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Economic Recovery? Not here – No more Tail for sale. Tailgators is a sports bar / restaurant on one of the busiest corners in town. You can apparently order fried alligator there – I’ve never been inside the place. On … Continue reading →

Tractor pulls – the true American Sport The weight on the trailer (the sled) moves forward and shifts from the tires to the part that drags on the ground, which is why the tractor begins to struggle part way down … Continue reading →

Enemy #1 in Afghanistan – Powerpoint

Mojave Cross can stay – so says the Supreme Court… if this wasn’t on your radar, here is the story… there is a “cross” on public land – it was a memorial to the war dead of WW1 erected in … Continue reading →

Statehood for Puerto Rico? The topic today on Glenn Beck Let me throw in a few other thoughts (Glenn may get around to them) Under today’s rules, Puerto Ricans are full citizens of the United States, but any income they … Continue reading →

If I was king for a day, I would prohibit corporations from holding an FCC license unless all of the stock is publicly traded, and with proportional voting rights (no 10 votes for each share class A arrangements) – with … Continue reading →

“There us no freedom of speech in Muslim counties” – so says Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim scholar who was prevented from entering the country during the Bush Administration for his support of Hamas (He had been offered a job at … Continue reading →

Heard on WKOK-AM in Sunbury PA this morning Brutal.

Only the Wall Street Journal (now owned by Rupert Mordoch) had an increase in circulation in the last year among the top 25 largest papers. The industry lost around 10% of its subscribers in one year, with several of those … Continue reading →

GM and pollution – back around 1982, I was doing computer work for Oldsmobile (RIP). To celebrate the remodeling of the factory in Lansing, they had an unusual “open house”, allowing anyone who came to wander through the entire factory … Continue reading →

Joe Scarborough and Mika booted by Citadel – Mark Simone will fill in the time slot. Citadel is currently in bankruptcy and looking at ways to cut expenses. Radio-info.com reports they will return at some point in the future with … Continue reading →

“I wanted to see the President” – Joseph Sean McVey’s words. He was in Asheville probably chasing tornadoes – he’s a ham radio operator, and volunteers to chase tornadoes and respond to public emergencies in Ohio, where he lives. Because … Continue reading →

What’s wrong with this picture? – browsing the news at Bloomberg, one story is about how the Bank of America has named a new VP for its operations in Asia – another story is about the Chinese currency issue, and … Continue reading →

Federal Spending vs Federal Cost….. the fallacy of the poll questions about “Federal Spending” is that when Congress passes a law, the spending by the Federal Government is only a portion of that actual cost to the country. “The EPA” … Continue reading →

Emmis wants to go private – another radio company wants to enter the world of private equity ownership where who owns the company and what their finances are is “nobody’s business”.