Monthly Archives: January 2009
Inventing the Next Amazing Thing
Woody Norris, inventor and chairman of American Technology Corp., demonstrates one of his newest innovations that he calls HyperSonic Sound or HSS and talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and education. As he puts it: “Almost nothing has been … Continue reading
Filed under Technology
Augmented Reality
A very nifty website from the “ecoimagination” folks at General Electric to promote their so-called Smart Grid initiatives.
Filed under Energy
Cutting Through Rush’s Bull
Last night on CNN’s “No Bias, No Bull” program, Campbell Brown put Rush Limbaugh in her crosshairs over the comedian’s attack on business reporter Ali Velshi (who’s Canadian, btw) after he’d criticized parts of Limpballs’ recent Wall Street Journal article. … Continue reading
Filed under Economy
Unambiguously Racist
It’s kind of pathetic when someone who evidently has no respect for free speech, who clearly doesn’t have the slightest understanding what the demonstration involved was about, and who apparently doesn’t seem to have any of the facts of the … Continue reading
Filed under Wingnuts
Uh-Oh…
In case (like me) you missed this report by Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes last month regarding the second wave of expected defaults on the way, it’s good to keep this in mind when considering some of the actions presently … Continue reading
Filed under Economy
Trickle Up Economics
Is it possible that Jon Stewart is smarter than Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke? Earlier this week, on The Daily Show, Stewart suggested in an offhand way, that simply giving the $2 trillion dollars in “stimulus” money (or bail-out money… whatever), … Continue reading
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Amidst all of the economic gloom and doom, it’s refreshing to take a somewhat more lighthearted view of banking and high finance… “And so, heartened by their initial success, the desperate (and reasonably violent) men of the Permanent Assurance… battled … Continue reading
Harper’s “Creepy” Budget
Fairly predictable criticism from the usual suspects regarding the so-called Conservatives’ feckless new SOS (“Save Our Skins”) budget. What’s perhaps somewhat less expected was the relatively unvarnished reaction of Harper’s political mentor a couple of days ago: “I spent five … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging Tories, STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
“Change” Comes to the RNC
After six ballots, former Maryland Lt. Gov., Fox News commenter and dooche Michael Steele edged out South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, 91 votes to 77, to become the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Obviously, the fact that … Continue reading
Filed under Republican Party
Ad Nausea
I’m sure everyone not living under a rock has heard the NDP’s radio ads that were launched immediately after Ignatieff announced that he would be supporting the Conservative government’s deeply “flawed” budget without any significant amendments whatsoever. Sadly for the … Continue reading
Filed under Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, NDP
