Archive for January, 2010
What’s that smoke coming out of that smokestack? »
What’s that smoke coming out of that smokestack? Obviously, more industrial pollution Or maybe not – unless you define “pollution” to include water vapor and carbon dioxide. Because that’s about 95% of what comes out of factory and electrical power plant smokestacks these days. We certainly don’t think “pollution” should [...]
Money For Nothing »
In 2009, Democrats raised the bar for fiscal incompetence - never before in the history of the world has so much money been spent with so little to show for it. It is shameful enough that they stole our grandchildren’s money to go on their fiscal binge; but it is downright embarrassing to see how ineptly they squandered over $2.6 trillion of [...]
A journey of 2010 steps »
It’s 2010, the year someone loses a contact. Once again, it’s time to shake the magic martini shaker and see into the future. Four or five ought to do it. If we stare at the olive in the glass long enough, a vision slowly appears. A vision of things to come, and another refill. This year, I decided to keep the predictions to the state and [...]
It’s Always the End of the World as We Know It »
By DENIS DUTTON Published: December 31, 2009 Christchurch, New Zealand IT seems so distant, 1999. Bill Clinton had survived impeachment, his popularity hardly dented, Sept. 11 was just another date and music fans were enjoying a young singer named Britney Spears. But there was a particular unease in the air. The so-called Y2K problem, the [...]
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