War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
A snapshot of Black Friday in a world dominated by a horror which would be funny if not for nuclear codes, and so forth, and the way-precarious position we’re in until Jan. 20, and maybe beyond: Yesterday the tide was set — per HuffPost last night: Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason asked Trump if…
I saw this odd news item today: (Illustration found here). Only in 2020 — via the Guardian this afternoon: Residents of an Austrian village will ring in the new year under a new name – Fugging – after ridicule of their signposts, especially on social media, became too much to bear. They finally grew weary…
Actual reality of this day via the great Mark Twain: Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for — annually, not oftener — if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous…
Beyond politics and the virus: Climate change is earth’s biggest issue, and is more than just a problem for future generations.The shit is already here. The hottest warming-up spot is also one of the coldest — the Arctic. And it’s getting so warm visitors don’t need long-johns, with a situation grim for the immediate future.…
Despite tons of evidence to the contrary, and the transition officially underway, the T-Rump is still blabbering about ballot-box fraud, and continued today backing-up personal nutcase/lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s induced public hearing in Pennsylvania on voting “irregularities,” ironically a day after the state certified the election to Joe Biden. Although the T-Rump was expected to attend…
Since he was called winner of the 2020 presidential election more than two weeks ago, Joe Biden has acted presidential, and even more so today as he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced the national security team in Wilmington, Delaware: ‘Biden said his nominees will “restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership,…
As the T-Rump readies himself to pardon the annual turkey this near-midday Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, the real story of the holiday season is rolling hard — ‘US Covid-19 cases could reach 20 million by Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, according to a new modeling forecast from Washington University in St. Louis.‘ Meanwhile, from John Hopkins…
A turkey can’t remember how idiotic he truly be: In a juxtaposition of sane to bat-shit crazy today (Washington Post live blog this morning): President-elect Joe Biden plans to introduce his foreign policy and national security team at an event Tuesday in Wilmington, Del., as President Trump allows the transition to formally proceed even though…
A major logjam unjammed this Monday afternoon after all the dumb-ass time: Murphy’s been stonewalling in face of way-conspicuous evidence Joe Biden won the election, and won by more than a certainty — after 16 days the scenario a T-Rump ploy (via CNN): The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge…
Interview with the great Sarah Cooper this afternoon at the Guardian, and a good handle on the way-down, real-scary threat from the T-Rump: “I feel that Trump has bigger fish to fry than Sarah Cooper. I think he has got stuff on his plate and so I’m not super worried that he will come after…
