Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Spirit of ’08: Cut the crap, candidates.

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Jack Henderson

No one among the ’08 presidential hopefuls has asked for my advice on campaign strategy, and that’s probably for the best. Frankly, I think the kinds of strategies and tactics we’ve seen in past national elections aren’t going to cut … Continue reading →

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DARPA research promises sub-micro aerial vehicles

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Jack Henderson

One of the key barriers to miniaturization  in UAVs lies in the propulsion system. As things get smaller, it gets increasingly difficult and expensive to build and maintain engines/motors, because of all those moving parts. DARPA is conducting research (through … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: A Ron Paul surge in Nevada

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Jack Henderson

Well, what do you know? This is going to be a little more difficult for the MSM to ignore. Oh, wait. Oops, one more. Seriously, though, the LA Times jumped on this news and ran a nice article, and I … Continue reading →

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I think you’ll love my novel. Here are 270 free pages so you can decide for yourself.

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Jack Henderson

Dear Reader, It’s common in modern book shopping to get a preview of a chapter or two, but that’s never seemed like quite enough for me. So, I decided this past weekend to throw caution to the wind with my … Continue reading →

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Bobby Fischer dies

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Jack Henderson

If you were alive in the late 60s & early 1970s, you didn’t even have to be interested in chess to know this guy’s name. In the midst of the Cold War, Fischer won the first world chess championship in … Continue reading →

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90% of World Bank Aid Money Consumed By Corruption

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Digg_Post

from the Wall Street Journal Online Corruption is an endemic problem in bank projects, swallowing unknown but significant chunks from its $30 billion-plus annual portfolio. No less a problem has been the bank staff’s ferocious resistance to anything that might … Continue reading →

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CoD is now out in paperback!

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Jack Henderson

The paperback edition of Circumference of Darkness is now available. Bantam is running ads on the radio in support of the launch, and you can listen to one of them using the player below: And you can buy the book … Continue reading →

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‘Iran threats’ may have been work of a heckler

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Jack Henderson

from Tom Chivers, for the Telegraph Threats to US ships in the Strait of Hormuz heard at the end of a Pentagon-released recording of an incident between Iranian patrol boats and US Navy warships last week may have been the … Continue reading →

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Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Jack Henderson

There seems to be an accepted roll-out schedule of truth-telling, timed so the facts that are finally revealed have lost their power to enrage us by the time they come to light. The author of the report “demonstrates that not … Continue reading →

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Big media vs the Ron Paul Campaign: Now it gets kind of obvious

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Jack Henderson

If anyone is still harboring any doubts that the corporate media are actively shaping and steering the 2008 US Presidential Election, they should take a good look at what’s happening this week. After raising over $19,000,000 in the Q4 ’07 … Continue reading →

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