Category Archives: State of Fear-mongering

Michael Savage – military strategist

So the Savage solution to pirates in Somalia… Send in 5000 paratroopers from planes launched from aircraft carriers. Let’s build a list of questions using Mr Socrates What is the largest airplane that can launch from an aircraft carrier? How … Continue reading →

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Where have the good men gone?

The Wall Street Journal asked last Saturday here The article itself is little more than a rehash of things asked by women like Mareen Dowd of the New York Times – running out of time to become mothers and wives and … Continue reading →

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Flash Robs

Several times I’ve expressed concern over the real purpose of “flash mobs”, suggesting they could be dry runs by anarchists to organize future attacks against government authority.    The idea is that a group of people connected via social networks get … Continue reading →

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How bad science happens

I worked briefly in the 1980s for a doctor who was a pioneer in arthroscopic knee surgery to repair ACL tears.   He came up with a theory that by doing a certain procedure he invented that he could help people … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s gasoline shortage

One of the shows I was listening to during testing mentioned that the United States exports a lot of refined oil products made from imported crude – which sounds interesting given the rhetoric of “The United States hasn’t built any new oil … Continue reading →

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We need to ban Peanut Butter

Presidential Wife Michelle Obama is on a campaign to remove unhealthy foods from public schools.   I nominate Peanut Butter for that list. Looking at a jar of “Crunchy Peanut Butter” (it’s a store brand, but JIF is very similar) Serving … Continue reading →

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The WTI/Brent oil spread

West Texas and Brent (North Sea) oil are fairly similar, but there is a big ocean in between.    Under normal circumstances, the prices of the two oils are fairly close. Back in 2007/8 when oil hit $140 a barrel, the … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Public Employee unions

Collective Bargaining with Private Employer: Union: We’re making $16, we want a raise to $20 Management: We can’t afford $20. The best we can do is $17 Union: If you offer $17, we shut you down Management: Well, if you … Continue reading →

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Can a business refuse to hire the unemployed?

So this is the latest twist – are people who don’t have a job a “protected class”?   At first blush, it sounds like nonsense that a business would want to hire people but tell people without a job not to … Continue reading →

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Iran & the Suez Canal

Pull up a map of the Middle East.     Iran is reported to be sending ships to Syria through the Suez Canal.    Iran has no border with Syria – to send anything from Iran you have to go through either … Continue reading →

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How Freedom works

1) force the President to step down 2) dissolve the Legislative Branch 3) Suspend the Constitution 4) put the military in charge 5) promise elections in the future Sounds like freedom to me!

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Egypt – what now?

The party is over, now comes the reality. The story that Mubarak has looted every penny in the Treasury has a single source, an Arabic language newspaper in Algeria, but people tend to accept as truth what they want to … Continue reading →

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In other news

Saudis’ Bin Ladin Group set for nuclear deal with French firm This comes a few days since Wikileaks released a 2008 cable that France intended to sell civilian nuclear technology to Libya. So has the caliphate already swallowed France?

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Stunning

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil_3 Where has this news been hiding?   “Fracking” also works for oil in addition to natural gas.   As a result, domestic oil production has been going up the last two years while consumption has been going down (because of the … Continue reading →

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The Real Estate Exit Strategy

Rasmussen reported today that 35% of people currently say their house is worth less than what they owe on their mortgage.   The percentage of people who believe that their house is still worth more than their mortgage has dropped 6% … Continue reading →

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