War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast-darkly awaiting rain this early Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast, as the ‘conveyor belt’ storms continue According to the NWS 48-hour rainfall totals note this morning, we received nearly two-and-a-half inches of the wet stuff in just a couple of days — a goodly drench. And a goodly-long war without results continues, too. Another…
‘Heavy rain‘ forecast for this early Friday on California’s north coast, and indeed, all morning on-and-off deluges –accordingly, we’ve already nearly two-inches in rainfall so far off this system. Nice to pluck weather information from the InterWebs — however, this week a shitload of local people, including some government agencies of Humboldt County, lost Internet…
Happiness is a metaphorical-philosophical endeavor — George Carlin nailed it: ‘More than happy. I bet you say that one. You say to somebody. “Oh, I’d be more than happy to do that.” How can you be more than happy? To me it sounds like a dangerous mental condition. We had to put Dave in the…
Rainy, windy and chilly this early Thursday on California’s north coast, as our ‘conveyor-belt’ storm-style continues seemingly unabated. And circulating in that warm, surging, El Niño-influenced Pacific Ocean — along with our weather elements — are radioactive shit still coming toward us off the Fukushima disaster. Now coming upon five years later… Early on March 11,…
Clear sunshine and a chilly breeze this early Monday on California’s north coast. A bright lull in rainstorms as we’re to expect a decent-sized front to blow through later today and continue through Wednesday. According to the NWS, a cold storm system could drop snow levels to nearly 1500 feet by Tuesday night, adding small hail…
Bright again and chilly this Friday morning on California’s north coast as we work our way toward the weekend. Rain is expected on Sunday and appears might last all through next week. Although mostly low ‘chance’ of rain, the forecast seems to indicate wet days ahead. Although it’s Friday the 13th, a mysterious object fell…
Another news-cycle episode in the never-ending horror-subject of Iraq came with the death announced yesterday of Ahmed Chalabi, the grifter who played the US public for the 2003 invasion. Media coverage on Chalabi dying has mostly painted him as the guy who ‘pushed‘ America into the Iraqi war, though, in reality he was just a…
Clear and chilly again this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast as a cycle of nice weather keeps the sunshine coming — next rain scheduled for this weekend, if not sooner, so enjoy the ride. Although much has been reported about the medical benefits of marijuana, a new study just released indicates what I’ve known…
Bright sunshine in a near-cloudless sky this Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast, but all tempered by a crisp-chilled ocean breeze. Although climate change is obvious, most Americans appear ho-hum about it. A new poll out this morning displays our business-classic laissez-faire attitude toward it: However, fewer than one in four Americans are extremely or very…
An encounter too-close of any kind. According to NASA: ‘Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighborhood.’ Quaint — and one of those NEOs is scheduled to give us a close-bypass tomorrow afternoon, and it’s…
