ST. LOUIS – At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark sunglasses and a wrapped winter scarf, and handed Settles two $100 bills stamped with the words "secret Santa." "The only condition," she said, "is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
"I will," Settles said, the only words she could get out of her mouth.
The secret Santa was a protege of Kansas City's undercover gift giver, Larry Stewart, who died of cancer nearly two years ago. Stewart roamed city streets each December doling out $100 bills to anyone who looked like they might need a lift.
Before his death in January 2007, Stewart told a friend how much he would miss his 26 years of anonymous streetside giving, during which he gave away about $1.3 million. Stewart, from the city suburb of Lee's Summit, made millions in cable television and long-distance telephone service.
The friend promised Stewart he would be a secret Santa the next year. "He squeezed my hand and that was it," said the Kansas City Santa, who would say only that he was an area businessman and investor. "I honored a promise."
Two secret Santas, one from the Kansas City area and the other from the St. Louis area, descended on thrift stores, a health clinic, convenience store and small auto repair shop to dole out $20,000 in $100 bills, hugs and words of encouragement to unsuspecting souls in need.
In this economy, they weren't hard to find.
Cynthia Brown, 40, was laid off three weeks ago from her food service job. Santa found her at the St. Louis County health clinic and gave her $100, exactly what she had asked to borrow from her mother a night ago to buy food.
"I have three daughters, and I can't get unemployment yet. I was down in food," she said.
Leotta Burbank, 50, of West Frankfurt, Ill., was at a thrift store Friday to buy decorations for her sister-in-law's room at a St. Louis hospice, where she is dying of pancreatic cancer.
When Santa gave her money, Burbank collapsed into his arms and wouldn't stop hugging him.
"God provides," she said. "This is real emotional for me."
For the secret Santas, it's not about keeping Stewart's memory alive as much as the meaning behind his legacy.
"It's not about the man, it's not about the money, it's about the message," the Kansas City Santa said. "Anyone can be a secret Santa with a kind word, gesture, a helping hand."
He said the money is given without judgment, but on the condition that the receiver pass along a kindness to someone else. Stewart began his holiday tradition at a restaurant in December 1979, after he had just been fired. He gave a waitress $20 and told her to keep the change and was struck by her gratitude.
Stewart also gave money to community causes in Kansas City and his hometown of Bruce, Miss.
The secret Santas want to expand their operation to every state, but so far only nine givers operate in Charlotte, N.C., Phoenix, St. Louis and Kansas City. They plan to start giving in Detroit this holiday season.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Bush’s last rule-making hurrah
With just 60 days left in his tenure, you might think that W.'s lame duck administration was sitting around relieved that another guy was taking over, counting the minutes until the flight leaves for Crawford.
Not quite.
Based on the flurry of quiet directives coming from the White House as the end of the term nears, it looks like the Bush Goose (or is it turducken?) isn't quite cooked yet.
In what has become a kind of presidential right-of-passage, the president (or really, the federal agencies that answer to him) has been pushing through a series of last-minute regulations that have the force of law. Everything from pollution controls to family-leave standards can be set by these rules.
And you thought your high school government teacher said that Congress made all the laws.
These de-facto laws are called "midnight rules" or "midnight regulations" because they happen at the end -- or midnight period -- of an administration. If the rules are published in the Federal Register by Friday, Nov. 21, they'll be very hard for President-elect Obama to reverse when he gets into office.
And that's the point. Sure, the administration had eight years to get a lot of this stuff accomplished. But according senior research fellow at George Mason University Veronique de Rugy, most midnight regulations "cater to special interests," and "that is why they are hurried into effect without the usual checks and balances."
George Bush isn't the first president to push through rules before the next guy can get in. Jimmy Carter gets that award. In fact, the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert says Cater's whirlwind of last-minute activity before Ronald Reagan took office is when the practice got named. "They became known as 'midnight regulations,' after the 'midnight judges' appointed by John Adams in the final hours of his Presidency."
George Bush doesn't get the award for the most rules shoved through after the two-minute warning, either. That goes to Bill Clinton who, according to de Rugy, set the record for number of pages published in the Federal Register at "more than 26,000."
So, what rules are the White House and all its federal agencies trying to get through this season?
The Wall Street Journal reports that the new rules, "open the way for commercial development of oil shale on federal land, allow truckers to drive for longer periods, and add certain restrictions on employee time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act."
Those run the gamut, but the ones getting the most ink are environmentally focused. The Los Angeles Times says environmentalists are angry by a host of loosened safeguards:
In recent days, the Bush administration announced new rules to speed oil shale development across 2 million rocky acres in the West. It scheduled an auction for drilling rights alongside three national parks. It has also set in motion processes to finalize major changes in endangered species protection, allow more mining waste to flow into rivers and streams, and exempt factory farms from air pollution reporting.
