War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
One wonders at the cost, and the why: Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound — at one point hitting Mach 1.24, according to a team official — during his record-setting jump from 128,000 feet Sunday over southeastern New Mexico. This the wonder: Gas prices remain 40 cents above year ago prices and…
Dishonest with a smile. (Illustration found here). From the Washington Post yesterday afternoon: Paul Ryan visited a soup kitchen here Saturday on his way to the airport, but by the time the GOP vice presidential nominee and his family had arrived shortly before noon, the grits, sausage and doughnuts had been served, the hall was…
Last night, Joe Biden scorched emotional during closing statements in his debate with Paul Ryan: “My name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.,†said the vice president, his voice choking. “Over the years I have been made an object of mockery and ridicule. I have seen pictures of me in the most humiliating positions you can…
Overcast again this morning on California’s northern coast — even had some way-light rain yesterday, so maybe winter’s here early. Big news on the dipwad-cycle is the Joe Biden/Paul Ryan knuckball debate tonight at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and all eyeballs will be on Joltin’ Joe to see if he can gain some traction…
Overcast and eerie-quiet this early Wednesday AM — middle of the week and there’s nowhere else to go but forward. However, to advance further in this slipstream of bullshit, one must way-overcome a news cycle that’s becoming unglued from itself and spinning off into the ether. Grown people are such assholes. Surfing the online news…
Starry, starry early morning here on California’s northern coast with the skies all a-twinkle and the moon formed fingernail white. And in the breeze, a whiff of skunk, which may be the animal form, or more likely the start of harvest season, although I haven’t yet had any people doing trim work come into the…
Beginning of the week once again and the plight of life up here on California’s northern coast is a bit overcast and a bit of chill the f*ck out. Last week was seemingly too dramatic for a simple two-day weekend to compensate for, and the start of another round of work ain’t appetizing for brain…
Lost in all the political donkey/elephant shit spewed last week over the presidential debate, and, yesterday’s right-wing absurd silliness about the drop in the employment rate, was this, which should-have-been a headline-grabbing horror: “We know Arctic sea ice is declining faster than the models predict,” Mann told the Guardian at the SXSW Eco conference in…
Quiet and overcast this Friday morning along the peaceful Pacific’s northern California shore — the weekend is upon all of us, more so than others. Politics and this particular work-week has worn my tired ass way out. Maybe and most-likely, the big news byte today will be Mitt Romney’s change of heart, or the percentage…
Dense fog is back along California’s northern coast, creating a sense of depression, gothic-sadness and a feeling it’s foggy all over da world. Lede from Bloomberg this early morning screamed volumes: Where has this Mitt Romney been? And where did that Barack Obama come from? One wonders. And ponders the obvious — Sucker-punch this: Comedian…