Today we are 235 years old. How long will we last?
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Thoughts on 235 years
Category Archives: Current Events
It’s our land
Even those who aren’t particularly sympathetic to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview with British Television during the retaliation against
Hamas’ shelling of Israel.
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Just the national symbol
When was the last time you witnessed something like this just outside your door?
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The sparrow(s) and the hawk
Sometimes, a little teamwork is all it takes.
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Space – the first fifty years
The time between the Wright Brothers’ first flight and Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon was just sixty-six years.
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Obama v Netanyahu
Obama has publicly proposed that Israel return territories captured in the Six-day War. Will he next propose that the US return the Southwest to Mexico? Or Florida to Spain? Or the Eastern Seaboard to England?
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E-Bomb: The Ultimate Terrorist Weapon
A properly constructed E-bomb can effectively “fry” everything electric and electronic within several miles of the point of detonation. And the pulse is not the end. During the next fifteen minutes or so, collapsing electrical systems and communications grids will distribute the pulse, and create their own smaller pulses, analogous to an earthquake aftershock. The entire affected electrical and communications system will tear itself apart – self destruct.
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Down Periscope…
Jacques Piccard and my friend Don Walsh were the only people to plumb the deepest spot in the World’s oceans — the Challenger Deep. Then, in 2008, Piccard died, leaving only Don. But that is about to change…
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The International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge 2010
This is simply beyond cool – especially the interactive video at slide 12 of 15.
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Big Brother is Watching You…and that ain’t all bad!
Sometimes, Big Brother just holds your hand as you cross the street.
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