By llsee, on February 1st, 2012
And in a news update (since I have been busy with taxes) after a strong publicity push by (among others) Google and Wikipedia, congress has indefinitely postponed a vote on SOPA or its sister initiative PIPA. Indefinitely postponed means “an election is coming, and we don’t want to anger our donors by voting against [...]
By llsee, on January 7th, 2012 What you should know about Protect IP/SOPA act currently being considered in Congress.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
By llsee, on December 26th, 2011 Two years ago, I wrote a couple of posts about ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’, the book and the Swedish language movie (movies, there were 3). Since I wrote my entries all three movies in the trilogy have been released in the US and on DVD. In fact a new DVD release has the [...]
By llsee, on October 10th, 2011 Barrel Tasting at J. Johr
Well, another road trip has concluded. Eleven days and 4 states. As usual with a California trip, we returned with much more than we took. Mainly 2 and a half cases of wine. The photo shows Irene and I with Sarah and Steve doing some barrel tasting at [...]
By llsee, on August 31st, 2011 Let’s recap the news for the past few days… EARTHQUAKE IN THE EAST !!!!! Call me jaded, 40 years living in California will do that, but I found the big earthquake story pretty funny. I was amazed by the hysterical coverage of this non-event by the various news outlets and politicians. Perhaps my favorite was [...]
By llsee, on August 21st, 2011 One Word Can Save Your Life: No! New research shows how some common tests and procedures aren’t just expensive, but can do more harm than good.
As I get older, I naturally think (worry) about my health more than I used to. But, being a skeptic, I am wary of doctors and the medical [...]
By llsee, on July 10th, 2011 I know I haven’t added any posts in a while, but I am not ignoring the old website. I am working on the site. I have updated to the most recent release of WordPress, version 3.2. The theme I use for the site is a very old version that was originally designed for WP 2.7. [...]
By llsee, on June 18th, 2011 Scientific experts believe Japan’s nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public.
Many Japanese citizens are now permanently displaced from their homes due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster [GALLO/GETTY
“Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind,” Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry [...]
By llsee, on May 17th, 2011 Our government, for sale to the highest bidder:
The Daily Show – Well, That Was Fast – Comcast/NBC MergerTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
By llsee, on May 13th, 2011 The vampire series for “ADULTS” is coming back:
Yeah, you know what you can do with Twilight… This is the full on sometimes erotic, sometimes funny, sometimes violent, always intriguing vampire series based on Charlaine Harris’ novels. This is vampires for adults, not teen girls.
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By llsee, on May 9th, 2011 I don’t understand why this hasn’t received greater publicity. It appears that Christiane Amanpour has better intelligence contacts than the US government has. Watch this clip from a 2008 Bill Mahr show:
This was 3 years ago! Bush was still in the White House! Apparently the CIA needs to have an intelligence network as [...]
By llsee, on February 19th, 2011 It has been an interesting winter here in Souther New Mexico. The El Paso NWS station (actually located in Santa Theresa, NM) set 4 different temperature records in a period of 15 days. On February 2, we set a record for the lowest high temperature. The high temperature recorded on that day was 17 degrees. [...]
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