War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
End of the work week, and end to the this cycle’s version of the RNC — time for the crazy to go whack-o. Due to the storm created in my aging stomach lining, I didn’t actually see any of the RNC on TV — viewed clips of the shitty parts online — and from all…
Quiet and overcast this way-early Thursday here on California’s north coast, a dramatic contrast to wet, terrifying Hurricane Isaac as it storm surged landward off the Gulf of Mexico, creating tornado-offshoots in its wake. New Orleans has experienced nearly 25 inches of rain in less than 24 hours — dozens of people were dramatically rescued…
I hate yelling obscenities at inanimate objects — makes me feel more of an idiot than usual –Â so I’m staying away from watching the RNC on TV, plus the whole event makes me way-more than slightly nauseous. Reminds me of a real-bad movie, poorly edited and way-badly acted. One case in point, which triggers…
As Hurricane Isaac bears down on New Orleans, Republicans are still scurrying about like little kids caught with their collective hands in the cookie jar. All in the words: The word ‘climate,’ in fact, appears in the current President’s strategy more often than Al Qaeda, nuclear proliferation, radial Islam, or weapons of mass destruction. The…
Once again, early morning here on California’s northern coast and another quiet beginning to the day — not much sunshine lately, except for some rays spattering across the landscape in the middle of the afternoons. My first gape at the news seems to find the same — not much light amongst the overcast. Beyond Prince…
(Illustration found here). Even out into the middle of the week, the shitstorm off Todd Akin’s revelation on Sunday of a female’s ability to ward off unwanted sperm still plays hard and heavy in the media — and not only in the US, but across the dying planet where he’s become known as the “rape-gaffe…
Another Monday, folks! Up here along the northern California coast another foggy and chilly early morning with the good possibility of maybe some sunshine later on the day — weather here is unpredictably predictable. Not so just a short space south of us where two new forest fires are threatening more than 3,500 homes and…
Always been a great fan of Maurits Cornelis Escher, or just MC Escher, as he’s more-popularly known, and his artworks has always flooded my brain with all kinds of twisted and delicious images of how reality functions. Some of his more-well known drawings can be found here and here and here — my most-favorite (and…
US peoples, do you understand what you’re actually seeing? In 2008, I though John McCain was the way-worst-ever presidential contender in all of US political history — but was I freakin’ wrong! The 2012 GOP version, however, is beyond the measure — and this morning Mitt Romney even went further in creating a possible funeral…
Seven US peoples have been killed in Afghanistan the last few hours, but where’s the political outcry? The Washington Post laments: Yet this may be the first presidential campaign in U.S. history in which an ongoing war fails to produce a significant debate. Explicitly or implicitly, the candidates have successfully encouraged much of the media to…
