Update: Yeah, “noise” is the right description Frankly, to a non-expert like me, the Chinese equipment doesn’t look like much more than a tin can on a string. And they had a spare pinger in their inflatable boat, which would start pinging if it got wet, and what doesn&[...]
Posts Tagged ‘commentary by Roger Rabbit’
April 4th, 2014 - 3:27 pm § in Misc.
How Federal Income Tax Works
This post expands on a comment I made to another post. The federal income tax is confusing to many people. Like everything else, it’s easier to grasp if you know the basic principles. The general idea is to tax income, but only once. First, you have to define “income,” then specify[...]
April 1st, 2014 - 7:39 pm § in Hypocrisy
Hobby Lobby Hypocrisy
Mother Jones reported today that Hobby Lobby, which sued the administration claiming Obamacare’s mandate to provide its employees with health insurance that includes contraceptives violates the company’s religious beliefs, has invested $73 million of its pension funds in companies that m[...]
April 1st, 2014 - 5:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Raising Minimum Wage Creates Jobs
“One of the most hotly contested issues in the debate over raising the federal minimum wage — whether it will prove to be a job killer — may already be answered. Thirteen states kicked off 2014 by boosting their own baseline pay …. With two months of employment data now a[...]
March 31st, 2014 - 9:17 pm § in Misc.
A Death Penalty Reprieve That Should Make You Think
Mississippi’s attorney general did everything he could to make sure Michelle Byrom would be executed on schedule last week. Her husband was shot in bed in 1999. She couldn’t have pulled the trigger, because she was in a hospital with pneumonia at the time, but a jury convicted her of hir[...]
March 23rd, 2014 - 10:44 pm § in Misc.
Featured Article From Archives: Researchers Identify My Lai Coverup Mastermind
CBS News reported Sunday night that “documents held at the Nixon Presidential Library” have led researchers “to conclude that President Richard Nixon was behind the attempt to sabotage the My Lai court-martial trials and cover up” the massacre. Read story here. Return to The-[...]
Soak The Rich!
The world’s 85 richest people have as much wealth as half the world’s population (3.5 billion people), according to CNBC. Roger Rabbit Commentary: The rich haven’t made many friends by dodging taxes and buying political favors, including exclusive access to valuable resources controlled by n[...]
March 12th, 2014 - 2:21 am § in Politics
The Strange World Of Expensive Art
Media and blogs are filled with debates about raising the minimum wage to $10.10/hr (federal) or $15.00/hr (local). Conservatives argue that paying such prodigious sums to workers who sweep floors, fry burgers, and empty bedpans would end life on this planet as we know it. In May 2013, the media r[...]
March 10th, 2014 - 5:30 pm § in Uncategorized
Message From Outer Space
Dear Earthlings, Your fellow humans will be returned to you after we lobotomize them and implant new brain chips. Unfortunately, their aircraft didn’t survive the trip through the wormhole, so you won’t be getting it back. Signed, The Aliens Author’s Note: The characters and even[...]
It’s Perfectly Audible Now
I understand now why the Chinese are doing their own search away from everybody else, instead of cooperating with the international team. It’s obvious: They want to keep their military capabilities secret. If I had their military capabilities, I would, too. Let’s review: 1. The[...]