War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Slightly warm at a cool 88-degrees this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, and we’re still clear of smoke from our rampant wildfire war being waged up and down the state. Although there are some big ones burning up north, smoke off the Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe, about three-and-a-half hours northeast of where…
Nice way to start a day in this doomscrolling era — way-funny and sweet (h/t Miss Cellania): And the reaction from the security guy is priceless, makes the scene not only comedic but touching — cutline via Miss Cellania: Coming home from the Olympics, Kelsey Mitchell walked through an airport security metal detector, and the…
Doomscrolling truly in surfing the news this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — shit, I could be anywhere and would still come across story after fucking story of shit happening, most sorry to say, preventable to some degree. Even a high school shooting tossed in for good measure, just to break the horrid,…
Another boilermaker day — 109-degrees outside right now (late-afternoon Monday in California’s Central Valley) — as we spin through work-week kick-off with shit hitting the fan everywhere. Probably the most-historic event today was an end to an inspired bit of action begun a month shy 20 years ago, but quickly shit the roost, and now…
Another heavy-air scorcher this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, though, skies today were a little less rusty-brown with the onset of some decent winds which kept the sunshine fairly-bright and a sharper yellow. Supposedly more of the same tomorrow, with a cooling trend (under 100-degrees) expected mid-week. Meanwhile, Hurricane Ida is creating chaos…
Hot, heavy air this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley as the temperatures spiral upward — it’s 104-degrees with the view still a rusty-brown submerged in way-faded-yellow sunshine. Any length of time outside is no fun. Listen to me whine — along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico right now there’s much-greater…
Another heavy news day, but I’m after the lesser noted items on this Friday’s News Dump day. The following a few incidents/thingies that caught my eye this afternoon — first off a good dive into the Afghanistan cesspool (h/t Susie): Ezra Klein, writer/political analyst and at one time, a biggie blogger, had a must-read piece…
Joe Biden is handling a shocker this afternoon, usually in his normal, low-key stand-out approach on the bombings in Afghanistan (death toll has risen, now 13 in total of American military fatalities, with 14 wounded), as the US/NATO endgame’s intensity will most-likely kick-up a notch or two. Supposedly, suicide assholes from the Afghan chapter of…
Terrible bomb explosions outside Kabul airport this morning, a nasty incident to most-likely change the timbre of this whole Afghan ugly: Quick nutshell via CNN: Twelve members of the US military were killed and 15 more were injured in the attack at Kabul’s airport, Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, head of the US Central Command, said…
Another musical notable passing today: Charlie Watts, the quiet, seemingly shy drummer for The Rolling Stones, died from undisclosed ailments in a London hospital. He was 80. One job for nearly 60 years. Watts drummed to a different drummer. Not weird (Ringo), or crazy (Keith Moon), Watts kept the beat to a shitload of great…
