War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Some tib-bits of crazy this Monday afternoon and the seemingly random chorus of an urgent hint of deadly danger: And of Emily Miller, thus: ‘The ousted spokeswoman, Emily Miller, had little experience in health care. She had spent years working in Washington for Republicans, including the former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay and Senator Ted Cruz…
Our most-immediate problem as a country right now (beyond an insurrection, coup, and bat-shit crazy conspiracies) is getting a handle on the COVID pandemic, but as with just about all the most-nagging issues it’s fucking-ass Republicans. COVID, especially the Delta variant, is a hard bitch: ‘Even in California, a state with a vaccination rate well…
Today a marking of history, not an American shinning moment, but a nasty horror incident without a real reason, which like a shitload of other past US narratives, was lied about and downplayed. And though not a major news story on this particular Friday morning, the reflection on the matter is needed — get rid…
Weird shit facing America from the right side of the fruit bowl: Classic philosophy — nihilism — for a gut-wrenching portion of our country, who are working tooth-and-nail to destroy what’s left standing — this item originated with an op/ed this morning at The Washington Post by Max Boot, a former Republican, a supporter of…
In this day and age, supposedly a time found in what’s generically called the modern era, the drag on overcoming a pandemic is both horrifying and sad. The Spanish Flu of a 100-plus-years ago could have been set in the dark ages compared to nowadays, with the advance in health care, medicine, and related specialities,…
Hot outside this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, yet although we’re at triple-digit temperatures, the air doesn’t seem as heavy as yesterday (at about the same time and temperature), a sense which could just be a personal, harebrained feeling without any scientific reality to it at all — no matter, still fricking hot!…
Big debate hassle over the use of masks in curbing the spread of the Delta COVID specimen, though, the CDC recommendation vaccinated people again use face coverings is the right call, the main threat to society is not the vaxxed, but the freaking un-vaxxed. A crowd of pretty-much self-centered assholes — even Geraldo Rivera goes…
A news-worthy Friday with all kinds of shit making the cycle along with the continuing weather stories, COVID surging through vaxxed and un-vaxxed and the T-Rump getting skinned. Not only was he busted for coup incitement, but was also slapped hard by the dreaded, Achilles heel, always-present personal-fright-fight to keep his taxes hidden: ‘The Treasury…
Weather lede again this mid-day Friday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re at 94-degrees right now with a forecast buzz-high of 104, which despite what the prediction-people say, feels like we’ve already cleared that bar. All indications for a way-hot afternoon. And heat is a good metaphor for some breaking-big news back in DC…
Some more climate-related items for this Thursday afternoon as the weekend looms just ahead — another wrecked week of weird. A special day today, sort of hand-in-hand with climate change and the environment — Earth Overshoot Day: Greed pretty-much is the origin story for CO2-fed climate change, and a real, up-close view of the self-centered…
