Category Archives: American Politics

China Disneyland

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/business/media/08disney.html?_r=1&hp With something like 19 million empty houses in the United States, maybe we should import Chinese people instead of exporting Disneyland.

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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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The news from Libya

We have entered the next phase in Libya…  since last I wrote on the topic, – NATO planes bombed a Rebel anti-aircraft gun killing 13 rebels – Government forces have switched to small groups of soldiers using pickup trucks instead … Continue reading →

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The Epsilon mess

If the hackers are not rookies (which seems unlikely), the breakin at Epsilon is going to dwarf Wikileaks, and every business and ISP needs to be on guard. A large number of reputable companies relied on Epsilon to handle their … Continue reading →

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Savage and Government Employees

Savage wants Federal employees to start contributing to their own retirements. Like so many things, Savage is living in the 1950s.    The Federal Civil Service retirement plan was terminated in 1986 under Ronald Reagan.   The current Federal Retirement plan is … Continue reading →

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Allen Hunt calls it quits

I don’t get it. Radio owners all over the country are shutting down music FM stations to move their news/talk AM stations to FM (WBEN is today’s story).   But the “talent” keeps leaving…. Bill O’Reilly, Bruce Williams, Monica Crowley (weekdays), … Continue reading →

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WMFE (Orlando, Florida) sells PBS TV station to save radio station

Story WMFE is selling its PBS TV station to DayStar for $5 million.    Contributions to the TV station are down 40% since 2007, and corporate giving (from those greedy immoral capitalist pigs) is off even more. Their NPR station is facing the … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal comes to evenings

The Wall Street Journal has launched an evening program called “The Daily Wrap”.  The first show was Monday April 4th, 2011.    So far, KLIF is the only affiliate I’ve found. I think this is a really good concept.   Based on … Continue reading →

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Management changes at Clear Channel

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n22098 As was known for some time, the last of the Mays family has left the building.  [He is still Chairman of the Board, but not involved in operations now]. The Mays family got into the radio business in San Antonia, TX, … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck has at least 413 affiliates

That’s my conclusion after processing the entire list and researching every one – something I’m in a unique position to do.   You can play along here As of now, this is the totals which you see on the page: Current … Continue reading →

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Oh my, now this is a problem.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ivory-coast/8423651/Ivory-Coast-aid-workers-find-1000-bodies-in-Duekoue.html Over in Ivory Coast, the UN backed forces fighting to remove the dictator – apparently got carried away and murdered 1,000 unarmed loyalist civilians – even though the UN Peace Keepers were in the area to protect them. Rebels can … 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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Al Jazeera? Are you there?

So today’s big news about Libya is that President Obama signed a “finding” several weeks ago, authorizing covert action inside of Libya.    It turns out the designated “leader” of the “Rebels” is one Khalifah Hifler, a CIA operative going back 25 … Continue reading →

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Savageism of the day

“Mexico has one of the biggest oil preserves [sic] in the World” As I wrote a few months ago, Mexico is approaching the point at which its oil production is going to be less than the amount of oil it … Continue reading →

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Savageism of the day…

“Why doesn’t Saudi send the troops, Barry?  Why didn’t the Saudis send in their Military?  They have one hell of an F16 fleet!” The Saudis don’t own a single F16.   They do have a large number  (around 100) of F15s, but … Continue reading →

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