The New Economy
No Dollar Left Behind We all know that Janet Yellen will be the next Chairperson of the Fed. Larry Summers was Obama’s original pick for the position but he brings too much baggage to the table. Maybe...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Thought for the Day Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. – WT Purkiser Enjoy Aaron Copeland’s Hoedown from Rodeo: Filed under: In the...
View ArticleRoad Trip
Driving Through Flyover Country Watching the weather reports of the cold front moving down from Canada into Texas brings thoughts of the great weather we had on our road trip to Austin a couple of...
View ArticleWinter Weather
Baby It’s Cold Outside For the past few months we’ve had some pretty extreme weather all over the planet. Europe has been getting slammed with wind, rain and snow, India is getting hit with one...
View ArticleMerry Christmas to All
Peace on Earth “I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Enjoy Casting...
View ArticleSummer Down Under
The Global Warming Party Ship Stuck in Antarctic Ice Australia’s media-loving climate scientist, Professor Chris Turney, along with 73 others including the crew, 4 journalists, 36 members of the...
View ArticleA Grand Illusion
Super Duper Moon On August 10 we will have the second of three super moons this year. This perigee moon will appear larger than than the other two because it becomes full during the same hour as...
View ArticleMonkey Selfie
Who Owns It? An English photographer named David Slater was on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi taking photos of a crested black macaques. Just like children, the macaques were posing for the camera...
View ArticleThe New Silk Road
All roads lead to Damascus While the U.S., Britain and France have been sending soldiers and contractors to the middle east to fight terrorists, multinational contractors and Wall Street bankers have...
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Switzerland – Let’s be Franc A country with a population equal to the city of New York, Switzerland is best known for its beauty, its cheese and it’s banks. For hundreds of years the Swiss were also...
View ArticleCuba
Can You Hear Me Now? If you believe the global media, Cuba is a crumbling communist regime with sunny beaches, wonderful music and poor, but happy people. They never mention that Cuba has some big...
View ArticleWaiting for El Nino
Last fall, Californians were warned by “the experts” to prepare for El Nino. We were told where to get our sandbags, how to prepare an emergency kit – which most Californians have anyway, and to make...
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