Monthly Archives: December 2010

The “New” Sears: K-Mart’s Bastard Child

13-Jan-2012: This story, Lender Shies Away From Slumping Sears, is just one of many negative foreshadowing stories about Sears in the news recently. It reminded me of this piece, which I originally published December 28, 2010.

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Sears & Roebuck: Old & Tired?

Sears & Roebuck was once this country’s Walmart.

When I was a kid, going to the Sears store on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn was a great adventure. The first thing you noticed when you walked into the store was the smell; it was popcorn, warm cookies and candy from the sweets counter in the middle of the aisle. It made the shopping experience there more like a party than a retail excursion. Continue reading →

FoxNEWS, “You Lie!!”

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For years now, I’ve felt that the real FoxNEWS slogan should be, “We distort, you decide.” Now there’s proof that it’s probably the truest thing that FoxNEWS could say about itself, if only the network would “man-up”.

Now there’s proof that my gut (and a lot of well-informed guts out there in the news-reporting and -consuming public) were Delphic in their prognosticatory accuracy. Continue reading →

Revisited: To X-37B or not to X-37B? That is the question.

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UPDATE (2011-MARCH-3): The USAF is planning on again launching the X-37B on a classified mission. An unanswered question is whether this is a re-launch of the same X-37B which flew last year, or a 2nd prototype? If it’s the former, that’s significant for turnaround time.

Prologue: This piece was written and submitted for publication on Dec. 6, 2010, and published on Dec. 15th. On that very same day, Orbital Sciences announced that they were submitting an official proposal to NASA to build an orbital space plane to take up to four people into an orbit capable of delivering them to the International Space Station. This article actually scooped the news by over a week. – Mike

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Posted on TGDaily.com, by Michael R. Honig | Wed 15th Dec 2010, 11:38 am

Back in May 2010, shortly after it was launched, I wrote a speculative piece about the military’s X-37B experimental unmanned craft.

To me, it obviously bore a more-than-passing resemblance to two of NASA’s mothballed experimental space planes: the X-33 and the X-34. This tweaked my memory and provoked some comparisons and guesses.

So far, I think I’m the only one who has ever made the connections expressed in that piece.

Now, an update. Continue reading →

He doesn’t hate Jews. He just prefers Christians.

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I’m kind of a news junkie. That’s why I post links to so many articles on this website. I’m also very picky about accuracy and facts. That’s why any article I post that sounds … peculiar … is something I’ll research first before wasting your time with it.

So when I saw this headline from ThinkProgress.org – TX GOP Official Opposes Jewish House Speaker: Christians ‘Are The People That Do The Best Jobs’ – I wanted to find and verify its source. Continue reading →

A Good Question: “What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama” (or “Give ‘Em Hell, Barry.”)

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In this weekend’s New York Times Op-Ed, there’s an interesting opinion piece entitled “What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama” by Ismael Reed.

I disagree with many of the writer’s comments and conclusions, but his central premise struck a chord with me about the implied central question: Is Obama’s ‘handling’ of Republican obstinacy and obstructionism – what has often been called ‘caving’ – actually informed more by his black experience than we have previously considered? Continue reading →

John Boehner: “Weeper of the House”? “Boozer of the House”?

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John Boehner a lazy drunk? Joe Scarborough, MSNBC show host and former Republican Congressman, thinks so.

Insistently.

~~Click here to see the videos and analyses on Roger Ebert’s blog.~~

Unfortunately, the Ebert Blog link no longer works, but you can click on the embedded video, or see the video here or here:

If Healthcare Reform is “Obamacare”, then maybe …

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If the Republicans persist in calling healthcare reform Obamacare and estate taxes “death taxes”, then let’s be consistent: Continue reading →

Barry, Read “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!”

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When politics generally and Republican/Rightwing policy proposals make you want to rip your hair out, read Truman’s “Give ‘Em Hell” speech (Oct 1, 1948) today, and be inspired. www.trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=1973

This believed to be the speech that turned the 1948 election for Harry Truman.

It took me about 2 hours to find an authoritative source for this transcript, so I can vouch for its accuracy.

The speech was given in Charleston, West Virginia. Here’s the text: Continue reading →

Was Palin’s Caribou killing actually a political assassination?

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From Aaron Sorkin’s opinion piece in The Huffington Post.

“… So I don’t think I will save my condemnation, you phony pioneer girl. (I’m in film and television, Cruella, and there was an insert close-up of your manicure while you were roughing it in God’s country. I know exactly how many feet off camera your hair and make-up trailer was.)

“And you didn’t just do it for fun and you didn’t just do it for money. That was the first moose ever murdered for political gain. You knew there’d be a protest from PETA and you knew that would be an opportunity to hate on some people, you witless bully. What a uniter you’d be — bringing the right together with the far right.”

Voting feels Mmmmm, Oooooh so good!

