For centuries oil has meant wealth, and for most countries in the Middle East were it not for oil, their sheiks would be pounding sand, and instead of driving a Bugatti, would be driving dune buggies… By Egon E. Mosum Not all boiler rooms are heated by oil, although some
The Food and Drug Administration, that same organization which okays certain amounts of rat droppings and insect parts in our food, says wood pulp is just fine…! By Egon E. Mosum It’s no secret that the corporate food industry is decidedly not the health industry. Besides chemicals in our
Up to now, the search for extraterrestrials focused on traditional habitable planets, or "goldilocks zones", where the amount of water and sunlight provide energy for life to exist. Turns out they’ve been looking in the wrong place… By David Sussin We haven't found aliens living
What DARPA really wanted was a micro robot that could be implanted in a target. And that's exactly where the medical community was excelling… By David Sussin The Government wants to make microrobots that can control you. Or worse. One of their earliest attempts was in the form
The Petries heard rumors of hieroglyphic records from the Nile Valley that mentioned a temple on the site. No one had documented any buildings at Serabit el-Khadim. But the Petries had a hunch. Turns out, they were right… By David Sussin In 1904, British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie and his
We keep hearing melting ice is causing sea levels to rise. But this isn't a post about that. Because researchers from Arizona State University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory just discovered something much worse… By David Sussin We keep hearing melting ice is causing sea levels to rise.
Isaac Asimov suggested three rules to program into robots to safeguard humanity, in case they decided to get rid of us. It might be time to make sure any AI model has that rule built in somehow. Before any more lines are crossed… By David Sussin Almost overnight, AI has
People are buying dirty diplomas knowingly, and using them to beef up a resume to scam an employer into hiring them. In a February 2023 article in The Watchdog it was reported ‘About 500,000 Americans currently hold fake degrees.’ By Egon E. Mosum In the classic song, ‘It’s
Astronauts out in space must perform a variety of technological functions as well as navigational endeavors. They need to be in their right minds, but sometimes the bon voyage isn’t all that bon… By Egon E. Mosum Those brave astronauts in the various space programs undergo significant physical and
The reader will kindly note, that this article in no way is a criticism of faith nor the faithful, but only a warning that not everyone who counsels against sin follows the manual. By Egon E. Mosum In the New Testament, at Matthew 6:20, it is written ‘But lay
Some: Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, actually served in uniform, but some of those might have slightly inaccurate memories about the nature of their service… By Egon E. Mosum Our politicians all serve in uniform. Not military uniforms, but the blue suit, usually red or blue tie, white shirt and lapel flag
The highest priced cigars in that market are Cubans, and the counterfeiters are perfectly willing to appear to satisfy the aficionados with bogus stogies, and they are getting better at it… By Egon E. Mosum Rudyard Kipling said, ‘a good cigar’s a smoke.’ Can’t argue with that, and