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  • “We’re losing our damn minds”: James Carville unloads on the Democratic Party

    James Carville is "scared to death" of the November 2020 election. James Carville wearing a suit and tie: James Carville arrives for the annual JFK Profiles in Courage Award ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 20, 2018. © Paul Marotta/Getty Images James Carville arrives for the annual JFK Profiles in Courage Award ceremony in Boston,…

  • KOBE

    He played with a ferocious tenacity. As the memories of the years go by, my mind's eye can still see the graceful moves, the confidence, and a great infectious smile. He will always be appreciated for his skills, work ethic and charisma. One of the greatest athletes we have ever seen.   

  • HOW DID WE GET OURSELVES INTO THIS MESS

    There were a few, myself included, who called Trump a snake -oil salesman, after he declared his bid for the Presidency in 2015. What has happened since, has been the replacement of truth and sincerity, with hokum and bunkum. The real Trump doctrine. I will lie to you as often as necessary to keep you…

  • THE SABRE-TOOTH TIGER IN THE CHICKEN COOP

    What have we learned over the past month? That the pace of the shocks and bizarre behavior is accelerating rapidly. The President now has all his yes men and women in place. The Trump- Barr fast train to the right sees clear sailing. He has been called the Manchurian Candidate, a compromised puppet, and a…

  • PUTIN DOES TRUMP PROUD

      With Putin’s signature, ‘fake news’ bill becomes law     Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets with members of the public in Simferopol, Crimea, on March 18. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) By Emily Tamkin March 18 at 3:21 PM Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a set of bills that will make it illegal to…

  • THOUGHTS OF THE DAY

    “All truth passes through three stages: first, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident.”   –Schopenhauer(19th Century Philosopher)  The club motto of (The Bohemian Club),  "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here", a line taken from Act 2, Scene 2, of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.  implies that outside concerns and…

  • A LOOK TO THE FUTURE

    Tech giants may have to be broken up, says Tim Berners-Lee Web inventor says Silicon Valley firms have too much clout and ‘optimism has cracked’ Reuters Thu 1 Nov 2018 04.08 EDT  Tim Berners-Lee says social media is still being used to propagate hate but wonders if that is because Facebook or Twitter were built in a…

  • GOLDEN BRIDGE BA NA HILLS VIETNAM

  • It’s Starting To look like Fascism

    Machiavellian characters come and go. A difference with the character currently residing in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is that arrogance is a source of pride. While the firing of Comey and McCabe rounded out the course material for Fascism 101, the assaults on the media and Justice Department have completed the introduction to Fascism 202. Where…

  • TRUMP AND THE SECOND CIVIL WAR

    Donald Trump has ushered in the second round of the Civil War.  We have witnessed him incite violence. We have heard him go to the defense of Neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, and white supremacists. He has created a fictitious adversary in the alt left. On many occasions he has diminished the brand of the United…

  • BITCOINS & OTHER CRYPTOCURRENCIES

    Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, Litecoin, Stratis, and many other strange names now collectively make up an asset class of about $100 billion. Bitcoin is about half of the total. Wild price gyrations have characterized this speculative asset class with more than a hundred players. Its short history has spawned extraordinary future price forecasts in the new…

  • POLITICS 2017

    Fascist playbook 101.  Convince people that you know more than everyone else, especially the media.  Reinforce this with a small group of talking heads and acolytes who use lies, spins and intimidation. Release information by un-named administration advisor or source.  This creates an environment where there is  deniability, confusion, distraction and lack of accountability. Create as…

  • AND THE UPSETS HAVE IT

    On the morning of the Brexit vote in England, Ladbrokes Betting Parlor was giving five to one that England would stay in the EU.  The odds that Cleveland would win the NBA championship after being down 3 games to 1, was Golden State -1600, Cleveland +850. One week before the Nobel Prize for literature was announced,…

