The Second Great Depression started when the American government defaulted on its foreign loans. That’s the standard lesson taught in history. It’s more accurate to say that a newly elected Congress stopped paying the interest on certain foreign loans to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2018
The Second Great Depression came as s surprise to most people of the time. They had not listened to the economists who said the deficit spending was unsustainable. Or the foreign policy experts or the businessmen who said that America[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t know anybody who lived through The Second Great Depression when I was young. Or if they had, they didn’t advertise. That’s Northern Minnesota for yah. We all have history, so why talk about it? I’ve met a few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression, The Cybernetic Wars, and the rise of the Chinese and Russian blocks helped create the world we live in now. Some histories say that it all started when America defaulted on her foreign debt and kicked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ronald Lee Ermey has been an institution in my life. He was discharged from the Marines before I was born, but from the moment I was conscious, he’s always been there for me to see or hear. He’s appeared in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The change in Olympic policies to allow athletes to pick their own flags and anthems resulted in the expected results of refugees representing their old homes. The Free Tibet, Free Taiwan, and New Japan Olympic teams are examples of this.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kitsune Lasertag League was a big part of Kitsune culture before The War. I always figured they picked the name because they really just wanted to say KiLL on the national networks. I watched some of their matches back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Shang attack that started The War dropped a piece of Yosemite Station on the Kitsune Lasertag League’s corporate headquarters. Many of the most prominent members of the organization died that day, but many others had been traveling on various[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Chinese conquered most of East Asia in the mid-Twenty First Century, which resulted in a large number of refugees. The greatest number traveled to India, Australia, and America, where they built new homes and formed new communities. Some of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a lot of fun at Dairycon this weekend. I setup a couple X-Box 360s and had some games and cartoons available to play. Transformers the Movie, and the original TV show. Some Transformers themed games. Fun stuff like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…