War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
(Illustration found here). The good-ole US of A has gone to shit in a wire basket. Or have we been in the shitter a long, long time — take the case of the so-called Great American Dream, which in itself was/is a dream, a vapor of whisper-lies going back more than 200 years. The fable…
The so-called war in Afghanistan will apparently never end. Just when one thinks there’s a light at the end of the IED-blasted tunnel, it turns out the flicker is just military commanders flicking their Bics. UK’s Defense Chief Gen. Sir David Richards stoked the never-ending war fires last week, invoking a conflict that could last “generations:”…
One of the things I’ve always wondered about is how do people who’ve done obvious shitty stuff in public handle themselves? How do they view themselves in a mirror, how do they sleep at night knowing they caused needless horror and suffering — despite my disbelief, I have to keep in mind a lot of…
In the release by WikiLeaks of its batch of Iraq war logs Friday, and a quick, rapid look-see, the biggest sense is of frustration, and a tightening of the conscience, in the horror and misery caused by a small group of arrogant assholes who will never, ever receive true justice in this life. (Illustration found…
A new study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) describes a gosh-awful state of affairs for the planet in just a few short years. From ClimateProgress and the NCAR’s report author, Aiguo Dai: “We are facing the possibility of widespread drought in the coming decades, but this has yet to be fully recognized…
In deep spaces of the dark side, there’s no daylight, ever. Dying! Dying in the night! Won’t somebody bring the light So I can see which way to go Into the everlasting snow? — Emily Dickinson The Dick apparently will not be denied and will not go peacefully into that ugly, ugly night. Although looking…
Insane or not: Why would the US shackle itself to a place that’s been called the, ‘graveyard of empires,’ and where most of the world’s heroin has its birth? Or as Marie asked: “Uh, he went out the window. Why would someone do that?” Yes, why indeed. So why with all the shit, would bullet…
We all remember what’s-his ass, Tony Hayward, whining last spring about this inconvenient oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: “The first thing to say is I’m sorry,†he told reporters, when asked what he would like to tell locals whose livelihoods have been affected. “We’re sorry for the massive disruption it’s caused their lives.…
Famous, mega-rich person, Marie Antoinette, has been credited, though not so in reality, with the ugly phrase, “Let them eat cake” when observing the starving poor — a similar asshole stance from GOP wag, US Sen. Mitch McConnell: “…that no one in this country will pay higher income taxes next year than they are right…
As this summer carves its way through the year, any dumb-ass can see something fishy is going on with the planet’s weather systems, like an old, old radiator busting its seams — heat and more heat. Global warming might be beyond the “tipping point.” (Illustration found here). Climate change has always been a serious subject…