Category Archives: News

Why Facebook is a house of cards

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

“Rich Karlgaard writing Monday at Forbes.com on Facebook’s disappointing IPO: 1. Too late. Facebook’s shares have been dead in the water for the last 12 months. Private investors had already bid up Facebook to a $100 billion value a year … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. 3/15/12 Koran burning, contraception, the war on women, billionaire women, wind turbines killing raptors…

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Thoughts On The News. From God’s Country: KORAN BURNING: From today’s New York Times: QUOTATION OF THE DAY “How can you compare the dishonoring of the Holy Koran with the martyrdom of innocent civilians? The whole goal of our life … Continue reading →

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We have troops in Uganda?!?!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

I had an email conversation this morning with a friend in which it was revealed to me we have U.S. troops in Uganda.  Here is how the conversation went: HWSNBN (He who shall not be named.): There are some interesting … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. 9/30/2011

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Thoughts On The News. (From the iPad 2 again. Practice, practice.) Happy autumn everybody. It is peak colors viewing week in Colorado. ALL of the WSJ Opinion Page is excellent today. [This link is no longer specific to 9/30/11. Sorry … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. – Wed. 9/28/2011

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Thoughts On The News. My main reads in the morning are the WSJ Opinion Page and the NY Times, both of which I receive via email. My most used online news site is MSNBC.COM because I find it reasonably complete … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N.-Thoughts On The News, 9/27/11

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

First a thought on some of yesterday’s.  (If the links don’t work Google is your friend.) Susan Collins: The Economy Needs a Regulation Time-Out “America needs a “time-out” from the regulations that discourage job creation and hurt our economy. I … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. – Thoughts On The News, 9/22/2011

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Troy Davis executed: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44592285/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#.Tnt9J6N5mSM I’m generally pro-death penalty, definitely anti- executing innocents. It’s sad they couldn’t have given a stay and more time, still the powers that be must have felt that after 30 years all avenues had been exhausted. … Continue reading →

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