War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Clear and cold this morning along California’s northern coast, this the absolute-last day of 2012, which in relation to previous years, wasn’t all that great, and apparently won’t end graciously, either. The word, “weather,” will be one of the words used to describe the dying 2012, not only in the meteorological format, but also in…
As the dumb-ass, do-nothing group of US Senators coughed up the predictable result of a “major setback” Sunday evening on the lubriciously-imposed “fiscal cliff,” top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have tentatively agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill, which if left alone could push milks prices…
Crystal clear and covered in bright sunshine this early Sunday morning along California’s northern coast and on this extreme-last Sunday of 2012, the future beckons with skeletal fingers. And we’re hanging by the short hairs: The accelerating cycles of capitalism’s creative disruption have reached a new velocity with the basic form known as stock trading.…
(Illustration of Ulf Bushmann‘s ‘Laundromat‘ found here). ‘Laundromat‘ by Nivea Soap, Powder, Bleach, Towels, Fabric Softner, Dollars, Change, Pants, Socks, Dirty Drawers I’m Headed To The Laundromat And Let’s Not Forget The Food Stains, Dirt Spots, Head Sets, Chips, Pop, Pay Phones, Clean House I’m Headed To The Laundromat I Can’t Take It No More…
Heavy-overcast and chilly here this Friday morning along California’s northern coast, starting off the last weekend of 2012 — a year quickly, darkly. And don’t expect things to get better in three days — only worse. Faithful words via Mr. George Carlin: So the next time some asshole says to you, “I have a right to…
Another wet early-morn here on California’s northern coast and it appears it’s storming all over the US — back east, seven people have been killed, including two little children, as big winter-generated weather chaos churns through the region. And this is only the start to the cold season. In the overpowering ring of ugly in…
Raining again this morning along California’s northern coast — nothing to see here, let’s move along. Not so in the US Mid-west and South yesterday and more bad-weather shit is expected as the systems move eastward: Wednesday’s expected severe storms are “capable of producing more widespread damaging wind gusts and have the potential for tornadoes,”…
Or maybe it’s that fat-ass guy in the red costume: “You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me, Neo, or were you looking at…
Another Monday with clear skies this early morning along California’s northern coast, but that’s just a respite as storm systems keep on a-coming. Today is also special for another reason, but I can’t really figure that one out…let’s see…. Oh, yeah, this: The world’s largest supplier of firearms on Thursday said that it had experienced…
In the midst of weather-storms, and life-storms, and all kinds of tempest boiling-up everywhere, I’d surfed across the IMDB birthday list for today, and with a heart-pang saw Elizabeth Hartman’s name. She would have been 69 today — Hartman committed suicide in 1987 after battling depression just about all her life. One of the most-talented…