IF you're running for President and your undisclosed NET FINANCIAL WORTH is over $200,000,000s, it's an extremely BAD IDEA to joke about being UNEMPLOYED with an audience of out-of-work voters struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. It's like joking about your sore GOLF knees to a room full of amputee combat veterans. Read More...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Embracing the current political SUCK with a BIG SMILE and HOPE?
IF you're running for President and your undisclosed NET FINANCIAL WORTH is over $200,000,000s, it's an extremely BAD IDEA to joke about being UNEMPLOYED with an audience of out-of-work voters struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. It's like joking about your sore GOLF knees to a room full of amputee combat veterans. Read More...
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Apple has more cash than the U.S. Treasury?
Los Angeles Times (July 29, 2011) ~ "One of the reasons U.S. companies have amassed so much cash is that it provides them financial flexibility in times of heightened uncertainty," said Laurie Simon Hodrick, a professor of business economics at Columbia University's business school. "It might seem ironic, but as the risk of a government default grows, bringing with it the specter of higher interest rates, the incentives for firms to finance with internally generated cash grows as well."
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Apple Magic Mouse
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Apple Magic Mouse
Google+ versus Facebook
The new social network takes on Facebook right out of the gateComputerworld
By Sharon Gaudin
July 29, 2011
"Google+ on Thursday hit its one-month birthday and is already a major social networking player, analysts say."
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann for President? Why?
IF you want to sell books, land a job on FauX News, go Dancing with the Stars, earn six figures on the talk show circuit, use PAC money to finance a family BUS vacation & STAR in your own Reality TV show, RUN for President. For the record, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is NO flake. It's a real pain in the butt to file for Federal Aid every darn year.
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"After a night of partying with John Quincy Adams, the other Founding Fathers (George, Paul, John and Ringo) helped Margaret Manny sew the Grand Union Flag?"
John Quincy Adams, after helping George Washington chop down the cherry tree, sat down and wrote the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe".
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John Quincy Adams, after helping George Washington chop down the cherry tree, sat down and wrote the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe".
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
...Giuliani...
During an interview on CNN on July 17th, 2011, Former NYC Rudy Giuliani (R), when asked about the debt ceiling crisis said "Too big an issue to play chicken with." Later in the interview, he stated that "the Republican Party needs to get out of people's bedrooms".Once again, it's not about a liberal or conservative. It's not about being a Republican or a Democrat. It's about doing the right thing for the right reason.
Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Hardcover)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Debt Ceiling Debate?
Some members of Congress negotiate like the North Koreans. IF they don't get want they want, they threatened the nuclear option.
Obstructionism is not leadership?
FACT: The Federal debt ceiling was raised 18 times during President Ronald Reagan's 8 years in office. The last time Congress didn't need to raise the debt ceiling was under President Harry Truman.
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The American people elected our representatives to act in the best interest of the country as a whole and NOT on behalf of some mythical ideological brew supported by two billionaire brothers with enough SOFT money to influence national elections.
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How Congress Works and Why You Should Care (Paperback)
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Why is it that even when everybody speaks English, everything I say still gets "Lost in Translation"?
New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world
by Lera Boroditsky
July 23, 2011
"It turns out that if you change how people talk, that changes how they think. If people learn another language, they inadvertently also learn a new way of looking at the world."
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Last year, my wife finally retired her "I'm with STUPID" T-Shirt.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
A tax loophole is an entitlement? Who knew?
...the early bird gets the worm, so he can sell it to the guy who catches a fish, who then sells it back to the early bird for a profit...Captain America Movie Adult Shield
Derivative photograph of a large, cardboard, 2d, advertising display for the movie Captain America taken at the River Cinema 15 Theater, East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Click on image to open in a new window.
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Greatest Show on Earth?
When we moved to Changsha, the first thing my wife and I noticed was the sounds of fireworks going off at all hours of the day and night. I asked one of my students, "why do people shoot off so many fireworks?" He answered, "This is Hunan Province." Until our first Chinese New Year's celebration, I really didn't know what he meant.
Unlike the United States, where the most you can buy is a maybe some bottle rockets or roman candles, in Changsha, on every street corner, it's possible to purchase a professional aerial display for less than 10 dollars. Indeed, a friend of mine and I bought a single 75 pound display. The gunpowder packed in this one box could blow off an arm or a leg...
