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GLEEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Jack Curtis

From the week: California: Power blackouts creating market for private generators? (Article) The culture: Microchipping people in Bangladesh and Houston, TX (Article) (Beats a license dangling from a collar) The government: Attorney General announced new program to prevent crime by … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Jack Curtis

Here they are; help yourself … Street lamp surveillance devices are spreading in U.S. cities? (Article) Corruption: Different justice for different people (Article) Government: How police powers become corrupted: A drug model (Article) New York: Predictable impact of $15 hr … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE …(Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Jack Curtis

Our current collection: “Operation Gladio”: the secret unholy alliance between the Vatican, the CIA and the Mafia (Article) (Realities we prefer not to consider) Geopolitics: Central Asia- Taiwan, the BRI and the geopolitical chessboard (Article) Government: It’s not the economy, … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Jack Curtis

This week’s lot: The culture: One likely outcome if current trends proceed (Article) (An extension of Murphy’s Law) One economist’s prescription for diverting the U.S. from socialism (Article) Venezuela: Update, seen from another side (Article) Democrats: Socialists seeking control of … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Jack Curtis

The last gasp of 2018: Declining fossil energy explains declining civilization? (Article) The economy: Significant percentage of recent U.S. GDP growth now sits unsold in overflowing inventories?  (Article) The war on cash: More U.S. retailers rejecting paper money (Article)   More … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Jack Curtis

Your portion from the week: Education: Is “diversity” replacing competence in collegiate science programs? (Video Report) Science: FLIES HAVE CULTURE! (Report) (Who’da thunk it?) Military technology: GPS systems jamming – update (Article) Science: Breakthrough new material may replace semiconductors in … Continue reading →

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A CULTURES’ END

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Jack Curtis

The United States, an apparent culmination of western Judeo-Christian culture, also provides a theater featuring that culture’s repudiation. Whether we are watching a Phoenix headed toward rebirth or a final ending, the result will shape our descendants’ lives. The United … Continue reading →

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A SIMPLE QUESTION

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Jack Curtis

Why do we demand redress from a businessman who does not keep his promise or whose product does not, but grant immunity to politicians in the same circumstances? (Think about it …)

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Jack Curtis

Our choices this week: The climate: An interview on climate science – with a leading scientist (Report) (Real science and global warming) More climate: The bureaucrats strike back (Report) (From the source that tells us there is insignificant inflation and … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Jack Curtis

Items that escaped the passing week: Government: Why are purely administrative federal departments buying so many guns? (Article) The U.S. Air Force may recall up to 1,000 retired pilots? (Article) (Why?) Iraq: The U.S. demanded that Iranian militias leave with … Continue reading →

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