Monthly Archives: August 2012

One Of Millions

August 16, 2012 – 11:13 am

The protracted economic depression plaguing the world has led Hallmark to introduce a line of greeting cards at offering condolences to the jobless. America’s unemployment level is stagnant at 8.2%. Neither of my nephew could find a job this summer and I’m faced with the same fate this month as I return to the States […]

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Shoot Shoot Shoot

August 16, 2012 – 10:54 am

GOP VP wannabe Sara Palin coined the campaign phrase ‘drill, drill, drill’ to highlight her belief that America’s woes could be solved by drilling for oil yesterday, today, and tomorrow with the frozen Bering Sea targeted for immediate exploitation. Her supporters picked up the chant without realizing that commodity speculation by investment banks and Wall […]

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Less Two Moons

August 15, 2012 – 1:37 pm

The above photo is from the road crossing the Western Sahara. My godson Edward Brial is biking from Paris to Dakar this summer to raise money for the charity Action Against Hunger, broaden awareness about the solar power potential of Western Sahara, and hit the road looking for adventure and whatever comes their way. Originally […]

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Curiosity On Mars

August 15, 2012 – 12:49 pm

Last week NASA landed the planet rover CURIOSITY on Mars. The nuclear-powered vehicle suffered little damage to its recording and testing devices, however the scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab have set the CURIOSITY on ‘dream’ mode during a four-day upload of software for its initial exploration of the Gala Crater. The mission system […]

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A Name Is A Name Is A Name

August 15, 2012 – 12:23 pm

“A cigar is sometimes just a cigar.” This quote is largely attributed to Sigmund Freud. Research into his writings and speeches have failed to turn up a single phrase close to this sentence, however Freud was a fierce smoker and many of his followers smoked cigars with a convert’s fervor. I don’t smoke cigars for […]

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