Gallup’s Underemployment Measure Continues To Rise Economists can call Ben Bernanke all they want and say that the recession is over. Americans that live on Main Street are not buying into this point of view at all. Matter of fact, employment optimism is just as bad if not worse, as when the so called recession […]

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The Climax Of The Viking Age European history would not be complete without mention of Iceland’s famous poet, Snorri Sturluson. Snorri’s most famous work is the Prose Edda. The piece is highly valued today among fans of Norse Mythology, and historians as well. Snorri was also a politician, lawyer, and speaker. But he was and […]

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The Customer Should Always Come First Whatever happened to (good old common sense) customer service in America? Seriously, why is it the same companies keep getting by with the same old nonsense over and over? It’s time Americans started speaking up in a big way. Answer in short: Don’t buy from that company until they understand who […]

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Juan Ponce de León The First Governor Of Puerto Rico Welcome to Ponce de Leon’s Fountain Of Youth.  This is another tourist attraction in St. Augustine, Florida. And don’t forget to feed the peacocks and squirrels while you’re there.  But what really is the true story behind the man? Was he really searching for a Fountain […]

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Enjoy Fiber Optics For Only $350 Per Month Chattanooga, Tennessee is going high tech on several levels of communication and infrastructure. The big buzz now is about Chattanooga having bragging rights of the fastest internet speed in the United States. That speed is 250 times that of the average internet speed. Now that is something to brag […]

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Liberated at Bergen-Belsen, April 15, 1945 “For the greatest part of the liberated Jews, there was no ecstasy, no joy at liberation. We had lost our families, our homes. We had no place to go, nobody to hug. Nobody was waiting for us anymore. We had been liberated from death and fear of death, but […]

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The Power Line Hum In Your Ears Like any other power consuming American citizen, I really had never thought about what frequency the power lines were humming on. Just plug it in, plug it in baby. In the United States, the power frequency is 60 Hz (120 Volts). In the United Kingdom, the power frequency […]

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Shuttle Discovery STS-133 Shuttle Discovery (Space Transportation System) STS-133 is scheduled to launch at 4:40 p.m. ET, on November 1, 2010. Space shuttle Discovery will deliver the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4, a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and critical spare components to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery (Space Transportation System) STS-133 is scheduled to launch at […]

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Icom HM-133 Mic Problems Again The Icom HM-133 PTT switch is notorious for not working properly. For the most part, I’ve had good luck with mine. However, the mic on my Icom IC-2200H started to act up on me. I think I may have found the fix. Okay, the first thing to do is take […]

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French Officer Jean Ribault and 350 of his soldiers lose life Fort Matanzas is now a National Monument. It was a Spanish fort that was constructed in 1740. The fort made out of coquina, was finished in 1742. The European struggle for dominance played out in this region. The Spanish for the most part controlled Florida […]

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