War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Crazy, deadly times this Sunday evening in the American war zone of the nowadays: A round-up of sorts via Axios this afternoon: An outdoor high school graduation party in Summerton, South Carolina, ended in bloodshed after two cars pulled up to a house and before shots were fired. Eight people were hit, according to a…
(Illustration: ‘John Dean nears the end of reading his 245-page prepared statement before the Senate Watergate Committee in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 1973′ — image found here). In context of this month’s 50th anniversary of the clumsily-botched burglary at DC’s Watergate — June 17, 1972 — I came across this interview this afternoon at…
(Illustration: Art by Matteo Farinella, written by Jeremy Deaton, and found here). Once again putting aside guns and war and nasty Republican asshole politics this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, maybe focus for a moment on probably the biggest-by-far threat to humanity, coming faster, too, eventually to engulf everybody’s neighborhood — climate change.…
Overcast and breezy this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — sunshine most of the day and warm, now getting towards evening, a bit cool and comfortable outside. Enjoying the weather before the summer hot-mess madness. And of madness in the now day-to-day antics of the entire, whole Republican party. Not only are GOPers…
A gleeful note in the news cycle this Friday morning — maybe the start of something good: Details/background via The Washington Post a short while ago: Navarro, who was a trade adviser to President Donald Trump, also revealed he received a grand jury subpoena as part of a related Justice Department probe in a lawsuit…
Hot even in the shade this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — we’ve reportedly started a climb this week to summer-like temps as the weather heats up in accordance with the coming days. A/C or the shade, inside or outside, as we try to handle the uncomfortable one way or another. What’s hard…
Beyond the environmental heat and drought, my spot here in California’s Central Valley also fired its way onto the list of mass shootings nationwide this Memorial Day weekend (per BuzzFeed News this afternoon): ‘In just a 72-hour span over Memorial Day weekend, there were more than 300 shooting incidents across the US, according to data…
(Illustration: Various galaxies of the Virgo Supercluster, grouped and clustered together, and found here). Beyond mass shootings and war crimes, how about a little way-out space shit this Monday morning to loose the bonds of everyday terror, maybe expand our horizons past our seemingly dying planet and a coming fracture in space and time to…
Faded-yellow sunshine peeks out occasionally between off-white clouds this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — cool temperatures, too, in nice pre-summer kind of weather. In the horror of the news cycle lately, deep back-burner stories are forgotten, especially something like the shadow-elephant-in-the-room — climate change. And according to new research released this past…
Grayish-cloud overcast this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — and way-cooler, too, then the previous few days. Supposedly, we’re in a small cool space until next week when the fire of summer is rekindled again. I don’t look forward to the next 90 days or so, weather/environment/outside ambiance is concerned, and not just…
