War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Screaming into madness seems currently spot on — via the Guardian in January 2019: The Scream was created by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 but it has become a masterpiece – the masterpiece – for our time. There are comparably “iconic” works of art – the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – but…
In advance of T-Rump’s state of failure speech tomorrow night: (Ben Jennings’ cartoon found at the Guardian). History reveals even the most shitty of US presidents honored America — Michael Tomasky at The New Republic this morning: We cannot say remotely the same of Donald Trump. He is largely and proudly ignorant of those traditions;…
Bright, sunshine-filled late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — coupled with some pleasant temperatures about as good as it gets around here for a winter’s day. However, coming this holiday weekend is a forecast of a strong turnabout — seasonal shit of rain, thunderstorms and maybe snow for the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range…
Clear blue skies and sunshine galore this near-noon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley—after heavy, blistering rain this past week, today is a full sigh of relief. Reportedly, we’ve a dry weekend, but more wet shit expected on Monday. No big deal, ’tis the season. However, no matter how horrible we expected the T-Rump to…
Drizzling chilled rain this early-evening Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, with just a hint of daylight left, looking like a cold, wet, dark night. Of course, it’s always normally dark at night, unless there’s light. As we progress through the 44th day of the T-Rump’s wild ride in an on-going attempt to dismantle the…
Clear and a bit chilly this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — no matter how you look at it, in the morning we’ll face another Monday. If we survive the night, that is … And adding fuel to a shitlist of ugly shit from that stinky piece of shit, the T-Rump, the last…
Another summer-day heated attempt in October this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — a big difference in the warmth index, though, is simple: It’s autumn! Add an index of simplicity, too, with great economic news this morning with a robust jobs report, giving a bounce to Kamala Harris and an elbow in the…
Hot and getting hotter this near-about-noon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — triple-digit temperatures for this weekend and on into next week, too. Just part-n-parcel for the entire, freaking world. First, in keeping it cool and too cute:: A wonder in all this heat. Anyhow, back to the heat of all that shitty, unethical…
Our own California guy: Gavin Newsom on Jen Psaki’s MSNBC show this morning: On the idiocy of Republicans, especially Gregg Abbott, governor of Texas, and how red states are the worse, and MAGA heads are dumbasses (RealClearPolitics): Criminalizing doctors in the name of freedom, one of the worst crime murder rates in America, one of…
Another gorgeous, sunshine-filled, low-temp episode shortly after the noon hour Thursday here in California’s Central Valley. Reportedly, another 10 days or so of this chilled-type weather (abnormal for the time) and summer is then expected to start kicking in with triple-digit air temperatures, so enjoy while you can. We all take notice of ‘special days‘…
