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Whither the F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter)? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Budget cutting and sequestering is sniffing around the massive F-35 program. F-35 is supposed to be THE jet fighter for the entire free world, for the next 25 years. It's computerized, it's stealthy...
Things you learn on the TV news 25 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
According to Fox, parents are using a diet suppliment called melitonin, available at health food stores with out a prescription as a sleeping pill for small children. Kid doesn't want to go to bed at...
News for the Gun Controllers 23 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
The Christopher Lane killing in Oklahoma has provoked wide spread outrage. As well it should. The gun controllers are now using it as justification for taking guns away from the rest of the populati...
The Egyptians let Mubarak out of jail 22 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
I wonder why. If you are gonna be a military junta, and you want to keep your job, you don't do controversial things unless it benefits you. At least that's what the intelligent junta does. So what ...
Goldfinger 22 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
The breakout James Bond movie. It was the third one out, Dr No and From Russia with Love preceeded it, but Goldfinger was the movie that made Bond into the bigtime. Last night I popped my DVD of Gol...
What do we do about NSA? 21 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
They have been around for a long time. NSA is descended from the World War II codebreakers who contributed so mightily to victory in that war. Back in the 1940's they merely tuned in enemy radio mes...
Juan Williams finally makes some sense 20 Aug 2013 | 04:08 am
Juan Williams, a liberal commentator who was driven from NPR to Fox News a few years ago, was on the 6 PM Fox news roundtable. They were discussing Egypt and what should be done. Juan said that of t...
Practice or Process? 19 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that US attorneys had be instructed to sidestep the mandatory minimum sentencing rules in regard to "low level drug offenders". Not a bad idea, Users and guys ...
Al Quada will never win at the ballot box 18 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Thus spake US senator Lindsey Graham on Face the Nation this morning. Well I got news for the senator. The Muslim Brotherhood, parent organization to Al Quada, did in fact win control of Egypt at t...
How to prevent a Government Shutdown 17 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Simple. Pass some appropriation bills. They way it ought to be, and the way it used to be, Congress would pass bills appropriating money for each department of the executive, State, Defense, Treasur...
