War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Bright sunshine and a seemingly-warm breeze this early Monday here on California’s north coast, a kind of opposite to the weather across the US upper mid-west, where temperatures are “…about 20 degrees below the average high…” and nabs the title, ‘Winter Storm Astro,’ first of the season. And a first, too, a Fukushima “fingerprint” is…
Overcast and some ground fog early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’re forecast for maybe-70-percent-chance of rain this morning, and it could happen. Today is the $4 billion Day — in the weird, schizophrenic, and highly-amnesic US of A, the 2014 midterm elections. And we could be really fucked at the end of the…
Overcast and chilly this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast with some rain sprinkles thrown in for good measure. Another week in the wet — tonight is supposed to be the rain high point, then the cover of ‘showers’ the next few days. And it’s gloomy, too. Weather to feel sad. Yet even in gloomy…
Thick, dark clouds this early Sunday on California’s north coast — supposedly rain is to slow today, down to cloudy tonight and back to fog on Monday. Just a respite, though, forecast is for more rain in the immediate future, maybe Tuesday. A little bewildered this morning. Somehow I figured Daylight Savings Time was to…
Good news on the 10-month-old legal marijuana sales in Colorado front: No mass deaths, and sales are high as a kite. Some interesting figures from research-land Colorado — sales revenue off recreational marijuana continues to toke upward, totals for August about $34.1 million, up nearly $5 million from July. And supposedly for everybody (via the Washington…
A fog-soaked early Friday here on California’s north coast, feels like it’s fog-soaked all over the world. The NWS calls it ‘patchy fog,’ but there’s not a empty/patchy spot anywhere, and we’re also forecast for a chance of ‘drizzle’ sometime today, which is just another word for ‘fog-soaked.’ Language the clue — due to hard-shell…
Part-n-parcel on the road to the Great American Dream (via the Washington Post): But then there are deeper factors at work. The economy has gotten bigger, but much of that growth hasn’t reached the middle class. Indeed, the top 1 percent grabbed 95 percent of all the gains during the recovery’s first three years. And…
Intense sunshine this afternoon and a pleasant, comfortable wind — gorgeous! One more for the Left Coast: California is the first to ban plastic bags at the state level. Gov. Moonbeam Brown signed the law today — Lost Coast Outpost has the local angle. And the major ingredient of those bags is oil — reportedly…
Warm sunshine and a soft, cool breeze this Saturday afternoon, on California’s north coast. Weekend days are so different those days in rest of the week on a shitload of levels — even the tempo is dissimilar, time itself seems to bend a little. Now a month-old retiree, I’ve suddenly inherited big blocks of time…
Bright and a bit windy this Saturday afternoon here on California’s north coast — another day in the life. Elizabeth Warren is one of the better ones in DC — she’s got an Op/Ed on the US Senate’s upcoming Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, and the details, but the opening paragraph is a…
