US Marine Corps Capt Brian IGLESIAS, director, and Anton Sattler, co writer, have produced an outstanding DVD on the Nov/Dec, 1950, Chosin Reservoir battle in North Korea. Iglesias enlisted in the US Marine Corps and was promoted to Captain. He
The United States is experiencing a major population revolution, largely unrecognized by our voting public. For several years I have followed US population projections, which really are quite interesting. For example in 1987 the US Census Bureau projected that the
With all the international advances in modern medicine international staph infections and germs are still a major problem, including potential germ warfare. I was discussing the staph infection and germ problem with a friend and he said ” remember Dr.
Can Hydrogen and carbon, especially CO2, be combined inexpensively to produce Low Carbon Hydrogen Fuel (LCHF) light, medium, and heavy Synfuels? Hydrogen is the foundation of all fossil fuels and for that reason they are called hydrocarbons. Hydrogen is the
Re: The Forgotten Highlander, My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East, by Alistair Urquhart, Little Brown, 2010, library # D805 .J3 U77 2010 I just finished an extraordinary book written by a surviving former private
In early 1942 a group of Texas petroleum geologists were invited to Washington an assigned a classified study- “How to Shut Down the Nazi Industrial War Machine.” Before their deaths, three Houstonians give me a first hand view of the
October 15-18th the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a 300 member Committee, met to prepare for the Oct/Nov, 2012 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress and the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). We
Not a trace of 9/11 World Trade Tower hero Rick Rescorla was recovered. Homeland Security needs to analyze his special DNA for that missing link in our anti-terror attack strategy. Men with the uncanny ability – personified by Rescorla –
The Iranian Ahmadinejad regime repeated announced goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. The goal of the State of Israel is survival. Israel feels it has the absolute right to defend itself against a potential nuclear attack. Iran
As President Hugo Chavez binds Venezuela ever tighter to every international enemy of the USA, at home he confronts high inflation, dropping oil revenue, a falling GDP, and a National Assembly election just a few weeks way. That said he
Germany was just 24 hours away from winning the “Battle of Britain” when Goering made a fatal strategic error. He shifted their bombsights from Britain’s aerodromes to London’s civilian population, galvanizing the nation into exuberant cheerleaders for the Royal Air
Crude oil is a commodity. For centuries commodities have been traded on international commodity markets. For decades the Texas Railroad Commission had monthly Proration Meetings and in essence set the price of world oil. When the US became less important
The US began supplying a Strategic Oil Reserve in 1975 which currently is the largest in the world. However, the problem is a large percentage of our reserve crude oil is Mexican Mayan high sulfur crude oil, which is difficult
The future availability of our US crude oil supply is part of the current unrecognized international economic war. The objective of this conflict is control of natural resources, especially crude oil and natural gas, technology, shipping lanes, markets, job creating
Senator Harry Reid today Wednesday, August 4th, announced he will not hold two test votes on his proposed energy and oil spill bills. The proposed 409 page bill is S.3663, otherwise known as the CLEAR (Consolidated Land, Energy & Aquatic
July 30th the House of Representatives, now on recess, passed the 225 page HR 3534 Offshore Drilling Regulation Bill and the 16 page HR 5851 Offshore Oil & Gas Worker Whistleblower Act. The Democratic Leadership headed by Congressman Ray Rahall
There is a legislative drama being played out in Washington DC this week. The Congress has a summer recess beginning after work on Friday, July 31 and returns to session Sept 14 to stay in session until October 8th. The
There are hundreds of financial indicators which give a forecast of the international economies. One Index which is often not followed, but is important is the BALTIC DRY INDEX (BDI). The BDI tracks dry bulk cargo international shipping prices. It
Sun Tzu about 500 BC wrote The Art of War. One of his main points is a nation must know its enemy thoroughly. There are several critical military issues being debated in Washington today. Should the US have a combat
