Category Archives: State of Fear-mongering

Tic Tac heir dies of heart attack riding bicycle at 47

April 19 (Bloomberg) — Pietro Ferrero, chief executive officer of the Ferrero group, maker of Nutella chocolate spread and Tic Tacs, and heir to Italy’s biggest fortune, died of a suspected heart attack in South Africa. He was 47. [search … Continue reading

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Belarus – the next Libya

http://blogs.voanews.com/russia-watch/2011/04/18/belarus-bombing-in-the-police-state/ Belarus is out of money. As it devalues its money, it has to increase the amount paid to government employees and pensioners, creating a larger deficit and feeding the death spiral. The country is ruled by a brutal dictator … Continue reading

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France says “no” to documented migrants

BBC story One of the principles of the EU is that if a person has the right to live in one EU country, they can travel in any EU country without a visa or special permission. Countries still have some … Continue reading

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John Batchelor’s perspective

During the 9:00 hour on Friday, John was discussing the situation in Ivory Coast, and brought up the odd alliance of Christians supporting the ousted President – specifically Pat Robertson, Glenn Beck and Jim Inhofe. That is the same list … Continue reading

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Richard Hoagland’s Terminal Stupdity

Last night, I heard a few minutes of Richard Hoagland on Coast to Coast – the guy who thinks there is an ancient civilization on Mars and the “Face on Mars” is the proof, had a real gem last night. … Continue reading

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You’re going digital, damn it!

That’s the word from the FCC for the future of AM and FM radio.  The NAB is holding its convention out in Las Vegas this week, and that’s the clear message from the FCC.   It’s time to get serious about … Continue reading

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Good Morning Chernobyl!

Japan has formally raised the Fukushima disaster to a 7 on the INES scale that rates the severity of nuclear incidents. That’s currently the top number on the scale. I’m getting more serious about the idea of opening up immigration … Continue reading

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Want to get away from it all? Try Scobey, Montana

Scobey is the home of KCGM-FM 95.7. It’s ownership statement at the FCC is bit unusual. Paraphrasing it, the North East corner of Montana has only about 2,000 people and had no radio stations – so the folks got together … Continue reading

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Don’t move!

A key moment in the plot of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” involves a stream train in a tunnel in Colorado. The movie opens April 15th, although Part 1 probably doesn’t contain that part of the story. Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

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Terror in Amsterdam

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42507856/ns/world_news-europe/ Man with a “machine gun” opens fire in a shopping mall, killing 5 and kills himself with a handgun.  In keeping with European sensibilities, they describe him as wearing camouflage pants, but not his ethnic identity or whether he shouted … Continue reading

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Welcome your new Canadian overlords

This morning, $1.00 US will buy you only $0.95 Canadian. Brent Crude oil is $124.66 a barrel. I was hoping someone would notice this in the table the other day that I created of Per Capita Oil Reserves by Country … Continue reading

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Who really owns the world.

You are your IP address : In the beginning was ARPA, a group of entities doing research for the U.S. Military.   ARPA created TCP and saw that it was good.   With 4 billion possible computers, how could it ever run … Continue reading

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If you went to the bar and got drunk today…

If you quit your job and loaded up on Jack Daniels to celebrate that Barack Obama had sought political sanctuary in Paris and the birthers were right after all….   just remember the #1 rule of the Internet – if it’s … Continue reading

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Fukushima #2 Reactor core has left the containment vessel?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor The Guardian is quoting Richard Lahey as a person who has worked at Fukushima who indicates that the change in radiation probably signals that the bottom of the containment vessel has been ablated and the molten fuel is now … Continue reading

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The Zanclean Flood

If you think the Tsunami in Japan was a big deal… http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1149387/Dramatic-flood-filled-Mediterranean-Sea How about a flood of the Atlantic Ocean pouring into the Mediterranean Sea – rushing in at 300 MPH and raising the sea level up as much as 30 … Continue reading

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