by Wordsmith | Jun 19, 2013 | Book Review, Religion, Science, Social Studies
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” -Mark Twain Some longtime readers may remember a bit of my background: I was born in 1968, Phoenix, Arizona. My ethnicity? Thai. Beyond that, I have no...
by Wordsmith | Jun 16, 2013 | 4th Amendment, Daily Distraction, Entertainment, Facebook & Social Networking, movie review, NSA Wiretap's, Privacy Issues, Technology
Aside from fears of government intrusion into the private lives of ordinary citizens, what about intrusion from the private business sector of telecoms, internet apps companies, credit card services, and private data aggregators? I finally took time out to watch the...
by Skook | Dec 30, 2012 | American Exceptionalism, Christianity, Culture, Culture of Corruption, Deception and Lies, Economy, Education, Entertainment, Feminism, Freedom, History, Humor, Law Enforcement, Technology, Trials and Tribulations, United Kingdom
The Voyage of Discovery, led by Lewis and Clark in 1803, took three years to travel to the West Coast and back. There was a desire to shorten the time for continental travel and mail delivery; the stage coach was the logical choice, but the logistics were almost...
by Curt | Dec 2, 2012 | Environment, Global Warming, Science
Great video of Meteorologist Joe D’Aleo discussing the fearmongering of man made global warming zealots: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jK23NToQHE[/youtube] The first 28 minutes D’Aleo provides a bunch of slides showing the evidence tbuy cialis...
by Curt | Aug 22, 2012 | Barack Obama, Economy, Environment, Global Warming, Politics, Science
President Vaclav Klaus delivered the keynote address this year to the World Federation of Scientists: This brings me to the topic of my speech. I will try to argue that current as well as realistically foreseeable global warming, and especially Man’s contribution to...
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by gadfly | Jul 15, 2012 | Economy, Politics, Science
The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space. Everything else is merely thought to exist. —Democritus of Abdera In search of the Goddamn Particle or how to keep 8,000 CERNscientists on the payroll and the Large Hadron Collider running. Joy has indeed...
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