War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
How can the GOP spin this — ‘Thanks, Obama!’ Via Quartz this morning: In 2015, the median household earned $56,500, adjusted for inflation, according to the US Census Bureau (pdf). In real terms, that’s equal to a $2,800 rise compared with 2014’s median household income—growth of more than 5 percent. That 5-percent jump is the…
Thick fog this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, maybe the most-dense in awhile. Meanwhile, the plot continues — from Climate Central yesterday: ‘In what has become a common refrain this year, last month ranked as the hottest August on record, according to NASA data released Monday. Not only that, but the month tied July as…
Fog and a chilled air this early Monday on California’s north coast, and although the near-interior is under a NWS ‘Fire Weather Warning,’ we’ll most-likely bask in another nice day, starting closer to the noon hour. This morning in recognition of public-health issues, arising maybe off Hillary Clinton’s supposed ‘medical problems‘ yesterday, an item that…
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…
Bright sunshine again this early Friday on California’s north coast as we get more-warm than usual for the next few days. Weather-wise — as T-Rump continues fostering love on Mother-Russia, President Obama last week tried to focus on the real horror for all of humanity: ‘“What makes climate change difficult is that it is not an…
Sunshine and near-clear skies this early Thursday, a rare event here on California’s north coast — appears another warm, gorgeous day. Absurdly-ugly last night (via the Guardian): “I have a plan, but I don’t want to – look, I have a very substantial chance of winning. Make America great again. We’re going to make America…
Fog returns this early Wednesday on California’s north coast as the year falls forward — most-likely sunshine soon. Yesterday was about as good-as-it-gets around here with tons of afternoon sun and nearly-clear skies. Even with a brisk ocean breeze, the warmth felt actually warm — supposedly, we should be in the 70s by Friday. As…
Bright sunshine with a bit of chilled air this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a week ahead supposedly of clear skies and warming temperatures. Dog summer, maybe. And speaking/writing on warmth — a new study shows a heating-up environment won’t help California’s grasslands after all. Kai Zhu, a global ecologist and data scientist…
Sunshine brightly this early Monday on California’s north coast as we head into a week of supposedly accelerating heat — even here on the shoreline we should be in the category of ‘hot‘ by Friday. Of course, our ‘hot‘ is ocean-breeze relative. On this Labor Day, a glance at our local laborers of budtenders, or…
