Obama wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Today, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics to President Barack Obama.  Citing his intention to pull the country and the world out of the deepest recession since The Great Depression, the Nobel committee said that it was inspired by the President’s ability to promote a sense of financial well-being in the world’s [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) invented dynamite and other explosives. Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer and armaments manufacturer who made an enormous fortune selling explosives and heavy munitions (cannons and explosive projectiles.)  Concerned about his legacy, he decided to use his fortune for the betterment of humanity. In his will he created five annual prizes: physical [...]

NOBELOL

The sticker from College Politico says it all. This is another WTF? Friday open thread. UPDATE: Since Glenn Greenwald was kind enough to pay us a visit yesterday (and disagree somewhat) I’ll link to him again: Remember how, during the Bush years, the GOP would disgustingly try to equate liberals with Terrorists by pointing out [...]

Friday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! The big news this morning is that President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. WTF??!!! Am I living in an alternate universe from the Nobel committee? What the heck has Obama done to earn the Nobel Peace Prize? Give me a break! U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

The Culture of Cannibalism in US Politics: The Triumph of The Cyclop’s Values Over Democratic Citizenship

{The first essay in this series introduced a model I created to explain the cycle of corruption that plagues US politics. This essay looks into the roots of this corruption. It takes a long time to get to the payoff. Further, the conclusion is somewhat ex nihilo if you have not read the first essay. [...]

I wouldn’t want to talk about Obama either

These days it seems like the sippy-kup kidz of the Kool-aid Kingdom only want to talk about Orly Taitz or Levi’s Johnson, or they show up here and demand we issue renunciations of a losing candidate we didn’t like but voted for out of protest.  But they sure don’t talk about Mr. One-derful very much [...]

Bloggers, FTC regulations and disclosures

Ruh-Roh, we’ve been caught.  The FTC recently passed new regulations on bloggers.  From now on, if someone gives us something to review or asks for our endorsement of a product for some kind of renumeration, we have to admit it up front.  I know, I know, you’re probably wondering why the FTC wasn’t on top [...]

Wōden’s Day Wake-up

Those of us who practice that “old-time religion” know that today was named for the Anglo-Saxon god Wōden. He is the pagan god of death, battle, wisdom, discoverer of the runes and leader the Wild Hunt. Senate Passes Pentagon Budget, War Funding Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing total U.S. tab for the Afghan [...]

Book Review: The Clinton Tapes

I’m going to start a rating system for the books I review based on the cleanliness of my kitchen.   I hate cleaning and I don’t like to be tied down to a book, especially on the weekends when there is so much to do.  So, I download from audible, strap on my iPhone and start [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Everyone! Here are the latest news stories everyone is talking about. Nobel Prize Announcement The Nobel prize for medicine goes to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak Their work revealed how the chromosomes can be copied and has helped further our understanding on human ageing, cancer and stem cells. Blackburn is from [...]