March 2, 2014
I just finished Newt Gingrich’s latest book, Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America’s Fate. As expected, it’s a great read. The selfish, stultifying attitudes and actions (or lack thereof) of the “prison guards of the past” that Gingrich writes about are incredibly aggravating. […]
Tags: Breakout, California debt, companies and governments broken by union-negotiated salaries and pensions, Fate of the States, Illinois debt, need to rethink how we do government, Newt Gingrich, prison guards of the past, problem with unions, ridiculous union contracts, state and local governments
Posted in Politics |
February 23, 2014
Every so often, some big-time pastor or evangelist get into the news for making some “end times” statement or “prophecy”. Of course, there are many ministries and organizations that focus on this stuff all the time. That’s their thing, 24×7. It’s all over Christian media and there are tons of books on it — some […]
Tags: apocalypse, apocalyptic literature, Biblical prophecy, Christian Endgame, end of the world, end times, eschatology, Kenneth Samples, last days, mania, mere Christian eschatology, obsession, Second Coming of Christ, signs of the end, study of the last things, the Rapture, tribulation
Posted in Religion |
February 19, 2014
No, no, I’m not the new U.S. ambassador to New Zealand. (Darn it!) This is something else. Remember a few weeks ago, when I announced that I would be starting to post about sci-fi/fantasy and action/adventure stuff on this blog? (If not, just trust me. I said it.) I know several of my friends and […]
Tags: action/adventure, entertainment, Heroes and Aliens, new blog, pop culture, sci-fi/fantasy, science fiction, superheroes
Posted in S-F/F AA Entertainment, Uncategorized |
February 16, 2014
If you have watched anything other than the Olympics and reporting on the Olympics on TV lately, you have probably heard about the latest batch of friends whom President Obama has nominated for ambassador positions. (Well, actually, I don’t know about the MSM, but various programs on Fox News have covered it.) In case you […]
Posted in Politics |
February 15, 2014
Years ago, former Reagan official Frank Gaffney (now founder and president of the Center for Security Policy) charged conservative activist/strategist Grover Norquist with having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The charges were “investigated” by the American Conservative Union and Norquist was finally cleared in 2011. Now, it appears that Gaffney is being vindicated. A 45-page […]
Tags: ACU, American Conservative Union, Frank Gaffney, Grover Norquist, Muslim Brotherhood infiltrates American Right, new charges of ties to Muslim Brotherhood, Suhail Khan
Posted in Politics |
February 9, 2014
We all know about the Boston Marathon terror attack on April 15, 2013. Two Chechen brothers with Islamist beliefs set off two bombs near the finish line, killing 3 people and wounding at least another 264. What most people don’t realize (and I didn’t until recently) is that that wasn’t the only attack. Less than […]
Tags: armed assault on electrical substation, cyberattacks, EMP attack, hacking the power grid, national security, possible terrorist attack on power station, power grid vulnerabilities, terrorist attack
Posted in Politics |
February 6, 2014
The debate is over, and the contestants and their audience have all gone home. But, of course, the debate still rages on, especially on the “interwebs”. I have been reading various comments by people who watched it. There are the devoted naturalists/evolutionists who are sure that Bill Nye “won”, maybe even kicked butt. There are […]
Tags: Answers in Genesis, Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy vs. Creationist Ken Ham, Biologos, Casey Luskin, Creation Museum, creationism vs evolutionism, debate about creation, debate postmortem, Discovery Institute, Ham on Nye, Ken Ham, Melissa Cain Travis, Nye vs Ham debate, Reasons to Believe, recap of creationism debate, reviews of Ham vs Nye, RTB, YEC vs evolution, young-Earth Ken Ham
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
February 2, 2014
Evidently, there seems to be a lack of evidence for the supposed evidence proving New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s guilt in the Bridgegate scandal. (Note: For purposes of this article, I am lumping all recent Christie-related allegations under the “Bridgegate” banner.) I have been disappointed in Gov. Christie for awhile, now. I was warming up […]
Tags: alleged traffic study on George Washington Bridge, Bridgegate, Chris Christie, Christie is a bully, David Wildstein of the Port Authority, Fort Lee, Hoboken, Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Mayor Mark Sokolich, NJ Gov. Christie, NJ politics, political retribution in NJ, scandal in New Jersey
Posted in Politics |
January 29, 2014
Announcement! Announcement! Announcement! OK, the news isn’t really all that fantastic, nor is it super or amazing. It certainly isn’t incredible or even uncanny. Some of you may think it’s just ho-hum. But, I have decided to occasionally post about something totally unrelated to the major subjects of this blog — namely, sci-fi/fantasy and action/adventure. […]
Tags: action, adventure, books, comic books, entertainment, fantasy, movies, pop culture, sci-fi, science fiction, superheroes, TV
Posted in S-F/F AA Entertainment, Uncategorized |
January 26, 2014
Ain’t nothin’ like a good debate about a controversial issue! In case it has not already come to your attention, Bill Nye “the Science Guy” and Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis (a young-Earth creationist ministry) will be having a public debate this February 4th, just a few days from now. According to the press […]
Tags: Answers in Genesis, Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy vs. Creationist Ken Ham, Creation Museum, creationism vs evolutionism, debate about creation, Ham on Nye, Ken Ham, Nye vs Ham debate, YEC vs evolution
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |