War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Questions from White House reporters at Joe Biden’s first press conference today were a bit one-sided and seem to carry a right-handed approach to political shit, with some observers calling for them to do a better job. The reporter’s reality is to the people: Journalists are supposed to work really for the truth and present…
Our nation can rest easier now that Joe Biden held his first press conference this afternoon, and from all indications he aced his initial session with reporters — one outstanding item missing, however, was inquiries on the pandemic, which most-likely suggested the fight against it was going smoothly (as much as anything that’s killed a…
America appears on the democracy precipice right now, despite gains made the last months — Joe Biden elected president, the COVID relief bill passed, among other benefits — and how Congress reacts in the near future, especially on voting rights, will tell the tale of whether we stand or fall. However, the hard place of…
(Illustration: ‘Bang,’ blotted ink drawing by Andy Warhol (about 1960), and found here). Despite two terrible mass shooting the last week — 18 killed in total — and a seemingly dearth of such events during this pandemic-influenced era, doesn’t mean people aren’t dying from gun shots, the exact opposite. Americans are shooting each other at…
(Illustration found here). Another mass murder event — 10 killed yesterday at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store — three days ago, one killed, five injured at a Philadelphia house party, and last week, of course, eight killed at a couple of spas in Atlanta, as we return to ‘normal‘ after a lockdown pandemic year. ‘Normal‘…
Here we go again in an attempt to get out from underneath the shit-weight of the politics and pandemic mixed-tape of horror. This is the fifth in our ‘Destination‘ series (last one here) and includes music from the past drummed-up mostly in acoustic tones flushed with the nowadays. And once again a find in my…
Sunshine with a cool breeze this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley as we try and make it through the shit piled-up around our ears. One aspect of this shit is the astounding, unmitigated gall of Republicans to switch truth in reality to lying in the open and getting pissed when called on it.…
January’s insurrection/riot at the US Capitol building is still fresh in the air, but the ghastly event was perpetrated by self-centered dimwits like this coffee-shop owner in Ohio: ‘“If you voted for Joe Biden, don’t buy our coffee, it’s not for you,” he said. “If you feel that America is on the right track and…
(Illustration found here). Even as the days churn onward, climate change is a most-persistent bitch and will only get way-worse if no heavy-duty steps are taken, and the way the situation is building — even beyond racism and political insurrection in the US, toxic social media is compounding the problem of challenging global warmimg: ‘“One…
Another Sunday under the near-suffocating blanket of the COVID-19 pandemic, and although case numbers are falling and the vaccine-jabbing is gaining speed, the optimism which filled the airwaves the last week or so seems a bit farfetched and maybe a bit premature. According to the John Hopkins data-board, the US has experienced 542,199 COVID deaths…
