From Wikipedia: "Occam's razor (also written as Ockham's razor from William of Ockham (c. 1287 - 1347), and in Latin lex parsimoniae) is a principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in problem-solving. It states that among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected." I have a couple of old ( Read more... )

"We must honor while we can, the vertical man ( Read more... )

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/09/peruvian-cyclists-ride-nude-to-demand-friendlier-streets/

"Perhaps, then, it is small surprise that the launch of the Orion was the greatest technical hurdle to its success. A single Orion launch would have left a trail of fallout across a tremendous swath of the land or sea, the radiation from its bombs would have charged the ionosphere and the Van Allen belts around the Earth, and its series of ( Read more... )

Some months ago I relocated from Sacramento to Woodland in order to regroup. Shortly thereafter I gained survival employment ...back in Sacramento. As a result I commute there to work, but shop here as a rule. Still, now and then I venture back to Sacramento to visit friends or to shop for things hard to obtain in the smaller city ( Read more... )

From :http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pain-continues-after-war-for-american-drone-pilot-a-872726.htmlRead more... )

I know they say that if you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. A quick glance at history indicates that that's not true. Innocent people are forever getting caught up in machinations of the secret police - and that's what the intelligence apparatus is, our very own Stasi, although currently more benign in execution ( Read more... )

A Texas high school student is being suspended for refusing to wear a student ID card implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip ( Read more... )

Let me get this straight: General Patraeus, after overseeing drone attacks on civilians, "Enhanced Interrogation" of prisoners and helping President Obama compile secret assassination lists, is no longer morally qualified for his job because he kept a mistress???

Maintaining the Societal Status Quo ( Read more... )