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As it stands, economic growth is largely dependent on resource consumption. As a country grows, so does its use of natural–and limited–high-quality resources like oil, gold, and copper. But this is untenable in the long run, especially as growing countries like India and China model themselves increasingly on American habits of consumption (a car, two

I made a post a few weeks ago about the real-time tracking going on in iPhones. I also posted a fix so it would turn off tracking. I guess Bin Laden didn’t get the memo (Grin). Kev     he news is reporting that Osama Bin Laden was located and killed by the Navy SEAL

After bombarding and destroying all of Gaddafi’s anti-aircraft missile batteries, the Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is now controlling the Libyan air space. This gallery shows all the weapons being used by the allied forces. Live updates. This is an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft belonging to the 480th Fighter Squadron—taking off from Spangdahlem Air

Seems like the U.S. needs to get their act together or we are going to get passed up again. Kev _____________________ China is on course to become the world’s second-largest consumer market by 2015, according to Credit Suisse, reports Reuters. Credit Suisse projects that the value of Chinese consumption will hit $8.8 trillion by 2020,

Wow, this song brings back some memories. In this video they added a lot of the syfi movies of the past to make the point. Us humans need to get are act together !! The video below is a modernized music video of one of my favorite songs In the year 2525 by Zager &

Image by Bella March via Flickr Girls with Guns Download pps slideshow Here Never argue with a female with a Gun !!!  (Grin) I like the one from Sweden Here we go……   Wow, what kind of gun is that?  I want one    Looks nasty

Good, something needs to happen to those button happy killers. Admin. _______________________________________________ Image via Wikipedia A former Air Force Minuteman launch officer tells NBC News that 50 nuclear missiles affected by a communication interruption last weekend were “not launchable” during the disruption and that the back-up computer system could not have launched them either. The

Everyone is talking about Craigslist finally folding and taking down its adult services section. Earlier this month they took it down on the U.S. Craigslist sites without public comment, replacing it with a “censored” logo. A couple of days ago even that censored logo was removed. The debate is centered around prostitution. And in particular

Amazing words in this day….spoken over 200 years ago! John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House

A deeper hole The recession was even worse than anyone thought Aug 5th 2010 | Washington, DC A YEAR into America’s recovery the view backwards continues to sharpen—and darken. The Commerce Department’s latest GDP figures show an economy that lost momentum in the second quarter of 2010. But they also include revisions to data going

PALO ALTO, Calif. (TheStreet) — Almost one year ago, I wrote here that former Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd was the emperor with no clothes. Most on Wall Street have revered Hurd as the consummate guy who would execute and meet Wall Street’s expectations. He sounded good — always in control — and he certainly seemed

Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On Dana Romanoff for The New York Times Natalie Bartling stands beneath the streetlight she petitioned to have put on her residential street five years ago in the city of Colorado Springs. More Photos » Dana Romanoff for The New York Times By the Police Department’s own

How facts backfire Joe Keohane / Jul 9, 2010 It’s one of the great assumptions underlying modern democracy that an informed citizenry is preferable to an uninformed one. “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1789. This notion, carried down through the years, underlies everything

Those damn Russian spies are everywhere. Another sleeper agent was discovered yesterday, this time at Microsoft (I knew they were a bunch of Commies). The alleged spy, Alexey Karetnikov, was a software tester in his 20s at Microsoft, according to the Washington Post (Technically he wasn’t coding, just testing code, but don’t blame me if

In a speech at the American University last Thursday, President Obama highlighted the incredible economic rewards that America has gained from its immigrants. He spoke of new waves of immigrants—from places like Ireland, Italy, Poland, and China—challenging the generations before them, and consequently being subjected to “rank discrimination and ugly stereotypes”.  Yet the immigrants kept

Get em, Rambo   At least he tried. By Kristen Wyatt, AP Writer DENVER (AP) ― Click to enlarge 1 of 2 Gary Brooks Faulkner at Denver International Airport on his way to Pakistan. CBS Gary Brooks Faulkner (Mug shot taken in Larimer County) Larimer County Sheriff mSlides of totalImages Related Slideshows Colorado Mug Shots

Editors comment – Hmm, how can someone complain  about a female in a Bikini? I think all this fuss about it will be free advertising for the business and bring more people into the area even if they don’t like coffee AURORA, Colo. (AP) – A suburban Denver city councilwoman is urging people to boycott

United States Fish and Wildlife biologist Kayla Dibenedetto attempts to catch an oiled Brown Pelican at Grand Isle, La. Saturday, June 5, 2010. The pair chased the bird for more than two hours before giving up because of darkness and expected to try again in the morning. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) MIAMI (AP) – More than

I interviewed most of the presidential candidates about their positions on technology issues in the 2008 election. After those interviews I endorsed one candidate from each party – Barack Obama and John McCain. Neither of them were leading the primaries at the time, but they seemed like the best candidates, solely from a tech policy

Are Cameras the New Guns? By Wendy McElroy Jun 2, 2010 05:00 PM In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter

Pictures Against BP Using Photoshop By Adam Frucci, Jun 2, 2010 02:00 PM There’s a lot of pretty-well-justified anger at BP out there in the ether at the moment. What better way of letting off some steam than via hilarious and sometimes-sad Photoshops? First Place—Matt Laskodi Second Place—Ryan McLeod Third Place—Super Tongue III via Gizmodo,

JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos conducted a deadly raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza on Monday, earning widespread condemnation and setting off a diplomatic crisis for the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Several European nations and Turkey summoned Israeli envoys for an explanation of the actions. At the request of

“Where I was wrong,” said President Obama at his press conference on Thursday, “was in my belief that the oil companies had their act together when it came to worst-case scenarios.” Bob Herbert Go to Columnist Page » Related Times Topics: BP Plc. | Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010) Readers’ Comments Readers shared their