War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Cool and comfortable this mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley, a nice feeling, too, of having the Gavin Newsom recall fiasco go down in flames, and Republicans receiving a ballot-box knuckle sandwich — although a smashing victory behind us, the state of the state ahead is still in a lurch trend. Indications are we’re…
Gavin Newsom remains governor — from FiveThirtyEight less than two hours after the polls closed: After all that hubbub, it was over relatively quickly: Our colleagues at the ABC News Decision Desk projected that the recall would fail at 11:37 p.m. Eastern, barely half an hour after polls closed. As of this writing, 67-percent of…
Virus as plague: Here in California, as in way-too many other places, COVID-19 is overwhelming medical systems. We reported 18,591 new cases in just the last 24 hours, a daily average of 15,121. One month ago, the state reported just 14 Covid-related deaths, yesterday 113. Since this shit started, California has reported more than 1.2-million…
Crystal-clear and chilly this early-evening Thursday in California’s Central Valley as we bring another dislocated workweek close to completion — one more day and we’re into the weekend. Yeah — screamed in a faintly-audible whisper. Not the normal weekend, though, as California on Saturday will start a curfew due to surging COVID-19 cases. Announced this…
Unsurprising, but shitty-scary anyway. COVID-19 has gotten so bad here in Califoria, today 41 of all 58 counties were demoted down into the most-restrictive level of the fight against the virus, into the dreaded status of purple.* Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement, even insinuating a curfew may be coming. (Illustration found here). California currently…
