Author Archives: Highvoltage
NPR Wakes Up
It’s too early to declare the dumbest headline in 2013 but remember this one when we get to the end of the year. From the NPR story (emphasis mine): “For years, Democratic politicians have been shy about talking up the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, npr, Over Regulation, politics
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How About Dem Apples?
After Wednesday’s Market close, Apple announced its fiscal 2013 1st Quarter results that ended on 29-DEC-12 and after hours trading is causing the stock to drop significantly. The Market is a harsh mistress as evidenced by the following financial results … Continue reading
Posted in economics
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Obama Inauguration Pictures
The New York Times published a high resolution picture of the crowd behind Obama as he was giving his 2nd inauguration speech and the picture is shown below. If you click on the NY Times link, you’ll see that you … Continue reading
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Losing Our Religion
In October 2012 there was a report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life that reveals people in the United States are losing their religion. Here is the main graph from the report: From the poll, 20% of … Continue reading
Posted in christianity
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The Lunatic Left
I’ve said many times that the Left isn’t serious about reducing our $16+ trillion debt or our $1+ trillion annual budget deficits. They are only concerned about punishing the successful and passing out more goodies to their base. Do you … Continue reading
Posted in economics, politics
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Obama Presser on 14-JAN-13
In case you were at work today (like me) and missed the Whiner-In-Chief give another presser, let me encourage you to read the transcript because three very important facts were revealed about Obama. Obama is Inconsistent As predicted, there is … Continue reading
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Why I Support #TGDN
In case you missed it, over the weekend Todd Kincannon (@ToddKincannon) launched a follow-back hash tag #TGDN to help prevent voices from being silenced on Twitter by its auto suspension algorithms. #TGDN stands for Twitter Gulag Defense Network and you … Continue reading
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Obama Is A Big Spender – Part 3
To those who aren’t blind followers of the Dear Leader Obama, it is evident that the Federal spending under the current regime has far surpassed any other President in the modern era. There are many ways to show this and … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Entitlement Programs, politics
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Playing In The Margins
Our esteemed representatives in Washington DC just passed another sweeping tax overhaul with the Fiscal Cliff Senate deal but as I see it, this is just another instance of our Federal Government playing in the margins and avoiding the much … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Entitlement Programs, politics
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We Have A Spending Problem
Well, it happened. The House passed the Senate Fiscal Cliff ‘deal’ and now tax rates will go up on those making over $400,000 and spending cuts have been kicked down the road. So how much tax revenue did this deal … Continue reading
Posted in economics, politics
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Leftists Are Awful People
Leftists are embolden and no longer scared to reveal their true feelings to the public. While this is a tough time for Conservatives, in hindsight, I think we’ll look back on this period of history as being the time when … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, politics
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Nothing New Under The Sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9 – What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. We were putting the Christmas decorations back in the attic today (my wife does not play … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, economics, Over Regulation, politics
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Gun Owners Treated Like Criminals
Gun owners in New York’s Westchester and Rockland counties received lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings this year. No, Santa didn’t punish them for being on the naughty list but The Journal News (@LoHud) published names and addresses of … Continue reading
Posted in politics
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Theotokos
Over the past few weeks we’ve heard lots of people pontificate on what the true meaning of Christmas is, but sadly most got it wrong. It’s not about peace, giving, family, gifts, snow or helping out those less fortunate. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in christianity
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Jupiter Viewing Session
I took advantage of the clear night skies tonight to set up my telescope and let my kids get some good looks at Jupiter and the Moon. Here are some pictures I took of my two kids peering through my … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy
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Global Temperature and CO2 Update – December 2012
The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult is frustrated that they haven’t been able to convince enough people in the United States to believe their thesis lie that humans (with their lust for fossil fuels) are altering Earth’s climate and that … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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The Buck Stops Where?
Remember when Obama said this about leaders taking responsibility for the actions of their employees (emphasis mine)? “Well, here’s what I know, we were just talking about responsibility and as president of the United States, it’s pretty clear to me … Continue reading
Posted in politics
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Liberal Bloggers Know How To Run A Company
If you are like me, a person who actually works in the real world of business, you know that there is a great deal of uncertainty right now. How will Obamacare affect my business? Are we poised for another recession? … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Over Regulation, politics
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In The End, We Win
What kind of monster goes into an elementary school and kills 20 kids? What kind of God allows this to happen? Where is the justice for this crime? On Friday 14-DEC-12, In Newtown, Connecticut: There were 20 homes that had … Continue reading
Posted in christianity
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New Leftist Rule
In case you missed it, there is a new Leftist rule that Conservatives should understand and invoke at appropriate times. New Leftist Rule – You are NOT accountable for the actions of a company, network or other entity unless you … Continue reading
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