Monthly Archives: November 2014

Commercial Spaceflight

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Virgin Galactic spacecraft and launcher aircraft.
Virgin Galactic spacecraft and launcher aircraft.

Since the crash of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo some of you are probably thinking that the future of commercial spaceflight does not have a very bright future. Well if you looked at the early history of manned flight in the beginning of the 20th Century there were a number of major setbacks and accidents before commercial flying became quite safe, as it is today.

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My New Jersey Property Tax Solution

NJ  property taxes are high!
NJ property taxes are high!

[symple_spacing size=”80″]How can the property tax problem in New Jersey be solved? Well I am going to take a stab at it with my own ideas and opinions. So this is a far warning stand back and be impressed; I hope.

To begin with lets take a look at some of the causes, then I will move on to my solution(s). First and foremost is most, if not all of your property taxes go toward your local school system. And the Supreme Court of New Jersey has issued a set of rulings that directly impact you the tax payer. These rulings are not based on constitutional law, but on the incorrect interpretation of the court. The New Jersey Constitution states the following “must supply a fair and efficient system of education” unfortunately the court seems to think that it say “must supply a fair and efficient education” whoops someone can’t read. And thus the court in its ruling, Abbott V. Burke, that more money must be spent in those districts that they think need monetary help. A total waste of money and time it has been with no real improvements. Continue reading My New Jersey Property Tax Solution

The Great Deadlock!

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US Capital Building
US Capital Building

Unless you have been hiding in a cave somewhere where there is no cell phone signal, you know that the Republicans will control both houses when the next session of congress convenes. And now the President says he will move ahead with immigration reform on his own, the Republicans have threatened to deadlock the government!

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A Blogger’s Soliloquy

Jumpin Jersey Mike
Jumpin Jersey Mike Tweets a soliloquy.

A blogger’s soliloquy about tweeting:

 

To tweet or not to tweet: that is the question.

Whether ‘tis nobler in the CPU to suffer

The bits and bytes of outrageous bloggers,

Or to take arms against a sea of electrons,

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