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Playing Politics With $642 Billion

James — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Whats worse than playing politics? Playing politics with your money. The Republican controlled House ignored a Presidential veto threat and approved a budget breaking deal. The $642 billion defense budget (NDAA 2013) authorized Friday breaks a deficit cutting deal that Republicans were in favor of just last year. The new budget will, if left unchanged, [...]

GM Thinks Facebook Sucks

James — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

General Motors is going to start swimming against the stream. GM announced yesterday that they will be pulling all advertisements from Facebook even as Facebook prepares to go public. GM didn’t give a specific reason for pulling their ads however a source familiar with the company (maybe the CFO?) said that marketing executives decided that [...]

FBI Agent On The Lam

James — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:17 +0000

Something doesn’t smell right with this one. Over the past 5 days that FBI Special Agent Stephen Ivens disappeared without a trace I’ve found the statements about his well being and the rather intensive manhunt to be suspicious. It is completely possible that what is going on in Los Angeles is completely normal but the [...]

Author Recommendation: Ben Coes

James — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:39 +0000

I’ve been looking for a new thriller series for a long time. Something to entertain the portion of my brain that loves action, violence, war, combat and assassinations. I found that with Ben Coes’ Dewey Andreas novels even if at first I was quite skeptical of this author whom I had not heard of before [...]

App Review: Whatsapp

James — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:42 +0000

I use this app everyday and if you know me you know that I have unlimited texting so why would I need an alternative texting app? Whatsapp is a reliabe alternative for those of you with limited plans but it also a fantastic way to skip those pesky international fees which is what I use [...]

Can’t We Just Execute The 9/11 Mastermind?

James — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:10 +0000

He’s a terrorist and the self proclaimed mastermind of the worst terrorist attack in American history. His name is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and he is currently facing a military trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He and the four other co-defendants have been charged with 2,976 counts of murder yet they still manage to turn a standard [...]

Arizona’s Crazy Governor Bans Planned Parenthood Funding

James — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:00:53 +0000

In what can only be described as a move to harm women Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Republican, signed a bill into law that will completely ban Planned Parenthood from receiving tax payer money for pretty much everything they do. Arizona already bars the use of tax money for funding abortions unless it is to save [...]

Has Apple Killed Headphone Compatibility?

James — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:00:37 +0000

When I got my first iPhone, the iPhone 3G, way back in 2008 it only came with regular iPod earbuds and since I liked to talk hands free I looked into another solution. That solution was Apples very overpriced earbud/microphone combination and at 30 dollars a pair you’d expect them to last forever. Sadly that [...]

Investigating Power

James — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:55:12 +0000

I’m posting the following mini documentary about a massacre in Vietnam in honor of World Press Freedom day. The United Nations General Assembly declared 3 May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right [...]

Author Recommendation: Nelson DeMille

James — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:11 +0000

Keeping with the spirit of good author/book reviews I’ve got another one for you. I have just finished two of Nelson DeMille’s novels since they were recommended to me by a friend. It’s not unusual for me to write about things that would piss the government off but it is unusual when I think writing [...]