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Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot CycleBOULDER—The next sunspot cycle will be 30-50% stronger than the last one and begin as much as a year late, according to a breakthrough forecast using a computer model of solar dynamics developed by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Predicting the Sun’s cycles accurately, years in advance, will help societies plan for active bouts of solar storms, which...

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Presidential On The Job Training: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

President Obama appeared to discover a new Federal Agency recently, and the discovery inspired me to provide a little briefing video for the President, as part of his on The Job Training. I hope you enjoy i...

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Mid-morning Flyby

I am sort of in vacation mode. Not really trying to pay attention to politics. Watching the clouds and helping the garden grow...so here is yet another time lapse vide...

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NC General Assembly 05-28-2009 Legislative Calender

Here is today's schedule for the North Carolina General Assembly...8:30 AM AND IMMED. AFTER SESSIONAPPROPRIATIONS/General Government (House)1425LB8:30 AMAPPROPRIATIONS/Justice and Public Safety (House)415LOB8:30 AMAPPROPRIATIONS/Education (House)421LOB8:30 AMAPPROPRIATIONS/Natural and Economic Resources (House)423LOB8:30 AMAPPROPRIATIONS/Health and Human Services (House)643LOB9:00 AMCOMMERCE (Senate)Insurance/Cover Hearing Aids (S375)Dry-Cleaning...

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Changing Gears

I have become convinced that complete and utter ignorance prevails among those who are "newly social" in the Republican Party. We are seeing the rise of an effete, compassionate conservatism that is incapable of cracking open a book written on the college level, much less understand what is written therein. These new conservatives are blown by the winds of emotion, and as shallowly rooted as a pine tree in a windstorm. I will be changing gears to...

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The Thing: Revenge of the Pelosi Virus

The movie is below....

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NC General Assembly 05-26-2009 Legislative Calender

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. – Mark Twain (1866)That is my philosophy concerning coverage of the North Carolina General Assembly...one of supreme skepticism. Anyway, here is what the thieves have on the calender for today...12:00 AMALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL (CANCELLED) (House)15 MIN. AFTER SESSIONFINANCE (House)Turnpike Gap Funding and Debt. (S750)5448:30 AM AND 2:00 PM AND IMMED. AFTER SESSIONAPPROPRIATIONS/General...

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American Legion Post 108 Commemorates Memorial Day in Franklin, NC

2009 Memorial Day Commemoration in Franklin, NC from Thunder Pig on Vimeo.This is the video I shot this morning in Woodlawn Cemetery of the Memorial Day Commemoration held by American Legion Post 108 in Franklin, NC to honor the memory of those who fell in service to our natio...

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Memorial Day

"Let us not ask God why men such as this should die in war...Rather let us thank God that such men lived."--General George S. Patton, Jr....

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The John Batchelor Show for 05-24-2009

Before I relay my weekly promotion for the best six hours in radio, check out Bolden to Enterprise by John Batchelor. The above Friedman video was swiped from the article.It's Sunday night, and that means it's time for John Batchelor! Here is his website. The show starts at 7pm Eastern, and continues for six hours of the best radio you will find anywhere, as only John Batchelor can deliver it with his stable of experts...And here is where you can...

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