War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
End of what-used-to-be another work week, but Friday now could easily be a Wednesday in the current state of affairs. Or a Tuesday. Chief topic, of course, remains COVID-19 and all connecting subjects. ‘Surreal‘ is a word I’d use, but it’s getting a bit worn lately, maybe ‘bizarre,’ or ‘freakish‘ in replacement, or perhaps a…
Breezy-sunshine this early-evening Thursday lolling in California’s Central Valley. Another episode of the continuing crazy-ass nowadays. (Illustration: The Twin Towers withstanding an asteroid-induced tsunami from 1998’s “Deep Impact,” found here). Earlier in the afternoon during a smoke break with my daily Black&Mild, our current living scenario made me for some reason (and not really pondering…
A warm, though, breezy Tuesday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley, a beautiful, sunny, content-looking postcard of all-is-well and not a freaking thing out of place — Not! Appearances can really be dangerously deceiving. Yesterday, some bad local coronavirus news — Merced County is up to 10 coronavirus cases, one from community spread, the others…
Sunday used to be usually a slow news day, but not in the nowadays. Although there’s less posting by most blogs, the major news sites keep churning it out, mostly with shit from talking heads, or rehashed newspaper reports, blended with breaking events as pandemic action never stops, until it stops, people die even on…
Once again, a supplementary coronavirus milestone today — the US now has more then 100,000 cases, doubling in just three days, and only two months since our first, original case. We’re number-one in the world! I was wrong yesterday in reporting the number of Merced County’s COVID-19 cases — there’s four not two, which came…
Little wonder we’re having trouble getting a handle on COVID-19 here in the US, bullshit is sinking the playing field, not leveling it (h/t BJ): Yet the assholes at Fox News shifted their views without missing a beat — this illogical spin-around seen in raw-time: In a world gone crazy and the search for reality…
In recent years, maybe the last decade or so, climate change has so galvanized my focus on how serious a concern it is for civilization, and for everybody’s children, I used to get depressed, sad and produced a worried-anxiety off environmental, physical-science reports of Arctic/Antarctic/Greenland ice melting, record heat-related events, or whatever/wherever nature was getting…
Even on the weekend the wind blows, which way-or-not depends, and so the coronavirus continues to barrel-down upon humanity with full, unchecked glee — we’re coupled with a pandemic and an idiot in charge of handling said pandemic. Reportedly, the T-Rump has finally been tested for the virus after spending a shitload of time with…
Indeed, who the fuck are these people? Is a major part of this country’s population completely vile-stupid? (h/t Tom Sullivan at Digby): And blind as shit — analysis via CNN this morning: There are big panics like the selloff on Wall Street. There are little panics, like stores being cleaned out of toilet paper. But…
Another delightful post this afternoon from Alexandra Petri at the Washington Post: On Wednesday, the president sat behind the Resolute Desk and addressed the nation with soothing and accurate words about the coronavirus. Unfortunately none of the accurate things he said were soothing, and none of the soothing things he said were accurate. What do…
