War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
High overcast and some patches of ground fog this early mid-week Wednesday on California’s north coast, along with just a touch of chilled breeze — not too shabby. Overwhelmed by other horror stories — the Ukraine, Gaza, a growing Ebola outbreak in east Africa, blah, blah — the tale of what’s happening in Iraq is…
High overcast this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, and instead of ground fog, there’s a wide, black sky hanging over us. No stars are visible, though, just a deep dark. Now nearly 13 years later, the attack on the World Trade Center has left the US and the world in general under a deep,…
Thick ground fog and a deep quiet this early Tuesday on California’s north coast in a typical weather scenario for the area — misty wet until about noon, then sunshine. And in the mid-60s, which is nearly 20 degrees cooler than just a few, scant miles inland. Worse piece of shit: “That ought to be…
(Illustration: The Dick, George Jr., and a Known-Known, posture hypocrisy on an American country road, found here). In just a few words, a glimpse into the horror-nightmare of Iraq, and a status-update to the current fight to retake Tikrit from the militants: “The animals are eating the corpses of ISIS,” Brig. Resan al-Brahimi, a federal…
Thick ground fog this early Monday on California’s north coast as the weekend becomes history with toil and labor and nonsensical work all in a conspiracy to make me sad. Doesn’t matter, most-everybody is unhappy on a Monday. Drawing the top story again this morning, Iraq is quickly disintegrating into a violent, armed camp —…
Clear and more on the warm side this early Thursday on California’s north coast, and from here, the weekend is just hours away. Or words to that effect. Despite another double-tornado incident, this time in North Dakota, or a major-league no-hitter, the unfolding horror of Iraq continues to dominate the news cycle — and as…
Clear and kind of soothing this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with a half moon hanging quietly high in the southern sky. Weather here the last couple of weeks has been gorgeous — not so for northeastern Nebraska yesterday, where two giant tornadoes swirled side-by-side, nearly destroying one town, killing three people and injuring a…
A bit of ground fog and thick overcast right now this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast — a couple of hours ago, the remaining chunk of that “strawberry/honey” moon from Friday the 13th could be seen hanging oddly in the southern sky. Sea clouds covered the shining. And the bright looks pale as seemingly…
(Illustration found here). One of the most-haunting and ultra-sad images of Iraq is the photo above of a child fleeing with others from Barsa, southern Iraq, in March 2003 — now 11 years later, is that little girl now a teen-ager, or is she dead? And speak of a life full of torment and horror,…
High overcast and cool this early Monday on California’s north coast — time is a speeding asshole because it feels in reality like it should still be Friday afternoon. Reality in this crazed age is relative — depends on the mood. The resignation of VA chief, Eric Shinseki, last week is but a residue from…
