War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, with rain expected at any minute — supposedly rain until Saturday, at least, and some forecast to be fairly-decent in downfall. And cold-as-shit this morning, too. However, we on the shoreline are under an NWS ‘Frost Advisory,’ vs a few miles inland, and a ‘Freeze Warning.’ A degree-or-two…
Overcast this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast, with threat of rain showing itself. Cold tonight, too, for a week of wet ahead. Ahead also is life in the ‘post-truth‘ era of American life — reverberating the concept, Margaret Sullivan at the Washington Post on Sunday invoked the fear: ‘It’s time to dust off your old…
Sharp, clean sunshine this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, way-chilly, though. As a former newspaper writer-person, reporting on T-Rump and his off-vibrates has got to be weird as shit — for the first-time ever in public discourse, lying is the new reality. Journalism has a challenge — CNN‘s Christiane Amanpour nailed the bottom-line in…
Overcast again this near-noon Thursday on California’s north coast, today’s environment courtesy of a moist combo of low clouds and patchy fog — cool, but feels warmer than you’d figure. Forecast the same for a good-while; rain beyond a drizzle confined to the interior. Putting aside the horrific 2016 presidential race for a bit —…
Sunshine and warm this early Tuesday afternoon on California’s north coast — supposedly the same the next couple of days, maybe rain by Friday. An odd incident earlier, and not very assuring either — my bank (once North Valley, now Tri-Counties) here in Mckinleyville, experienced some type exploding thingy. Apparently, the glitch widespread — via Lost…
In the black-comedy/traveling-horror show of the GOP, the actual set-piece of the production occurred last night. The vacuum idiot-stare of crazed ignorance tells the tale. (Illustration: Chris Christie’s lost look and Internet reaction found here). In first viewing, the clip from last night of The Donald’s victory pontification-gibberish appeared average for the asshole, same twisted…
In a world getting warmer quick, what was considered ‘stable,’ might go unhinged, even in colder, drier climes — like Greenland’s northeastern glaciers. From Scientific American: But a new study detailed in the journal Science shows that two of those glaciers are showing worrying changes, and that one has been retreating at an accelerating rate…
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…
Yesterday, the 70th-anniversary of Hiroshima, and another notable milestone, too, — one with a major, major ‘what if?‘ narrative. Review of the 2006 book, “The One Percent Doctrine,” via the Washington Post (h/t Digby).: The book’s opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush’s Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001,…
In the wake of pyrotechnic Fourth of July celebrations this past weekend and the noted ‘exceptional’ peoples back-slapping we all seem to do on this particular holiday, there also should be a pause for reality. And real reality, not history figured full of ‘truthiness‘ and fitful fantasy. Time allowed the creation of a historical atmosphere…
