Three things you might not know: In 5-10 years America, your children and your grandchildren could be in the nuclear cross-hairs of North Korea. Egypt and other countries could be customers for Kim Jong Un's nuclear warheads. Three times Trump asked foreign policy advisors why he couldn't use nuclear weapons to solve the nation's problems. (Two minute read) America, ask Read more...
Two things you might not know: “We found that the pattern of peoples’ mental processing could be observed in the manner in which they organized their information, or arguments, in the course of an engrossed discussion or argument. The finding was that there were only four patterns of types of mental processing that people use when explaining their position on Read more...
3 things to think about: Being one of 1,860 billionaire's does not qualify anyone to be President of the United States. One lousy interviewer can deprive Americans of critical information they require to make educated decisions. "30 days" for a war plan is typical of someone who thinks the art of war is similar to the art of the deal. Read more...
(Above centre) Genius Srinivasa Ramanujan at Cambridge (1914) Five things you might not know: Einstein and Feynman had their genius-equal in Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, who faced racism and bigotry from the white, arrogant Cambridge intelligentsia before his young life was cut short at age 32 (1887-1920). "Americans ... [and] their sense of equality and human dignity is mainly Read more...
Four things you might not know: In 1994, Carl Sagan asked NASA to have Voyager I take a photo of planet earth from 3.7 billion miles away. He called it "The Pale Blue Dot." Voyager I was launched from Earth in 1978 and traveling at one million miles a day for 35 years it finally left our solar system in Read more...
(L-R) Lamar McKay, President BP, Steven Newman, CEO Transocean, Tim Probert, Halliburton Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay Donald Trump and Jesse Ventura What's going on with older white guys in America? Four things you might not know: Whites will be in the minority in the US by 2042 The percent of Whites in the Read more...
Canadians mark the calendar, pay attention, this matters (2 minute read) Just a month before the US election and three days after the first Clinton-Trump debate at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, NY, Canada will have its own debate about Donald Trump and whether he is good, not so good or bad for "We the North" (not the Raptors, all of Read more...
Synopsis The numbers are shocking, the losses staggering and the Olympics are a failed and losing proposition perpetrated on the taxpayers of host nations who pick up the multi-billion dollar tab. Russia spent $50 billion, Brazil $20 billion and Greece's modern day Olympics (2004) pushed it into its current black hole of debt. All countries exceeded their budget with an Read more...
Synopsis Are US voters caught in a culture of anxiety disorder and not able to engage their prefrontal cortex when considering which presidential candidate to vote for? Certainly one candidate appeals to the "thinking brain" and the other the "reptilian brain." And if neuroscience and Dr. Clotaire Rapaille are right, and “the reptilian brain always wins," then America is in Read more...
Synopsis O'Reilly's premise is based on a belief in free will, which has been embedded in white, American culture since before 1776. It holds that everyone has the free will to pull up their bootstraps and let their indomitable human spirit overcome all odds. It’s very Horatio Alger-like. According to this creed, O’Reilly believes that all young black boys and Read more...
