Archive for the 'World Affairs' Category

The World Loves to Hate the United States

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Why is the U.S. the most loved and the most hated country in the world at the same time?
It is the country that people love to hate because of its wealth, power, kindness and resilient spirit. Although the United States of America is often criticized, when there is a problem, they are usually the ones […]

All Ruling Civilizations Go Down: Is the USA Next?

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

For decades the people and government of the U.S.A. have worried and obsessed over occupation or disaster brought on from the outside. The Cold War was all about the fear of annihilation by the Communists and Russia (the Soviet Union). We have so obsessed over that fear that we often forget the truth behind the […]

How Did They Harvest the Plutonium Found Orbiting Saturn?

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Benji, the computer entity, was guiding the exploration of Saturn’s moons by Capt. Marcos and his team of spatons (space robots) with his space ship ‘Napolean.’
Napoleon was roving about ‘Find 68’ mapping the region for radio activity carefully. It was not long before Capt. Marco sent message to Benji that the radio active (RA) source […]

Tsunami Warning System - Will it Give You Time to Escape?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event. A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore. If the undersea earthquake that starts the tsunami is 500 miles offshore […]

The Introduction of the Prudential of London

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

It is a matter of record that both President Dryden of the Prudential and President Knapp of the Metropolitan were close students of the Prudential of London. Both went to London and witnessed the functioning of the business at first hand. In fact, Mr. Knapp and the Metropolitan’s Attorney, Stewart L. Woodford, and an expert […]

Will the Earth Be Destroyed by the Large Hadron Collider?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The Worldwide General News (WGN) TV channel was inundated with questions about the danger from the LHC which was commissioned. They decided to devote their next ‘Space Talk’ program to this subject. For the purpose, they invited Albert Burman and Kalpa, the experts to their Studio.
On the appointed day and hour, Larry Newton the presenter […]

Climate Change and a Convenient Untruth - Part 5

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Is Australia’s present drought a sign of global warming?
In our examination of the international controversy that is climate change and global warming, we’ve looked at the positions of both parties - the Scaremongers who fully support the theory, and the Idealists who want more concrete evidence. However in Australia much of the so-called support for […]

Climate Change and a Convenient Untruth - Part 4

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The theory of man-made climate change is based on mass hysteria not proven facts
In the previous three articles about the world-wide controversy that is global warming, the position of the people who support this theory - the Scaremongers - has been explained and their core arguments commented upon. They seem to be winning the propaganda […]

Climate Change and a Convenient Untruth - Part 3

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Climate change is an ongoing part of the evolution of Earth
In the two previous parts of this investigation the basic differences between those who support the man-made global warming theory and those who don’t has been highlighted. It’s time now to look at the past history of periods of world-wide climate change.
The scientific community agree […]

Climate Change and a Convenient Untruth - Part 2

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

A campaign of deception or ignorance?
In the first part of our look at the controversial theory of man-made global warming the issues presented by both those who believe in this theory - the Scaremongers - and those who don’t - the Idealists - were analyzed and compared. Looking at the Scaremonger’s position the question needs […]

Climate Change and a Convenient Untruth - Part 1

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Climate change - fact or fiction?
In the past dozen years or so a major controversy has developed through out the world about changes that are supposedly taking place with the earth’s climate. There is a large body of opinion that believes the earth’s temperature is getting warmer due to the increase in greenhouse gases, especially […]

African American Military Heroes

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Today the United States military branches treat African American soldiers with the respect they deserve but it wasn’t always so. In the past during the American Revolution and the Civil War, men of color were slaves and though they may have served the U.S., they were not accorded the same respect as their white masters.
It […]

The Economic Tsunami We Aren’t Talking About

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Well, it look likes the folks in the Federal Reserve have pulled it off. Money is once again flooding the markets, and the Dow Jones is responding. The Pound Sterling has fallen in value against the dollar, as has the Euro. All is right with the world.
Or is it? Britain is currently experiencing these hardships […]

Volcanoes – Island Builders, Mountain Builders, And Time Bombs

Monday, October 27th, 2008

The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow of magma from a superheated pocket in the […]

Tsunami: One of Nature’s Most Destructive Forces

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

In preparing to write my novel Tsunami, about a fictional undersea volcano on the verge of exploding and sending a monster tsunami smashing into California, I did a great deal of research into the world of natural disasters. I leaned heavily on NOAA, USGS, NASA and dozens of library and university sources for my […]

Russia on the Rise?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

While those of us in the US have been distracted with primaries, a general election, and a huge economic crisis, Russia’s been making some moves that are raising flags and eyebrows in the intelligence community. While some people actively scoff when a new cold war is mentioned, the concept is not really that far-fetched. If […]

Water From Air…More Precious Than Oil!

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Globally we have awakening to the serious problems facing the world’s dwindling fresh water supplies. Irena Salina’s recent award winning film “Flow” addresses some eye-opening issues regarding our most precious resource. From the highly questionable quality of the water we get from our taps, to the sometimes almost unregulated content of bottled water, the film […]

A Butterfly Prophecy From a Prophet of Doom

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Here in the USA, we have always been blissfully unaware that our decisions have International implications. The war in Iraq, our rhetoric towards Iran, our support of Israel, and now our mortgage market, along with the derivatives thereof, are having the effect of a large boulder being thrown into a glass birdbath.
In the midst of […]

Why an Online Store is Good for the Environment

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

We recently had the experience of “watching” a major department store close one of its locations due to a slump in sales. We made frequent visits from the date of the announcement till the day the last customer was allowed in and out of the front doors. Just to observe the dismantling of a store.
We […]

The Ring of Fire: Where Trouble is Born

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped line of volcanoes and deep ocean trenches that runs around the Pacific Rim: from New Zealand up through Tonga, New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, the Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska, and down the West Coast of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America, finally ending where the southern end […]