The Chicago Tribune did a special report saying the administration undercut a clean-air rule aimed at curbing childhood lead poisoning:
...the EPA had planned to require lead monitors next to any factory emitting at least a half-ton of lead a year. But after the White House intervened, the agency raised the threshold to a ton of lead or more, according to e-mails and other documents exchanged between the EPA and the Office of Management and Budget.
In an Oct. 31 press briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was asked about environmental groups saying the White House was easing limits on pollution. First Fratto responded that the White House is "constrained" about discussing regulations under review, but then said, "I would be highly doubtful that there's any specific increase in environmental-related regulations."
Navigating the rule-making process can be laborious for the non-wonk type, but the non-profit, investigative journalism group ProPublica has tried to make it easy for people who want to investigate for themselves. ProPublica has a master list of Bush's midnight regulations here and they have posted a guide on "How to Ferret Out Midnight Regs Yourself." If you've got the time and inclination, a lot of this process is public record and online.
Not quite.
Based on the flurry of quiet directives coming from the White House as the end of the term nears, it looks like the Bush Goose (or is it turducken?) isn't quite cooked yet.
In what has become a kind of presidential right-of-passage, the president (or really, the federal agencies that answer to him) has been pushing through a series of last-minute regulations that have the force of law. Everything from pollution controls to family-leave standards can be set by these rules.
And you thought your high school government teacher said that Congress made all the laws.
These de-facto laws are called "midnight rules" or "midnight regulations" because they happen at the end -- or midnight period -- of an administration. If the rules are published in the Federal Register by Friday, Nov. 21, they'll be very hard for President-elect Obama to reverse when he gets into office.
And that's the point. Sure, the administration had eight years to get a lot of this stuff accomplished. But according senior research fellow at George Mason University Veronique de Rugy, most midnight regulations "cater to special interests," and "that is why they are hurried into effect without the usual checks and balances."
George Bush isn't the first president to push through rules before the next guy can get in. Jimmy Carter gets that award. In fact, the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert says Cater's whirlwind of last-minute activity before Ronald Reagan took office is when the practice got named. "They became known as 'midnight regulations,' after the 'midnight judges' appointed by John Adams in the final hours of his Presidency."
George Bush doesn't get the award for the most rules shoved through after the two-minute warning, either. That goes to Bill Clinton who, according to de Rugy, set the record for number of pages published in the Federal Register at "more than 26,000."
So, what rules are the White House and all its federal agencies trying to get through this season?
The Wall Street Journal reports that the new rules, "open the way for commercial development of oil shale on federal land, allow truckers to drive for longer periods, and add certain restrictions on employee time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act."
Those run the gamut, but the ones getting the most ink are environmentally focused. The Los Angeles Times says environmentalists are angry by a host of loosened safeguards:
In recent days, the Bush administration announced new rules to speed oil shale development across 2 million rocky acres in the West. It scheduled an auction for drilling rights alongside three national parks. It has also set in motion processes to finalize major changes in endangered species protection, allow more mining waste to flow into rivers and streams, and exempt factory farms from air pollution reporting.
The Chicago Tribune did a special report saying the administration undercut a clean-air rule aimed at curbing childhood lead poisoning:
...the EPA had planned to require lead monitors next to any factory emitting at least a half-ton of lead a year. But after the White House intervened, the agency raised the threshold to a ton of lead or more, according to e-mails and other documents exchanged between the EPA and the Office of Management and Budget.
In an Oct. 31 press briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was asked about environmental groups saying the White House was easing limits on pollution. First Fratto responded that the White House is "constrained" about discussing regulations under review, but then said, "I would be highly doubtful that there's any specific increase in environmental-related regulations."