The following 30 second video was taken from our apartment balcony:
This exploding celebration went on for more than an hour.
Over 1,000,000 exploding fireworks! Truly Unbelievable!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Remember when sports fans wrapped rabbit ears in aluminum foil so they could watch Monday Night Football on a 14" B&W TV?
"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"
~ Vince Lombardi
What it Takes to be Number One (Hardcover)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Americans Most Confident in Military?
U.S. Congress comes in LAST Place?
According to the latest Gallup Poll, 78% of Americans expressed a high degree of confidence in the military as an institution. While Congress, which scored lower than banks (23%) & big business (19%), only received a vote of confidence from 12% of the American people. READ MORE...
The Pulse of Democracy:
The Public-Opinion Poll and How It Works (Hardcover)
The Pulse of Democracy:
The Public-Opinion Poll and How It Works (Hardcover)
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Have you ever seen the news headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." ~ President George W. Bush
— Washington, D.C., August 5th, 2004
George W. Bush Politically Incorrect Adult Mask
Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Seal Team 6?
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”
~ Edward R. Murrow
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
The Voices of North Dakota
Joel Heitkamp, KFGO (August 2010)
Merrill Piepkorn, Prairie Public Radio (August 2010)
Photos by Peter Rimar.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The lifestyles of the no-so-rich & will never be famous?
Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence?
Should I put off buying that Corporate Jet? Does anybody have any suggestions for ALL the pennies, nickles and dimes I've rolled?
Should I put off buying that Corporate Jet? Does anybody have any suggestions for ALL the pennies, nickles and dimes I've rolled?
Saturday, July 9, 2011
...more Seal Team 6...
Walt Disney (yes, Mickey Mouse) applied for a trademark for the name SEAL TEAM 6 to be used for toys and X-mas stocking stuffers. What's next? Replacing the original "It's A Small World" ride with a desert terrain, road clearing, air assault, urban warfare attraction?
Photo of T-Shirt for sell in Fenghuang, PRC (April 2009).
Friday, July 8, 2011
Canada Grapples with Controversy Over Chinese Espionage?
Spy Boss Faces Fallout from Foreign Influence Remarks
By Matthew Little
Epoch Times Staff
July 6, 2010
"OTTAWA, Canada—Canadians should be wondering why their elected officials are not asking the nation's spy boss about the dangers of foreign regimes controlling their politicians."
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The following comment was posted by a businessman living in Beijing on a friend's Facebook. While these are not my words, during my time living and working in the People's Republic of China, I reached the same conclusion:
How to Move to Canada: A Primer for Americans (Paperback)
By Matthew Little
Epoch Times Staff
July 6, 2010
"OTTAWA, Canada—Canadians should be wondering why their elected officials are not asking the nation's spy boss about the dangers of foreign regimes controlling their politicians."
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The following comment was posted by a businessman living in Beijing on a friend's Facebook. While these are not my words, during my time living and working in the People's Republic of China, I reached the same conclusion:
"All of the recent Chinese immigrants I know have been brainwashed by too many years listening to CCP propaganda. I suspect some might also be actively collecting intelligence for Beijing. The Chinese student organizations here are riddled with spies and most of our most sensitive technological and research projects include team members who are more than sympathetic to the CCP regime. If we applied the same rules about 'foreigners' that the Public Security Bureau does in China, tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants here would be out of work tomorrow. A sizable majority of the country is outraged over illegal immigration from Mexico. They're looking in the wrong direction."
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Heck, I don't need more "BANG for my BUCK". I need more BANG from that jar of pennies, nickles & dimes!
It appears that the political formula for a candidate is perfecting a single ideological pitch and then repeat it over and over AND over again. It doesn't matter if it's the truth, as long as what's being said contains enough FEAR & HATE verbiage to keep the audience happy and ignorant.The Art Of Money Getting (Paperback)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Maybe it's a sign?
Sign w/ Shadow on Brick Wall
(NOT Amsterdam)
June 2011
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Lonely Planet Amsterdam (City Travel Guide)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
...wanderlust...
"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination."
~ Don Williams, Jr.
~ Don Williams, Jr.
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