War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Monday morning — again. And in these way-pre dawn hours here on California’s northern coast there’s quiet and peace and a bit warmer than normal. Just from the my perch, the world appears A-Okay, but beyond this little blurb spot there’s all kind of shit going on and most of it real bad. Beyond the…
In this past winter of our heated content, all those warm, blissful days in February and March — TVed from Chicago, New York and all points east — them soothing temperatures also created an incubator for weird, and possibly some bad shit. Dr Alison Donnelly of Trinity College Dublin’s Centre for the Environment on the near-simplicity…
Just as 2012 gears up for the election high season, the fabled democracy touted by the US the last 200 years appears to have cracks in the voting booth — if Republicans can’t win on brains or sense, they’re trying to f*uck the country through guile. Voter ID laws — another brick in the lying…
Weather tends to pop its now-ugly head into modern life on a much-more frequent schedule than just a few short years ago — yesterday afternoon tornadoes cleared a chaotic path through the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with video showing tractor-trailers being tossed around like toys. CNN meteorologist Sean Morris estimated the tornadoes were EF1 or EF2…
Hard to fathom it’s not only another Monday morning, but another brand-new month — Santa Claus is way back down the road — and the planet keeps creeping forward into the gloom. Weekends are a bit slower than weekdays, but those languid 48 hours seem to flash past like a bullet. Beyond the lottery madness…
Iran not unplugged: Oil prices on Friday briefly spiked to the highest level in three weeks following a report that Iranian oil exports dropped significantly this month. … Benchmark U.S. crude rose by $1.52 to finish at $106.87 per barrel in New York. Earlier, prices jumped by $2.95 per barrel in 13 minutes to $108.25,…
Doc: I don’t give a shit if he’s from Johannesburg. I don’t want to hear dune koon or sand nigger from him or anybody. Vig: Captain uses those terms. Troy: The point is, Conrad, ‘towel head’ and ‘camel jockey’ are perfectly good substitutes. — Three Kings US Army Sgt. Bob Bales is to be charged…
“I mean, with the other guys, you can dig into their past and find at least some shred of rational thinking, even if they’re cynically downplaying it now,” Gallardo continued. “But I get the sense Santorum is speaking nothing but his completely unfiltered thoughts. I know it’s weird to say this about a politician, but…
Raining like a mad dog up here on California’s northern coast, and in the pre-dawn hours, cold as shit. And on this first day of spring, weather is screwed. And so is the world — the French are hunting for a crazed killer, Mexicans are seeking more killers of police investigating headless bodies, Iraqis are…
Although the name of the supposedly “lone service member” who killed 16 Afghan civilians a week ago has finally emerged — Sgt. Bob Bales — the names of the victims of the rampage haven’t seen the light of day. As Paul Woodward wrote at War In Context, the reason: Because they are not Americans. These…