Monthly Archives: July 2010

The limits of Government Power

In a now unreachable part of Pennsylvania, at the coal town named Centralia, a fire in an underground coal seam has been burning since 1961. The government has figured out no way to stop the fire, and it could well … Continue reading

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Tne new BP Plan

NY Times description The weather is going to be quiet for 7 to 10 days, so BP (at the direction of the Obama Administration) is going forward with their next plan – to removing the existing containment cap and cutting … Continue reading

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“Say no to work, say yes to looting”

News Coverage A BART policeman has been convicted of unintentional manslaughter for killing a black man in the Bay Area while on duty responding to a fight. His defense was that he intended to use a taser and did not … Continue reading

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The CFR and Barack Obama

Foreign Affairs Book Review The author if this book and the review demonstrate the degree to which Globalists are deluding themselves about the nature of Barack Obama and his objectives. At the same time they are denouncing America as bad … Continue reading

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Gay Marriage and States’ Rights

A Federal judge in Massachusetts Thursday ruled that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Boston.com story If you are a “10ther” – a person who believes the 9th and 10th amendments still mean something, this decision may seem … Continue reading

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Connecting BP’s dots

The Wall Street Journal is connecting some dots of unfinished business from around the time of the so-called economic panic of 2008. A (Better) Reason to Hate BP You may remember the odd release of the one Libyan terrorist named … Continue reading

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Keep an eye on Korea…

According to John Batchelor’s guests, 3 SSGN submarines have been deployed at the same time near Korea. The SSGN are old nuclear submarines which have been reconfigured – the old nuclear ballistic missiles have been replaced with up to 154 … Continue reading

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Mullah Omar in custody?

Back after 9/11, George Bush sent a demand to the Taliban (then running Afghanistan) to “turn over” Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Supposedly, the various Taliban leaders met to decide what to do, and they were in total agreement … Continue reading

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Ricochet Podcast

I just had a pleasant surprise listening to a new podast on Stitcher that I subscribed to last week. It’s called Ricochet. The subject of this week’s show was a discussion about the future of the newspaper business by people … Continue reading

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You be the police

Imagine for a moment that you’re the policeman in this video. You see a car slam on its brakes too late and skid into an intersection on a yellow light. Inside are 4 young men. You pull over the car … Continue reading

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BP’s moment of truth

A week ago, the first relief well was within about 600 feet of reaching the casing of the leaking well. The guess was they would reach it between July 7th (Wednesday) to July 9th – and it would take two … Continue reading

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Change of focus

If you’ve noticed more talk about podcasts and non-“radio” things more in the blog, it’s not your imagination. This mirrors my own personal change in interests. This web site started as an extension of my interest in seeing radio get … Continue reading

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google.uk horses

Radio Derb is rapidly becoming the highlight of my week. The carefully crafted podcast culminates with asking the profound question: “I wonder what google.uk plans to do when an employee marries his horse?” Much of this week’s podcast goes to … Continue reading

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Reversal of fortune

About a week ago, I had written that in the middle of the night, the containment cap on the well was almost completely stopping the flow. That lasted for about a day. A few days ago, I thought I noticed … Continue reading

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Everything is under control, don’t worry

So Pete Stark thinks the Border is under control, does he? John Batchelor last night and the Washington Times (and probably others) are reporting the explanation of the murder of a US Consulate employee, her husband and third person in … Continue reading

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