Archive | November, 2011

US Foreign Aid to the Peoples Republic of China – Really?

I heard something somewhere a couple of weeks ago about US Foreign Aid to China. Didn’t make any sense so it took me a while to get to checking it out. It’s true. The Associated Press reported on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia and its examination of a proposed 4 million dollars in […]

Assigned or Employed at a USCG LORAN Station?

The Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard announced on November 17th “Guidance on the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s (DTRA) Report on Potential Radiation Exposure Associated with Assignment to Coast Guard (CG) Loran Stations (Lorsta).” (Alcoast 538/11). It continues: “Personnel assigned to CG Lorsta from 1942-2010 have expressed concern that their duties may have caused […]

“Inside Job,” a late review

Like many people I sometimes get so wrapped up in the daily routine(s) that I miss things that are important. Such is Charles Ferguson’s documentary Inside Job. Released by Sony Classic Pictures in February 2010, it is both a primer and history of the 2008+ crash of the housing bubble and its continuing effect on the […]

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