By JamesW on Jun 13, 2009 in Blog, Featured, Rants & Raves | 1 Comment
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, [...]
By MaxW on Apr 8, 2009 in Auto, Featured, How-To | 0 Comments
techimoto has been hard at work the past few months rebuilding a 1990 Jeep Cherokee Laredo giving it a second life. The project started with a search for the right donor vehicle, after a few weeks of looking we came up with a $500 broken down junker that was soon headed to the junk yard [...]
By JamesW on Oct 13, 2008 in Featured, The Mud Pit | 0 Comments
Future generations (if schools still exist), might be taught about the historic meeting on September 25th, 2008, when President Bush was heard to utter “If money doesn’t loosen up, this sucker could go down.”
It was supposed to be not much more than a photo-opportunity, a demonstration of national unity in the face of economic [...]
By Sean Broadbent on Oct 5, 2008 in Featured, The Reel Review | 3 Comments
Patriotic colors, impressive shots of Washington D.C., and a series of murders by the most bumbling bunch of characters this reviewer has probably ever seen. Nothing in this latest creation from the Coen Brothers is typical- unless of course you have become accustomed to their morbid, wry comic sensibilities.
The film starts off with an over-dramatic [...]
By Sean Broadbent on Oct 3, 2008 in Featured, The Reel Review | 1 Comment
For breakfast today, me and some friends went to the local IHOP. We weren’t exactly sure how to get there so we used our GPS devices in our cars to navigate there. On the way, we marveled at how the stop lights changed yellow just as we passed by. And once we had arrived, everyone [...]
By JamesW on Sep 19, 2008 in Auto, Blog, Environment, Featured | 0 Comments
In a bold move, especially for a battered company in a bruised economy, GM has aggressively developed a prototype car that, for all effective purposes, run entirely on electricity. It uses a 400-lb lithium-ion battery, an energy source that is silent and emission-free.
The big difference from other “hybrid” cars such as the “Prius”, is that [...]
By JamesW on Sep 17, 2008 in Blog, Featured, The Mud Pit, World | 0 Comments
Whatever happened to “small government”. Isn’t that a Republican trademark? Now, thanks to our tax dollars, we (and I mean everyone in this country that pays taxes), own 79% of AIG, paying $85-billion, and of course manage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well. And how did you feel about paying out $24 million to [...]
By MaxW on Sep 12, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 1 Comment
In a future with no need for fossil fuels and with the need of renewable energies, solar power seems to be the best option available on the market. In order to be efficient and cost-effective, the sun has to shine all day long and the perfect place for that is the African continent. The [...]
By JamesW on Aug 29, 2008 in Environment, Featured, The Mud Pit | 4 Comments
Pesky Scientists Ruining Our Good Time – AGAIN
There are an estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears in the Arctic, but scientists from the US Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world’s bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of a decline in the Arctic sea ice.
In a stark warning last year, scientists at [...]
By JamesW on Aug 22, 2008 in Auto, Environment, Featured, Software | 0 Comments
Prior to his current “mission”, Shai Agassi, age 38,worked for SAP, the world’s largest maker of enterprise software. Agassi believes it just might be possible to get the entire world off oil. For good. The problem, he decided, was oil-consuming, CO2-spewing cars. The solution was to get rid of them. Not just some, and not just by [...]