War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Weather horror back East is only a prelude to the coming commonplace. A tornado onslaught yesterday killed 159 people across the US south, 128 in my birth state of Alabama — a catastrophic situation which will only get worse as man-influenced climate change increases these “extreme events” to a weather-related new normal. Film of the…
In viewing climate change, every so often there comes along some aspect of that horror-in-coming that’s even more morbid, more dark-cast depressing than normal, and one of those is the impact of methane gas deposits blasting out of the Arctic permafrost (or permamelt, ha,ha,HA) thawing at an accelerating rate, beyond predictions. These methane ‘burps’ are…
(Illustration found here). As 2011 marches right along, and even as we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill (BP high-fived the celebration by doling out big bucks to Republican ass-kissers), and try not to become too emotionally involved with Japan’s increasingly-ominous nuclear nightmare, and try not to think about air traffic controllers…
Human life does indeed travel in cycles — spring, summer, fall and winter — with birth, youth, middle age and the final and abrupt circuit, death. History also appears to move in cycles and the one we’re in right now ain’t pretty, portending a future of a poorly-dressed weird. (Illustration found here). In 1997, generational…
From Wikipedia: The noises commonly associated with flatulence are caused by the vibration of the anal sphincter, and occasionally by the closed buttocks. Hence, we now understand the operational capacity of ‘sphincter-says-What‘-Republicans and other asshole entities. Yesterday, I put $20 worth of gas in my Jeep Comanche, but we won’t go real far at $4.39…
In light of the ongoing horror in Japan — an earthquake induced nuclear meltdown — there’s been a dust-up down in my old stomping ground of central California as PG&E attempts to renew the license at its most-aptly named Diablo Canyon (Nuclear) Power Plant. Although PG&E has delayed a decision on the 20-year license, no…
Climate change has already worm-holed its way into the tattered fabric of everyday life. The American Medical Association and its editorial from yesterday (Monday): If physicians want evidence of climate change, they may well find it in their own offices. Patients are presenting with illnesses that once happened only in warmer areas. Chronic conditions are…
In a modern world gone dangerously bat-shit crazy, maybe happiness is indeed a warm gun. As we ponder Japan getting radiated — workers were still trying this early morning to water down the exposed spent fuel rods in the Fukushima plants, but horrific shit is still moving closer and closer to an out-of-control mode —…
Surrealism is alive and well in Japan. Early Wednesday, according to CNN, Japanese authorities found traces of radiation in tap water in Fukushima city, 50 miles from the nuclear plant at Daiichi — odd, however, a check of tap water later in the day found nothing. Meanwhile, South Korea’s Astronomy and Space Science Institute reported…
Dude, lose the car. From USATodayTravel: University of Iowa sophomore Jimmy Novak didn’t let $3.50-a-gallon gasoline prices keep him from making a spring break pilgrimage to Daytona Beach, Fla., with his fraternity brothers last weekend. But the prospect of $50 fill-ups did alter his behavior: “We’re squeezing five people in a car to save money…