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Missing Mass of the Universe Found?

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Thanos

New research indicates that the long-searched for missing or “dark mass” of the universe might be in dwarf galaxies left over from collisions of large galaxies. Continue reading →

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Democrats in Congress Cut Euro Defense Funds

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Thanos

The Democrats prefer pork to buy house votes over security, so they’ve cut funding in 2008 for the European Missile Defense program as I predicted last year. Putin is very pleased with his friends in the Democratic party, as are … Continue reading →

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Islamic vs. Islamist: Consequences of Surrender

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Thanos

We covered the consequences to the children of Iraq in my earlier post, this one will continue to look at the longer term geopolitical and economic consequences. Continue reading →

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Nuclear Now

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Thanos

It’s very refreshing to see Nuclear Energy discussed in the mainstream again as a viable solution to energy problems, and Glenn Beck did so tonight in his segment on Global Warming. True, the show was about debunking the liberal mythos of … Continue reading →

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Great News From Afghanistan

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Thanos

Because it’s just another dry statistic, you aren’t going to hear much about this in the media, but in Afghanistan infant mortality has dropped by 18% over the Taliban era. That means there are healthier children being provided better care, and that Afghanistan has a brighter future. Continue reading →

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The F-word, or Why I Won’t Vote for McCain

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Thanos

The surrender-deadline bill has now passed the Senate, and it took everything the Dems had to make it so, including a lot of votes bought through pork. It’s unconscionable, it’s terribly wrong, and it’s demoralizing to our troops, to our … Continue reading →

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Bhutan Prepares for Democracy

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Thanos

What amazes me is reading some of the online forums in Nepal, the debaters in the forums are quoting heavily from the Federalist papers, and seem to know more about the founding of our country than most Americans. It’s thrilling that the old words which paved the way to our freedoms hundreds of years ago still have power across the world today. Continue reading →

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Capitalism Conquers Death

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Thanos

In March at TED (Thinking, Entertainment, Design), Hans Rosling gave a presentation that clearly demonstrates the great strides the world has made by adopting Capitalism over the past forty years. Please watch this in its entirety, there are things that will … Continue reading →

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Recent additions

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Thanos

In the sidebar under information and think tank resources I’ve added two links, one to TED, (Thinking, Entertainment, Design), and the other to Gapminder. Both of these present great data, and challenging thinking constructs. While some of the presentations and … Continue reading →

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China Destroys Satellite With a Missile

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Thanos

China has become the first nation to successfully shoot down a low-earth orbit satellite with a ballistic missile. Russia, opposed to space weaponry, criticizes the US for the Chinese shoot-down (typical,) and this is certain to heat up the Asian … Continue reading →

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