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My blog today as the title says, is Dogma Free, not Dog Free!  Political turmoil, financial uncertainty, government overreach, and Olympic gold metals that are almost completely silver are all on the back burner. Going freestyle on something interesting.  My keyboard has been given strict instructions so let’s get started. Most people we know have a dog, many keep more than one. In my household…

Have a Happy 4th of July – I Dare You!

The purpose of celebration is to… celebrate, someone, or something of significance. Today is the 4th of July 2016, 240 years from 1776 and the United States is still standing.  American flags fly up and down our streets. In the face of all angst and negativity across our country, it is still okay to see flags flying and be proud. Today’s blog is not to teach history, but to take stock for just a…

VA Attorney – Awful Charity – Very Bad Karma

A news story flashed across a couple majors today…. The Washington Times and CNN; as the story grows, I can’t let this one go. Finding a charity in America taking advantage of donors is not really news, but this one deserves a second look. Seriously, an American veteran, who works for the VA Office for General Council who, on his own time is soliciting millions for a cause and spending 93% of the…

The basic definition of Travel is to go from one place to another, not too complicated until it’s time to pick a destination. Across the state or across an ocean, there are merely a gazillion choices. We can be lured by exotic travel posters or stories from friends returning from tropical hotspots, or perhaps we’ve always be intrigued by some historical event. There are countless destinations…

I read an article this morning on BBC.com where President Obama made statements ruling out US ground troops in Syria. While I strongly agree with this statement, I am incensed by typical  discussions where troop deployment is so taken so frivolously. I recently spent a week visiting with long time family friends, a family who understands first hand what service to their country means, from a…

Be smarter than your Drone….Dumb-ass!

For decades , personal flying machines have been touted as one of our greatest personal freedoms of the future. Those days aren’t here yet and I hope certain constraints are applied before then. Along the same lines I also recall creative visions of “man” in the future, with over-sized brains and no hair, though I don’t see the correlation. Earlier this morning a drone reportedly struck the front…

SPACEX – BEAUTY IN MOTION!

Congratulations to Elon Musk and his entire SpaceX team . You have been on a historic path since your dream appeared, and now your efforts have truly become, historic! Mission CRS-8 Dragon Resupply Mission reached ISS early this morning April 10th. In this blog however I will  focus on  one aspect of the mission launch on Friday, the return of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its spectacular landing on…

Cardboard, Only Plastic. Brilliant Google!

Anyone remember the movie Demolition Man (1993) when Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock) explains, how after the “franchise wars”  all restaurants became Taco Bell restaurants?  Sure you do, and John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) responds with hearty “no way”? Well this blog is about something as big, if not bigger, than all restaurants becoming Taco Bells’. I am writing about the force we know as…