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Le Frexit

In a few short days the French will cast their ballots to put Marine Le Pen in office. Yes, there are a good many people who wish to believe the investment banker running against her has a shot, they even have polling data to back it up. Just remember how well that “scientific” process worked in America’s 2016 Presidential election. Those same “scientific” methods predicted a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton with pretty much the … Le FrexitRead more

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Your Airbag Might Not Deploy

A neighbor stopped by the other day since he saw my brother and I tugging the lawn mower out of the mud. I hadn’t seen this neighbor in quite a few years. When you live rural a neighbor is miles away. During our conversation he related the story about an accident he was in recently. He kept an old white 2 wheel drive pickup truck around for running errands and driving between farms. He was … Your Airbag Might Not DeployRead more

Posted inExperience / Information Technology / Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Just How Blatant Can They Legally Be?

Today I received the following email. You will notice they didn’t publish a rate for a natural born U.S. citizen who isn’t a walking talking national security risk. ============== Click here to if you no longer wish to receive our emails Dear Partner, Pro-Tek Consulting is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Here is our open requirement which can be filled immediately. Kindly respond to this requirement with your consultant … Just How Blatant Can They Legally Be?Read more

Posted inExperience / Investing / Politics / Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Google AdWords and the Fool

Some number of years ago I wrote articles for Fool.com or some blog portion of it. I don’t even know if they have that site or any portion of it anymore. I actually got along with one of the people I reported to, so not a bad experience. Then, one day, when management was changing hands or some such thing, I created and submitted a post saying Google made a lot of money on click … Google AdWords and the FoolRead more

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Comet TV – What Syfy Used to Be

It’s no secret the Syfy channel has went to complete shit. They were a big reason I dumped DirecTV. Why pay all of that money when the networks I used to love aren’t worth watching anymore? Turns out I’m not the only one who lost patience with them when they went all fake-reality all the time they weren’t running professional wrestling. Seriously, the amount of steroids those wrestlers consumer is interesting from a “why aren’t … Comet TV – What Syfy Used to BeRead more