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We Got OBL

3 May 2011

When I first saw the headline there was a little bit of relief in my heart. Then there was the whole “finally” feeling. I agree with how NYC is acting. It is a good thing.
But after a day, I’m thinking “big deal”. It’s been 10 years, it is so far beyond him now, killing him [...]

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Another War!?

22 March 2011

I am not into breaking news, there are plenty of other sites for that, I try to be a little more thoughtful about things, a little wait and see what the facts are instead of letting the rumor of the moment overwhelm everything.
But what the heck is with the attack on Libya!? Why them, when [...]

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A Triumph of Engineering

17 March 2011

With all the hand wringing over the Japanese nuclear power plants, they are missing just what an astounding triumph of engineering this is.
Is it a failure? Yes, yes it is, but it is a graceful failure not a catastrophic failure. The people had ample time to get away, just like the World Trade Towers another [...]

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It was US Airways flight 808 | Time to Think

10 November 2010

As I was researching tonight (24 hours later), I realized that today’s AWE808 current position (at around 4:50pm) was almost the same as it was the day of the incident. I quickly pulled up a Newport Beach webcam and found tha (apparently) AWE808 was making an identical contrail, 24 hours later!
via It was US Airways flight 808 [...]

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First World War Ends | Cato @ Liberty

29 September 2010

On September 26, 2010 — 92 years after the WWI officially ended — Germany made her last payment of $94 million in reparations “to private individuals, pension funds and corporations holding debenture bonds as agreed under the Treaty of Versailles.”
via First World War Ends | Cato @ Liberty.
It didn’t hurt that we provided the Marshall [...]

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Mike Flynn’s Journal – How long do some remember historical dates?

11 September 2010

After September 11, 1683, no jihadi force attacked on Western land until 2001.
On September 11, just to make their point.
via Mike Flynn’s Journal – How long do some remember historical dates?.
I didn’t know this.
That soldier that ran into the mine to snuff out the fuse to the bomb was EPICLY heroic.

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9/11 Remembered

11 September 2010

NYC Memorial Service

President Obama
Ronald Paul Bucca
Robert David Peraza
United flight 93

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The Fable of the Bees

16 July 2010

The Fable of the Bees
A hive of bees is in a field,
Within a climate sunny.
It will survive to multiply
If work supplies the honey.
The queen supplies a stream of eggs
Which soon turn into workers.
Except for one dependent class
Who live full-time as shirkers.
These are the drones, and every hive
Supplies them with a living.
They dance and sing and [...]

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News Roundup

15 June 2010

Masters of Disaster At Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, researchers are investigating why humans do such a poor job planning for, and learning from, catastrophes.
ECONOMIC & POLITICAL WISDOM – JERRY POURNELLE

An energy strategy for grown-ups; Wind power is not a realistic substitute for oil
Meet the Radical Homemakers
Picture Show: The 37 or so Ingredients in [...]

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News Roundup

14 June 2010

A short history of maize in Mexico
How to preheat a frying pan
The economic legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?
What Does an Extended Lifespan Really Mean in Terms of Retirement Savings?
Lawmakers’ committee assignments and industry investments overlap
THE MOST PROFITABLE PLANTS IN YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN
Horse Bunk Feeders make ideal raised Garden Planters
Repurposed [...]

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