War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Today 57 years ago: (Illustration found here). Quickly-escalating moments in media time: Just about everyone who was alive then knows where they were when they heard the news. How they came to hear — decades before the Internet stitched up the world so that news moves at the speed of light — is itself a…
As surging COVID-19 explodes across the US tallying-up record numbers with no immediate end in sight, the T-Rump, supposed leader of any national response to this catastrophic crisis, instead blows off an international summit on pandemic preparation, and hit the links: The two-day G20 summit started today, and due to the coronavirus was connected by…
Horror of the 2020 election continues today as the T-Rump is still holding on fast to pure, unbridled bullshit. As he demonstrated yesterday during a quick press briefing, where after again proclaiing, “I won,” declined to take reporters questions. Media queries, however, floated after he tried to leave, the epitome in the time of the…
As COVID-19 surges, the very assholes who claim it’s all a hoax and let the people die are testing positive for the disease. This morning Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida announced he’d tested positive — the seventh GOP senator infected by the deadly shit since it started, and a mass of them the last…
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…
Another day in the life, and it sucks. Mainly because we have a psychotic monster in charge of our country. And apparently likely to get worse, both with COVID-19, and with the monster. Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of health who leads the government’s COVID testing efforts, said yesterday we be nearly fucked: “Right now,…
One of the worse graphs for the nowadays — saw it early this morning (h/t BJ): Chart is much-more visual, and compelling off my iPad, you can zoom in — the United States, about mid-way (sixth country from the bottom), only country angling upward, the rest of the world seemingly at least working to get…
(h/t Miss Cellania): In the current state of affairs, there’s really no conversation, dialogue or discussion about just about anyting in the good, old US of A. One of the two parties to this colloquy is mean spirited, and thrives on lies. Neither of the two biggest subjects right now – the runaway COVID-19 virus,…
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…
Sunshine this late-afrernoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — weatherwise for this time of year, about as good as it gets. Fog heavy again this morning, but it burned-off fairly rapidly, making it nice outside. ‘Nice‘ is really relative, and regarding our climate, nothing is really nice. (Illustration found here). Last week’s Hurricane Eta…
