My New Goal in Life: Own an Elected Official
Yesterday I was listening to NPR or more correctly our local public radio station, WSIU, and heard a story about who in Illinois had contributed the most money to Illinois Politicians. The top...
View ArticleThe Fraud of Peer Reviewed Scientific Research
I have been hit recently by those in academia who believe that anything that comes from the university system that is called “research”, “peer reviewed” and published is gospel. Who’s gospel is my...
View ArticleBad weather and the circus that follows
Parts of Southern Illinois got hit pretty hard not more than 36 hours ago with a 4 a.m. EF4 tornado that killed at least 6 in Harrisburg and destroyed homes and businesses in three counties. Over 300...
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The more complex the mind…….
“The more complex the mind the greater the need for simplicity of play.” Capt James T Kirk Its been a few days since I have had time to update my blog so I thought I would do so with a long post so...
View ArticleMore thoughts on the NRA Convention and the Nat Farm Mach Show.
Some additional thoughts from the NRA convention today as I think about my experience over in St Louis. In was painfully obvious that some companies/brands/booths were very busy and some were not....
View ArticleApril 19 1775, 237 Years Ago Today
April 19 1775. 237 years ago today ordinary citizens decided to stand their ground and resist the oppression of the British Crown. Before the day was over men on both sides would die but the birth of a...
View ArticleSlow Posting, Dry Ground, and Extreme Sarcasm.
I have been few and far between on my posting on this site as well as the PCS site as of late. Several things are causing it, none of which are really a good reason I guess. First off is the drought...
View ArticleNotes from the road, to and from meetings.
Been slow posting….but what has there been to post about? I mean, I can talk about the drought, but we here at ground zero are all but toast at this point and I am to the point I couldn’t care less....
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First corn field done, yields SUCK!
Shelled my first corn today. This field would normally make 10-11 times as much as it did. Worse yet was that the yield estimate was about 30 bu/ac……..why I didn’t destroy it. g Anyway I still have 40...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2013
Well here is hoping that 2013 doesn’t suck like 2012 did. It isn’t looking good however. The Fiscal Cliff, Farm Bill and gun control being looked at by a Congress and President who have no clue what...
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