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The Boston Bombing – A Lesson In Blowback

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

We’ve all been mourning the lives that were lost in this recent Boston marathon bombing.  Now that everyone’s calmed down, it’s a good time to ask why Tsarnaev did what he did.  We now know the answer.  After detonating the bomb, he was on the run for a while, eventually ending up on a boat. [...]

The Biggest Issue Of Our Time

Friday, April 5th, 2013

If I were to ask you what the biggest political issue of our time is, what would you say?  With little hesitation, I’d tell you that we have to remove big money from our campaign process or nothing will change.  During our last election cycle, 60% of all campaign funds were provided by only 132 [...]

Bill O’Reilly Supports Gay Marriage

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

I never thought I’d see the day.  The world changes, one person at a time.  He’s right on the money though.  One side, the homosexuals, just want the same respect offered to everyone else, without being treated like second class citizens.  The other side just thumps their Bible and says, “That’s wrong!  Marriage is between [...]

The CIA’s Collecting EVERYTHING

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

The CIA’s Chief Technology Officer, Gus Hunt, is telling us, “The value of any piece of information is only known when you can connect it with something else that arrives at a future point in time.  Since you can’t connect dots you don’t have, it drives us into a mode of, we fundamentally try to [...]

Technological Unemployment: The Jobless Recovery

Sunday, March 10th, 2013

The CBS program 60 minutes just recently featured two MIT economists who addressed why unemployment has been so stubborn.  Millions of workers are being displaced by technology, whether it be robots, software, or algorithms.  They’re projecting that within a few generations, most all jobs will be done by machines and human workers will be unnecessary. [...]

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