Navigating the rule-making process can be laborious for the non-wonk type, but the non-profit, investigative journalism group ProPublica has tried to make it easy for people who want to investigate for themselves. ProPublica has a master list of Bush's midnight regulations here and they have posted a guide on "How to Ferret Out Midnight Regs Yourself." If you've got the time and inclination, a lot of this process is public record and online.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
WaMu in trouble? Not CEO. He walks away with $23.5 mill:
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/statement-seiu-international-president-andy/story.aspx?guid=%7B845DCDBF-8704-4D1F-88AA-C6416545695E%7D&dist=hppr
Ringleader of Keating 5 (DeConcini) appointed to BOG of Freddie Mac by Clinton in 1995:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/statement-seiu-international-president-andy/story.aspx?guid=%7B845DCDBF-8704-4D1F-88AA-C6416545695E%7D&dist=hppr
Ringleader of Keating 5 (DeConcini) appointed to BOG of Freddie Mac by Clinton in 1995:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
Sunday, September 7, 2008
New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet:
www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1646611_1646683_1648904-4,00.html
The new Karl Rove:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/america/schmidt.php
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/BAGTNH78UU1.DTL
Palin as mayor:
online.wsj.com/article/SB122065537792905483.html
www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1646611_1646683_1648904-4,00.html
The new Karl Rove:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/america/schmidt.php
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/BAGTNH78UU1.DTL
Palin as mayor:
online.wsj.com/article/SB122065537792905483.html
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The power of 27,000 can sway billions of $; note that with "big profits and a record-level backlog," Boeing won't extend another 2% wage increase and zero increase in health to its workers (workers want 13% and no health increase, Boeing says 11% and $2500 bonus) illustrating the ruling class division from the working class, i.e. not sharing the big profits evenly:
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/boeing-machinists-walk-off-job/story.aspx?guid=%7B39FDF3E0-BA93-4C5A-A753-8231229C7752%7D&dist=msr_1
Crumbling U.S. infrastructure:
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5986320.html
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/boeing-machinists-walk-off-job/story.aspx?guid=%7B39FDF3E0-BA93-4C5A-A753-8231229C7752%7D&dist=msr_1
Crumbling U.S. infrastructure:
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5986320.html
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Background on South Oseentia conflict:
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/russia-and-georgia-background-conflict-20080812
www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/53721.htm
Blockade of Gaza--1.5 million cut off:
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/trapped-collective-punishment-gaza-20080827
Pre-emptive arrests of RNC protesters (wtf?!):
www.startribune.com/politics/27695244.html
Russia:
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,575581,00.html
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/russia-and-georgia-background-conflict-20080812
www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/fs/53721.htm
Blockade of Gaza--1.5 million cut off:
www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/trapped-collective-punishment-gaza-20080827
Pre-emptive arrests of RNC protesters (wtf?!):
www.startribune.com/politics/27695244.html
Russia:
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,575581,00.html
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Alaska oil pipeline: shoot a hole in it and spill 6,000 barrels, get 10-years jailtime; let it corrode and spill 5,000 barrels, get $20 mill fine, no jailtime:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudhoe_Bay_oil_spill
July 26, 2008--FBI in Alaska:
www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-30892.html
Palin disappointed by Valdez ruling:
www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-8111.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H-26MOxH34
Palin: Climate models that predict continued loss of sea ice are unreliable:
www.adn.com/polarbears/story/413710.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudhoe_Bay_oil_spill
July 26, 2008--FBI in Alaska:
www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-30892.html
Palin disappointed by Valdez ruling:
www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-8111.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H-26MOxH34
Palin: Climate models that predict continued loss of sea ice are unreliable:
www.adn.com/polarbears/story/413710.html
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Christmas Island Detention Facility (Aus):
www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/16449/
China's stance on not allowing Olympic protests? Avoidance!:
uncensor.com.au/uncensor/blog/sparks_fly_between_at_olympic_press_conference/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20Aug2008
Media blocked, harrassed and arrested reporting China Olympics, despite China's assertion "There will be no restrictions on journalists in reporting on the Olympic Games.":
www.amnesty.org.au/china/comments/16462/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20Aug2008
voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2008/08/ioc_to_china_dont_hinder_journ.html
Kiva Fellows Program:
www.kiva.org/about/fellows-program/
www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/comments/16449/
China's stance on not allowing Olympic protests? Avoidance!:
uncensor.com.au/uncensor/blog/sparks_fly_between_at_olympic_press_conference/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20Aug2008
Media blocked, harrassed and arrested reporting China Olympics, despite China's assertion "There will be no restrictions on journalists in reporting on the Olympic Games.":
www.amnesty.org.au/china/comments/16462/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20Aug2008
voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2008/08/ioc_to_china_dont_hinder_journ.html
Kiva Fellows Program:
www.kiva.org/about/fellows-program/
Monday, August 25, 2008
Four singled out at DNC protest:
blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/25/protests-grow-at-denver-convention-center/
No access granted for Olympics protesters, instead were arrested:
winnipegsun.com/Sports/Beijing2008/2008/08/25/6563051-sun.html
Protests in Haiti; food prices have doubled since April:
www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/25/america/OUKWD-UK-HAITI-UNREST.php
blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/25/protests-grow-at-denver-convention-center/
No access granted for Olympics protesters, instead were arrested:
winnipegsun.com/Sports/Beijing2008/2008/08/25/6563051-sun.html
Protests in Haiti; food prices have doubled since April:
www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/25/america/OUKWD-UK-HAITI-UNREST.php
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Google invests $10 mill in geothermal:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/google-puts-10m-into-new-geothermal-technology-903555.html
British MP Clegg on energy independence by 2050:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clegg-reveals-his-grand-vision-on-renewable-energy-904120.html
British Advertising Standards Authority-'ads should not mislead, cause harm, or offend':
www.asa.org.uk/asa/
ASA rebukes Shell on 'greenwash':
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/shell-rebuked-for-greenwash-over-ad-for-polluting-oil-project-892863.html
www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/google-puts-10m-into-new-geothermal-technology-903555.html
British MP Clegg on energy independence by 2050:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clegg-reveals-his-grand-vision-on-renewable-energy-904120.html
British Advertising Standards Authority-'ads should not mislead, cause harm, or offend':
www.asa.org.uk/asa/
ASA rebukes Shell on 'greenwash':
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/shell-rebuked-for-greenwash-over-ad-for-polluting-oil-project-892863.html
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Chomsky on Universal Language; Expansion is the path to security; Media propaganda model:
artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=20338
At least 10 people had access to the flask containing that anthrax at Fort Detrick:
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/us/04anthrax.html?em
Chinese man imprisoned after his house and restaurant demolished for Olympics:
action.amnesty.org.au/centre/action/15801/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=06Aug2008
When American Olympians could've served good:
sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/cycling/news?slug=ap-cyc-cyclists-masks&prov=ap&type=lgns
Freddie has $37 billion in capital, but might get $30 billion boost from Treasury (to meet regulations):
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.D1OM79_umc&refer=home
Analysis on Freddie Mac on GSEs:
www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2008/08/06/freddie-mac-is-no-investment.aspx
blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/08/06/how-fannie-and-freddie-work/
Medellin v. Texas--U.S. Supreme Court rules the Vienna Conventions are not binding on individual states:
www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/mexican.executed/
www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Medellin_v._Texas
artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=20338
At least 10 people had access to the flask containing that anthrax at Fort Detrick:
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/us/04anthrax.html?em
Chinese man imprisoned after his house and restaurant demolished for Olympics:
action.amnesty.org.au/centre/action/15801/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=06Aug2008
When American Olympians could've served good:
sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/cycling/news?slug=ap-cyc-cyclists-masks&prov=ap&type=lgns
Freddie has $37 billion in capital, but might get $30 billion boost from Treasury (to meet regulations):
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.D1OM79_umc&refer=home
Analysis on Freddie Mac on GSEs:
www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2008/08/06/freddie-mac-is-no-investment.aspx
blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/08/06/how-fannie-and-freddie-work/
Medellin v. Texas--U.S. Supreme Court rules the Vienna Conventions are not binding on individual states:
www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/mexican.executed/
www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Medellin_v._Texas
Sunday, August 3, 2008
"brought to more than five million the number of Americans who've had their working hours reduced":
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18332
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam_Studies_and_Observations_Group
History of the Grand Canyon:
www.nytimes.com/books/first/p/pyne-canyon.html
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18332
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,_Vietnam_Studies_and_Observations_Group
History of the Grand Canyon:
www.nytimes.com/books/first/p/pyne-canyon.html
Saturday, August 2, 2008
"If there is a problem, (the Air Force) will take care of it," she said. "They do a very good job.":
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/overturned_missile
Military spies (a result of Mil-Ind Complex and Private Contractors):
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/maui_spy_case_3
Shifting view of the Hybrid:
web.archive.org/web/20061130000915/http://autos.yahoo.com/toyota_prius/
vs.
autos.yahoo.com/toyota_prius/
500 days in Iraq:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/the_long_haul_i
Rajneeshee bio-attacks:
www.gosleepgo.com/dalles-oregon-1984-rajneeshee-bioterror-attack
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/overturned_missile
Military spies (a result of Mil-Ind Complex and Private Contractors):
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/maui_spy_case_3
Shifting view of the Hybrid:
web.archive.org/web/20061130000915/http://autos.yahoo.com/toyota_prius/
vs.
