CurrentEvents – Page 47

“Jerk Foils Robbery”

Like your buddy, who is kind of a jerk, but in the end, he points out to his boss that he’s being robbed blind. Whatever your misgivings about this guy, he still fights the good fight. Maybe it’s healthy to lose all your political future on the eve of your re-inauguration. If your secrets areContinue reading ““Jerk Foils Robbery””

Bretton Woods Goes Back to the Drawing Board

Thing are so bad some people are rethinking everything going all the way back to World War II. The Institute for New Economic Thinking has hosted a second conference at the New Hampshire hotel, rekindling the spirit that existed as the Second World War drew to a close. Their findings defined how the modern worldContinue reading “Bretton Woods Goes Back to the Drawing Board”

What connects WMDs, the Reichstag Fire, the ‘debt crisis’, and Medicare Part D?

Public Relations.

BART: “… and we hope you like jamming too”

This sets a bad precedent, but it’s also a big FCC no-no. With a little effort, just about anybody can jam a cell phone signal. That’s probably why there’s laws prohibiting it. Statement on temporary wireless service interruption in select BART stations on Aug. 11

JFK to Moscow in 30 Minutes

I’m sure it’s just a funny coincidence that the vehicle’s test range operating from the continental US would put the Russian capitol in reach. Uh oh. After reaching an undisclosed altitude, the aircraft jettisoned from its protective cover atop the rocket, then nose-dived back toward Earth, leveled out and glided above the Pacific at 20Continue reading “JFK to Moscow in 30 Minutes”