War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Drizzling rain and chilly this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with extra precipitation forecast for the rest of the day. Tomorrow and the rest of the week is expected to be rain-free, and maybe a bit warmer than the last couple of days. Are weather warnings/forecasts just another form of ‘“too cute by half“‘…
High overcast, quiet and dry this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and the feel is not unpleasant. Soundless and near-weather-less here, but back in the US southeast, a possible “catastrophic event” via an enormous winter storm bearing down on the huddled masses — another episode of “global weirding” becoming more the ‘new normal’ in…
Another off little Eddie’s never-ending entrée-menu (via the Guardian): The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of “leaky” smartphone apps, such as the wildly popular Angry Birds game, that transmit users’ private information across the internet, according to top secret documents… Some apps, the documents state,…
Clear and chilly this way-too-early Thursday here on California’s north coast — and apparently earthquake weather, too. We had a 4.7 last night, but I didn’t feel a thing — it was located more than 70 miles southwest of where I’m at, but not many locals felt it, just a “short, fast jolt” if anything.…
We elect presidents in the hope the asshole will handle shit correctly, keep war and pestilence at bay. Some Americans pay more attention than others, and sometimes can actually see the smell — history provides the reality. When I started this blog in 2007, most of the subject matter was unfortunately somehow connected to war,…
Clear and near-balmy this early Friday on California’s north coast as we rally for the weekend. Once again this morning, the moon hangs like a white-bright-eye in the western sky. And speaking of the eye in the sky — President Obama is scheduled for one of the most-important speeches of his see-saw career today on…
Clear and feeling a bit warmer, too, this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — the moon a bright light in the western sky. Mid-week move-a-long. A couple of privacy spots this morning, both leading the US toward one huge surveillance state of affairs. The first is the use of drones in America — law…
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the suicide death of Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and one of the builders of Reddit, who was then facing federal hacking charges. And yesterday, a fitting memory — from the Guardian: On Saturday, the home page of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was hacked, reportedly by the Anonymous group.…
Occasional sunshine and a bit warmer than usual this afternoon on California’s north coast — not bad by any means, but way-different than the US Northeast, where right now 22 states and 100 million people are getting hammered by the weather — maybe a foot of snow amid blizzard conditions: “(This) is not a big…
High clouds and a bit chilly again this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, the final day of the year and the last we’ll see of them days. A whole-lot of shit will continue, though, and it’s all ugly. And Snoopy from Peanuts lays down the reality: “So this is the last day of the…
