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Pining For The Good Old Days
Tweet This PostReporters in Egypt were attacked last week by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak. CNN talking heads are running scared, coming back home with their tails between their legs. I bet...
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Winds Of Change
Tweet This PostThe Canadian government spent a great deal of effort and money in touting their alternative energy initiatives, particularly electricity generating through wind turbines. Lots and lots...
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Answer To Their Prayers
Tweet This PostThere has been some activity on the news channels about how the head of an anti-illegal immigrant group was convicted of murder. It appears that a few of her followers dressed as police...
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Waiting For The Cries Of Outrage
Tweet This PostA veteran firefighter with 28 years of service refused to go with his crew to aid the injured when Rep Giffords was shot in Arizona. He says that the reason why was due to “political...
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Going Dark
Tweet This PostI’ve mentioned the concept of water empires here before. The idea is that a central government has control over a vital life-sustaining resource, such as water. If a province rebels or...
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Cutting To The Heart Of The Matter
Tweet This PostI really don’t have anything of substance to add to the current NPR scandal. The bigotry and naked verbal venom exhibited by Ron Schiller, it would appear, aligns with the views that...
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Nanny State Running Amok
Tweet This PostEnraged over an argument, a young woman snatched up the family gerbil and crushed it to death. Now she faces criminal charges. A felony! The accused doesn’t seem like a very nice...
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Good-Bye, Tokyo
Tweet This PostMinutes ago I received an Email. It seems that the US military has ordered a “voluntary evacuation of military dependents from the Tokyo/Yokosuka region.” As my source has a very young...
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As God Made Us
Tweet This PostYet another spurious study which supposedly attributes the adoption of Conservative political beliefs to bad biology. The authors of the study insist that those inclined to adopt...
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Hardly A Surprise
Tweet This PostTV and the movies push a Liberal agenda, with the creative minds behind popular entertainment deliberately maneuvering to influence public opinion. Blatant propaganda in the service of...
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The End Of Mexico?
Tweet This PostThe headline reads “If Monterey Falls, Mexico Falls“. I’m not exactly sure what they mean by “Falls“. If it means that the government can no longer contain violent drug cartels, hasn’t...
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Backing Up The Hard Drive Of Civilization
Tweet This PostThis post at Technology Review muses about what happens if high tech crashes. Would our store of technical knowledge, which is increasingly found exclusively in digital form, survive?...
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Two Faced About Face
Tweet This PostPres. Obama has harsh words for Republican presidential candidates that failed to condemn a crowd that booed a gay soldier who asked a question via pre-recorded video. “You want to be...
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The Most Dangerous Ground
Tweet This PostNeo Mammalian Studios, so far as I can tell, is a group of tech heads who are looking to strike it rich by designing smart phone apps and Internet infographics. I wish them the very...
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At Least Someone Has Seen Their Career Flourish
Tweet This PostI have heard that President Obama never held a job in his life for longer than three years. Is this accurate? Dunno. Can’t seem to find anything about it online. But, if true, then the...
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Relatively Expensive
Tweet This PostIn this post, I link to a brief news item that discusses the most expensive cities in the world to live. knirirr was kind enough to leave a comment. Interesting – I was surprised to see...
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Getting It Backwards
Tweet This PostOur esteemed President sticks his foot in it once again … “… -look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own.” (snip) “If you were...
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Horrific Act Of Violence
Tweet This PostThe media has been buzzing the last few days with news reports about a terrible mass shooting at a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie. Those of us who are not directly...
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The Beer Index
Tweet This PostPity the UK government. Like most, they have had a great deal of trouble closing the gap between money spent and tax revenue. And, like most, they have scrambled to raise taxes in order...
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A Twist On The Tragedy Of The Commons
Tweet This PostThe tragedy of the commons is where there is a resource of some kind which is essentially free for all. This means that each individual who is in a position to profit from that resource...
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