War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration: ‘Global Warming,’ abstract-acrylic, by Dennis Nadeau, and found here). Beyond the normal calamities of everyday life nowadays, like COVID-19 and whatever Republicans are up to, some old-fashion back-burner news on our swiftly-deteriorating envirnoment getting even worse if nothing is done to correct our current climate-changing trajectory. Here in California, and for the entire Southwest…
Another Sunday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley, sunshine hazy right now with some way-needed rain forecast for mid-week. In the midst of a pandemic, once again an upcoming drought year. The numbers/stats for COVID, however, are not drought-like — according to John Hopkins University this afternoon, the US has 28,989,066 cases (most in the…
Midst of crazy there’s always music. During the news surfing this afternoon, looking for whatever, I spied another song from The Running Mates I hadn’t seen before — I don’t know their whole catalog for shit’s sake. I’ve become way-appreciative of the amazing husband/wife duo the last few weeks as their covers of some great…
(Illustration: A coin issued by Brutus in the autumn of 42 B.C., encrypted with EID MAR (Eidibus Martiis – on the ‘Ides of March’), and was found here). By Eva M. Hardly a surprise. However, I just couldn’t help but shake my head in disgust yesterday when I read that part of Joe Biden’s relief…
Finally, this monrning after way-too-much bullshit: Details via The Washington Post just a bit ago: The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan on Saturday, as Democrats muscled through a marathon debate — and overcame dissent from moderates within their own ranks — to move one step closer to delivering President Biden his first…
In this age of bullshit out in the open, our media is not doing a real good job of reporting on the reality of what’s actually occurring in front of our collective faces. The airwaves and InterWebs allow ‘alternative facts‘ to play out in the same fashion as genuine/verified facts, like a lie needs space,…
(Illustration found here). “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” — George Carlin When I was growing up in the 1950s/1960s the so-called “American Dream” was real as “Father Knows Best,” and seemed to carry a lot of weight with adult-like people. As George…
In context of this particular Thursday, the news cycle is getting old. Generally the same daily shit twisted as if in a Twilight Zone-influenced-Groundhog Day episode, and then repeats the repeating. Against the grain, though, we must continue to move forward. However, I did have a nice experience due to a couple videos that crossed…
Among the many villainous Republican attributes is corruption in the power of an office — from the top down, from T-Rump all the way to bottom feeders (h/t tweet Vixen Strangely): In the case of Ms Chao (MoscowMitch’s wife), there’s a retroaction whammy — via CNN last night: The Transportation Department’s inspector general asked the…
One of the wonders of the T-Rump era is how easily a shitload of people become nasty supplicants to the orange turd, and seem to cower in keeping the Big Lie glaring and loud. In one aspect, the Big Lie is their only course, yet don’t these people have any kind of a conscience: They’re…
