War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Warm and sunny this early evening Tuesday on California’s north coast — we continue our good-weather phase, with some high temperatures forecast for the end of this week. I like it… Beyond the web of horror-shit on the T-Rump, just for this particular day, this from James Warren at Vanity Fair this afternoon scoops the nightmare…
Drizzling-cold rain this Friday evening on California’s north coast, and seemingly we’ll stay wet until the end of next week. There’s gaps in the storm-cycle, however, with sunshine sometimes blaring through the gray, so there’s that, and not much else… Last night, the T-Rump acted the leader with heart — the crucial word there is…
Thick-overcast with some heavy sprinkles falling this early-evening Thursday on California’s north coast, and some gusty winds too, which according to the NWS, could bluster-up to 55 mph. Decent-sized rainstorm coming later tonight, lasting through Saturday — supposedly, next sunshine maybe coming Sunday morning, even then forecast for just a short bright flash, rain returning…
Reflective glimpse back 15 years ago, and sort of unknowingly encapsulates our current state of affairs: “The president was in a great mood. He had that George W. Bush strut that morning.” –Andy Card, chief of staff Also an indicative response to Sept. 11, 2001, was the widely-spoofed, idiot-influenced Homeland Security Advisory System coming online…
Today 15 years ago was a Monday. Unemployed at the time and living in San Luis Obispo, down on California’s Central Coast — left the local newspaper in a downsizing/single-option dispute-episode three months earlier — and was still without a job (I re-joined that same newspaper three months later) and so usually drove my oldest…
Slight drizzle this early Friday on California’s north coast, feels like it’s drizzling rain all over the world. State of the killing union — via Dallas Morning News this morning: As they stood on the corner, a Dallas police officer came up to them and held out his hand. “You want a sticker?” he asked. It…
Deep-miserable overcast gray this early Monday morning on California’s north coast, with a possible break in the dry with a surprise 60-percent-chance of rain maybe Thursday, so there’s that… In lieu of yesterday’s surreal-horror in Florida (via USAToday): ‘Morocco, Botswana, Zambia and Uganda are “more peaceful” than America, according to a new study.’ But Uganda…?…
Overcast-darkly awaiting rain this early Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the ‘conveyor belt’ storms continue According to the NWS 48-hour rainfall totals note this morning, we received nearly two-and-a-half inches of the wet stuff in just a couple of days — a goodly drench. And a goodly-long war without results continues, too. Another…
An absolute-hateful event — after a nice nap, a cup of coffee going, and shortly after waking-up the laptop, a terrifying thingy lurches out from the screen, knocks the freaking-fucking living-shit out of me: ‘Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people…
One of few military people who had much-more sense than his peers was the late Gen. William Odom, who in 2005 way-understated the horror: ‘“The invasion of Iraq may well turn out to be the greatest strategic disaster in American history.”‘ Odom, who died in 2008, couldn’t fully grasp a decade ago how intense, and widespread…
