Tempus Fugit

From my Blog:
 

My new copy of PC Magazine just arrived – on the Internet.
 
Unlike many newspapers that are available on-line and in the driveway, PC Magazine is now available only on-line now.
 
It looks pretty good on my 24” monitor, but it might not be so good on a smaller, less competent monitor.
 
The system used is [...]

People Have Choices

You have to love American ingenuity – homeowners in Spokane are buying their dishwashing detergent in nearby Idaho because certain counties in Washington have banned phosphates to “save the earth.’
 
The problem is that dishwashing detergent with less than 1% phosphate simply does not clean dishes – and that, after all is what dishwashing detergent is [...]

Mr. Ford, Meet Your New Competitor

How would you feel if you were Ford Motors?
 
Here you have finally defeated your main competitor, your competitor is almost bankrupt and in comes your own government and saves them!
 
Not only do they save your competitor, the government gives them billions of dollars and promises them billions more. Then the government fires the president of [...]

Avoid, Do Not Evade!

Everyone deals with price rises differently – even when we can afford them.
I intend to defeat the new California sales tax increase – not by avoiding the mere 1% increase, but by avoiding all 10%!
I have always bought liberally at COSTCO and Sams, and although I am eligible to shop at Navy Exchanges as a [...]

Government Motors

In one sense, the government firing of the GM CEO may well have been justified in that he was not sufficiently tough on the UAW over the years, but is it the government’s job to referee that?
The answer is “NO!” and looking at government-run agencies (Social Security, Medicare, Post office, DMV, etc.) one wonders what [...]

Works for Me!

There appears to be a change in the Obama plan for illegal immigration raids
 
In the past, illegal immigrants were deported.
 
In the future, apparently, the Obama administration will arrest the plant owners and managers – and without work the illegal workers will self deport.
 
That just might work.

Who Done It?

You have to love the Israeli methodology of war.
 
The Iranians apparently built a bunch of rockets in sections, so they could be smuggled through the Sudan and into Gaza through Egyptian tunnels.
 
So, the Israeli intelligence finds the information while they were recently overrunning Gaza, and they stationed high-flying Predator-like unmanned aircraft hovering over the [...]

Hmmmm!

I see that the President of the United States has forced the president of General Motors to resign.
 
I have not yet heard that he has forced the president of the united Auto Workers to resign.
 
(You think?)

Show Me!

I keep reading about this new Tesla battery automobile, electric power…fast, green, cool.
 
But I am old enough to remember the Tucker automobile, and the DeLorean, and …
 
Anyone can build a sweet, one off that will do (fill in the blank) – but production? Production is another matter.
 
The Soviet Union fell in part because they have [...]

Protect San Diego County First!

Can someone tell me why there is any question about getting the Scooper aircraft to protect San Diego from wildfire?
 
After all, EACH Supervisor has a $1 million “slush fund” which they distribute in their districts in order to curry favor and “buy votes.”
 
Sorry, but those $50,000 donations to the Children’s Oboe and Bassoon Orchestra [...]