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The Power Lies With The Group In the 1950’s a psychology professor conducted a study too see if the power of Group Dynamics would affect the decision of an individual. The study yielded interesting results to say the least. Professor Solomon Asch, originally from Warsaw, performed the study in Pennsylvania. The Swarthmore College is located […]

The Big Lie: Tax Cuts For The Wealthy

Raising Taxes Has Become The Third Rail Of Politics Raising taxes is considered somewhat of a faux paux for Republicans in the White House. Democrats often rail on Reaganomics and the Trickle-down theory. But what do the Democrats intend do to about it? Instead of confronting the tax problem, Democrats opt to go along with it. Both parties […]

Watch Out For TDL Rootkit

Page Title Reads Jump Or Redirect Here’s a virus that infects your computer in a sophisticated manner, more so than normal. TDL3, or TDSS if you will, is invisible to Windows and some anti-malware programs. Rootkit infects your computer by replacing normal hard drivers with malicious versions of drivers. The Main Symptons 1. The “tdsskiller rootkit” […]

American Firms Financed Hitler?

The Young Plan Propels Hitler Into Power How could it be that the history books in America omit some of the most important pieces of evidence, that are crucial to real truths, which weighed heavily upon societal degradation of the 20th century? Is there any hard evidence that implicates the reasoning that American bankers helped to enact […]

Reasserting The Opposite

The Liberal Nature Of The Media Our basis for the argument, or theory that is being proposed, is the liberal nature of journalism and the “free” press in the United States. The question always arises, “Is the mainstream media too liberal?” But before we get into a heated debate about Fox News versus MSNBC or […]

Economic Crisis Hits Great Britain Again

Spending cuts will push up unemployment to almost 3 million “Unemployment is not yet, but bids fair to be, the greatest of the British industries,” as was published in the Manchester Guardian in 1928. By the end of 1928, 1.2 million Brits were out of work. The national unemployment rate was 12.2%. In Wales and in […]

Please No Fatties On TV Says Marie Claire

Should “Fatties” Get a Room? (Even on TV?) First of all, I have empathy for anyone with a health problem, whether it be obesity, anorexia, or whatever the case may be. People are cognizant of their complications and are often are a bit testy when presented with any form of ridicule. But I just couldn’t […]

Replace Battery In HTX-202

ER-1 Means Battery Starting To Fail I noticed a “ER-1″ while powering my HTX-202. This could be an indication of error in the operation memory. This can be caused by a low lithium backup battery, or can be caused by static discharge. To clear the error, turn off the unit. Then press FUNCTION and CLEAR […]

Juan Williams Gets Fired But Draws Attention

NPR Gets Unwanted Publicity Over Firing Williams Juan Williams made a comment on “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday night. On Wednesday night, Williams got the news that he had been fired. National Public Radio (NPR) fired him because of a comment – that he felt uneasy when he saw Muslims on airplanes. The Juan Williams story garnered national […]

A Five-Element 2-Meter Yagi (Part 2)

By Ron Hege, K3PF Element Trimming For this job, a fine-toothed saw works well. (Caution: During the following steps, be sure that you cut half the total amount from each half [ie, each side] of an element.) For operation at the low end of the band (144 MHz), cut the 66-inch element to a total […]

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