autos.yahoo.com/toyota_prius/
500 days in Iraq:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/the_long_haul_i
Rajneeshee bio-attacks:
www.gosleepgo.com/dalles-oregon-1984-rajneeshee-bioterror-attack
Thursday, July 31, 2008
CA State Financial Controller defies Gov order to cut jobs:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7536486.stm
Exxon profits $11b buys back $16b in stock;
and only 5% of $194b spent on r&d:
uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_3_MOLT/idUKN3135461320080731
Chinese labor camps plus Falun Gong:
en.epochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39083.html
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4433198.ece
Saving Family Homes Act:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18293
Russia's response to US missile shield in Europe:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/nuclear.russia
Military-Industrial Complex:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18285
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7536486.stm
Exxon profits $11b buys back $16b in stock;
and only 5% of $194b spent on r&d:
uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_3_MOLT/idUKN3135461320080731
Chinese labor camps plus Falun Gong:
en.epochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39083.html
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4433198.ece
Saving Family Homes Act:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18293
Russia's response to US missile shield in Europe:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/25/nuclear.russia
Military-Industrial Complex:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18285
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Seattle history:
www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/5101/hctb_ref/Seattle_ref.html
Nuke launch crew falls asleep:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/air_force_nuke_codes
UBS sued by NY AG; and 7 execs rake in $21 million in securities' sales to avoid losses:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/25/business/25rate.php
Petticoat Affair and John C. Calhoun:
www.lewrockwell.com/jarvis/jarvis99.html
www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/5101/hctb_ref/Seattle_ref.html
Nuke launch crew falls asleep:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/air_force_nuke_codes
UBS sued by NY AG; and 7 execs rake in $21 million in securities' sales to avoid losses:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/25/business/25rate.php
Petticoat Affair and John C. Calhoun:
www.lewrockwell.com/jarvis/jarvis99.html
Monday, July 21, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Gore calls for widespread renewable energy:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/MN2711QRVL.DTL
Electrical problems were the most urgent noncombat safety hazard for soldiers in Iraq:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/africa/18contractors.php
Corn and catfish:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/business/18catfish.php
Wilkins Glacier:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-imminent-866504.html
Antarctic Iceberg--B15:
www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/B15-Antarctic-Iceberg.html
Tuvalu & rising seas:
www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/MN2711QRVL.DTL
Electrical problems were the most urgent noncombat safety hazard for soldiers in Iraq:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/africa/18contractors.php
Corn and catfish:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/18/business/18catfish.php
Wilkins Glacier:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-imminent-866504.html
Antarctic Iceberg--B15:
www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/B15-Antarctic-Iceberg.html
Tuvalu & rising seas:
www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/rising-seas.html
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Paul Street on Obama and the Obama many wish to see: www.zmag.org/zspace/commentaries/3554
The American narrow-spectrum corporate-crafted presidential election extravaganza is not about truth-telling - it's about corporate-managed deception:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17974
Naomi Wolf:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc
The American narrow-spectrum corporate-crafted presidential election extravaganza is not about truth-telling - it's about corporate-managed deception:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17974
Naomi Wolf:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc
Monday, July 14, 2008
Whistleblower: U.S. gives away nuke secrets; and State Dept role in 9/11 (?):
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3137695.ece
Hanford Vit Plant:
www.bechtelvitplant.com/resr_videos.html
More banks to fail:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/07/04/us-total-crash-of-the-entire-financial-system-expected-say-experts/
In past 3 years U.S. created $4 trillion out of thin air; and HJ 362, closing down Iran:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/06/28/ron-paul-on-iran-energy-june-26-2008/
1 million terrorists:
aclu.org/privacy/35968prs20080714.html
Traficant refuses to execute foreclosures notices on recently unemployed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Traficant
The United States ended in 1933; all U.S. property owned by foreign debt:
www.truthusa.org/articles/fed/bankruptcy.htm
U.S. planned to attack own citizens to predicate war with Cuba (Op. Northwoods):
www.whatreallyhappened.com/northwoods.html
Platinum has increase five-fold since 9/11:
www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plx
Total gold is $4.8 trillion vs. $135.2 trillion in stocks:
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=aF1439PVhAgk&refer=commodities
Sale of U.S. silver coins will almost double from last year:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/06/04/silver-rationing/
IndyMac run on deposits equal $1.9 billion:
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8546973.htm
www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7649271
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3137695.ece
Hanford Vit Plant:
www.bechtelvitplant.com/resr_videos.html
More banks to fail:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/07/04/us-total-crash-of-the-entire-financial-system-expected-say-experts/
In past 3 years U.S. created $4 trillion out of thin air; and HJ 362, closing down Iran:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/06/28/ron-paul-on-iran-energy-june-26-2008/
1 million terrorists:
aclu.org/privacy/35968prs20080714.html
Traficant refuses to execute foreclosures notices on recently unemployed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Traficant
The United States ended in 1933; all U.S. property owned by foreign debt:
www.truthusa.org/articles/fed/bankruptcy.htm
U.S. planned to attack own citizens to predicate war with Cuba (Op. Northwoods):
www.whatreallyhappened.com/northwoods.html
Platinum has increase five-fold since 9/11:
www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plx
Total gold is $4.8 trillion vs. $135.2 trillion in stocks:
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=aF1439PVhAgk&refer=commodities
Sale of U.S. silver coins will almost double from last year:
www.infiniteunknown.net/2008/06/04/silver-rationing/
IndyMac run on deposits equal $1.9 billion:
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8546973.htm
www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7649271
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
China, India reject G8 Global Warming plan:
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iDhfdxlthyulzNbmR8KGjPKvNzaAD91QGQT80
Russia opposes US Missile defense in Czech Republic:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-threat-over-us-shield-863080.html
Fulbright scholarships canceled for 8 Palestinian students:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-30-gaza-fulbright_N.htm
Hunt for the great American trophy:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/business/chrysler.php
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iDhfdxlthyulzNbmR8KGjPKvNzaAD91QGQT80
Russia opposes US Missile defense in Czech Republic:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-threat-over-us-shield-863080.html
Fulbright scholarships canceled for 8 Palestinian students:
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-30-gaza-fulbright_N.htm
Hunt for the great American trophy:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/business/chrysler.php
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
-cause for concern-
In 2004, 88% of the 3.6 million votes thrown away were from people of color.
