War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
T-Rump’s mug shot from August 2023, after being indicted in Atlanta for racketeering and related charges. Earlier today, I visited my local VA clinic to get some lab work done, and after taking my seat in the lobby, joining several other vets in various levels of decay, I noticed the shit-posting of our current president…
Screaming into madness seems currently spot on — via the Guardian in January 2019: The Scream was created by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 but it has become a masterpiece – the masterpiece – for our time. There are comparably “iconic” works of art – the Mona Lisa, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers – but…
A new beginning, of sorts, this Tuesday morning for the old blog. In the space of time, my longtime (and one-and-only) IT guy, Eric Metze, gave me a surprise earlier today, and a thrilling and happy moment, when he e-mailed about an update he’d conducted on Compatible Creatures, propelling the site into the nowadays. Eric knows his…
A good, interesting interview in the days approaching our 250th anniversary celebration: Dr. Joanne Freeman, professor of history at Yale University, at Public Notice today — some snips: Yeah. Speaking as an early American historian who spent decades immersed in what the founding generation thought about political power — specifically about executive power — this…
Projection: Definition/projection: Projection is one example of unconscious psychological processes called defense mechanisms. Some people find it hard to accept criticism or believe information that they wish were not true. So they seek – and then provide – another explanation for the difference between what’s happening in the world and what’s happening in their minds.…
Babel, bad babel: Ugly reality without an ounce of irony or shame, or just truthful good sense. And a leap into the real ‘vandals’ of our DC heritage sites — one of the most interesting and actually the most obvious view: Dana Milbank at NOTUS: I made one more stop on my tour: the Capitol,…
In another quick, hard rebuke, Radiohead has told DHS to stop using their song, “Let Down,” in pro-ICE video ads, because it sucks, and besides, there’s no way in shit the band would have given the OK to use it. Via Variety this morning: Radiohead has issued a joint band statement decrying the use of the…
In advance of T-Rump’s state of failure speech tomorrow night: (Ben Jennings’ cartoon found at the Guardian). History reveals even the most shitty of US presidents honored America — Michael Tomasky at The New Republic this morning: We cannot say remotely the same of Donald Trump. He is largely and proudly ignorant of those traditions;…
Bright, late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — reportedly 71 degrees; I was just outside (in the small, apartment-sized backyard doing a bowl) and the air felt barely-chilled by quiet wisps of a near-about warmish breeze. Preview maybe of a coming scorching-ass summer. Yet for the right now and being a bit selfish, it’s…
Bright, sunshine-filled late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — coupled with some pleasant temperatures about as good as it gets around here for a winter’s day. However, coming this holiday weekend is a forecast of a strong turnabout — seasonal shit of rain, thunderstorms and maybe snow for the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range…
