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SRO License Class

I am roughly two years into my SRO License Class. For those of you who have no idea what that means, SRO stands for Senior Reactor Operator. You see in order for a person to be allowed to operate a … Continue reading

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Religion and Politics

Those are the two subjects to avoid if you want to keep your dinner party civil, right? And rightly so, as both of these topics have a singular thing in common with each other that other topics do not. They … Continue reading

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Romneys and Santorums and Pauls, oh my!

The following has to be prefaced with two things. The first is a clear understanding on the reader’s part that primaries are games of show and that in truth the players in those primaries, or candidates if you like, are … Continue reading

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Sticking with Pelosi eh?

Pelosi somehow still wants the top dog seat for the democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Personally I think reaffirming her position might be a bad move for the Democratic Party, but we’ll see how that pans out in … Continue reading

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A wind solution that might work…

A new wind turbine product is slated for release toward the end of 2011 and it might actually be usable by electric companies, to see an article about it, click here. I’m going to do something they failed to do … Continue reading

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China’s currency too undervalued?

The simple answer is HELL YES. But what does that mean, and how did it get that way? This rant comes out of the U.S. House just passing a Bill that would allow the U.S. to place tariffs on goods … Continue reading

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Bailouts for Everyone!

Now even the credit unions get a bailout. That’s right America, it appears that none of our financial institutions can effectively work. The below quote is directly from the Wall Street Journal (By the way if you happen to read … Continue reading

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The Supreme Court…

…by law does not have the power of judicial review. I say this as a strict interpreter of the Constitution. Judicial review was established by John Marshall, the ultimate supreme court chief justice, in the way that George Washington was … Continue reading

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The AIG Thing…

Just saying that and you know what I’m talking about, unless you were living in a cave at the time that Congress decided to give several companies the Second Biggest chunk of money ever thrown at the economy. (Bush did … Continue reading

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Hold that thought…

or wedding perhaps. The Ninth District Appeals court has put a stay on the Prop 8 strike down that had occurred only a short time ago. This, however, is not a sign that the court will rule in favor of … Continue reading

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