War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Another slide into some kind of whirlwind war zone once again, the odds are slowly being upped for more American flesh being put on the line in Iraq. Not yet ‘boots on the ground,’ but how’s the feel of ‘boots in the air.’ Via Mcclatchy this evening: The United States sent attack helicopters into combat…
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…
Tonight, President Obama supposedly is set to present his plan for action against the infamous ISIS, and will be speaking to a nation apparently approaching the level of scared shitless. According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, we haven’t been this afraid and hyped-up since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: Forty-seven percent say…
Once again the normal environs of overcast and fog for us up here on California’s north coast, but at least it’s Thursday and the weekend is near-about in sight. In less than 48 hours… Meanwhile, amongst the horrible worldwide shit spraying out from all over, came this bit of disquieting news that George Jr. has…
Here we are with another Monday, and the last two days are just a much-faded memory — seems last Friday afternoon is now just a finger-snap in the past. This coming Friday? Way-the-fuck down the road. Madeleine Albright yesterday responded to Bob Schieffer’s question on how uniquely screwed is the world right now: “We all…
Once again as if part of an oft-repeated scenario, ground fog and warmth this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we push on through the work week. However, for someone who’s just fed-up with work, I have nothing-but Friday on my mind. And as the planet disintegrates a little bit every few seconds, Americans…
Clear and more on the warm side this early Thursday on California’s north coast, and from here, the weekend is just hours away. Or words to that effect. Despite another double-tornado incident, this time in North Dakota, or a major-league no-hitter, the unfolding horror of Iraq continues to dominate the news cycle — and as…
Clear and kind of soothing this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with a half moon hanging quietly high in the southern sky. Weather here the last couple of weeks has been gorgeous — not so for northeastern Nebraska yesterday, where two giant tornadoes swirled side-by-side, nearly destroying one town, killing three people and injuring a…
Clear and a tad on the warm side this early Tuesday on California’s north coast with another sunny and “hot” day scheduled for us — of course, the word, “hot,” being relative. We get warm real, real easy here on the shore. War in itself is horror personified, but yesterday something even worse, as five…
Overcast with a touch of ground fog this early Friday on California’s north coast, but the huge-most-important thing is that it’s Friday. Friday! And despite all the work and toil, the week has seemed to just flyby, just this whole year,and maybe last year, too. We’re speeding up for something. And today, of course, is…
