Monthly Archives: August 2010

More SRN news strangeness

A while back, I wrote about Salem Radio News (SRN) having several “news” items that were pro-Islamic propoganda – a bit odd for an organization that targets its media at mostly Conservative Christians (Salem owns Townhall.com). Immediately before the hour … Continue reading →

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I’m nobody

Michael Medved today:  “Nobody would had heard of Alan Keyes if it weren’t that he ran for President” I was a charter member of Citizens Against Government Waste in the 1989.  Alan Keyes was the President of CAGW.  I guess I’m … Continue reading →

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Sirius/XM says “No Thanks”

Not a big surprise. I noticed the other day that Sirius/XM has an affiliate program through a company that I used to use in the early days of FindAnISP.com (about 1999ish)….  I still had an account there and applied to … Continue reading →

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The face of immigration

A security camera from a TTC public bus in Toronto from about a year ago:

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Those racist French teabaggers!

NY Times Story France has a problem.   40 years ago, collectivists in France decided to build a Utopian planned community to house immigrants from Africa and other French colonies, since so-called French “culture” was at risk of vanishing, due to declining … Continue reading →

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Prison Planet

 Alex Jones and former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura are making a movie about the FEMA extermination camps where we’re all going to be rounded up and killed after we have been made passive by fluoride in the water. Taylor … Continue reading →

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Saluting the Scientific Accomplishments of Islam

I’m trying out for a Federal Grant from NASA… One of my peculiar interests is streetcars.   Just prior to World War Two, U.S. Trolley companies (feeling pressure from Ford’s cars and better roads) needed a new type of streetcar to … Continue reading →

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Gambling on the future

Barney Frank is pushing through a bill to establish legalized online gambling. News Story here Who needs steel mills, aluminum smelting, oil refineries and drop forging press lines when you have Las Vegas in your bedroom?   Let the prosperity begin!

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Fidel Castro is back!

Miami Herald story If you need any further proof of just how out of touch Fidel Castro is and how little he understands about economics (Michael Moore’s opinion not withstanding…) This line jumped out at me: “Castro noted that CNN … Continue reading →

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The FCC has backlog of 1.4+ million “indecency” complaints

That’s the backlog of how many complaints the FCC hasn’t gotten to yet. Background Story As the article explains, “indecency” in the eyes of the FCC is sexual or excretory, patently offensive and done during hours children are likely to … Continue reading →

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Rush to join Facebook

Now that Facebook has 500,000,000 members, it is finally up to the EIB standards of excellence – but only due to recent changes. Rush will have a Facebook page starting next week. No word yet on if he plans to … Continue reading →

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Podcast / Archive list v0.00001

Podcast list Give it a look – now would be the time to make suggestions :) For a while, my task now is to populate the data…..

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NAB’s opening offer

So here are the details leaked so far….  as the NAB creates its fantasy of what it thinks a perfomance royalty deal would look like. 1)  Requirement that all Mobile phones be required to have an FM receiver   (Copyright … Continue reading →

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It’s P.R. day today at the NAB

P.R. as in Performance Royalty.   All of the major radio executives in the United States are meeting today at the NAB to discuss whether to cut a deal with the record labels on the so-called “Performance Tax”.   Today, “over the air” radio … Continue reading →

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Using food as a political weapon

On January 4, 1980, in response to the Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter imposed a ban on exports of grain to Russia.  [Heritage Foundation article].  President Carter was still mired down unable to free the U.S. hostages … Continue reading →

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