War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast and a bit on the gloomy side this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, no fog but a deep, empty silence. Usually I can hear the Pacific Ocean making some kind of noise only a mile or so away, but this morning all is quiet. The news cycle ain’t at all. Apparently from all…
Fog and silence this early Friday on California’s north coast and we finally have the weekend staring us in the face. Weather is typical summer here — fog in the morning, sunshine and wind in the afternoon, though, yesterday was more fog than shine. And in new yearly rainfall totals for us was reported this week,…
Ground fog, and this morning, a bit on the cool side for us up here on California’s north coast as we bleed on through the week. Time moves pretty fast, but sometimes not fast enough. And on the news front this early morn, is the appearance of sameness with the added effect of bullshit. There’s…
Once again as if part of an oft-repeated scenario, ground fog and warmth this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we push on through the work week. However, for someone who’s just fed-up with work, I have nothing-but Friday on my mind. And as the planet disintegrates a little bit every few seconds, Americans…
Ground fog again this early Friday on California’s north coast — and all is quiet and still, mainly due to no one (except me) having to work. Today is some kind of holiday, I’m told. Yeah, right — it’s Independence Day, the fourth of July. America’s 238th birthday, though, a shitload of morons believe it’s…
(Illustration: The Dick, George Jr., and a Known-Known, posture hypocrisy on an American country road, found here). In just a few words, a glimpse into the horror-nightmare of Iraq, and a status-update to the current fight to retake Tikrit from the militants: “The animals are eating the corpses of ISIS,” Brig. Resan al-Brahimi, a federal…
Overcast, still and really quiet this early Friday as the weekend is now just hours away. We’re set for more rain today (about 80 percent chance), and then the forecast calls for nearly two weeks of clear, warm weather — we’ll see. In the midst of horrible news from the Middle East and all around,…
(Illustration found here). One of the most-haunting and ultra-sad images of Iraq is the photo above of a child fleeing with others from Barsa, southern Iraq, in March 2003 — now 11 years later, is that little girl now a teen-ager, or is she dead? And speak of a life full of torment and horror,…
(Illustration: Police escort children away from Sandy Hook Elementary School, December 2012, found here. And a shooting Tuesday at a high school in Oregon was the 74th such event since then). This is one freaked-out-crazy country. Terror in its real core is home grown, and the nutcase gun people have allowed the deep end to…
High overcast again this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we continue to plow on through the work week. Time appears to be moving faster, like water finally flushing down a drain, sucking quicker and quicker — until it’s all gone. The weekend will be here before you can say, ‘Shithead,’ and then we”l…
