War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
As the GOP pulls his head out of the ass of dumb, they seem ready to crush that horror of President Obama’s health care reform — as Republicans dub it, “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act” — and have it at the top of its so-called agenda. The Tucson shooting and its heated talk…
(Illustration found here). This country is in a shotgun-wedding to strange disaster. From Reuters: A victim of last week’s Arizona shooting rampage was arrested on Saturday and ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after threatening a Tea Party leader during the taping of a television show, police said…Fuller stood, turned and snapped a picture of…
In the shadow of the horrible Tucson shooting and all the political bullshit foamed up in its wake, the earth continues its wild spin into disaster. Peak oil and climate change, to use a nightmare analogy, are similar to a huge, unlimited-clipped Glock 19 firing into an unsuspecting crowd — except in this case, there…
Despite a time when shit events occur fairly often, a real big piece of shit can still make make an impact. An incident of such monstrous audacity can create a blip on the timeline — the killing yesterday of six people, and the wounding of 14 others, including US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (at left, on…
Another brick in the wall of climate change. In a new study published via the US National Academy of Science journal PNAS, releates some most-incredible changes in North Atlantic Ocean currents, a series of shifts which could impact even more the planet getting hotter. Key bit: We conclude that the persistence of the warm, nutrient-rich…
Last year’s BP oil spill will apparently exacerbate our slide down the backside of peak oil — from Consumer Energy Report today — Further: The 220,000 barrel per day loss will be made up by importing more oil, and the loss of that oil from the market will add to the upward pressure on oil prices.…
Well, here it is — the last day of 2010, a year for the books, as they say. After an event-marked 12 months, this happy new year’s screed seems a bit optimistic as the entire planet seems to have jumped the snark. In the wee hours of morning, the weather is quiet, but cold here…
Where are we? And how do we get there from here? (Illustration found here). As horrendous 2010 A.D. swiftly comes to an end, the state of the planet leaves a lot to be desired. According to Wikipedia, ‘innovation‘ comes from the Latin innovationem, a noun of action from innovare: “to renew or change,” from in-…
(Illustration found here). A lunar eclipse on winter solstice — first time since 1638. From Wired: The Earth’s shadow will begin to blot out the moon at 1:32 a.m. EST (10:32 p.m. PST). During totality, when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun, the moon will turn a rusty orange-red for 72…
Watching daylight turn into rain, there comes a feeling that what is perceived as reality is just noise to a lot of people, creating a blip in the mojo, a trip in the ether, and forcing disaster onto the multitude. In casual observation, the statement, ‘fish need water,’ requires no explanation, either for it’s actual-factual…