22 Years Later
September 11, 2023Today 22 years ago was a Tuesday. And a swift change of direction for America, and the world. Of course, this day a couple of decades and change ago, we really didn’t understand just how…
Category Archives: War & Politics
‘Known Knowns: Things We Know We Know’ — Except In The Russian Close-Call Coup
June 28, 2023Beyond the domestic tales of treachery with the MAGA/T-Rump Republicans, the Russian near-coup/treachery (or whatever) this past weekend continues to fester itself without any general relief — as been stated long before, what’s known is…
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Underway — ‘We Are Driving The Enemy From Our Homeland … It’s The Most Pleasant Feeling’
June 11, 2023Overcast again this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — under skies without much sunshine, the temps are lower than normal as summer heat keeps being pushed further and further back into the short-range…
Memorial: ‘It Feels A Shame To Be Alive—When Men So Brave—Are Dead’
May 29, 2023Today in memory of those KIA in our country’s historically many far-flung wars, a reminder of those currently dying in the really-way asymmetrical war within America (NBC News): ‘A spate of shootings across the United…
Peace In Ukraine? Not Likely This Year — Leaked Intel
April 12, 2023Clear with a chilled bit of wind this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley. Beyond the domestic hard-tossed shit today, indications off those leaked intel files noted last week, peace in Ukraine seems to…
Time Melt Iraq — Day One Of ‘Bush Lied, People Died’ 20 Years Later
March 20, 2023Today is the first day of Spring 2023, and also the 20th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion. (Illustration: US Marines in northern Kuwait assembling to invade Iraq; photograph found here.) How those two events combine…
Iraq Invasion Near 20 Years Ago — Part Two: ‘Thunder Run’
March 17, 2023Sunshine and warm temps this late afternoon Friday in California’s Central Valley — another most-gorgeous day. In the opposite direction, another spin here into the upcoming 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq — on…
Russia’s Reaper Run-In
March 16, 2023Clear skies and tons of sunshine this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — a nice respite from all the rain, snow, and just plain shitty weather. The situation reportedly back to the norm…
Iraq Invasion Near 20 Years Ago — An Approaching Anniversary Of Infamy
March 13, 2023Next Monday is the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq — an international day of infamy: (Image: ‘The Three Amigos‘ — Dick Cheney, GW Bush, Don Rumsfeld, oozing manliness on a road outside…
‘Doomscrolling’ On Another Day That Ends in ‘Y’ — Nuclear War Edition
September 28, 2022(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) Less than a year after Picasso finished the artwork above, he was dead from pulmonary edema and heart failure, so the title…