Monthly Archives: October 2015

How Ships and Missiles Are Like Armored Knights and Gunpowder …

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Jack Curtis

China and some other countries now have supersonic anti-ship missiles that can be submarine launched hundreds of miles from the target. The missile will travel just above sea level at about 600 miles per hour and accelerate to three times … Continue reading →

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Politicians, Presidents, Economists and Other Liars (Versus Will Shakespeare)

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Jack Curtis

The consumer spending scam so handy for politicians is fizzling. As with any scam, reality sooner or later catches up. The economic scam says that when consumers are spending, makers and sellers are busy and the economy is well; when … Continue reading →

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Presidential Debates Are Becoming More Fun … (For The Candidates)

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Jack Curtis

 A Republican presidential election debate is ongoing as this is written. As with the preceding Republican and Democratic campaign speeches that have previously pretended to be debates, the presentations are crafted more as entertainment than as political substance. A new … Continue reading →

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A Word (And Some Gold Doubloons) To The Wise …

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Jack Curtis

As more and more writers warn of the impending world financial collapse, what lies beyond that we will profit by considering? Even the Pollyannas selling our present ‘recovery’ seem strained these day, as though they might not believe in their … Continue reading →

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A Government By Any Other Name Would Smell The Same …

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Jack Curtis

It came to us last night in our favorite thinking place, standing in the shower waiting for the soap to rinse off, that “Socialism,” “Communism,” “Welfare Capitalism” and the endless list of other euphemisms related thereto are only snake oil, … Continue reading →

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Western Civilization And Its Mandate Of Heaven …

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Jack Curtis

In China, the Communist Party government retained the Mandate of Heaven; it dropped failed Communist economics and retained power while Russia’s Soviet government collapsed. Chinese governments have long concerned themselves with keeping the people’s confidence. They avoid going down with … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Jack Curtis

So another batch of accumulated information: One of the reasons Social Security pensions won’t rise but it costs us more to live: How the US government doesn’t notice inflation. (Well, one of them.) NOTE: Those with Medicare premiums withheld from … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Has No Censorship! (So Why Don’t We Hear What’s Gong On?)

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Jack Curtis

A brief review of today’s media: Print newspapers and TV and cable news. That which is not news is available (with research) mostly from the Internet. We note that the Internet is now coming under U.S. Federal regulation from the … Continue reading →

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When Rescuers Need Rescue From The Rescued … (Immigration)

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Africa and the Middle East are forcing their populations to flee the destruction that those populations have made from their own refusal to compromise in governing themselves. Islam is unsustainable but at gunpoint; fellow Moslems will not tolerate each other … Continue reading →

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If Government Wanted Improved Education, Would Education Still Suck?

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jack Curtis

American public schools have for decades turned out more and more kids who have known less and less but they are nevertheless, very educational. For those who wish to learn, anyway. Pre Progressivism, (John Dewey et al) such schools were … Continue reading →

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