The Personal Computer Radio Show – 01.25.17

Feature Segments:

o The Internet of Things and the U.S. Department of Commerce
o Alfred Poor – Health Tech Insider, Aria Augmented Reality, Rifft Smart Wristband
o Consumer Alert – ATT, LENOVO
o Marty Winston – Newstips, Report from the International Builders Show

In The News:
o Verizon Unlimited Data No Longer Unlimited
o Did Someone Say Kodachrome

Dr. Mercola – How to Prevent Hearing Loss and Improve Your Hearing With Nutrition

You’re probably aware that certain nutrients can support optimal vision, but did you know your hearing may benefit from certain foods as well? If you have trouble hearing, or notice that your hearing is not as good as it used to be, your diet (and/or additional supplementation) may hold the answer. In fact, nutritional imbalances are increasingly thought to be …

Expat Files – 08.12.16

#1- Thank god for fearless maids and gardeners: A report on varieties of insects, creatures and critters on the property and in the house. The bugs were here first. We’re the interlopers.     #2-Don’t give your dough to organized charities. You feel good for the moment but are just financing the organizer’s lifestyles: The are many ways Expats can give back to …

Expat Files – 08.07.16

#1-Recent history indicates that Gringos of two particular professions are ahead of the curve when it comes to arranging their Latin American plan “B”. Can you the professions and why that seems to be the case? #2-Have Latin Americans also fallen onto the first-world political correctness trap? Latins love everything first-world and try to copy our good and bad habits, …

Steven MacMillan – Pokémon Go, the CIA, “Totalitarianism” and the Future of Surveillance

If anyone doubted that a percentage of the global population are akin to zombies, the incidents following the release of Pokémon Go have surely convinced you. Despite the game only being released in early July, we have already seen a man driving into a tree and a women getting locked in a graveyard whilst chasing these furry little creatures. Pokémon describes the …

FDA Defies Congress, Slips Money to Hospitals, and Stiffs Consumers

For some time now we have been explaining how the FDA appears to be trying to put compounding pharmacies out of business in order to boost the profits of its major client, the pharmaceutical industry. It doesn’t seem to matter to the agency that you will no longer be able to get critically important drugs, or your medications in the right form. …

Ben White – What Clinton said in her paid speechesd

NEW YORK — When Hillary Clinton spoke to Goldman Sachs executives and technology titans at a summit in Arizona in October of 2013, she spoke glowingly of the work the bank was doing raising capital and helping create jobs, according to people who saw her remarks. Clinton, who received $225,000 for her appearance, praised the diversity of Goldman’s workforce and …