Archive for July, 2010

Author Tony De Maio Folks, I have been giving some thoughts to the problem of global warming. I sort of hope it is true, as I sit here in “sunny” California, in the middle of April, with a fire in the fireplace trying to keep warm. As a matter of fact, I KNOW it is [...]

Author Steve Foste Do you really need a PhD in Energy to understand the solution to the energy problem? Do you have to be a lobbyist to line the pockets of the politicians to get anything done? Or do we have to go to the elitist to develop the system of energy control so they [...]

Author Tony De Maio Once upon a time, many years ago, I had a Civil Service job and was making the princely sum of about $3,000/month ($150/day). At the time it was one of the highest paid Civil Service positions in the State of California. (For the most part, higher levels were political appointees.) I [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham I have a superb SPAM filter built into the e-mail provider I use customarily and ferocious protective software on my share of our…seven, is it, now?… computers, so I do not ever get advertisements for Viagra or cures for prostate cancer, neither of which would be of any use to me. [...]

Author Steve Foste One ounce of gold will just about buy you enough food to survive for one year for one person. How much food do you have and where should you be putting your money today? I have been looking at the food system at http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/foodpak1.aspx. Now, I understand that most of us don’t [...]

Author Tony De Maio INTRODUCTION Given the response to my probability post, let me pursue another topic which has received some notoriety over the past few years due to a considerable amount of corruption and misinformation. I’m sure most of us have heard the phrase “The teacher is teaching the test.” and/or “70% is a [...]

Author Tony De Maio I have watched with some amusement over the years at the attempted implementation of “Affirmative Action”, “Leveling the Playing Field”, “Equal Opportunity”, and other euphemisms for favoritism, discrimination, and preferential treatment. I guess it’s somewhat of a coincidence that all these attempts results in “pleasing” some privileged faction, obtaining votes for [...]

Author James The Wanderer The 1983 movie _War Games_ has a sentient computer put in charge (actually, it gains control) of all American nuclear weapons. The computer “games” all the possible outcomes of thermonuclear war, whether the Americans attack first, the Russians attack first, the Russians attack the Chinese who then attack America, and so [...]

Author Mike Rough The NAACP during its 101′st annual convention has passed a resolution condemning racism in the Tea Party movement. This statement alone is an indicator of just how far out of touch the NAACP is in it’s antiquated thinking and reactionary tactics. “We take no issue with the Tea Party. We believe in [...]

Author David W. Franklin THE FOUR ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL FOODS THAT WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE For those readers of TTR who cannot afford the luxury of freeze dried foods, it is my hope the following information will provide a basis for you to be able to purchase and store a sufficient quantity of each of these [...]