  • TRUMP- AMALGAM OF STRANGE

    People have been trying to figure out what Trump is all about. What makes him behave the way he does. What is an act and what does he truly believe.  Donald Trump is an amalgam of strange. From his appearance, to his hand gestures, to his facial expressions, to his use of repetition in his speech pattern,…

  • Clinton-The Ad She Needs To Run

    Donald Trump talks a lot about things he will fix, but he has never fixed anything.  He has built some buildings, but a lot of people have built buildings, they don't say it qualifies themselves to be President. He has defrauded students at his so called University and is currently being investigated. He has discriminated…

  • Trump- The latest attempt at fooling the public

    Trump’s teleprompted speech last night, didn’t include either of the words; sorry or apologize. Does he regret saying all those insulting, stupid and provocative things? He regrets them because the blowback was more than he could handle. The polls indicated a seriously deteriorating chance of even being competitive in the election. New people came in…

  • No Mass Shootings in Australia in 20 Years: How Did They Do It?

    Mass shootings stopped in Australia after strict new gun laws passed, researchers reported Wednesday. And overall deaths from firearms have fallen since the 1997 law, which banned certain semi-automatic and pump-action weapons and forced owners to sell them back to the government, the team reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Following enactment…

  • THE ORANGE MAN DOES IT AGAIN

    (A spoiled, whiny, man who thrives on intimidation and likes to play by his own rules.  Since trump has denigrated women, by his logic he would be entitled to ask for the recusal of any female judge who gave him an unfavorable ruling in one of his 3500 lawsuits.)     A Biased Judge? Donald Trump Has Claimed It…

  • Switzerland’s Gotthard Train Tunnel Will Be World’s Longest, Deepest

    The train is equipped with European Train Control System ( ETCS) technology which enables which enables the trains to run at speeds up to 250 km per hour. The world gets a little smaller next month with the unveiling of the longest and deepest railway tunnel ever constructed — a feat of engineering under the…

  • Big Gator

       Some alligator hunters in central Florida fell just short of a record with a monster catch. Outwest Farms in Venus, near Okeechobee, posted a photo to Facebook of a nearly 15-foot-long gator killed over the weekend. The alligator was so big they had to use a front-end loader to lift it up. The record…

  • Trump (With Liberty, Equality, and Disdain for All)

    If a 12 year old boy who ends every sentence with O.K,  Believe me , It's terrible, or It's great, is your idea of solid government then Trump is your candidate. Mix in the verbal deliveries of Gilbert Gottfried, Andrew Dice Clay and Joan Rivers and you have for yourself the perfect opening act at "Catch A Rising Star". In…

  • A Pretty Little Bauble

    The world's biggest blue star sapphire weighs 1404.49 carats.   (CNN)The world's biggest blue star sapphire — weighing in at 1,404.49 carats — has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka. Gemologists in Colombo say the gem is worth at least $100 million, but could sell for up to $175 million. Star sapphires get…

  • THE FUTURE IS NOW IN SHANGHAI

  • Albert Wohlstetter

                                                      In all honesty, I can lay no claims to having been a star student. That role was reserved for my younger brother Albert, recognized by all around him as a prodigious talent well before he went on to become a renowned mathematical logician and defense intellectual. At seventeen, while a student at…

  • ONE IN FOUR FLORIDA DRIVERS UNINSURED

    2015′s Most and Least Risky States for Drivers’ Wallets by Richie Bernardo   We all know driving can be dangerous, but in some states it’s more dangerous to your wallet than others. If another driver crashes into your car, can you be sure that driver has insurance, and, if so, enough to cover the damages?…

  • THE HIDDEN INTERNET

    Huge raid to shut down 400-plus dark net sites By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter  The sites operated on the Tor network – a part of the internet unreachable via traditional search engines.   The joint operation between 16 European countries and the US saw 17 arrests. Tor is home to thousands of illegal marketplaces, trading in…

  • RENDERING OF PROPOSED CASINO/RESORT IN TUXEDO, NEW YORK

    Proposed site of the 1000 room hotel and casino less than an hour north of N.Y.C.. The Genting $1.5 Billion proposal is one of six for Orange County.  Genting already has the highest grossing casino in North America, next to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.  

