Category Archives: greed

We Are Those Closest To Us

The other day my four year-old son and I were train-spotting on the bridge over the Siracha-Laem Chabang railway. A long freight train passed beneath us. After the caboose disappeared from sight I spit onto the tracks. Fenway followed my lead and spat a gob of drool into the air. He laughed with glee. Like […]

BOEING 797

A hoax The hoax about the BOEING 797 has been circulating on the web since 2006. Claims for a blended wing fuselage aircraft with the flying distance of 10,000 miles at Mach .88 have been refuted by the Seattle-based aircraft company, although some aviation experts have sourced the rumor to Boeing itself, since the company […]

Us Versus Them

From Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart Friday 28 January 2011 by: Dave Johnson | Campaign for America’s Future | Op-Ed DEMOCRACY versus PLUTOCRACY We, the People / Wealthy Few One Person One Vote / One Dollar One Vote Government / Limited Government Majority / Supermajority Information / Propaganda Taxes on the Wealthy / Tax Cuts […]

Bad Boys of The SS

The New York Times reported that the female escort at the center of the Secret Service sex ‘scandal’ has spoken in public about the the agent refusing to pay for her company. “I tell him, ‘Baby, my cash money.” According to many sources Agent Cheap Charlie offer of $30 was well below the agreed price […]

kfc thailand tsunami earthquake banda aceh

Another serious earthquake struck of the coast of Sumatra. Banda Aceh and other coastal cities were warned about a possible tsunami from the 8.6-magnitude quake and a follow-up tremblors of 8.2. The people reacted to the alert by hitting the road to avoid another disaster. Photos of the gridlocked exodus revealed the futility of flight. […]