Archive for July, 2009

Air France Airbus Jets Have Above-Average Crash Rate

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Seeing the headline about Airbus jets crashing more often recalls an old pilot axiom a commercial pilot friend repeated to me only recently: If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going…

Happy Birthday!

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Today marks 2 years and almost 40k miles riding my Honda VTX 1800 Retro. This is how she looked when I brought her home that first day. Two years later a lot has changed. Some things have changed, then changed again! All and all I’ve been very happy with the bike. The mill is what [...]

North Dakota could have a huge new oil field

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

About that Peak Oil thing… not so fast….

Boy collapses with chest pains after ‘downing’ energy drink

Monday, July 13th, 2009

So now the Nanny State England will try to make illegal to sell “energy drinks” to those under a certain age because a Boy collapsed with chest pains after ‘downing’ one. How about some causation probable cause here folks, before you go off half cocked. Again.

Honduras at the Tipping Point

Monday, July 6th, 2009

The Wall Street Journal has an informational piece on Honduras at the Tipping Point which covers not only current events but how we came to be here and who is pulling the strings. The reporting on Honduras has largely been toting the Chavez agenda even here in America where we should be standing up in [...]

Honduras

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The US media has been circumspect concerning the events in Honduras this past week. Here we have a democratically elected leader who overstepped his constitutional bounds and was slapped down by the Honduran Supreme Court. Naturally the Dictators Club (United Nations) has also decried the ousting of Zelaya irregardless that it was lawfully done. The [...]


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