War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
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…
Yesterday, the 70th-anniversary of Hiroshima, and another notable milestone, too, — one with a major, major ‘what if?‘ narrative. Review of the 2006 book, “The One Percent Doctrine,” via the Washington Post (h/t Digby).: The book’s opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush’s Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001,…
Near-noon this Thursday with another one of those hallucinogenic cloud covers — a bit of marine fog, and maybe a whole-lot of drifting smoke, creating a surreal ambiance. Nearly-pure jaundice look to the weak-as-shit sunshine, whenever it appears. A good round-up for right now on the forest fires burning east, south and beyond us can…
Thick, gray light this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a heavy, wet fog layer is blanketing the area, and although there’s supposedly a warming trend for the end of the week, not much effort on the shoreline with this marine mantle covering us. Also foggy is the infantile approach to marijuana, though, a…
Overcast and rainy-looking this Monday morning on California’s north coast — apparently, we had some heavy drizzle during the night, which might have been the early arrival for that ‘chance of showers‘ predicted by the NWS for tomorrow and Wednesday. No drought-buster, though. In the wake of freedom celebrations this past weekend, and Greeks voting…
An overcast, gray-damp Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, the shoreline fog just won’t go away — cool and moist here, but scorching-dry starting just a short distance inland. We’re forecast to be ‘much warmer‘ than yesterday, but that wouldn’t take much, while-on-the-meanwhile, the middle of northern part of the state is wildly-crazy — Chico…
A light-overcast through a thin marine layer this early Friday on California’s north coast — a bright-gray light to end the work-week. Appears as if yesterday: quick burn-off, a warm afternoon tempered by a cool breeze (maybe low-70s at the shoreline) — the interior, however, continues to fry fairly-well. In the forests and mountain valleys…
