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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Advice For Your Life

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10 PAINFULLY OBVIOUS TRUTHS EVERYONE FORGETS TOO SOON You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a hundred different ways befo...

Space Storm: Aurora over Oregon?

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It is (or was?) apparently a possibility: Strong Geomagnetic Storm May Be Approaching: What You Need To Know People in Illinois, Oregon ...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Fah Who Foraze, Merry Christmas to All

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Below is a 1930's or 40's Christmas Angel, that watches over our dining room table every year. We inherited it many years ago from ...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Nina Hagen: Silent Night

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I remember back when I was in college, Nina Hagen was hot stuff. Her style of music -comic punk?- isn't to my tasts. But I rather like...

Do you have a dream?

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I enjoyed this: It's a bit over-the-top in parts, but I still enjoyed it.      

Talk is cheap...

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...and therefore probably worth doing. And with Russia involving itself so directly in the Syrian conflict, it would be difficult to try to ...

The Best Place to Live

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10 best places to live in the world: Where does the U.S. fall on the list? Norway has done it again. The Land of the Midnight Sun was na...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Elon Musk, on OpenAI: “if you’re going to summon anything, make sure it’s good.”

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I agree. Will these guys lead the way? Elon Musk and Other Tech Titans Create Company to Develop Artificial Intelligence [...] The grou...

Russia's interest: it's the ports

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It's not their only interest, but understanding the importance of the two ports is one of the keys to understanding Russia's actions...
Monday, December 07, 2015

Gun violence has declined since the '90's

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WTF? How can that be, when the news headlines seem to be screaming the opposite? Take a look at the facts: We’ve had a massive decline in...

Why the Alawites in Syria Supported Assad?

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Could it be because they didn't want to surrender to the Sunni majority which historically has persecuted them, and because the Alawites...

Whose Islam is it anyway?

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I've noticed more articles like this lately, about Muslims who live in Western countries, complaining about being asked to apologize for...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Oh no, what have I done?

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In a weak moment, whilst perusing the Black Friday offerings on Amazon.com, I ordered one: Amazon Echo Amazon Echo is designed around ...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

The Evolution of Thanksgiving

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Is this where we are heading?: Don't laugh too hard, we may already be well on the way there:      

How did the US help create IS/ISIS/Daesh?

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Russia Says U.S. Policies Helped Islamic State, Interfax Reports U.S. actions in the Middle East helped Islamic State to gain influence, R...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Some good Thanksgiving advice: "When you gather ’round the turkey, try not to be one"

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Here's an interesting idea: Have a happy, politics-free Thanksgiving [...] Nobody needs tryptophan when you’ve got Pundy McPundit (a...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

ISIS, ISIL, or IS... or "Daesh"?

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Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’ The militants who are killing civilians, raping and forcing captured women into sexual slavery,...

The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism

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Here is the Myth exposed: No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia is not a socialist utopia When Bernie Sanders was asked during CNN’s Democrati...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

French President calls for "pitiless war" ...

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Understandable under the circumstances . But who is going to answer that call? I have every sympathy for France and the French people. I...

California dreaming... ending or begining?

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Is one generation's California Dream, another generation's nightmare? This article makes a good case for it: My Dark California D...