From the Shadows: The Art of Censoring Climate Scientists
The Eastern Sierra Speaks
From the Shadows: The Art of Censoring Climate Scientists
Categories: Environment, Global Warming, Peak Oil, 2556 words2 feedbacks •from the Canyon Country Zephyr
…the first line of the NASA mission is "to understand and protect our home planet." Maybe that can be changed to "…protect special interests' backside."
James Hansen, March 2007
When people have no identification with the wildness of the land – do not experience it as sacred – a tiny seed of evil possibility lies dormant in their minds. The seed sprouts when there is a dire threat to what they do hold sacred.
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Ordc Garage Sale
Categories: Ordc News, 60 words1 feedback •Hi guys. I know we all agreed to a 22 May garage sale at the Tuesday meeting. This has to be rescheduled; I have a commitment in Yosemite then. Please leave comments, dates both good and bad. It can still be at our place on Lazy A.
This is what happens when I try to schedule something without my wife helping.
Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GOP Game to Swipe the November Election
Categories: Civil Liberties, Health Care, 1205 wordsSend feedback •
Reporter Palast in guard tower over Joe Arpaio's jail, Maricopa County, Arizona
Our investigation in Arizona discovered the real intent of the show-me-your-papers law.
by Greg Palast for Truthout.org
[Phoenix, AZ.] Don't be fooled. The way the media plays the story, it was a wave of racist, anti-immigrant hysteria that moved Arizona Republicans to pass a sick little law, signed last week, requiring every person in the state to carry papers proving they are US citizens.
GM Pays Back TARP Loans With...TARP Loans!
Categories: Credit Implosion, 550 wordsSend feedback •Nick Gillespie | April 23, 2010
Have you driven a Ford lately? That might be a good idea, as it seems that GM's claims to have repaid its TARP loans in full and ahead of schedule are, well, bullshit. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner pointing out that GM has apparently paid back its TARP money with...more TARP money. Here's some of Grassley's query:
Reduce The Deficit By Expanding Medicare, Not Cutting It
Categories: Health Care, Economy, 1019 wordsSend feedback •By: Jon Walker Tuesday April 27, 2010 11:00 am
from FireDogLakePete G. Peterson will be bringing together a whole flock of like-minded so called deficit hawks to attend a “national fiscal summit.” Don’t be surprised when it turns into a push by a group of millionaires to cut Social Security and Medicare in the name of fiscal responsibility. But if as a nation we really want to get a grip on our deficit the best solution is to expand Medicare, not cut it. Switching to a Medicare for all system, or even just providing everyone with an open Medicare buy-in option would reduce the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade.
It's Like Dracula Guarding the Blood Bank
Categories: Energy, 1684 wordsSend feedback •24 Years Later
The Consequences of ChernobylBy KARL GROSSMAN from CounterPunch
Monday is the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident. It comes as the nuclear industry and pro-nuclear government officials in the U.S. and other nations try to “revive” nuclear power. It also follows the just-released publication of a book, the most comprehensive study ever made, on the impacts of the Chernobyl disaster.
Photovoltaic at One Dollar per Watt
Categories: Energy, 61 words3 feedbacks •
This is from a recent talk by Steven Chu, our energy secretary at an EIA conference. The lower, blue graph is for thin film CdTe (cadmium-tellurium) modules.At $1/watt, we don't need coal or nuclear. We do need better ways of storing electricty. Pushing this should be maximum priority as production from existing oil fields is depleting at 5-6% per year.
PG&E puts $6 million more into Proposition 16 campaign
Categories: Energy, Calif Politics, 520 wordsSend feedback •Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has put another $6 million into Proposition 16, its self-funded ballot initiative that would require the approval of two-thirds of local voters to create new local electricity districts.
The latest contribution, reported Friday, brings PG&E’s contributions to $34.5 million – the entire amount of reportable donations to the campaign.
Pedro Nava, Environmentalist, Running for California Attorney General
Categories: Calif Politics, Environment, 326 wordsSend feedback •Pedro Nava is running for California Attorney General and he needs our help. The June Primary is quickly approaching and we must act now.
Pedro is our friend and a true environmental champion. After eight years on the Coastal Commission and three terms in the State Assembly, he has proven himself to be one of the strongest and most effective environmental leaders in California.
U.S. State Tax Revenue Likely Fell for 6th Quarter
Categories: Credit Implosion, 300 words2 feedbacks •By Brendan A. McGrail
April 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. state tax revenue likely declined for a record sixth straight quarter in the first three months of the year, Robert Ward, deputy director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, said in prepared testimony for a congressional panel.
Roger Ebert Review of Collapse
Categories: Peak Oil, 894 words3 feedbacks •Roger Ebert, well known movie critic, talks about the new movie "Collapse" by Michael Ruppert.
[edit] I am moving this post up because of Michael Ruppert appearing here Saturday.
Collapse
BY ROGER EBERT / December 9, 2009
If this man is correct, then you may be reading the most important story in today's paper.
I have no way of assuring you that the bleak version of the future outlined by Michael Ruppert in Chris Smith's "Collapse" is accurate. I can only tell you I have a pretty good built-in B.S. detector, and its needle never bounced off zero while I watched this film. There is controversy over Ruppert, and he has many critics. But one simple fact at the center of his argument is obviously true, and it terrifies me.
Michael Ruppert at Mill Creek
Categories: Ordc News, Peak Oil, 157 words1 feedback •Michael Ruppert was one of the first proponents of the peak oil thesis. This is an amazing treat for Bishop. Sean offers further elaboration:
Greetings Mill Creek Friends,
Just a reminder about this Saturday the 17th:
Please join us and welcome Michael C. Ruppert, author of "Crossing The Rubicon".
He will be here to talk about his book "Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy
and Money in a Post Peak Oil World".Michael will also talk about the controversial film "Collapse" which was inspired by his book.
Visit Michael's website at: http://www.rubiconworks.com
See the movie trailer at: http://www.collapsemovie.com
We will do our regular pot luck at 5pm and Michael's presentation at 6pm.
*** Please note***
We will be asking for donations to help Michael with his travel expenses. He works hard
to get the message out to the masses and travel is costly. Any help you can give will be
greatly appreciated.
Globalization Marches On by Noam Chomsky
Categories: International Relations, 1574 wordsSend feedback •In 2007, Ralph Gomory, head of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, testified before Congress, "In this new era of globalization, the interests of companies and countries have diverged. In contrast with the past, what is good for America's global corporations is no longer necessarily good for the American people."
To date, growing popular outrage has not challenged corporate power. The future depends on how much the great majority is willing to endure, and whether that great majority will collectively offer a constructive response to confront the problems at the core of the state capitalist system of domination and control. If not, the results might be grim, as history more than amply reveals.
Liberty Insurance Prop 17 would be Hilarious if it Wasn't Serious
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