Archive for December, 2006
Tucson Military Recruiters Ran Cocaine
December 18th, 2006Via: Arizona Daily Star: A Midtown strip mall that should have housed the best of the best served as Corruption Central in Tucson. Two military recruiting stations sit side-by-side there, one run by the Army, the other by the Marines. Between them, a total of seven recruiters were on the take, secretly accepting bribes to […]
Tax Leads Americans Abroad to Renounce U.S. Citizenship
December 18th, 2006And the wait to do it has increased, “from a few days to more than three and a half months.” Via: New York Times: She is a former marine, a native Californian and, now, an ex-American who prefers to remain discreet about abandoning her citizenship. After 10 years of warily considering options, she turned in […]
Green Steam Engine
December 17th, 2006WOW! Everything old is new again… Via: Green Steam Engine: The properties of the patented crank mechanism (called a “flexible rod transmission”) invented by Robert Green, provides this engine with the advantage of eliminating the typical crankshaft and cam that requires lubrication and precision machining. It also provides the unique configuration whereby the cylinders are […]
Power Out Again
December 16th, 2006We’ve had a transformer on a power pole blow up just down the road. There’s a fire department crew milling about. They have no idea on how long this will take to fix. I’ve got about 15 minutes of battery power left. Ahhh, Northland New Zealand, where battery backup takes on a whole new meaning! […]
Motor Idea
December 16th, 2006Back in 2004, I wrote a post called Cryptogon Labs: Power Generator Based on Minato Engine. Lacking any engineering ability and the money necessary to risk on such a venture, I never even attempted to build the thing. But that didn’t stop me from constantly following alternative energy developments (and drawing pictures). The Harry Paul […]
John McCain’s War On Blogs
December 15th, 2006It’s for the children! Via: Think Progress: John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles.
U.S. Mint: Don’t Melt the Pennies and Nickels
December 14th, 2006Oh yeah, and don’t try to carry more that $5 worth of the coins out of the U.S. Thanks. Have a nice flight… The restrictions on moving things of value OUT of the U.S. are, in my opinion, the most telling signs that the U.S. is approaching economic collapse. If they’re implementing this rule for […]
Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
December 14th, 2006Via: Reason: The rising use of SWAT teams is bad, but it’s about to get worse. Research Credit: TheAgitator
IRS: Make Sure You Declare Income from Criminal Activities
December 14th, 2006Via: All Financial Matters: I was reading through the “Other Income†section (scroll down as the page doesn’t seem to be loading correctly) in Publication 17 and found some pretty funny stuff. The section deals with all sorts of “other income†and whether or not you have to report it. Here’s some of the funny […]
For Super-Sized Kids, a McGym Is New on the U.S. Menu
December 14th, 2006Pushing the limits of absurdity, in Jesus Land and beyond! Via: Yahoo/AFP: US fast-food giant McDonald’s, often accused of catering to expanding waistlines, has a new item on its menu for kids — gyms. The company is testing R Gyms — in-restaurant mini-gyms with stationary bicycles hooked to video games, obstacle courses and aerobics exercises […]
