,000 American lives in just a bit more than a year — with the way-added weight of the economic fallout off the virus (770,000 unemployment claims…
As we work our way through this miserable age of political bullshit in the time of coronavirus, the focus on just how terrible and cruel are Republicans is obvious to anyone with walking-around sense. There’s only two political parties in the US that has any actual power (the rest are personal crusades) and one of…
I saw this earlier and it’s amazing (h/t tweet C&J): And the reply for hardcore bowlers: As I posted this morning, I took the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and although the CDC advised there could be side effect (tiredness, headache, chills — at the injection sight, pain, redness, swelling), I wasn’t prepared…
On the road to Independence Day! This morning, received my first dose of the COVID-10 vaccine at Walgreens here in Merced (the one on G Street) and I’m scheduled for the second one in April. The encounter was easy and well-coordinated with the shot itself nothing like any previous experiences with needles in the past —…
As I posted yesterday about vote suppression across the US by Republicans, it seems Georgia is not alone in bullshit hypocrisy with Arizona a way-prime example: The GOP is fucked with voters and they know it, and the only way around this Constitutional barrier is to bullshit with Arizona just one of a shitoad of…
