THE FED-WIRE (…how to create Monopoly money without even trying..) I just came across one of those info-nuggets in one of my “dumpster-diving” forays through that pile of info-garbage I previously mentioned. It didn’t really register, at first, but the
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? WHERE ARE WE HEADED? (…coming from the certainties of roads past-travelled onto the ambiguities of highways to parts unknown) Like everyone else, I have my moments of doubt and uncertainty. This seems to be one of
CZAR VLADIMIR 1st IS GROWLING (…making like an old Soviet bear wearing red underwear) On the eve of a Big Eight summit conference Russia’s President Putin has bluntly warned everyone not to even think about providing arms to the Syrian
A CONTINUING MISREPRESENTATION OF OUR FISCAL CONDITION (…by both political campaigns) President Obama and Governor Romney, along with their respective political party cohorts and supporters, continue to misrepresent our fiscal condition, hoping thereby to gain an advantage in the coming
NOW HEAR THIS… (er…it’s your 21st Century Navy speaking…) The US Navy just announced it’s doing away with its traditional 20th Century telex all-caps text style, and shifting to the less “noisome” lower-case text style of the digital world, for
TO AID OR NOT TO AID… (it’s a problematic situation which just won’t go away) The international community, especially the Western members of it, is in a quandary about what to do about the Syrian situation. To aid or not
A TEAPOT TEMPEST ROARS ON (…manufactured from hypocritical outcries) Mr. Snowden’s so-called whistle blowing revelations about the NSA’s wide ranging mega-data collection methods are not news. The process has been going on for many years. That’s its task which, we
IF THE VANDALS ARE COMING…TARA…TARA (…does this mean our website has finally come of age?) Our website was hacked the other night. Sooner or later it was bound to happen, although our website is an “open” one, with neither corporate
WE DON’T HAVE MERMAIDS LIKE HER ANYMORE (…the one-piece swimsuit kind that is…) She was just a down-home all-American type girl, back then, until she made a big splash, becoming everyone’s favorite mermaid, and a pin-up star for a lot
HEARTLAND USA (…taking a springtime beating…) Yes, the heartland is taking a springtime beating right now. It’s actually not that unusual for this time of year, but, it does seem a mite excessive…this time around. From the Gulf Coast to