War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Once again as if part of an oft-repeated scenario, ground fog and warmth this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we push on through the work week. However, for someone who’s just fed-up with work, I have nothing-but Friday on my mind. And as the planet disintegrates a little bit every few seconds, Americans…
(Illustration: The Dick, George Jr., and a Known-Known, posture hypocrisy on an American country road, found here). In just a few words, a glimpse into the horror-nightmare of Iraq, and a status-update to the current fight to retake Tikrit from the militants: “The animals are eating the corpses of ISIS,” Brig. Resan al-Brahimi, a federal…
Thick ground fog this early Monday on California’s north coast as the weekend becomes history with toil and labor and nonsensical work all in a conspiracy to make me sad. Doesn’t matter, most-everybody is unhappy on a Monday. Drawing the top story again this morning, Iraq is quickly disintegrating into a violent, armed camp —…
Clear and more on the warm side this early Thursday on California’s north coast, and from here, the weekend is just hours away. Or words to that effect. Despite another double-tornado incident, this time in North Dakota, or a major-league no-hitter, the unfolding horror of Iraq continues to dominate the news cycle — and as…
Clear and chilly this way-too-early Wednesday on California’s north coast as we plow on through another quick-as-a-dash work week. No matter the situation, time don’t stand still at all. One nasty time-buster right now is Iraq — a nightmare clock ticking away at the speed of a bullet off an AK-47 rifle, fired toward Baghdad…
Clear and kind of soothing this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with a half moon hanging quietly high in the southern sky. Weather here the last couple of weeks has been gorgeous — not so for northeastern Nebraska yesterday, where two giant tornadoes swirled side-by-side, nearly destroying one town, killing three people and injuring a…
A bit of ground fog and thick overcast right now this way-too-early Monday on California’s north coast — a couple of hours ago, the remaining chunk of that “strawberry/honey” moon from Friday the 13th could be seen hanging oddly in the southern sky. Sea clouds covered the shining. And the bright looks pale as seemingly…
Bright sunshine just starting to break the gray this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — dark, heavy-clouded and gloomy a little earlier, but typical for us up here, the scene/sense of the weather can quickly change. Life on the ocean shore is predictably unpredictable. So’s life everywhere — the news cycle has become a…
Ground fog this early Friday on California’s north coast — just a little while ago, the sky was clear and a full, bright moon hung like a porthole high in the southern sky. And for the first time in nearly 14 years, today, Friday the 13th — a full moon, most frightful than normal: The…
(Illustration found here). One of the most-haunting and ultra-sad images of Iraq is the photo above of a child fleeing with others from Barsa, southern Iraq, in March 2003 — now 11 years later, is that little girl now a teen-ager, or is she dead? And speak of a life full of torment and horror,…
