War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Dark with a thick overcast in mid-afternoon here on California’s north coast, ‘rain likely’ so says the NWS and most-likely it will, but who’s to know? Beyond/besides just a warming planet, this yesterday in the Guardian reveals humanity’s plight hinges on more than climate: A stark depiction of the threat hanging over the world’s mammals,…
Bright, sunny again this Sunday morning — two days in a row with full-tilt shine, but much-colder, though. Chilling in the sun. Today also, second anniversary of the ‘shooting‘ at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — chilling there tragically eternal Yet, since then ‘school shootings remain common across the United States‘ — 95…
Overcast this afternoon, the bright sunshine of morning has withered to a dull, off-white glaze — and a bit chilly, too. Cloud cover up here on California’s north coast might also hamper viewing a space-happening tonight though dawn tomorrow — the lustrous Geminids meteor shower, which can give off 120 fireballs an hour. One of…
Bright sunshine Saturday here on California’s north coast — a few clouds here-and-there, but at least for a little while, we’ve a lot of blue sky. After what seemed forever, this morning is a nice respite from the continuous, on-and-off shellacking the entire west coast has endured for the past 10 days or so. Conditions…
Sunshine finally this afternoon — and for more than just a few minutes. A factoid known in reality, but yet proven. Via the LA Times: New research has rigorously tested Male Idiot Theory, which posits that, well, men are idiots and are driven to take ridiculous risks despite the clear prospects for self-harm, and for…
Rain continues, but on this early Friday California’s north coast keeps on floating. Does anyone anywhere seem concerned about this? Between April and June 2014: ‘There were 70 suicides among service members in the active component, 14 suicides among service members in the reserves, and 20 suicides among service members in the National Guard.’ Although…
Rain still a-coming here this late afternoon on California’s drenched northern coast — seems not as windy, though. Straight-up comment off the ‘CIA Torture Report,’ this from David Simon, creator of “The Wire,” on his blog yesterday: Fuck writing reports. Fuck arguing about reports. For the very soul of the country, some people must go…
The word “blowback” was invented by the CIA to put a name on their ‘unintended’ fuck-ups — one sliver of ‘blowback’ already off the ‘CIA Torture Report’ concerns the real-big lie. From McClatchy: ‘CIA Director John Brennan, under fire over the Senate report on the CIA’s use of torture, is facing new heat over his…
Heavy rain and way-gothic winds this early Thursday on California’s north coast — I can’t see the clouds at all, just a black way up there. And earlier, some pointed lightning flashes, and seemingly close-up, too, but no thunder. Sort of rare event maybe, and most-likely some people further inland got momentarily scared shitless. Back…
A swelling interest in George Orwell, in a swelling Orwellian age of WikiLeaks and worldwide mega- surveillance — art imitating life, and life becoming a movie. Robert Butler at Intelligent Life magazine reviews the literature of a cultural, social motif for an age, “1984,” a tale of the times, from Orwell’s literary executor Bill Hamilton: ‘“We’re…
