War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Sunshine Monday here on this little stretch of California’s northern coast — a cold-feeling wind does give bite to the flavor a bit, though. The word, ‘cold,’ is relative, of course. We’re at about 45 degrees right now, and near about the same time — Dr. Jeff Masters: ‘It’s weather whiplash in Buffalo, New York,…
Dark and overcast this Tuesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — and getting cold, too. We’re forecast for rain tomorrow, and on-n-off precipitation through the weekend. Of course, our ‘cold,’ ain’t nowhere like ‘cold‘ for some parts of the US. For instance: ‘Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, are expecting daytime high temperatures in the mid-40s…
Bright shiny sunshine this afternoon, and a nice warm breeze, too. In the quaking and shuddering over the midterms, one item just a week or so ago seemed to pass without much notice — the US Marines handed over control (the keys) to Camp Leatherneck, the huge military installation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, to the Afghans.…
War-zone Saturday: “This district is what you’d probably call the southwestern United States. That was before it was destroyed by the war.” “War?” “Yes. According to history, over 100 years ago, a man named Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead.” — ‘Sleeper‘ Endless war, as perpetrated/proposed just this past week by the US…
High fluffy clouds, bright sunshine this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast, and nearly no wind — gorgeous. Windows open, back sliding-glass door shoved open to its stop. Around here, weather shifts in a snap-second, as just a bit earlier we’d had heavy, dark clouds, and a drizzle. Odd, though, hardly no breeze at all.…
Another slide into some kind of whirlwind war zone once again, the odds are slowly being upped for more American flesh being put on the line in Iraq. Not yet ‘boots on the ground,’ but how’s the feel of ‘boots in the air.’ Via Mcclatchy this evening: The United States sent attack helicopters into combat…
Maybe an ominous turn of events in the anti-ISIS campaign in Iraq — the crazy horde might secure Abu Ghraib, just outside Baghdad, and could place their captured US 155 mm howitzers within range of Baghdad International Airport. A major-bad to close the airport. From Mcclatchy: “These have a range of about (20 miles) and…
The Global AgeWatch Index, a study on the influence of old folks, reported the worse country in the whole world to grow old in is Afghanistan — a horrible tribute to a lost, terrified country, nearly forgotten. Next Tuesday, by the way, the 13th glorious anniversary of “Operation Enduring Freedom”, and operations indeed have endured.…
The late, great Gen. William Odom, in October 2005: “The invasion of Iraq I believe will turn out to be the greatest strategic disaster in U.S. history.” The good general, though, was just talking American — in a bigger sandbox, most-likely better phrased as, ‘the greatest total-horrifying-fuck-up in recent world history.’ One event, triggered after “…deliberately…
High overcast and some patches of ground fog this early mid-week Wednesday on California’s north coast, along with just a touch of chilled breeze — not too shabby. Overwhelmed by other horror stories — the Ukraine, Gaza, a growing Ebola outbreak in east Africa, blah, blah — the tale of what’s happening in Iraq is…