Bruce Henderson is a former Marine who focuses custom data mining and visualization technologies on the economy and other disasters.
Tonight in an address to the nation from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, the President finally disclosed his long suffering decision on General McChrystal’s troop surge for Afghanistan. The theatrics surrounding this decision have at times bordered on comical, and at long last the president has committed to supplying most of the […]
On November 5th, the UK Guardian revealed that members of the UN atomic watchdog agency, the IAEA, were seeking clarification from Iran on evidence that Iranian scientists had come into possession of highly advanced, proven working weapon designs. This design, if they do in fact have it, is the same design developed by Pakistan and […]
As most of you remember, I keep a close eye on the state of the Sun, as it is my theory that its variable nature has been the driving force for many events in human history. This is even more the case today with arguments over climate trends and heating or cooling – could the […]
I have largely put presidential politics on “mute” since March or so, it is clear that given the dynamics of the current government, the Democrats have a clear field and may do as they wish for now. As such there has been little going on that I would single out for compliment. But today is […]
Well, the quotas have won, and the Nobel committee was happy to award this years Peace Prize to President Obama. While I admit its cool that the US has a black president, what has the guy done? It’s like some kind of affirmative action quota imposed on an award that used to represent true accomplishment. […]
I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with my brother and his family in the Bay Area. The highlight of the weekend was a Saturday night stargazing session in the wilds of California east of Hollister. During this time of year, California is in its “dry season” and most of the grasses have gone […]
In interesting and complex story is unfolding, centered on Goldman Sachs, the large and highly profitable company that we all worked so hard to fund with bail out dollars. The story started as a small, throw-away technical story about a former Goldman employee named Sergey Aleynikov, who left the firm and was accused of taking […]
Scientific minds will note that there are some interesting things going on at the intersection of climate science and economics. With an ongoing global recession, industrial production and output is down between 5% and 15% across the developed and industrialized world. For example United States: -6.3% Canada: -5.4% Russia: -7.9% Germany: -3.8% United Kingdom: -4.9% […]
Hat tip to my long time friend Wayne de Geere for sharing this one. It sums up my outlook on people’s fear of climate change. For more entertainment on this subject, you can check out their blog, Minnesotans For Global Warming.
Henderson Genealogy and Family History
Ruins of the Henderson farm at Rhian, Caithness Folks who know me understand that I have been very proud of my Father’s Scottish heritage. For the past several years I have been working to discover and record as much of my family’s history and genealogy as I can. This effort has taken me to Caithness […]
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