War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Here it is — Monday, and there just ain’t no way to get out of it! Crystal-clear this early morning on California’s north coast, and if the fog don’t make a move in the next little while, the sun will come up like thunder – or so they say. And over the weekend, in the…
High overcast this way-too-early Wednesday here on California’s north coast and mid-week pulls us closer and closer to the weekend. Which is exactly where we want to be — for now. And in the wake of the temperance-flare of President Obama’s anti-Syrian peace-now-but-war-later speech last night, the US can curl up and go fast asleep,…
Crystal-clear, warm and beautiful this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast, all this after a way-way-too quick weekend. Two days just ain’t enough time. This is the week that has to be for President Obama and his notched-gunsight on Syria — big TV interviews today with an enormous rally-for-war speech tomorrow. This is one proposition…
Finally — Friday! A little wispy-overcast this morning on California’s north coast as we prepare to handle the weekend — and we’re way-ready for a warm and sun-splashed two days. And it will be fairly serene, too. Not like this planet we inhabit. If the sniping, backtalk and phoney smiles at the G-20 summit in…
Slightly overcast this way-too-early Thursday on California’s north coast as we wade toward the end of the week. Another scorcher for us as temps are expected to be in the 70s again today, and even hotter into the weekend with Monday’s high forecast to be 91 — whoa! Us old people don’t weather the weather…
Despite the US government’s full-frontal harping for the bombing of Syria, Americans still disagree — from Pew Research: Three-quarters (74 percent) believe that U.S. airstrikes in Syria are likely to create a backlash against the United States and its allies in the region and 61 percent think it would be likely to lead to a…
Clear and star-sprinkling skies this early Wednesday along California’s north coast — as the middle of the work week is here, so are thoughts of the week end. Yet two days to go. And this morning, the situation room on the Syrian chaos is getting crowded. The US, however, is pulling a George Jr. ploy…
I hadn’t been aware of this particular day — today: Earth Overshoot Day 2013. Either I wasn’t paying attention, or missed it, or something. An odd celebratory event without much celebrating — well, actually none at all. Another prick-brick in the wall. (Illustration found here). According to Global Footprint Network: Earth Overshoot Day is the…
(Illustration: Wolfgang Bloch‘s The Colors of Coincidence found here). An oddity this Saturday morning on California’s north coast: Clear skies and bright, early sunshine. The norm for dawn is deep fog, like yesterday when the air was wet as rain, yet not. Weather nowadays can be really deceptive, and can be made fuel — oddly,…
(Illustration found here). When I started this blog in late April 2007, the total-main topic of the every-day US news cycle was the nightmare of Iraq — the war was an unmitigated disaster. On April Fools Day that year, John McCain did a “walk freely” stroll through a Baghdad open-air market, while watching his ass were…
