War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Fog still hanging early Wednesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — another autumn sequence on the road to wintertime. And with the fog, there was no “blood moon” for us this pre-dawn morning — not so elsewhere, depending on location, the phenomenon was “very spectacular.” But online, the choice location: Except on the Internet,…
Intense sunshine this afternoon and a pleasant, comfortable wind — gorgeous! One more for the Left Coast: California is the first to ban plastic bags at the state level. Gov. Moonbeam Brown signed the law today — Lost Coast Outpost has the local angle. And the major ingredient of those bags is oil — reportedly…
Some non-comedic events the last couple days with security drama on the West Wing. Or at least close enough, and spiced with some insightful crazy. Via USAToday about the guy who jumped the White House fence on Friday, sprinted 70 yards to the front door and manged to get inside before he was subdued: The Associated…
Overcast with a bit of ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast — onward we go! Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture reported nearly 50 million Americans live in households with ‘food insecurity,’ or sometimes there’s just not enough to go around. Via Mother Jones and the bottom line: All of…
Bright and a bit windy this Saturday afternoon here on California’s north coast — another day in the life. Elizabeth Warren is one of the better ones in DC — she’s got an Op/Ed on the US Senate’s upcoming Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, and the details, but the opening paragraph is a…
Supposedly, Sarah Palin was on point with a ‘gotcha’ moment last weekend when she and her entire brood got involved in huge brawl. I first saw the story this morning at Raw Story, then there’s an update at Wonkette, and finally this version from Alaskan blogger, Amanda Coyne: As many of us have read, Bristol Palin…
Early Thursday here on California’s north coast, and maybe a seasonal-change forewarned — a crisp, clarity in the air this morning, ocean sound-waves from the Pacific quickly/easily recognized, and seemingly awhile since the last time I’d heard that soothing, near-musical shoreline noise. Seemingly for weeks, we’ve been early-on each day, enveloped in thick, layered ground…
In the scope of life on a planet that’s really getting way-close to an enormous insane asylum, the general public is unaware of the infrastructure of normal. The situation in Ferguson, Missouri, for instance, should belong in not only in another country, but in another time — maybe like the 1960s. Fifty years ago, however,…
Overcast and way-dark this early Friday on California’s north coast as we look forward to the weekend, now within earshot. Hairy week past with airplanes falling out of the sky at an alarming rate — blown up or just blew up, a horror by any other name. And what’s really hairy is the misplaced fountain…
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…
