On bookshelves right now is a publication that was literally thirty years in the making. Originally published in 1972 by a group of scientists from MIT, it computer modeled global resource consumption and production. What they wrote shocked the world and created vigorous conversations about the concept of ‘overshoot’ or resource use beyond the carrying … Continue reading
After reading with horror, the story of the young girl who injured a keg in a zip line accident, I had pause to wonder. Is her case just the tip of an emerging iceberg? Three weeks after the accident and young Aimee Copeland is still fighting for her life. The flesh eating bacteria have forced … Continue reading
Let’s put away those Sci-Fi books kiddies! There’ll be no more of that nonsense anymore. No talk about exploring space or going to other planets and any such thing. America, you see, has bowed out. And even though a smattering of countries are still making attempts at developing missile technology, ergo North Korea and Russia, … Continue reading
Some things, you really can count on……………………….………………… Disclaimer: This is intended to be a humorous post and does not mean to reflect on how much fun it may be to fly with this or any airline. The stock market graphic is likewise fake. Having said that, did you guys really intend to screw a dying … Continue reading
Has America become a Nation of cowards. Yes, we have! Are we now going down the drain? Most assuredly. Please watch – http://youtu.be/QOBd4oBl-Dg. Get it and stand up. Please, I beg you!
There is no mistaking that the climate is warming here in the North American continent. And, with that all that warming comes a few nasty surprises, not the least of which will be the brutal manner in which people who suffer with allergies will find things getting worst! Some plants (like ragweed) are in absolute … Continue reading
Someone please wake up the DEA! Every once in a while some one hands me proof that our government is being run by individuals who are at best uneducated and at worst somewhat retarded. That happened to me recently when I was handed a pamphlet on the growing and uses of hemp (see side panel). … Continue reading
Of all the media outlets that blare their point of view across the airwaves, Fox News has come the closest to being excellent in fair and balanced news reporting! So, why am I pulling the plug? In a word – advertising. Really, really bad advertising. Advertising not meant to sell you anything but to scare … Continue reading
For only the fourth time in the last ten years, a second carrier (the Enterprise) along with associated strike craft has been deployed to the same region of the world. This was a decision the Navy did not make lightly in terms of increased operating costs and in that it sends a clear message to … Continue reading
“Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt … Continue reading