Palast on stolen votes in '04:
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5224156256767455986&hl=en
July 7, 2008
Obama leads by twelve percentage points among women, but trails by three among men. Among White Women, McCain leads by just four percentage points. That’s a much smaller advantage among White Women than George W. Bush enjoyed four years ago.
Overall, McCain leads by nine among White Voters. Obama leads 94% to 3% among African-American voters and 61% to 30% among Hispanic voters.
rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Valdez timeline (scroll to end):
zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18124
No oversight in Iraq:
dpc.senate.gov/dpc-new2.cfm?doc_name=inv2
The beginning-- Iraq and Big Oil:
www.slate.com/id/2193926/
In 2004, 88% of the 3.6 million votes thrown away were from people of color.
Palast on stolen votes in '04:
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5224156256767455986&hl=en
July 7, 2008
Obama leads by twelve percentage points among women, but trails by three among men. Among White Women, McCain leads by just four percentage points. That’s a much smaller advantage among White Women than George W. Bush enjoyed four years ago.
Overall, McCain leads by nine among White Voters. Obama leads 94% to 3% among African-American voters and 61% to 30% among Hispanic voters.
rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Valdez timeline (scroll to end):
zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18124
No oversight in Iraq:
dpc.senate.gov/dpc-new2.cfm?doc_name=inv2
The beginning-- Iraq and Big Oil:
www.slate.com/id/2193926/
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
From Exxon's US production chief, Otto Harrison, on Valdez: "Admit it; the oil spill's the best thing to happen" to the Natives.:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18035
and
"If I had a machine gun, I'd shoot every one of those white sons-of-bitches":
www.gregpalast.com/wp-content/uploads/1henrymakarkatatitleknative.jpg
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18035
and
"If I had a machine gun, I'd shoot every one of those white sons-of-bitches":
www.gregpalast.com/wp-content/uploads/1henrymakarkatatitleknative.jpg
Thursday, June 26, 2008
72 mpg Dodge sedan:
www.allpar.com/model/intrepid-esx3.html
First convert to diesel, then plant algae farms--9.5 million acres of algae farms could replace U.S. petroleum:
www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html
Algae farm yields 5-8,000 g/acre (10x greater output than best food-crop):
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/03/19/
Algae at $20/g need to be at $2/g:
deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695237893,00.html
Ethanol and Biodiesel Yield per Acre from Selected Crops
www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2006/Update55_data.htm
Reset your assumptions:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102555.html
Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone':
www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20050408.html
www.news.wisc.edu/14875
Engdahl--perhaps 60% oil price on speculation:
www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Oil_Speculation/oil_speculation.HTM
www.allpar.com/model/intrepid-esx3.html
First convert to diesel, then plant algae farms--9.5 million acres of algae farms could replace U.S. petroleum:
www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html
Algae farm yields 5-8,000 g/acre (10x greater output than best food-crop):
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/03/19/
Algae at $20/g need to be at $2/g:
deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695237893,00.html
Ethanol and Biodiesel Yield per Acre from Selected Crops
www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2006/Update55_data.htm
Reset your assumptions:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102555.html
Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone':
www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20050408.html
www.news.wisc.edu/14875
Engdahl--perhaps 60% oil price on speculation:
www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Oil_Speculation/oil_speculation.HTM
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Gov. Crist Oct '07, "...and that we not have somebody in the White House who thinks we need to drill off the coast of our state"; and the impacts of off-shore drilling in hurricane country:
cbs4.com/defedecolumn/offshore.drilling.fact.2.752174.html
Hurricane Katrina and oil platforms:
www.mms.gov/tarprojectcategories/hurricaneKatrinaRita.htm
cbs4.com/defedecolumn/offshore.drilling.fact.2.752174.html
Hurricane Katrina and oil platforms:
www.mms.gov/tarprojectcategories/hurricaneKatrinaRita.htm
Monday, June 23, 2008
Average coal plant is 667 MW:
www.energyjustice.net/coal/igcc/factsheet.pdf
250 MW coal plant in Montana cost $700 million:
