Old Rockers
Stopping the Paparazzi in Hawaii The state of Hawaii is proposing the ‘Steven Tyler Act’ to protect visiting celebrities from the paparazzi. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler recently bought a new...
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Palaces, Planes and Yachts! Oh my! There’s no doubt about it. Vladimir Putin is a workaholic. When he’s not flying fighter jets or putting out brush fires the leader of Russia is busy cutting oil...
View ArticleBanking Mafia Steals Cypriots Money
What Would Tony Soprano Do? If Tony Soprano had his money in a Cyprus bank and found out the banking cartel had stolen 10% of it without telling him, what do you think Tony would do? Poor little...
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The Woodstock Typewriter Between WWI and the end of the second world war, many people believed world communism was the only way to put and end to war. Not all the proponents of communism in the US...
View ArticleCali Costco Carries Mexican Coke
The Real Coca-Cola is Back The recipe for Coca Cola was invented in 1886 by Colonel John Pemberton of the Confederate Army. When he was severely wounded in battle, Pemberton was given morphine for the...
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June Gloom in July “Late night and early morning low clouds and fog along the coast, clearing by noon.” The weatherman hasn’t changed the forecast for this time of year in Southern California since I...
View ArticleA Great Idea From the Ancient Greeks
When All Else Fails, Ostracize Ancient Greece, specifically Athens, is considered to be the birthplace of democracy. The early Athenians passed down many great gifts to western civilization, including...
View ArticleSpy Rocks
A New DIY Project The NSA, CIA, FBI and all the other alphabet agencies have spent billions of dollars spying on all of our correspondence, online searches, who we talk to, what we eat, when we sleep,...
View ArticleBig Data
Yottabytes Since Edward Snowden revealed details of the massive surveillance program the NSA uses to spy on pretty much everyone in the world who uses a computer or phone, the NSA data centers has...
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The Boeing 747 The iconic plane that made it’s debut at the Paris Air Show in 1969 is still the favorite of intercontinental travelers. The unique-looking jumbo jet revolutionized air travel as the...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Thought for the Day Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. - WT Purkiser Enjoy Aaron Copeland’s Hoedown from Rodeo: Filed under: In the...
View ArticleRoad Trip
Driving Through Flyover Country Watching the weather reports of the cold front moving down from Canada into Texas brings thoughts of the great weather we had on our road trip to Austin a couple of...
View ArticleWaiting for El Nino
Last fall, Californians were warned by “the experts” to prepare for El Nino. We were told where to get our sandbags, how to prepare an emergency kit – which most Californians have anyway, and to make...
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