Author Archives: drblues
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Earth Day
Leave a commentApril 22, 2013 by drblues
Today is Earth Day once again. Earth Day 43 hardly rates a comment in the main stream media. Why? …
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An Alert Update Plus Some Thoughts on Fear
Leave a commentMarch 23, 2013 by drblues
UPDATE Another friend, not the one who sent me the original ALERTS TO THREATS IN EUROPE I posted yesterday, decided to update …
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Friday Comedy Relief
1March 22, 2013 by drblues
All and all, this has been a pretty depressing week. Continuing stupidity from the State Legislature- see here, here, here, and …
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Dim Bulb Award for March
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2013 by drblues
Sometimes I have to hunt around a bit to find a candidate for the Dim Bulb Award. Other times, it …
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Ups and Downs and Ups
Leave a commentMarch 8, 2013 by drblues
The economy gained 236,000 jobs in February, well above what had been expected, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 …
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Wealth Inequality in America
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2013 by drblues
Below is a You Tube video that has gone viral this past week and I can see why. It is …
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The 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade
Leave a commentMarch 3, 2013 by drblues
Exactly one century ago, March 3, 1913, a massive parade took place in Washington, D.C., one day before the inauguration …
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Is the Sequester a Kabuki Dance?
1February 28, 2013 by drblues
For the last few weeks conventional wisdom has said that the sequester is not going to happen. After all, the …
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Idaho leads the Nation in Minimum Wage Workers
Leave a commentFebruary 27, 2013 by drblues
Three out of four jobs the Idaho economy created last year were in the service sector. And, guess what, that is …
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He’s Number One!
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2013 by drblues
Do you recognize him? If you are from Idaho you probably do. Yes, it is the Angry Gnome himself, Jim …
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