commerce.mt.gov/energy/Includes/NewsArticles/2007Articles/102207_Regional_Power_Supplier_Plugging_Into_Wind_Energy.pdf
Klondike III near Wasco will use 124 turbines to generate 221 MW:
www.ecmag.com/index.cfm?fa=article&articleID=7136
Klondike II cost est. $260 million:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biglow_Canyon_Wind_Farm
Cost of nuclear plant in South Carolina--$4.9 billion--produces 986 MW:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_C._Summer_Nuclear_Generating_Station
List of windfarms:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms
Hoquiam biodiesel plant:
greensmart.construction.com/features/archive/0710_Feature1.asp
Solarworld buys Hillsboro plant to invest $400 million in PVC:
www.nwlaborpress.org/2007/10-5-07Energy.html
Solar could provide 69% of U.S. electricity by 2050 with $420 billion in subsidies:
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&ec=su_solar
www.energyjustice.net/coal/igcc/factsheet.pdf
250 MW coal plant in Montana cost $700 million:
commerce.mt.gov/energy/Includes/NewsArticles/2007Articles/102207_Regional_Power_Supplier_Plugging_Into_Wind_Energy.pdf
Klondike III near Wasco will use 124 turbines to generate 221 MW:
www.ecmag.com/index.cfm?fa=article&articleID=7136
Klondike II cost est. $260 million:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biglow_Canyon_Wind_Farm
Cost of nuclear plant in South Carolina--$4.9 billion--produces 986 MW:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_C._Summer_Nuclear_Generating_Station
List of windfarms:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms
Hoquiam biodiesel plant:
greensmart.construction.com/features/archive/0710_Feature1.asp
Solarworld buys Hillsboro plant to invest $400 million in PVC:
www.nwlaborpress.org/2007/10-5-07Energy.html
Solar could provide 69% of U.S. electricity by 2050 with $420 billion in subsidies:
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&ec=su_solar
Sunday, June 22, 2008
India's changing food crops; the consequence of importing wheat:
www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/22indiafood.html
Pesticides chart:
www.foodnews.org/fulldataset.php
Autos replaced railroads, and led to explosion in miles traveled--"but one example of where the introduction of a more fuel-efficient mode, not only failed to decrease fuel consumption but substantially increased it":
www.lafn.org/~dave/trans/energy/fuel-eff-20th-1.html
Rebound effect in energy conservation:
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/energy/eng-80.cfm?&CFID=9099400&CFTOKEN=48978816
www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/22indiafood.html
Pesticides chart:
www.foodnews.org/fulldataset.php
Autos replaced railroads, and led to explosion in miles traveled--"but one example of where the introduction of a more fuel-efficient mode, not only failed to decrease fuel consumption but substantially increased it":
www.lafn.org/~dave/trans/energy/fuel-eff-20th-1.html
Rebound effect in energy conservation:
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/energy/eng-80.cfm?&CFID=9099400&CFTOKEN=48978816
Monday, June 16, 2008
Bill Moyers Doc--Iran-Contra, modern govt control:
here
U.S. Rice-- $1.3 billion out of $1.4 billion is subsidized:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/14895
here
U.S. Rice-- $1.3 billion out of $1.4 billion is subsidized:
www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/14895
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Fed reserve and the Mandrake mechanism:
Types of inflation:
1. Demand-pull - demand outpaces supply. This would not be expected to persist over time due to increases in supply, unless the economy is already at a full employment level. ...increase in output will eventually become so small that the price of the good will (have to) rise.
2. Cost push - rise in core goods or services, e.g. oil crisis in 70's; it is argued many prices are sticky downward or downward inflexible (thus when money supply decreases, these prices do not decrease. What are potential factors? a) Money reserves? Corp. pulls money from investments/slows new developments to make up for lost capital/profit. b) Decrease in production? Corp. lays off workers and shuts down least cost-effective factories, mitigating decreasing sales, i.e. go with what's most profitable. But does this cycle ever see its end? Is that why these short-term solutions pan out? That is, corps. ride the waves of recession with these two strategies instead of decreasing price of their good. Whenever you hear recession you hear layoffs, falling investments, RARELY deflation, and only starting with non-core goods, e.g. clothing, or goods with highest profit (can afford to decrease price) and not directly linked to raw materials, e.g. pharmaceuticals.)
-So far this year, consumer prices are rising at an annual rate of 4 percent, compared with a 4.1 percent increase for all of 2007.
