If the people elect Palin as president, first, it vindicates the great deal of anti-system crap I have ever written, and secondly, will make me feel they deserve all the abuse and manipulation the system has put us through.

(I edited this perhaps 5 times, to get the wording right. Sorry about that.)

I fully expect the development of this technology to create a bit less hunger for the world overall, eventually.
Either that, or we better consider Soylent Green.

In 1941 much of the naval war capacity of the USA was destroyed, by the power most likely for us to need that capacity against. In Jan 1942, FDR promised a "ramp-up" of the war effort (now against the entire Axis might) the likes of which was unheard of. One month later, the president was (as much as) promising a complete retooling of the nation's ( Read more... )

If I did the math right, the Jefferson Nickel is composed of 3.75 grams of Copper and 1.25 grams of Nickel, such ingredients worth a bit more than 7 cents in metal value? (Please, check my math...) Given the nature of movement of commodities during inflation/deflation, and, although I can see 3 small types of risk (opportunity loss/cost, storage/ ( Read more... )

An interesting map of the United States showing how each state's GDP (and in a separate tab, population) compares to other countries.

Cool Map

About 30 years ago, the United States national debt passed $1 trillion for the only time, now one generation later, it is flying past $14 trillion, with not even a plateau in sight.

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The United States gets more of its oil from Canada than from the entire Persian Gulf (which includes Saudi Arabia and Iraq), combined.

Some country stats here

Political Blather here

The worst 25 countries in the world in Infant Mortality rate are all in the same area of the world, and, generally, if you are born there, you only have an 80% chance to live until your fifth birthday.

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Sorry I am not as timely as I could have been, but Buy Silver.

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Start in your '40s, take an 81mg dose of aspirin once every day with milk, and, after five years of ingestion and thereafter, the statistical risk of many types of cancer declines by 1/3 or more, some cancers by much more.

Long term cancer study reports