War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
I’ve smoked marijuana for nearly half a century, and I’m a much better person for it, so this is long, long overdue: Marijuana has a shitty history due to asshole history. Americans and Europeans had known of pot’s medical value since at least the 1830s, and toward the end of the 19th century, we could…
Sunny and mild this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — and considering it’s still summer, use of the descriptive word ‘mild,’ is weather-wise saying a lot. As for instance, Hurricane Idalia’s cruise through Florida and onto into Georgia and the Carolinas — although a massive hit, circumstances proved to be a ‘dodged-a-bullet’ scenario…
Sunny and mildly hot this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley. And today, too, the death of the iconic Bob Barker at 99. In truth, I hadn’t thought about him for years and years, yet was even surprised he had been alive all this time. Yet he was a part of our weekday history…
Nice and sunny this late afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — weather-wise a most-pleasant way to end the work week. Unpleasant, however, is this ugly, nefarious mug that has washed across the InterWebs today: (Image found here.) In US history there’s never been a president like the T-Rump’s time in office, and there’s…
Sunshine and warm this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — we received near-about nothing off Hilary’s wrath, and like I mentioned yesterday, most of the heavy rain and deep-seated flooding struck south and east of us. We dodged a catastrophic-weather bullet this time around, but there’s no rejoicing because there’s way-more where that…
Hot and even more hot this noonish nour Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — outside the air is heavy and feels like you’ve just stepped into some kind of odd, surreal oil painting. Art of the weather. A most delectable fable tale seen this morning: And of that conflict between reality and the bubble…
Escape the relentless horrors of the news business this evening for a space, and enjoy three songs seemingly intermingled together in time. Or at least the following particular-appointed music is shaped as in a clock’s second-nad motion, creating a breaking away from America-and-or-world that’s roasting like full-festered foil in the nowadays. I know this lede…
Hot and getting hotter this near-noon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — in the midst of a short but sturdy heated spell with our high forecast today to be 105 degrees, all triple digits through the weekend. Summer continues. And on a continued roll, too, is the law and T-Rump. The InterWebs this morning…
Hot and humid this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re at 101 degrees right now, most likely the high for the day as we begin a short (three/four day) triple-digit episode with cooling temps coming hopefully by Friday. And then it’s still beyond heated with temperatures in the 90s. This summer there’s…
Asshole morons, obvious First Amendment violations in the biggest journalism story of the year, and death by anxiety — nothing heavy, plus creating another example of the Streisand effect. (Illustration found here.) I read about the asshole raid by police in Marion, Kansas, on Friday, and it looked like a shitstorm about to strike as…
