War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast with a chilly breeze this early Friday on California’s north coast — the best couple of words almost-ever: It’s Friday! Yesterday was like summer around here — bright afternoon sunshine and warm temperatures. The country as a whole, however, is frigid in political spirit — one screaming-dysfunctional place. And the news media is whacked,…
High overcast and quiet this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — outside everything is still damp, but the rain. Not much moisture produced this round for a state in a state of drought. Meanwhile, nationwide, the words “polar vortex” had been replaced by “bridgegate.” Or in literary terms, how an asshole had to eat…
Despite all my crying and gnashing of teeth last night, it’s Monday morning! Again! And again, cold and clear on California’s north coast with today finally, the deep-cold of the past week might start to end — we’re at about 26 degrees right now on the way to a forecast high of 50, and tonight…
Clear and way-chilly this way-early Thursday morning on California’s north coast, a quiet repose for one our more-dumb holidays — Halloween. Even with the good weather, business for the liquor store I manage has tanked and shit-economics is to blame. Our worse business spot for the year is the deep crevasse between Labor Day and…
Notwithstanding all the screaming and crying and blubbering, it’s Monday again — nothing, and I truly mean nothing, at all can be done about it. Except to accept the fate of the first day of the work week, and go about the business of trying to stay alive. Clear again this morning along California’s north…
Crystal-clear and chilly again this early Friday here on California’s north coast as we plunge into the weekend, following-through one of strangest, dumb-ass weeks in the history of the good-ole-US of A, which is losing its gloss. In the midst of a nonsensical government shutdown, as you all have heard by now, a dental hygienist…
Clear and chilly this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, and as we reach the middle of the work week, a shitload of people have been sent home from work as the breakdown of the feral US continues apparently unabated. A bright spot yesterday during a GOP bullshit-presser when the nutjobs got noodled by the crowd:…
“You are a menace. A walking pestilence.” — Dr. Zaius (Illustration found here). The GOP got tea-brained: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) didn’t sound terribly convinced himself when he announced the Republicans’ last stand to reporters. “The president provided, uh, a one-year delay of the employer mandate,” he said. “He’s provided exceptions, uh, for unions,…
Despite all my efforts, it’s Monday again. Rain and wind up here this early morning on California’s north coast, but the storms that have plagued the US upper Pacific coast appears to be fading pretty fast. Clear skies and joyous sunshine a-coming! Wrong — CNN poll: “…58 percent say congressional Democrats are acting like spoiled…
Rain and more rain this early Sunday along California’s north coast, all part of a giant and nasty storm system now slapping hard at the US Pacific Northwest. Sucking up water from former Typhoon Pabuk’s moisture, the storm stalled over the Gulf of Alaska in order to build power and then swept into Washington and Oregon…
