Hey you humans, it's not Planet Earth, it's Planet Water How naïve, arrogant and ignorant of us to call it planet earth. Oceans cover 71% of the planet, provide 95% of all space available for life and are life sustaining to more than 100 million species, of which we humans are only one. The oceans are a universal Read more...
Dumb people using smart phones – it's killing them. But only about 5500 each year, so who cares? When your number is up, it's up. And it may be your next call. The U.S. Department of Transportation says nearly 5500 people died in crashes in 2009 involving a distracted driver (most on the phone) and the National Safety Read more...
On January 5, 2012, 98% of the United States had temperatures above freezing – in January! On this same day in January 2011, 46% of the United Sates was covered in snow but this year only 19% was covered. That's good for lizards and sunbathers, not so good for polar bears and skiers. What’s happening? Somebody Read more...
You may never again vote for an incumbent Want solid insider information, a great mea culpa and a view from the confessional – all in one book? Read Jack Abramoff's book: Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Politics From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist. This book rips the veneer off the sleazy, money-grabbing, all-for-me, screw-the-American-people underbelly of politics. Read more...
Just to clarify – I misstated. I gave them too much credit. My mistake. In this morning's blog I stated that 37 States had abolished the death penalty. Wrong! Very wrong! Where I found that fact, it was referring to "37 jurisdictions" – whatever the hell that means? Other than it sounds better for the rabble who think Read more...
Wow! Finally! Reality! A leader cuts through the gobbledygook of trickle down economics and tells it like it is. Warren Buffett may stand alone among the rich but he is standing up for what matters – although he may be a tad late in coming to the rescue. “The Oracle of Omaha,” as he is Read more...
The weird folks from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka are on a mission to prove god has lost his marbles. And they are succeeding. They now claim that the madman in Norway who slaughtered 77 innocent people was God’s work – get this … “God formed [Andres Breivik] and appointed him to punish Norway.” These are Read more...
Apparently, Senator John McCain of Arizona, furious about Mexican immigration, has contacted Canadian Liberal MP, Ruby Dhalla to discuss a mutual arrangement to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. An unidentified source said, “McCain really likes the proposed Canadian Bill C-428 that reduces the waiting time, from ten years to three, for Canadian immigrants to get Read more...
For centuries Canada has lived with the fear of being overtaken or annexed by the United States - since before the War of 1812. How the tables have turned. Now, in the next few days Canada has an opportunity to "buy" the United States. If - and it's still an if - Obama and Boehner screw it up and let Read more...