Ron Paul Blasts TSA

I don’t always agree with Ron Paul, although I find him refreshingly honest, for a Congressman. He has been, in my opinion, totally correct and honest about our economy, and the federal financial policies. I don’t necessarily agree with his solutions. Once again, Ron Paul is absolutely correct, this time about TSA and the deplorable [...]

Funny Economic Skit from SNL

I didn’t see this live, but since I am posting economic news lately, here is a very funny skit from SNL:

Economics… American ‘er Fed Reserve Style

Pretty good explanation of QE2, or the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing phase 2 plan.

Home Again, Home Again

We’re back. Bet you didn’t even miss us! Actually we’ve been home since last Saturday. Somehow these trips seem to tire me out. After returning home, the only thing I wanted to do was relax! Anyway, we spent 12 days on the road visiting relatives in Wisconsin and Illinois. It was our first trip back [...]

The Girl With the Foreign Language Franchise

Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander

From IFC News website:

The Girl With the Foreign Language Franchise How “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” became the year’s surprise arthouse hit. It is out on DVD now. It’s available streaming from Netflix. I strongly recommend you watch this Swedish film, before the American remake ruins things! [...]

Catching Up on the News

Well, I thought I would mention a couple of news items that didn’t seem to get much attention. Lets start with this one from Bloomberg:

Banks Financing Mexico Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal

We live only 45 miles away from the border and Ciudad Juarez, the current heart of the drug wars in Mexico. [...]

Captain Phil and Deadliest Catch

For 6 seasons now, I have been watching the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch. In case you haven’t heard about it, Deadliest Catch, puts cameramen aboard several Alaska crab fishing boats, and follows them as they fish the Bearing Sea for King and Opilio(or snow) crab. Of course the catch seasons are [...]

The End of the World? Here’s a Little Something to Brighten Your Day!

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HeliumDoomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event

Another Fire in the Organs

It seems that just about every year, a fire breaks out in the Organ mountains. The eastern side of the mountains are all US military installations. Directly on the other side of the mountains from us is the White Sands missile range. Just south of White Sands is a ‘live-fire’ range that is part of [...]

Good Ol’ Wisconsin… Protecting Our Children… Not!

We have relatives in Wisconsin, in Juneau County in fact!

From AOL:

Wis. DA Threatens Arrest for Local Sex-Ed Teachers

(April 7) — A Wisconsin district attorney is urging schools to drop their sex-education programs, warning that the teachers involved could be arrested if they follow a new state law requiring them to [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup Makes You Fatter… New Study Shows

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab [...]

AWOL Again !!

Yeah I know, I’ve been missing from the BLOG. Sorrrrryyyy!! It has been a rough 6 weeks for the TaxAide program here in Las Cruces. I won’t bore you with details. The short story is we had to find a new location in January, and I had just 2 weeks to get everything set up [...]