War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Hot, and dry this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — according to the NWS, we’re still boiling at 102 degrees as I type this, and a couple of hours till dark. We and a goodly chunk of the earth are in the midst of over-the-top heat bouts (called ‘domes‘ nowadays), and unfortunately, the…
An overcast, humid late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. Infused with gray clouds, the temperature hasn’t been out-of-control hot as forecast last week. The last couple of days have been nice, though the air has been muggy and warm. Reportedly, in the low 90s right now — livable. Not livable or believable: Note for…
Happy fourth, Miss Liberty! In the celebration of a celebration, it’s about the country, not T-Rump’s insatiable, cruel scam of our history: Tom Sullivan today at Digby’s place nutshelled it right-spot on — no way could I record it any better: Our modern mad king has bulldozed the East Wing. He has wrecked the Reflecting…
Screaming into madness seems currently spot on — via the Guardian in January 2019: The Scream was created by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 but it has become a masterpiece – the masterpiece – for our time. There are comparably “iconic” works of art – the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – but…
A good, interesting interview in the days approaching our 250th anniversary celebration: Dr. Joanne Freeman, professor of history at Yale University, at Public Notice today — some snips: Yeah. Speaking as an early American historian who spent decades immersed in what the founding generation thought about political power — specifically about executive power — this…
The nightmare will be televised — green waste edition:: Further: An attitude — Michael Tomasky at The New Republic this afternoon: You’d think a guy who just lost a war would have bigger matters on his mind, but to Trump, matters don’t come any bigger than the Reflecting Pool and the Kennedy Center, because they…
Embedded into our character nowadays: Horrifingly weird, a good majority of the shit fucking with the planet has its origin stories in the bowel-brain of the T-Rump — now: Details (Newsweek): A viral photograph of a dead duck floating in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has intensified scrutiny of the landmark’s recent $14 million renovation,…
In another quick, hard rebuke, Radiohead has told DHS to stop using their song, “Let Down,” in pro-ICE video ads, because it sucks, and besides, there’s no way in shit the band would have given the OK to use it. Via Variety this morning: Radiohead has issued a joint band statement decrying the use of the…
In advance of T-Rump’s state of failure speech tomorrow night: (Ben Jennings’ cartoon found at the Guardian). History reveals even the most shitty of US presidents honored America — Michael Tomasky at The New Republic this morning: We cannot say remotely the same of Donald Trump. He is largely and proudly ignorant of those traditions;…
Bright, late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — reportedly 71 degrees; I was just outside (in the small, apartment-sized backyard doing a bowl) and the air felt barely-chilled by quiet wisps of a near-about warmish breeze. Preview maybe of a coming scorching-ass summer. Yet for the right now and being a bit selfish, it’s…