  • World War 2 Monument in Sarajevo

                                            Entering Sujetska National Park

  • Robin Williams

    One of the most endearing and talented entertainers of our era has past away, reportedly as a suicide..  A fine actor of varied skills, he had an organic intensity and a great quality for eliciting empathy from the viewers.  The master of improvisational comedy, Robin had incredible skills of mimicry, creativity and physical delivery, that enabled…

  • European bank ‘hit by sophisticated cyber-thefts’

      A security firm has reported uncovering evidence of cyber-thieves robbing more than 190 customers of a European bank. Kaspersky Lab said it had detected a computer server in January being used to co-ordinate an attack that appeared to have snatched more than 500,000 euros ($700,000; £400,000) over the course of a single week. The firm said…

  • Mickey Rooney Has Left The House

    Mickey Rooney takes the stage to make an award presentation at the14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2008.  AP If you were to look up the word irrepressible in the dictionary you couldn't find a better definition than Mickey Rooney. Talented, (larger than life) I last saw him perform in 1981.…

  • FIVE % OF THE WORLD”S POPULATION / FIFTY % OF THE MILITARY SPENDING

    F-35: Looking at most expensive weapons system ever 60 Minutes gets an inside look at what makes the $400 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the most expensive weapons system in history. In the rush to stay ahead of China and Russia, the Pentagon started buying the F-35 before testing it, breaking the traditional “fly-before-you-buy” rule…

  • SOME THINGS JUST DON’T CHANGE

  • New Crime-Fighting Tool: Photos of Victims’ Eyes

    WE MIGHT SEE REFLECTED IMAGES OF THE CRIMINALS, SAY RESEARCHERS By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff Posted Dec 28, 2013 7:29 AM CST (NEWSER) – Humans are extremely good at identifying faces, even when they're tiny—and that fact could help police solve future crimes. Researchers showed 32 participants high-resolution photo portraits of faces, and the participants were asked…

  • Customer Service Really

      An unintended consequence of off-shoring, customer service departments became less personal and more scripted than when they were located in the U.S.  Due to the difference in cultures and the language differences, an emphasis was placed on courtesy, but the lack of background in the technical areas created undue waiting times and less efficient…

  • Money And Security

    Identity theft, computer hacking, customized consumer advertising, and personal data accumulation, by every company we do business with, has become a part of every day life as tying our shoes or going to the store. Billboards have facial recognition and can change what they advertise to appeal to whoever is passing by them at the…

  • World’s Shortest Man

    In case you missed this story. Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the world's shortest man, hitting the tape at 21 1/2 inches.  He is 72 years old and eats mostly rice and vegetables and occasionally small portions of meat.  Living just 250 miles west of Katmandu, Nepal, he has never had contact with anyone outside of his…

  • MCDONALD’S- WHERES THE BEEF?

    In case you missed this story that ran on MSNBC yesterday, Mcdonald's admitted that they have been treating beef with ammonium hydroxide.  In addition to being used in fertilizers, household cleaners and homemade explosives, ammonium hydroxide has been used to extend beef products as well as an additive in other food products. The USDA classifies it as…

  • Donald Trump- An Embarrassment of American Culture

    C'mon man;  In his latest act of buffoonery, Trump has pulled out of his moderator's role in the Republican debate which all but two campaigners refused to attend in the first place.  Self promotion is what gets Donald Trump out of bed each morning. The fact that he initiated the debate to coincide with the release of a…

  • Occupy Wall Street Two Months In

    As one of the self appointed spokesmen for the 99%, I want the banks and brokerage houses to make a lot of money, but I want them to do it using talent and experience, not extreme leverage and shaky products that the public has to bail out if they don't work out.  The public is backstopping banks' massive…