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Table of Categories:     (of this blog-posts page ; blog-post links are below) COMPUTING posts (spam, desirable search engine features, etc.) CONSUMER posts (good products, bad products) ECONOMY posts ( i.e. banking, business, finance, investing, stocks, money) ENERGY posts (esp. alternative --- wind, solar, geothermal, ocean) ENVIRONMENT posts (population levels ; clean drinking-water and clean aquifers, rivers, bays, oceans, air ; temperature stabilization ; wild and domesticated life ; etc.) GOVERNMENT-CITIZEN posts (examples: Senate & House contact info, nuclear radiation & terrorism, Osama bin Laden, the French & Fox-News, predators circling social-security funds, too many political donation requests, ...) HEALTH posts (including diet issues ... such as added, refined sugar-and-starch --- and medical issues ... such as medical errors and medical ethics) MEDIA posts (television, newspapers, radio, internet, etc.) SPORTS posts (biking, running, hiking, etc.) Some SEARCH engines

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Links to COMPUTING posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Google - I'm Unfriending You (2011 Dec) (merging sponsored ads into search results is the last straw) U.S. ISP's low-ball caps on Internet speed (2010 Jun) (South Korea puts U.S. ISP's to shame) Zbot computer virus - on Microsoft Windows - ALERT (2009 Mar) (alias the "Spyware Protect 2009" virus, or the "sysguard.exe" virus ; shame on Microsoft --- a story of another trojan-horse infection ; see the 2007 Oct post below.) Spammer IP Addresses - an on-going List (2009 Feb) (on-going, via my spam receipts) Spam - I Want an Email Client that filters by 'first' 'Received-from' IP address (2008 Feb) (includes a preliminary list of countries with IPv4-addresses that lie in each 'first-octet' of an IPv4-address ... for the 256 'first' octets - N.*.*.* --- and a rant on why Internet addresses should be grouped by country.) Microsoft Security --- an oxymoron (2007 Oct) (a story of a Microsoft Windows ME computer virus infection) Proposed Search Engines Enhancement .... searchwords-max-distance (2007 Jan) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to CONSUMER posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Plasma TVs - Blacker Blacks means Grayer Whites (2010 Jun) (an example of magicians' trickery in the advertising field) Earbuds - a search for the perfect ones (2009 Jan --- and on-going) (rated on comfort, stay-in-place-ability, and sound reproduction) Tennis Shoes - wide widths - hard to find (2008 Feb --- and on-going) (Come on, Adidas and Nike. Do you really believe one-width fits all?) Running Shoes - Neutral Bias - ASICS models (2008 Jan --- and on-going) (some shoes for UNDER-pronators) List of Bad Products (2008 Jan --- and on-going) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to ECONOMY posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > The 'Occupy' Movement, 2011 - Some Concerns (2011 Nov) (Hopefully a few bad eggs will not derail this call for justice.) Economy Humor - An Updated Glossary of Terms (2009 Jan) (with some cartoons) Ideas for T-shirt messages on the Economy (2009 Jan) (an on-going list) Revealed - Why Congress is Doing Little Good (2008 Nov) (Extremists outnumber Moderates --- resulting in laws loaded with earmarks & lobbyist-serving line items --- and laws motivating all the wrong behaviors) The Candy Store --- and Oversight vs. Regulation vs. Legal-Recourse (2008 Nov) (in which a 'Bill of Financial Responsibilities' is proposed --- similar to the 'Bill of Rights') Savers, Fools, Grasshoppers, Ants --- and the Perfect Storm (2008 Nov) (A Letter to the Editor --- concerning the old fable of the grasshopper and the ant --- as it relates to the 2008 economic 'meltdown' -- a perfect storm of irresponsibilities.) House Republican Insurance Plan --- for 'bailout' of a Pre-Existing Economic Condition (2008 Nov) (in which a rough calculation of the required premiums is made --- and the most likely private insurer candidate, AIG, is on the ropes) Banks Bailout - Sep 2008 - the Paulson Plan (2008 Nov) (A letter to Senators of the Senate Banking Committee, spurred by an Associated Press news article on the bailout/rescue -- mentioning Credit Card Debt & Auto Loans.) 