Black Friday is over for the year 2008. I did not sit out overnight waiting for the sale to start. I did not rush to the store and stand in first rush long lines. And I managed to land a very nice 19″ LCD TV for the bedroom at a great price at the Silvis, [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Black Friday Mayhem
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Life, News, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Black Friday, business, Christmas, justice, Law and Order, media, Wal Mart on November 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »
In The Year 2025 – If Mankind is Still Alive They May Find
Posted in Culture, Current Events, In The Year 2025, Life, News, Politics, Wheres the Beef!, government, tagged energy, environment, food, health, Middle East, nuclear weapons, Terrorism, USA on November 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is an old prophetic song from 1969 by Zager and Evans that paints a bleak look at the future of the World starting in the year 2525. I am pretty sure that some of the bleak images that they wrote about – are probably not that far away.
Currently the US National Intelligence [...]
Tax – Tax and More Taxes
Posted in Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, government, tagged Democrats, Taxes on November 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Quad City Online had a story on its site about how property owners are very unhappy with their property tax assessment. No surprise there! Despite struggling to keep out of being classified at poverty level for years – the Rock Island Co. answer has been to increase taxes on the hard-working Rock Island consumers and [...]
To Bail Out US Automakers or Not – That is the Multi Billion Dollar Question
Posted in Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, government, tagged Auto Industry, business, Chrysler, finance, Ford, GM, television, TV on November 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have been reading about the recent suggested bailout of the US Automaker Corporations Ford, GM and Chrysler that just fell apart in the Senate. There seems to be lots of pros and cons concerning the bailout being tossed around the Internet. A poll on QCOnline seems to be leaning against the idea. I am [...]
George Noory Attempts New Paranormal TV Show
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Entertainment, Good Samaritans, Illinois, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, government, unusual, tagged Coast to Coast AM, conspiracy, media, radio, sci-fi, science, science fiction, television on November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Late night radio talk show host George Noory will attempt to convey his trademark radio show entertainment that revolves around guest interviews about current event/historical conspiracy, the unexplainable/paranormal and science/fringe sciences into the television medium. The television show will be called Unexplained with George Noory and will debut this Sunday on the Sci-Fi Network at [...]