Jane Mayer writes for the New Yorker. She’s written two articles about Billionaires from different sides of the political fence who use their money to advance the political views. George Soros Koch Brothers The Koch Brothers is the more interesting one to me, as it explains how they’ve used their money to covertly fund the [...]
(correlated with Congress)
There is no reason we could not have “Socialized” Health Care (instead of it’s true meaning – Universal Health Care,) have it cheaper, and allow it to serve all people, AND still have the ability to bypass the “Lifetime Cap” that so many people are afraid of. It does mean that all sides would have [...]
I am by no means a tactician or even taken a class on Tactics. I have played plenty of war games, both table top and computer based, studied history (and thus war,) quite extensively, and able to apply a healthy dose of common sense. Every military unit from the pikeman to the modern Unmanned Aerial [...]
The human concept of morality poses upon us some interesting quandaries. We create laws to regulate behaviors and protect the innocent, but in some cases these laws actually cause more issues then they solve. As I pointed out earlier the economic impact of the Drug Trade alone is well into the Billions if not over [...]
The USS Ranger Foundation is attempting to bring the USS Ranger (CV-61) Forrestal Class carrier to Portland Oregon as a museum ship. Their web site is sparse on any kind of real details such as history of the ship, how far along they are in Phase II, where they plan on docking the ship, where [...]
At least according to this page: http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands Since I have three or more of these bands in my collection, I’m Gay! And thus fabulous! For the record, a sampling of the bands in my collection are: Coldplay Death Cab for Cutie Vampire Weekend Bob Dylan Twisted Sister Scissor Sisters Cole Porter Marilyn Manson The Doors [...]
Dorkingwith it’s joke of a name to modern American ears, is a town about 25 miles south of London, England. It started as a Roman Staging post somewhere between 60 and 70AD, and very possibly even earlier. In 1871 Sir George Tomkyns Chesney wrote “The Battle of Dorking,” a short story depicting a successful invasion [...]
Listening to a rather old episode of the Thomas Jefferson Hour Podcast on the MAX this afternoon, Clay Jenkins who portrays Mr. Jefferson was asked a question “If President Jefferson had an iPod, what would be on it?” While the question was meant in a “What music would President Jefferson listen too?” Clay immediately started [...]
I’m finding it disheartening that no matter what we try to do to eat, drink, and simply live healthy, corporations still lie to us. With Green and Local washing rampant and lax organic labeling, it almost seems that trying to eat and drink right with a minimum of contaminants is nearly impossible. It seems to [...]