Update – As I’ve previously stated, the financial markets and businesses do not like economic uncertainty introduced by Democrats or Republicans. The Wall Street Journal talks about “The Uncertainty Economy” with comments like these: The panicked Democrats’ biggest problem is that Congress
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Getting Hit from Behind
There’s nothing like waiting at a stop light and getting hit from behind… That was my “interesting” experience in downtown Springfield yesterday. I got out of my car and immediately called the police to cite the driver (I found
Email Spam… Now Caller ID Spoofing
Just about everyone is familiar with email spam… Well, it appears the world now has Caller ID Spoofing. This is a technique used by unscrupulous people to make phone calls that display a different phone number (and identity) on the Caller ID of
Workplace Humor
Best excuses if you get caught sleeping at your office desk: 1. “It’s okay: I’m still billing the client.” 2. “They told me at the blood bank this might happen.” 3. “Whew! I must a left the top off the
SAE/Boeing Aerospace Conference
I was in Seattle most of this week at an SAE/Boeing aerospace conference… A usual, Seattle was rainy and cold… I gave a 30-minute presentation on sharing technical data in the supply chain… The photo is a shot from my
A View on Capitalism from 1948
Harding College put this out this mini-movie in 1948. It explains capitalism in a simple enough form so that even an elementary school child can understand it. I suggest you show it to any young’uns that may be around as you
Interesting Questions to Ponder
From StrangeCosmos: 1. Is sexual harassment at work a problem for the self-employed? 2. What happens if you go on a survival course and you don’t pass? 3. Whatever happened to preparations A through G? 4. Where do they get
The Vaccines are Out to Get Us
From Drybones
A Great Story of Entrepreneurship
A great story on CNBC about an entire nation creating wealth by supporting research and development…
Are We Entering a Period of Economic Malaise?
I’m typically not a fan of Peggy Noonan, but I’ll have to admit she really had a humdinger of an editorial in a recent issue of the Wall Street Journal. She exclaims that “We’re Governed by Callous Children”: The biggest