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Forget civic duty. Everyone would vote if it felt this good (Video): http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=164150193&videoChannel=2602

“Trying to get a word in edgewise”, by Roger Ebert

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Those of you who follow movies and movie reviews have certainly heard of Roger Ebert. You’ve also probably heard of the health trials he’s experienced in the past few years, culminating in the loss of his voice.

I’ve been following Roger Ebert on Twitter for the past several weeks. He generates a lot of tweets. Initially, I wondered if they would overwhelm my patience. It seemed like Roger generated a lot of ‘stream of consciousness’ tweets. I soon wondered if maybe I should follow more people who are equally interesting, but who tweet less often. Sort of a quality/quantity consideration.

As these thoughts went through my mind over the past several weeks, thinking about his circumstances and continuing to read his tweets, I decided that the quality was worth the quantity. I thought a lot about the frustrations he must feel; such a talkative man losing the power of speech. Continue reading →

Dear President Obama: Like it or not, perception is reality.

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For the last couple of days, President Obama has been defending his deal with Republican Congressional leaders on the tax cuts. After taking a lot of heat from the media, the blogosphere and elsewhere (little if any of that criticism from the right), he’s been complaining about criticism from his own base. That is to say, the people who worked for him, donated to him, voted for him, and have continually defended him over the past 3-4 years from the earliest stages of his candidacy to the present.

I wish to say this to President Obama: Continue reading →

Bad News + Bad News = Obama/Boehner/McDonnell Tax Plan

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Wall Street Journal FOREX Article:

WORLD FOREX: Dollar Continues To Rise On High U.S. Bond Yields

As interests are expected to rise on U.S. financial instruments, the dollar becomes more valuable.

This is double bad news.

Why? Continue reading →

From ThinkWingRadio.com (History Section)

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I love history. I think it’s particularly fascinating when you can almost imagine yourself in the past because a scene is presented so vividly, and nothing does that with more power than film or photos from a long-ago time.

Below are four links that I’ve collected and put in the History tab of ThinkWingRadio.com.

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Movie made from a moving trolley in San Francisco, April 14, 1906, just 4 days before the great earthquake. Streetcars, private cars, pedestrians and cyclists are all sharing Market Street.
Dunkurque (France): Filmed From A Tram, 1913: Filmed from a moving trolley in Dunkurque (Dunkirk), France.
Rare Color Footage of [1940] London Blitz Uncovered (Published by CBSNews.com, September 7, 2010 10:50 AM): CBS/AP) – Rare color film of Winston Churchill and of bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. …
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25, 1911 (World News Network): Video and oral history of the tragedy. Heartbreaking and compelling. – Mike

First Look At The New United/Continental Logo Paint Job

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If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the new look of a repainted aircraft after the United/Continental merger.

To X-37B Or Not To X-37B? That Is The Question.

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This article written by me was originally published on TGDaily.com on May 21, 2010. There have been some interesting developments about which I’ll be publishing a follow-up article soon. (Hint: I’ll be looking a little prescient.)

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To X-37B Or Not To X-37B? That Is The Question.

Michael R. Honig | Fri 21st May 2010, 07:44 pm

Changes are coming rapidly to NASA, and the future of the United States’ dedication and capability to mount manned space missions are increasingly in question.

In “Stargate: SG-1”, the world was still struggling to build and expand space programs to low Earth orbit, while the U.S. (still using NASA as a cover story) was secretly exploring our galaxy, and some others, using the alien-built Stargate system. Continue reading →

Barack Obama: Change you can be disappointed in. “…”It takes two to make peace, but only one to make war.”

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“It takes two to make peace, but only one to make war. Obama is trying to negotiate with non-existent bipartisans. He’s always been negotiating with non-existent bipartisans. Worse, he negotiates with them starting with his final position, as if with the expectation that a reasonable first offer will be accepted as-is.” Continue reading →

“…Thank God, neither the agents in question or any other Russian intelligence officers are known to have been involved in creating secret prisons, kidnappings, or torture.” – Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin can make this statement thanks exclusively to the Bush/Cheney Admininstration.

[A]sked about the 10 Russian “sleeper agents” caught in the US in June and later deported to Moscow. Putin claimed that they had not harmed US interests, adding: “The methods employed by our special services differ in a good way from those used by US special services. Thank God, neither the agents in question or any other Russian intelligence officers are known to have been involved in creating secret prisons, kidnappings, or torture.”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/us-embassy-cables-itvinenko-putin

So the question again remains: When will this nation have the courage to clear its good name and indict our homegrown war criminals?

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig

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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Voting feels Mmmmm, Oooooh so good!

From ThinkWingRadio.com (History Section)

First Look At The New United/Continental Logo Paint Job

To X-37B Or Not To X-37B? That Is The Question.

To X-37B Or Not To X-37B? That Is The Question.

Barack Obama: Change you can be disappointed in. “…”It takes two to make peace, but only one to make war.”

“…Thank God, neither the agents in question or any other Russian intelligence officers are known to have been involved in creating secret prisons, kidnappings, or torture.” – Vladimir Putin

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