War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
As the nation becomes violently unglued, the T-Rump is finally feeling some of the distaste the country has for him — interesting situation as relayed by the New York Times this afternoon: Inside the White House, the mood was bristling with tension. Hundreds of protesters were gathering outside the gates, shouting curses at President Trump…
In continuing protests of the police killing of George Floyd earlier this week in Minneapolis, several hundred people converged today on downtown Merced to show solidarity for the cause, and lend support for African-Americans being killed by police. Demonstrations have occurred all over the country, from Minnesota to New York to California — a federal…
Near mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley, and finally a day not so blistering hot — we saw a week of triple-digit temperatures, topping out yesterday at 105-degrees. As of right now ‘just‘ 80, supposedly heading later this afternoon to a high of 95, though, I don’t seen it getting there. A crater-drop in…
Early-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Warm, but not bad with a gentle, cool breeze which keeps the air pleasant and comfortable. We can feel the summer coming, though. Forecast for the next 90 days or so plays out first warmer (today), hot (next week) and then hotter (next month). No shock. Also shouldn’t…
Late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Sunny and a bit blustery right now, though, overcast and chilly for most of this morning. A lot of cloud cover lately, which keeps the heat down. And outside, beyond the apartment walls America has become some type institution. In the midst of a crippling, deadly pandemic, comes…
Overcast and breezy this late-afternoon Wednesday in California’s Central Valley. Never got real hot today, not bad weather-wise and pleasant. Did go shopping this morning, which is always a treat. Most people wore masks, and the store carried plenty of shoppers, but they all seemed to carry-on in a freakish ‘normal‘ sort of way and…
Occasional sunshine near mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. Cloudy most of the morning, earlier even looked like rain for awhile, but appears the afternoon will sunny and warm, as normal. Weather-wise, of course, not much normal about the nowadays. Top-of-the-news today was in the US Senate where occurred a medical/scientific push-back of the…
Nutty as the world spins along — we are indeed caught in some Twilight Zone episode, flavored with a bit of Outer Limits, where I’m no longer in control of the TV. Two/three times a day, I receive e-mails from the County of Merced titled, ‘COVID-19 Notifications’, updates on the local situation with regards to…
Early afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley.The world keeps chugging away, and making headway on this crazy coronavirus, but the US has been unmasked as one fucked-up place (h/t Susie): Use of the masks has been a sticking point for idiots protesting lock-down orders, deadly delusional, as the use of masks has always been…
Ghastly but accurate (via Raw Story): Ending caught me by surprise — Joe? The video is from the UK — it works, though. And I spied the clip yesterday, but this morning I came across a must-read companion piece to it from the June issue of Rolling Stone by Tim Dickinson, a detailed survey of…
