OK, I’m not a big Katie Couric fan, and I think her poor ratings at the CBS Evening News have nothing to do with sexism and have a lot to do with her just being the wrong choice for the spot. But this makes me like her a whole lot more: If you don’t get […]
The Cal band (Berkley) is famous for half time shows from its crazed marching band. Now for your entertainment, Cal’s band brings you interpretations of some well loved video games. Simply amazing. Note: My nephew Ian Henderson attends Berkley and is a rabid computer fiend from an early age. I have no idea if he […]
The W.A.T.C.H. “2007 Worst Toys List“. After all, I have 10 grandkids (and two more on the way) to think of. The “Jack Sparrow’s Spinning Dagger” looks especially cool. ..bruce w.. P.S. “W.A.T.C.H.”? Didn’t acronyms with periods after each letter go out with U.N.C.L.E.?
I have become aware of a website known as Wikileaks, “a place for journalists, truth tellers and everybody else”. Taking a look at the site, it claims to provide an uncensorable system for safe mass document leaking. Ok, there are times when this can be a vital tool to blow open a coverup. They also […]
I’ll bet. The American Society of Civil Engineers is demanding that a video spoofing their investigation of the levee failures in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina be removed from YouTube: A long-simmering dispute about whether a leading engineering organization whitewashed the role of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the levee system […]
When I first saw the headline on the front page of the on-line edition of the Rocky Mountain News — “No more competition: Boulder says bye-bye to valedictorians” — it sound like yet again a case of political correctness and self-esteemism run amok in our public schools. However, much to my pleasant surprise, when I […]
I wrote a month ago about the formation of a strange new entity called the M-LEC or “Super Conduit”. At that time the main forces behind this were Citibank, JP Morgan / Chas and Bank of America. Once again obscure, seldom mentioned work behind the scenes is having a profound effect upon all of us, […]
We’re in the process of trying out some new WordPress themes for the blog, so if things look a little jumbled or aren’t laying out quite right, that’s why. ..bruce..
Once again we are looking at a strange tidbit of information from a far away corner of the world, and how it can have a substantial impact on the US and world economy. From the Financial Times of London: Fukuda warns on rapid rise in yen The yen is appreciating “too fast” and speculators need […]
2008 Election? Wake Me Next November
I cannot begin to express my dismay at the fact the 2008 presidential race started the day after the 2006 mid-term elections wrapped. Seriously, 2006 was stupid enough without being placed on the conveyor belt of nonsense that passes for news coverage, breathless with every aspect of this so-called “race”. One of the big draws […]
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