New technologies will likely cause the same hollowing out of China’s manufacturing industry over the next two decades that the U.S experienced over the past twenty years. That’s right. America is destined to once again gain its supremacy in manufacturing, and it will soon be China’s turn to wo[...]
Archive for January, 2012
January 27th, 2012 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
Romney on Blind Trusts
“The blind trust is an age-old ruse. You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don’t invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they’re going to get an advantage from me.” — Mitt Romney, in a 1994 debate[...]
January 26th, 2012 - 9:26 am § in Misc.
Printing Planes
English engineers have produced what is believed to be the world’s first printed plane. I’m not talking a nice artsy lithograph of the Wright Bros. first flight. This is a complete, flyable aircraft spit out of a 3D printer. The SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft) is [...]
January 25th, 2012 - 11:16 am § in Misc.
Details On Mormon Tithe: What Romney Paid to His Church
As the AVE predicted, Mitt Romney pays more in tithes than he does in taxes. Leaving aside any prejudice against any religion, it si important to understand that the Mormon tithe IS a tax. The funds arfe used just like government taxes … for “non productive” uses like subsidizi[...]
January 25th, 2012 - 6:56 am § in Misc.
Why The US Has a “Skills Deficit”
While manufacturers bemoan a lack of skilled workers, the wages they offer in the US are not going up. Students from community college programs that train workers for these “new” jobs are being offered wages near the minimum wage. READMORE:[...]
Apple’s Secret
Kam Wing Chan, UW Professor Department of Geography Apple, despite its innovative greatness, has a reputation for secrecy. “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work” (The New York Times, January 22) puts some of its secrets, perhaps dirty ones, out in the open. In addition to low costs ([...]
January 24th, 2012 - 10:03 am § in The Ave Scene
Boeing’s other new plane.
airplanes A Passenger Airplane Basically Flew Upside Down Because of a Dumb Pilot (Updated) An All Nippon Airways passenger plane carrying 117 passengers on board experienced a little bit of a scare earlier this month. Why? Because a numb-brained pilot accidentally almost made a Boeing 737-700 fly b[...]
January 24th, 2012 - 8:31 am § in Misc.
Gallery Rage
What happens when too many people are herded through art museums? RAGE So what to do? Art, after all, isn’t football. We can’t just raise the ticket prices till the hoi poloi and unentranced spend their money at the cinema because the museum is too expensive! There are alterenatives Im[...]
Selling America’s Crown Jewels
Can anyone imagine the response in China, France, Brazil, or Japan to a foreign company making a hostile take over bid for a national treasure? What would happen if Warren Buffet tried to buy Aerbus? Less than 10 years after America decoded the first human genome, Roche Holding AG’s has m[...]