War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Just got punched in the ass — a bold shove right up my chair. And I knew the feel: Earthquake! After jumping for the door, and feeling no immediate after shocks, I checked my USGS earthquake site, but nothing for my location. Maybe it was too fast. Maybe it really wasn’t an earthquake — but…
Barack Obama is a contradictory marvel of twisted politics and illusion. Blowing into office chanting of transparency and openness, Obama now five years later could put Dick Nixon to shame — a new report on press freedom and the White House reveals a real-opaque reality to actual life, an administration disdainful of journalists: “This is…
Clear and a bit on the chilly side this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we addle on toward the weekend — which isn’t really anything other than a two-day work shutdown. And, by the way, a longer version is saddled upon the US right now — officially in the 10th day of hating…
Clear and windy this early Wednesday here on California’s north coast as we continue on down the path toward a mega-not-magnanimous disaster — nine days within a vat of stupid. Top-hat John Boehner is crying President Obama and Democrats are attempting to “annihilate us” Republicans, though, he and his nasty-faced buddies are making a most-creative effort…
Crystal clear once again this way-too-early Tuesday here on California’s north coast as we shrink into day eight of the infamous, batshit crazy US government shutdown. And the feedback on the GOP has been what one would expect from stupid — last night, Megyn Kelly at Fox opened her new primetime show with guest Ted…
Notwithstanding all the screaming and crying and blubbering, it’s Monday again — nothing, and I truly mean nothing, at all can be done about it. Except to accept the fate of the first day of the work week, and go about the business of trying to stay alive. Clear again this morning along California’s north…
One of the best of the detail people online,or maybe anywhere, is Marcy Wheeler, also known as emptywheel — I’ve read her shit for years, and she’s got focused eyes to gaze hard back at the NSA. Newsweek has a most-excellent feature on Wheeler this week. The money quote high in the piece: You’ve probably never…
In the midst of the most-current, pure-crazed US government debacle, a murderous example from most-recent history, most-horribly won’t go away — 107 people were killed in Iraq yesterday in just a few incidents: The killings, which also included attacks on journalists and anti-extremist Sunni fighters, have raised fears that the country is falling back into the…
(Illustration: ‘Sunset Over the Arctic‘ found here). Odd the weather here this Saturday afternoon along California’s north coast — crystal-clear, and for this late in the day, still way-warm at 76 degrees, seemingly a stock-weather feature for this past week. First, a bite-like cold in the morning, but fairly-quickly switching on the warm-up button by…
Crystal-clear and chilly again this early Friday here on California’s north coast as we plunge into the weekend, following-through one of strangest, dumb-ass weeks in the history of the good-ole-US of A, which is losing its gloss. In the midst of a nonsensical government shutdown, as you all have heard by now, a dental hygienist…
