On TV: Prophets Of Doom
Last month, a show aired on the History Channel called Prophets of Doom. From the History Channel website: Today’s world has troubles unique to its time in history, from the global financial crisis to...
View ArticleOn TV: Last Days On Earth
A while back I saw parts of a show on the History Channel called Last Days on Earth. On Wednesday, I got the opportunity to watch the program in its entirety. Last Days on Earth is a 20/20 (ABC...
View ArticleDissecting Market Bubbles
The Science Behind Market Bubbles December 28, 2007 Back on May 23, 2007, the Wall Street Journal talked about Nobel laureate economist Vernon Smith, a George Mason University professor who shared the...
View ArticleComing Solar Storms Could Cause Trillions Of Dollars In High-Tech...
We have a potential of shorting out electrical circuits that are very large, especially in the polar regions. We have the potential for losing satellite communications. We have the potential for all...
View ArticleCoronal Mass Ejections Pose Growing Threat To Earth
Back on August 3, I wrote about the show Doomsday Preppers that’s been playing on the National Geographic Channel. The production focused on “four families preparing for the end of the world as we know...
View ArticleOn TV: Doomsday Preppers, Episode 4
Getting back on track with my reviews, on Tuesday, February 21, episode 4 of the new National Geographic Channel TV series Doomsday Preppers aired. In “It’s All Gonna Hit The Fan,” three prepper groups...
View ArticlePreview Of Doomsday Preppers, Episode 6
If you think the government’s going to be there, are you going to sit back and wait for the cavalry? They may never come. So what are you going to do about it? Why don’t you start to prepare? Because...
View ArticleOn TV: Doomsday Bunkers, Episode 2
Last night I watched episode number 2 of the new Discovery Channel TV series Doomsday Bunkers. In “Pyramid Pod/Booby-Trapped Bunker,” Scott Bales, owner of Dallas, Texas-based Deep Earth Bunker, worked...
View ArticleLiquid Body Armor!
It’s been some years now since I last visited the Art Institute of Chicago. But every once in a while I would head to this downtown art museum as part of a school field trip or some class assignment....
View ArticleNew ‘Doomsday’ Flu Virus Comes With Instructions
Before I work on those episode reviews of Doomsday Preppers, I’d like to share with you something I find a bit worrisome- the newly-created “Doomsday” flu virus, as some are calling it. I wouldn’t be...
View ArticleSolar Superstorm Threat Discussed On Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze.com
Last Friday, I blogged about FOX News Reporting’s “Countdown to Doomsday” and the part of the show where physicist Michio Kaku highlighted the real threat posed by solar superstorms. Well, yesterday...
View ArticleMayan ‘Apocalypse’ To Begin This Morning
Late in the afternoon yesterday Shepard Smith was on FOX News saying that the “official” start time of the Mayan ‘Apocalypse’ is 11:11 AM Eastern Time Friday, December 21, 2012. That’s a little more...
View ArticleNASA: Sun Undergoing Complete Field Reversal, Possibly Resulting In Stormy...
Just when Earthlings were breathing a sigh of relief, comes word of another potential threat from Outer Space. From the latest National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ScienceCast that was...
View ArticleWhat Effect Have (Post-) Apocalyptic-Themed TV Shows And Films Had On The...
“i friggin LOVE “doomsday preppers”!” -Milla Jovovich, American model and actress of Resident Evil-fame, Facebook post, November 24, 2012 Back in February 2012, the Daily Mail (UK) reported that “as...
View ArticleIran Can Now Produce Enough Weapons-Grade Uranium To Build A Nuclear Weapon...
“Despite what this White House or its predecessors have repeatedly told the American people, it’s my belief that Iran will soon have nuclear weapons (barring military intervention by us or our...
View ArticleChicago Aldermen Push For Styrofoam, Polystyrene Food Container Ban
Had to roll my eyes when I read the following this frigid morning in Chicagoland. From the Associated Press within the last hour: Two Chicago aldermen want to force coffee shops, restaurants, schools...
View ArticleCoronal Mass Ejections Pose Growing Threat To Earth
Back on August 3, I wrote about the show Doomsday Preppers that’s been playing on the National Geographic Channel. The production focused on “four families preparing for the end of the world as we know...
View ArticleOn TV: Doomsday Preppers, Episode 4
Getting back on track with my reviews, on Tuesday, February 21, episode 4 of the new National Geographic Channel TV series Doomsday Preppers aired. In “It’s All Gonna Hit The Fan,” three prepper groups...
View ArticlePreview Of Doomsday Preppers, Episode 6
If you think the government’s going to be there, are you going to sit back and wait for the cavalry? They may never come. So what are you going to do about it? Why don’t you start to prepare? Because...
View ArticleOn TV: Doomsday Bunkers, Episode 2
Last night I watched episode number 2 of the new Discovery Channel TV series Doomsday Bunkers. In “Pyramid Pod/Booby-Trapped Bunker,” Scott Bales, owner of Dallas, Texas-based Deep Earth Bunker, worked...
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