War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Last night, in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, The Donald was faced by this statement-question off a guy from the audience (via NPR): ‘“We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one…”‘ The Donald hacked all around the question about Obama, stringing off into serious-sounding…
Heavy fog again this Friday morning on California’s north coast in a repeat of yesterday’s early weather, and if the plan goes accordingly, we’ll soon have clear skies with a warm afternoon. Of course, today is the 14th anniversary of the World Trade Center horror — and the feelings of all Americans are caught up…
Sunshine and warm this Sunday morning along California’s north coast. Weather’s good, but the problem’s the mighty Pacific — according to the NWS, turbulent shoreline waters: ‘Surprising periods of larger sets of waves.’ Speaking of surprises — this morning, Fox News’ Chris Wallace knocked Dick Cheney off the fantasy cat-bird-seat: ‘“So in fairness, didn’t you leave…
Fat clouds and some faded sunshine this near-noon Wednesday on California’s north coast — forecast, though, is for the next couple of weeks to be fairly-nice with the NWS predicting sunny, or ‘mostly‘ sunny days. Feels humid and a bit on the gloomy side right now. Seemingly, gloomy all over — via UPI on Monday:…
Brightly-lit sunshine and warm this near-noon Wednesday on California’s north coast — chances racking higher for some good rain this weekend, supposedly starting Friday afternoon (maybe 80 percent chance Friday night) and lasting through Sunday. Winds are way-calm, too, which makes the heat stick awhile. Not calm and highly, disgustingly sticky: ‘Two members of a…
Another thick, gray episode this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast — no direct sunshine at all so far, and apparently none is coming. The marine layer is holding, and along with carrying a lot of moisture, seems stationary. Earlier this morning, if you didn’t know better, it really looked like we’d had some rain…
In the current rising ugly of GOP politics, an old, villainous favorite has again been sucked to the surface, alighted by Jeb! onto the stage (via the Wall Street Journal): ‘“Paul Wolfowitz is providing some advice,” he said of the deputy defense secretary during President George W. Bush’s administration. “This parlor game that’s played where…
Sunshine and warmth this nearly-noon Friday on California’s north coast, another work week gone, the weekend ahead. A fairly-brisk ocean breeze, however, keeps us from actually reaching any stage of ‘hot.’ ‘Calefaction‘ in American politics nowadays resembles Pablo Picasso’s ‘Harlequin Head,’ shown at right (and found here), especially the commentary-background for the artist with the art,…
Sunshine and a warm breeze about noon Wednesday here on California’s north coast as we’re supposedly in for another heat wave this week with temperatures maybe in the mid-70s — and it won’t help the fires. Once again, a good update can be found at Redheaded Blackbelt as smoke swirls across the northern half of…
American history is fairly warped, recognition only to the beholder. A sad footnote most-likely way-buried amongst the news cycle — from the Washington Post: Tyler S. Drumheller, a high-level CIA officer who publicly battled agency leaders over one of the most outlandish claims in the U.S. case for war with Iraq, died Aug. 2 at…
