"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Organized crime is increasing focused on stealing information, not things. Theft by fraud is safer for the criminal because there’s no physical confrontation. Criminal groups now are transnational, making prosecuting them more difficult. Their leaders may be in countries or…
In a marvelously weasel-worded statement, Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn has resigned saying he was shocked just shocked at the “misconduct.” Further he’s not aware of any personal wrongdoing. How very curious. He doesn’t even know if he knew. But leaves the…
It will be difficult, quite possibly impossible, for VW to fix their diesels. Other diesel manufacturers spray urea onto exhaust fumes to cut down on pollution. Volkswagen doesn’t, because they said their engines were hyper-efficient. They lied. Instead, Volkswagen was…
Omigod, casinos on the Strip in Vegas have water fountains, and Vegas is in a desert so it must be a ginormous water pig, right? Wrong. Vegas is allocated a tiny 1.8% of water from the Colorado River and doesn’t…
El Nino continues to build. However there are two caveats for California. El Nino is projected to mostly hit southern California. However, crucial reservoirs and mountains where it snows are in the northern part of the state. Also, temperatures are…
“The market for this is huge” says a London chef about Growing Underground, which now has a commercial subterranean hydroponic farm in London. Thus, fresh vegetables and greens get to restaurants in four hours. They specialize mostly in high end…
On October 1, health care providers are mandated to start using 100,000 new diagnostic codes, something the New York Times says has “potential benefits”, without explaining why. I’m a software developer with years of experience in data conversion and building new…