War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
My own personal sounds of the times to be more exact. In keeping with the sad passing this past week of Christine McVie, I thought to side-swipe the ugly news cycle nowadays this early-evening Sunday and ping back 44-45 years to the mid-1970s, a time seemingly more innocent (though, it way-wasn’t) with some of the…
Rain and cold, blustery wind this early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, an escapade in another indication the winter season is quickly coming into view — today the first phase of a series of storm systems forecast to sweep the state through the weekend. Summer is now just a wet memory. Our environmental stock…
(Image found here.) Adding insult to injury flexing off anxiety, sadness, and worry boiling around our current everything affairs, it an asshole shock to hear this afternoon the passing of the wondrous Christine McVie, the passionate voice of a generation generated by the harmonies of Fleetwood Mac. She was 79 — five years older than…
One of the giant problems in handling the bullshit from Republicans is the journalists (supposed journalists) and other media types covering the Republican bullshit. And for instance, from yesterday: Coverage of asshole Republicans is at a fever-pitch dumb-ass. The above isn’t just the rich players like Upchuck Todd at NBC, but also ABC‘s Martha Raddatz,…
Dark-thirty and cold already this Saturday evening in California’s Central Valley — winter feels closer than just around the corner. Also closer than they appear, the T-Rump playing denier on his now infamous dinner with knuckle-headed nutcase Ye and Nick Fuentes, one of the biggest pieces-of-racist shit in America, and the fallout that exploded —…
The day after turkey day and although it’s still early evening, it’s black as shit outside. In the context of all those mass shootings — the last one earlier this week at a Walmart store in Virginia — carrying guns is a seeming upswing part of America’s modern life as more and more people are…
A bit overcast this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — a kick-off to the holiday season. Thursday is Thanksgiving; from there it’s just a hop-skip-and-a-jump to Christmas and the New Year. Shit moves quickly in a well-endowed vacuum. And to start off, Joe Biden is history’s latest to pardon possible table platters: Joe…
Chilly and dark-way-too-early this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — weekend dead end as we approach headlong into the holiday season. Thursday is Thanksgiving and the starting-pistol-shot for the frenzied run toward year’s end. And a major reason America is in such trouble keeping democracy afloat is the GOP putting party before country.…
Clear, blue skies and splashy sunshine here in California’s Central Valley this near-noon Friday. We’re ending the work week on another fine, fall day. Wonderful weather, especially in comparison right now to western New York with a historic snowfall producing near zero visibility, and creating a sense of environmental guilt with our blue skies and…
In the wake of the wondrous Nancy Pelosi’s press conference this morning, the future of American democracy was quickly put on display — Republicans with a tiny majority in the House will bypass governing and concentrate on pure, obvious bullshit. BS sprouted by horribly-lying hypocrisy: BS via so-called ‘whistleblowers‘ — which Charles P. Pierce at…
