The War to end all wars ended today
Today is Veterans’ Day. So congratulations to all Veterans, including my husband Lolo (World War II) and my son in law John (Iraq) and my cousin Billy (Viet Nam). Veteran’s day started out as...
View ArticleObama sends the wrong signal to Russia
Ah, peace. Why can’t we all be friends? But one wonders who is advising President elect Obama when we read things like this: President-elect Barack Obama called for a reappraisal of frosty US-Russia...
View ArticleGerman Word of the Year Actually Two
Well it is if you translate it into English. When Germans say Finanzkrise, they actually mean “financial crisisâ€. Of course I do see why they want to scrunch it up like that. They too, like the...
View ArticleWhatever happened to climate change, Europe?
Go Europe, leader in all things having to do with, uh, reduction (in this case CO2). The times and the rhetoric can sometimes climate-change on you faster than you would like, I bet. Are you already...
View ArticleMelamine scare redux: now it’s Soy and organic chicken
After the reports that melamine contaminating baby formula in China had sickened thousands of children there, some parents felt that soy products for their beloved children was safer. Well, think...
View ArticleEconomic Collapse Will Boomerang To U.S. Advantage: Memo From E Pluribus The...
MEMO TO: Richard Feducci, Overlord of Finance FROM: E Pluribus, Wondergod SUBJECT: Five Year International Finance Plan DATE: January 1, 2005 Happy New Year, Rich. Got some good news and some bad news....
View ArticleFrench hostage dies as army raids hijacked yacht off Somalia
French president’s office released a statement today saying one among five hostages was killed during a rescue operation by the French Army aboard the hijacked yacht ‘Tanit’ held by the Somali...
View ArticlePirates know the cost benefit ratio
Pirates in Somalia are getting rich because the civilized world no longer has the laws and will to confront them. The dirty little secret is that if the pirates grab a crew, the company owning the ship...
View ArticleChina’s Lost Generation
Some of the western blogs about China are touting a photo exhibition about China’s Red Guards. You can find it on Facebook, or HERE. : Quick: what’s wrong with this description: Â A 20-year-old barely...
View ArticleYou say Burqini, and I say Bikini
Not only have the French gotten their knickers in a knot about Muslim girls wearing modest costumes to public swimming pools, but now an Italian city plans to ban it completely. Women wearing the...
View ArticleAre Artists Above the Law?
Hollywood is shocked, shocked that a 40 year old man who drugged and raped and sodomized a 13 year old girl despite her pleas to stop might actually face punishment. I was a doctor when few women were...
View ArticleDear Mr President: Afghanistan is in Asia
President Obama was brought up in Asia, yet he seems clueless about Afghanistan, and of the geopolitical problems in this area. The press is even worse, preferring the simplistic out of date...
View ArticleThe Murderer Behind Earth Day
I almost swallowed my teeth. The Headline states: Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do There it was, a large photo heading an article on the NatGeo webpage: The caption accompanying...
View Article“Teen Sailor Rescued”? No: Publicity stunt goes wrong
I had written before about foolhardy publicity stunts which are cheered on and encouraged by the willingness of the media to publicize them. ABC (US) news is an example of this. Their headline...
View ArticleFrench Statute Criminalizes ‘Psychological Violence’
The following is an article by Fathers & Families Board Member, Robert Franklin, Esq.: The French parliament has approved a law that makes psychological violence a criminal offence. Not only is...
View ArticleLeaked State Department Cables Show Obama and Gates Naive on Russia
by Ted Lipien Opinia.US Truckee, CA, November 29, 2010 — Leaked secret State Department cables may help to resolve the mystery as to why President Obama chose September 17, 2009 to make his...
View ArticleThe HIV Scandal in Libya: How Corruption Kills
A lot of Americans seem puzzled about why NATO is so eager to get rid of Khadafi in Libya. Yes, he was behind the TWA bombing, but why get rid of him now? But what the US press also misses is why...
View ArticleCasey Anthony – Newt Gingrich Whats The Difference?
Well actually quite a lot. One is old and reasonably rich, the other is young, brainless, and likely penniless. But who paid the bigger price for being found guilty? Newt fessed up $300,000 yet Casey...
View ArticleBeware the Caliphate
A lot of the news about the Middle East is politicized in the US press, but today’s reports are not good. The Reuters news agency Religion section has this article, that cautions: The fabric of...
View ArticleThe “Consider This!” Podcast, Episode 54: Guns vs Murder Rate, the Stem Cell...
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Do more guns mean more murders and suicides? A Harvard study of European countries may surprise...
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