War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Another debate-episode this evening in the creepy-clownish GOP traveling circus — via the Guardian‘s live blog of the event, and The Donald’s closing statement: Our country doesn’t win anymore. We used to. We lose on trade, we lose with Isis. With Iran. We don’t win. These folks, CNBC. $250,000 for a 30-second ad. Nobody wants to…
Clear sunshine and warm air this early Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast as we continue an Indian Summer scenario — rain still strongly expected for Friday night and Saturday, but there’s still time. The initial Democrat debate whipped out last night in Las Vegas, and odds are, all involved came across as sane. And despite…
In the long, tortured life of us baby boomers, Dick Nixon is the sweating, nefarious crank in our history, always the turd floating across the ages to become the anchor-villain of modern American politics. Apparently the guy was a bigger asshole than we’d figured, and way-creepier. Watergate guy and super-rich ‘journalist,’ Bob Woodward, got his…
Clear and chilly this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast as the sun came up like a shock — after days of fog-shrouded early daylight, the outside looks weird. Nice, though. Forecast for rain this weekend — 75 percent chance right now, but in the course of the nowadays and the weather, we’ll just have…
Overcast right now this Monday morning as the culprit-fog burns off after moisturizing the landscape. The NWS claims today is supposed to be ‘mostly sunny,’ but currently the environment is damp and gloomy. Not so for down south (via the LA Times): ‘Temperatures Sunday reached 100 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, San Fernando and Burbank,…
Overcast and quiet this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast. Although the NWS calls the weather ‘partly cloudy,’ there’s a great-deal of good-old-fashion Pacific fog drifting around in there, too. Rain prospects for this weekend are starting to look dinky. Not so diminutive, however, is the shift on marijuana. In just a few, short years…
Warm sunshine tempered by a chilled Pacific breeze this Friday afternoon on California’s north coast, with nearly-clear skies and a sunny look to the weekend. In the ongoing enlightenment of the wonderous marijuana plant, another study on its health benefits, too. Via a news release from McGill University Health Centre last Tuesday: They found that…
Shocker and non-shocker: Another school shooting today at a community college in Oregon, reports currently differ on those killed, CNN says 10, NBC with 13, with more than 20 injured — the shooter, a 20-year-old kid was killed by police. In this latest horror, President Obama conveyed the sense: “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting…
Crystal-clear with way-bright sunshine and a chilly air this Monday morning on California’s north coast and the next few days are forecast for the same. Supposedly, temperatures should be warmer today, but a cool Pacific breeze will keep the lid on any heat. Our view of last night’s “blood moon”-lunar eclipse was extraordinary as predictions…
Sunshine, a few fluffy clouds and warm air here near-noon Friday, and the outlook for the weekend onward looks good, though, the rain forecast for next Wednesday has already evaporated, or whatever. Tears trembling down like rain in the news this morning, however, as John ‘The Boner‘ Boehner calls it quits: ‘“Last night I started thinking…
