Author Archives: Vasco Phillip de Sousa
Facebook is worth 100 billion – Dong
I just want to warn all my friends and family that this social networking company is the biggest ponzi scheme since AOL and Netscape crashed, hey maybe since the South Sea bubble. At least if you get stuck with a … Continue reading
Still celebrating 500 years of Luso-Siamese Friendship
It has been more than 500 years since the first Portuguese ship carrying envoy Duarte Fernandes sailed into Trangque, but the celebrations of the long lasting relationship between Portugal and Thailand continue. The celebrations began a year ahead of time, … Continue reading
Career Advice from a chin: Follow your dream
You may think you know what to do with the future, but do you? Are you just going to stand there picking your nose all day? If so, Chinny McGringo has a word or two to say to you. If … Continue reading
How can social networks stop the scams? (and the abusive posts)
If you’re a member of LinkedIn, you’ve probably seen it. Someone offering you a great job or freelance offer that seemed to fit just what you wanted. Perhaps you’ve even fallen for one or two scams, but don’t want … Continue reading
President James Madison and the National Day of Prayer
For at least 200 years, Americans have had a national day of prayer. Ironically, this “day of prayer” tradition seems to have been started by a man who is known as a bullwark of the seperation of church and state. … Continue reading
The disclaimer, the views expressed here-in…
It used to annoy me.* Every work place, every university had one at the end. Newspapers and magazines had it. The disclaimer disowning the opinions expressed in every memo, filler, and plug.
Is Alexander Aan “Daniel Isaac Eaton” all over again?
An Indonesian man is facing prison for publishing a Facebook he doesn’t believe in God. He has been threatened with prison, but he has also found a large degree of support. If you’ve been reading this blog, you probably know … Continue reading
Two hundred years and 127,000 American Missionaries later
February 19th, 1812, a man named Admoniah’s Judson sailed from Salem harbour in Massachusetts to India, and eventually to Burma. This trip was once called “the most important event of the nineteenth century.” I wouldn’t be surprised if you never … Continue reading
Review of John Lawson’s Circus
John Lawson claims to have the funniest clowns in Britain, and that may be true. Continue reading
Madison’s act of belevolence: the Venezuela Earthquake and 200 years of American foreign aid.
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison.
How ironic it is, that during his first term in office, Congress spent taxpayer money on uch an act of benevolence. Continue reading
