Bob Morris on Sep 21, 2010, 5:30 am Business Insider says go short arms makers, pharmaceuticals, and alcohol and buy cigarette companies and purveyors of munchies. Seriously though, legal marijuana will be seen as a direct challenge to the authority of the federal government who will certainly feel the need to assert their power. What will they do? Send the Marines into [...] Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 10:45 pm A US embassy is expected to extend the welcoming hand of democracy—while maintaining a 30-meter zone of blast protection. Gosh, sure sounds welcoming to me. Um, if the US needs an embassy built like a fortress in London, in the country of our closest ally, they maybe we should start re-thinking our foreign [...] Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 5:45 pm The Petraeus bait and switch is a yet another fire-bell in the night – a warning that Petraeus has gained unprecedented power over U.S. war policy. By drawing Obama into a deepening of U.S. military involvement in an unnecessary and self-destructive war on the false pretense that he supported Obama’s policy and then turning [...] Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 1:30 pm Poli-Tea has assembled a comprehensive list of all known third party and independent candidates for governor, US Senate, and US House, with links to their websites. There are over 600 candidates. This is an invaluable resource.Thank you, Poli-Tea! Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 10:12 am It’s official: The Great Recession ended last summer, say some deeply clueless economists, before being herded back into their hermetically sealed isolation chambers so as to avoid any undue contamination from actual reality. Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 9:30 am Sac Bee photo My latest for CAIVN I’m beginning to suspect there’s something in the water at our state capital that is causing what I call Sacramento Budget Derangement Syndrome (SBDS). This tragic disorder is characterized by a lethal mixture of pigheaded obstinacy and cockeyed optimism, along with a stern resolve to never [...] Bob Morris on Sep 20, 2010, 5:34 am Shoky on the 4Chan DDoS attack on MPAA and how such acts, like mass anti-war protests, have little actual impact upon the targets, The protesters can hand-slap that they sure showed them – but in reality, not much changed. A DDoS is, unless its targeting more critical backend servers – email, calendars, security (physical and [...] Bob Morris on Sep 19, 2010, 11:27 pm Bob Morris on Sep 19, 2010, 10:50 pm RadicalGlascowBlog Over the last few days I have come to the conclusion that when the Pope visits this country nothing happens in the world. There is obviously nothing to report, nothing of importance being said or happening. Every newspaper you pick up has page after page of photos of faces and crowds, headline [...] Bob Morris on Sep 19, 2010, 6:15 pm NSFW! “Dude it’s fucking funneling!” Ahem, while I realize Brooklyn doesn’t get many tornadoes thus this was outside the experience of the filmers, it still seems stunningly stupid to stand on a balcony as a tornado comes down the street. Now click through to TechCrunch and thrill at the auto-tune version! | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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