hi all, from your resident open salon conspiracy theorist-slash-crackpot! welcome to the Conspiracy Channel! just wanted to put my trusty tinfoil hat on and greet you all after one of the most conspiracy-rife periods in recent memory! they seem to be everywhere you look, popping out of the… Read full post »

"No more hurting people. Peace."
—Martin Richard, 8yrs old, Boston marathon victim

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hi all. as some of you may know, this blog was started partly to share 911 truth type information with the public. about 3.5 yrs ago, that was rather radical. it is still out of the mainstream, but how far? the pov has increased substantially in awareness over that time. its… Read full post »

hi all. as I mentioned recently Ive collected bazillions of links on misc political topics over many months & was ready to post while open salon was down. one topic Ive covered in this blog since its inception is Drones. the complex and polarizing issue has really spiralled in a short… Read full post »

hi all! long time no write. open salon has been an unmitigated disaster for at least a quarter of the year as far as its performance. yikes! so, took a hiatus from the blog. but, really did miss cranking out blog posts routlinely. had been easing up on my frequency anyway.… Read full post »

hi all! so glad that open salon is working again. did ya miss me?

I saved up a bazillion links since last summer but didnt have the chance to post em because of open salon woes. also after the links, a huge backlog of Beautiful Women of Open Salon (click on… Read full post »

hi all. whats new? brief update on me. I havent been writing as much in the blog lately due to summer busyness & also I found a cool site for theoretical computer science, with lots of characters and drama already. alas over here in this world it seems like open salon… Read full post »

hi all. I like my anonymity and usually dont post a lot of personal stuff, or at least its been awhile. I guess my personal posts & details have probably declined over time in my posts as I got stuff off my chest.

one of the great things about blogging is… Read full post »

yeah Im a real blogwh*re for hits and yet I doubt this subj is gonna push the needle much.… Read full post »

hi all. ray bradbury died this wk. I collected a few links that whizzed by, see em below, lots of good quality writing on the subj. more on that shortly.

have been thinking of writing up a blog on obama & the drone warfare. I suppose… Read full post »

hi all. hows it goin? so summer is here & a young mans fancy turns to thoughts of... and Im plugged into yet another new job. its pretty elite stuff, I surprised even myself this time. & got through a crunch with a lot of busy work outside of work. you… Read full post »

hi all. hows it going? things have been kind of turbulent in my personal life lately. some health issues for nearby cohorts, not my own. employment volatility. persistent quandaries. to make long stories short. sometimes I feel like writing a long blog about it, other times not.

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hi all. april 10th is the 3yr anniversary of my blog here. yep, Im an old timer. do the wrinkles show?

its been a bit of an adventure. I started open salon on a bit of a lark. my main issue I wanted to talk about was new scientific evidence about 9/11.… Read full post »

hi all its been awhile since I last posted this series. 3 whole months. my 3yr anniversary on this site is coming up in early april & I guess Im running out of steam a little bit. yeah Ive got a lot of various writing out of my system I guess.… Read full post »

hi all. as some may have noticed Ive collected links under the heading "electronic democracy" almost since this blog started.

its an old idea Ive had ever since the late 80s or early 90s as computers were starting to gain traction in everyday life. what if our government & other bureacracies… Read full post »

hi all .. my last installment in this series was about 3mo ago at which point the Occupy msg was starting to resonate across the country. boy has it ever! within the last 2 weeks we saw Romney get dinged bigtime over his comments that he "likes to fire people" and… Read full post »

hi all. I just read a great front page article in UsaToday on the new TLC program "all-american muslim".* I havent seen this show yet but its definitely making waves & creating some buzz. it portrays "everyday" muslim americans going thru their typical struggles. I noticed another editoria… Read full post »

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hi all. one of my favorite ironic sayings-- be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Im feeling that way lately. Ive been advocating economic issues for many years now, esp since 911. from a progressive angle. something seemed broken, but like a fish in water, it was… Read full post »

hi all. Im a little shocked at the wall st protests. Ive seen a lot of protests over the last few years, but they always seemed to be aimed at something useless.  yet the wall st protesters seem to me to be a real grassroots, spontaneous, meaningful phenomenon. moreover, the… Read full post »

hi all, its been quite awhile since I did a beautiful women post, and I have accumulated probably the largest batch ever. also, a ton of gender-related articles which I hope you find interesting.

as usual, click on their pics to go to their pages.

whats new with me? at work… Read full post »

hi all. 

I started this blog almost 2.5yrs ago now. I had a laundry list of topics but one stood out. I started the blog less than a month after I found out about a remarkable scientific paper by niels harrit et al on "nanothermite" found in world trade center… Read full post »