War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration out front: Edvard Munch‘s ‘The Scream,’ lithograph version, found here.) This early-evening Wednesday is still too premature to adequately address the absolute horror shock from this morning. I turned out the lights last night before going to bed, even after re-checking CNN for further election update results (as a stress-reducer of sorts, I’d been watching “Castle”…
(Image: ‘Election Day Brawl,’ by Woody Guthrie, and found here.) Overcast and cool this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. In this new back to the old standard time of darkness coming too quickly in the PM is depressing enough. Finally, that day has come — Election Day 2024! And so far, with all…
Sunshine and clear-blue skies just past noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley. Nice weather for an insane presidential election — way-beyond grasping crazy how close this race is even in the presence of someone that’s not only a deplorable, asshole piece of shit, but also freaking nuttier-than-a-fruitcake and freaking slobbering crazy — and it…
Our news cycle nowadays is shit-fire way-depressing, overflowing with outlandish circumstances and it seems to be getting worse. Sad a humongous wad of people are suffering, from natural disasters to man-made influenced catastrophes — a lot of hard work to keep sane in the midst of it all. Actually, a pile of smoldering shit. And…
Some sense of a feeling. So far, this particular year has been another case of the ‘fours.’ Apparently, from what I can gather from within myself as I age (76 next month), the years of my life ending in ‘4‘ have had some special, striking significance — except 1954, as I was too young to…
Bright sunshine and gathering heat just past the noon hour Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re in for a heat spell quickly coming up as the middle of the week is forecast for triple-digit temperatures. As I’ve whined before: Won’t summer just end? And in a flash, won’t the T-Rump end? In the…
Saturday evening in California’s Central Valley — shit doesn’t have a weekend off in our nowadays. Some news-angled tidbits: Kamala Harris is ready for a second debate with the T-Rump (NBC News): Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Saturday said it would accept an invitation to participate in a second debate with former President Donald…
Finally, autumn is in the air this near-noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — temps in the mid-70s, clear-blue skies, bringing on sweater weather at last! Although I only watched the first 15 minutes or so live of the debate last night between Kamala Harris and the T-Rump, the game was on from the…
Warm and getting warmer just about near-noon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re in a mini-heatwave for the following couple of days and hopefully Fall will-seasonal fall upon us soon. The next month or so should be nice — probably the best time of the year. First post in a while as the…
Incredible the last few weeks — from the debate at the end of June to right now, shit has hit the fan, from Joe Biden quitting the race to the wonder of Kamala Harris, to today’s announcement of Tim Walz as VP. Democrats are celebrating in glee, Republicans can see the shitstain on the wall.…
