War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Early-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley. A quick-snap view of some current goings-on (and an attempt to slowly start posting again) — first, the horror of Ukraine: Straight-faced lying is mainstream nowadays, from T-Rump to the Russkies: The twists/turns of the Epstein saga continue: Further: Via NBC News: Family members of a prominent victim…
Clear and a bit chilly this late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — no matter how you look at it, in the morning we’ll face another Monday. If we survive the night, that is … And adding fuel to a shitlist of ugly shit from that stinky piece of shit, the T-Rump, the last…
It’s sunny and comfortable this Wednesday early afternoon in California’s Central Valley — maybe autumn is finally here to stay. Meanwhile, the T-Rump is not only a lying asshole, but way-unaware he’s fully and completely dumb as a charred tree stump: Details via The New Republic a couple of hours ago: During an hour-and-a-half-long interview…
Overcast and humid this early-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley –not lying; it’s great not having a burning sunshine on your face every day. Today’s a respite day, however, as the summer shit is expected to return tomorrow with triple-digit temps and more of that skin-boiling sunshine. Weather the weather. General terms the same…
Nice weather this noon-time Thursday here in Calfornia’s Central Valley — temps in the high 70s right now with an expected high only bout 10 degrees higher, and in being relative, is near-about chilly. In our political environment this morning, it’s just about all T-Rump — he’s scheduled to be in a DC courtroom this…
Wow, step away from the InterWebs for a couple of days — my son made a wonderful surprise visit and I had no time to post, or even barely follow the news — and the shit hits the fan. T-Rump was indicted by the DOJ in a mass of charges, 37 in all, on the…
Sunshine again, but with cooler temperatures this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. The major linchpin cruising through today’s news cycle is the angry debt ceiling reality deadline approaching at the end of this month. Republicans, of course, are still holding the discussions hostage with a desire to sink the country if they can’t…
Another round in the Fox News lying escapade which has now spanned decades. In a rare action today, Joe Biden’s administration put a hard knock on Tucker Carlson and the obvious repugnant lies on the Jan. 6 insurrection — White House spokesperson Andrew Bates late this afternoon (CNN): “We agree with the chief of the…
In further ado of Randy’s delightful visual essay, via Dictionary.com: ‘Alternative facts have been called many things: falsehoods, untruths, delusions. A fact is something that actually exists—what we would call “reality” or “truth.” An alternative is one of the choices in a set of given options; typically the options are opposites of each other. So…
(Designation/Word Update below.) After near-clear blue skies and tons of sunshine this Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, we’re now into a quiet early evening — another off-the-record book interlude today as the calendar continues to quickly mosey into a new year. First off the cuff, a great, big thank-you to tengrain of Mock, Paper,…
