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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Neil’s Saga
The reverberation around the world after the fall of the final Empire wasn’t as nearly bad as most thought. Even without the prospect of cataclysmic elimination by an emotionally crippled giant, most countries did not fight and war like they once did. Certainly pockets of discontent and resistance to each enclave of governmentis continued like they always had. Even the dissidents wanted their own form of control. But as real markets returned and materialized the exposure to the instant communication age made the values of peace and prosperity greater than ever imagined, with a conscience and eye towards environmental preservation and whatever control man still believed they had over real matters of the Universe. The first Asteroid observation center on the moon was dubbed Asimov. With a world of ever increasing billions there were always anomalous behavior that people disdained and condemned, but the ever present monopoly of the few over the many was over.
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Ralph’s Moving Castle
Sometime in 2006 when I was petitioning to get on the ballot up in Saratoga Springs, I came across a women who started shouting (almost shrieking) about Florida and the current mess in Iraq. This was not the usual muted … Continue reading
Turkey Invades US Territory
Only a few hours old on the news ticker, but don’t expect indignant calls for reprisal at the UN from the US. The diplomatic corps. probably has a litany of talking points outlining the undesirability of this action, but understanding … Continue reading
A Little Bit of Luck ?
The NYS Lotto has recently started an ad campaign suggesting that the average New Yorker only needs a little ‘bit of luck’ in order to win in their rigged system. Utilizing what I am sure they think a clever ‘mascot’ … Continue reading
If I could vote today . . .
Went past what is normally my polling place on election day, that is, Town Hall. There’s a ‘distance meter’ out front, as if some magic number of meters (they still use feet here in the States) could help not determine … Continue reading