'Toxic' Mortgage Lenders - Bad Credit? Bankruptcy? No Problem! (2008 Oct) (A wall-of-shame for lenders with no apparent concern for the financial health of this country. They are blinded by greed. Where are the umpires & line-callers? Including a 'Meltdown 101' course by Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota.) Kudlow et. al. - Let Your Guests Finish A Sentence (2008 Oct) (The 3 methods used to muffle guests who do not spout the Kudlow creed.) Kudlow's Flawed Ideas on Free Enterprise (2008 Feb) (Briefly, 'free enterprise' = 'free greed'. On the other hand, 'competition with oversight' ... there's a concept worth fighting for. Where are the referees and umpires in this free-greed system? Stealing is not just an activity of the poor! The rich and non-poor steal ... big time.) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to ENERGY posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Solar Attic Fans - an Ideal Solar Application (2009 Feb) (no batteries needed) Ideas for T-shirt messages on Energy (2009 Jan) (an on-going list) Ocean Energy Capture (2007 Jan) (an interesting design) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to ENVIRONMENT posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > cap-OR-JAIL ... NOT cap-AND-TRADE! (2010 Jun) (or, 'pollution is the new gold') Oil Spill - BP - 2010 April (2010 Jun) (Kevin Costner for Interior Secretary ... Energy Secretary ... President.) Ideas for T-shirt messages on Environment (2009 Jan) (an on-going list) World Population Growth - MORE Than Exponential (2009 Jan) (graphs and maps) Open Letter to Jim Cramer - on Oil Spills (2008 Oct) (I beg to differ) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to GOVERNMENT-CITIZEN posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > 2nd Amendment --- the 'forgotten' qualifier (2011 Nov) "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, ..." --- the case for SOME gun laws Obama - Resurrector and Killer of Hope (2010 Jun 22) (a blog post triggered by the slow, pitifully weak Obama response to the million-plus of barrels of oil that have erupted into the Gulf since mid-April 2010) Renaming the Republican Party: Proposed names (2009 Jul 28) (preliminary - more names to be added) Michelle Bachmann: Carbon Dioxide is Good for You (2009 Jul 28) (another Republican nut-case) Senate - Contact Info (2008 Nov 16) (preliminary) House of Representatives - Contact Info (2008 Nov 16) (preliminary) T-shirts, buttons, etc. - Political 2008 (2008 Nov 02) Lobbyists - in McCain's 2008 Presidential Campaign corps (2008 Oct) Political Donation Requests/Demands --- a FORM LETTER for response (2008 Feb) Notice: Predators Smell the Blood of Social Security (2007 Oct) Old-News Flash: Cheese-Eating Surrender-Monkeys Save American Revolution (2007 Oct) Observation: Osama Dead ... Died Laughing (2007 Oct) Proposal: Radiation Detectors for Citizens (2007 Jan) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to HEALTH posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Toys with Veggies (2010 Jul) (instead of removing toys from 'Happy Meals') Needed Medical Experiments (2010 Jun) (relatively inexpensive ones --- to counter the 'dark-side medicine' of 1950-2010) 'Public Option' for Health Care (2009 Aug) (Funding Methods and Cost Reduction) Veggies and Fruits Lists (2009 Feb) (replacements for junk foods) Carrots - Mother Nature's Metamucil (2009 Feb) (reducing bad side-effect of pain-deadening drugs) Ideas for T-shirt messages on health (2008 Dec) (an on-going list) Amyloid Info (2008 Dec) (preliminary) (info on 'amyloidosis', which a friend, or two, suffers from --- a search for a cure --- or at least mitigation ; dietary oils??) Bibliography of Food and Health (and Drugs and Supplements) Books (2008 Feb) (preliminary) (with excerpts from the books --- i.e. this page is a multi-book digest) I was a Sugar Guinea Pig --- an Inadvertent Medical Experiment (2008 Jan) (lessons for other sugar-lovers) Drug Stores and Sugar --- and the Obesity Epidemic in the U.S.A. (2007 Jan) Atkins Misrepresented --- even in obituaries (2005 Oct) (includes the text of the papers on which his diet was based) Sugar Tax --- a proposed method of implementation (2005 Oct) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to MEDIA posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Liberal Media Everywhere ? On TV, Where ? (2009 Aug 25) An Open Letter to Jim Cramer - Thanks for the Call for "Perp Walks" (2008 Feb 20) An Open Letter to CNBC -- especially Rick Santelli (2008 Feb 20) Kathy Griffin on Ann Coulter, hate-monger extraordinaire (2008 Dec 28) Go to Table of Contents, above.

Links to SPORTS posts < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Home page. > Dream Hikes --- with Maps (2008 Dec) (another dream of mine ; an on-going planning page) Runs on Amtrak Routes (2008 Dec) (a dream of mine ; an on-going planning page) Bicycling -- a Strategy for Truth in Drug Tests (2008 Dec) Lance Armstrong Harrassed by French Newspaper (2005 Dec) Go to Table of Contents, above.

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