-Energy prices are rising at a 16.5 percent annual rate.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy
United States Notes vs. Federal Reserve Notes:
www.fdrs.org/federal_reserve_system.html
Foreign govts. own $2.2 trillion of U.S. debt, rising from 15% to 46% of debt since '86; U.S. pays $300 B/yr interest on debt:
911review.org/Media/National_Debt.html
Unemployment thru the decades:
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us34.cfm
Types of inflation:
1. Demand-pull - demand outpaces supply. This would not be expected to persist over time due to increases in supply, unless the economy is already at a full employment level. ...increase in output will eventually become so small that the price of the good will (have to) rise.
2. Cost push - rise in core goods or services, e.g. oil crisis in 70's; it is argued many prices are sticky downward or downward inflexible (thus when money supply decreases, these prices do not decrease. What are potential factors? a) Money reserves? Corp. pulls money from investments/slows new developments to make up for lost capital/profit. b) Decrease in production? Corp. lays off workers and shuts down least cost-effective factories, mitigating decreasing sales, i.e. go with what's most profitable. But does this cycle ever see its end? Is that why these short-term solutions pan out? That is, corps. ride the waves of recession with these two strategies instead of decreasing price of their good. Whenever you hear recession you hear layoffs, falling investments, RARELY deflation, and only starting with non-core goods, e.g. clothing, or goods with highest profit (can afford to decrease price) and not directly linked to raw materials, e.g. pharmaceuticals.)
-So far this year, consumer prices are rising at an annual rate of 4 percent, compared with a 4.1 percent increase for all of 2007.
-Energy prices are rising at a 16.5 percent annual rate.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy
United States Notes vs. Federal Reserve Notes:
www.fdrs.org/federal_reserve_system.html
Foreign govts. own $2.2 trillion of U.S. debt, rising from 15% to 46% of debt since '86; U.S. pays $300 B/yr interest on debt:
911review.org/Media/National_Debt.html
Unemployment thru the decades:
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us34.cfm
Thursday, June 12, 2008
In '04 Bush, Dean and Kerry opted out of Fund money:
www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/presfin04.html
'04 financing raised during Primary season:
-Kerry: $215.4 M
-Bush-Cheney: $258.8 M
As of May 1 '08 Romney had raised $100 M to McCain's $96 M, but lost candidacy 46% to 22%:
www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2008
Stephen Heller, whistleblower of electronic voting machines:
www.bradblog.com/Docs/StephenHeller_Hust1106.pdf
Diebold in Ohio '04:
www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm
Voter caging:
www.gregpalast.com/bill-to-oulaw-voter-caging-introduced-in-us-senate/
www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5038/show
Sproul & Associates, defrauding voters:
judiciary.house.gov/OversightTestimony.aspx?ID=1400
Ohio '04:
www.whatreallyhappened.com/2004votefraud_ohio.html
Trade is ...by far the healthiest segment of the U.S. economy:
www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=13602
1968 electoral college map:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1968_Electoral_Map.png
Ohio campaign money to Democrats has doubled since 2000, and increased 66% since '04:
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2000
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2004
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2008
Michigan campaign money up 38% since '04
Virginia same 38% increase
Wisconsin has doubled since '00
Missouri is stagnant
Iowa doubled since '00, huge contributors to Obama and Clinton
Indiana up 57% since '04
Texas swung to Democrats with LBJ in 1960, was less than 2% victory for coming Dem. wins in Texas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1960
www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/presfin04.html
'04 financing raised during Primary season:
-Kerry: $215.4 M
-Bush-Cheney: $258.8 M
As of May 1 '08 Romney had raised $100 M to McCain's $96 M, but lost candidacy 46% to 22%:
www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2008
Stephen Heller, whistleblower of electronic voting machines:
www.bradblog.com/Docs/StephenHeller_Hust1106.pdf
Diebold in Ohio '04:
www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm
Voter caging:
www.gregpalast.com/bill-to-oulaw-voter-caging-introduced-in-us-senate/
www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5038/show
Sproul & Associates, defrauding voters:
judiciary.house.gov/OversightTestimony.aspx?ID=1400
Ohio '04:
www.whatreallyhappened.com/2004votefraud_ohio.html
Trade is ...by far the healthiest segment of the U.S. economy:
www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=13602
1968 electoral college map:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1968_Electoral_Map.png
Ohio campaign money to Democrats has doubled since 2000, and increased 66% since '04:
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2000
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2004
www.fecwatch.org/states/summary.php?state=OH&cycle=2008
Michigan campaign money up 38% since '04
Virginia same 38% increase
Wisconsin has doubled since '00
Missouri is stagnant
Iowa doubled since '00, huge contributors to Obama and Clinton
Indiana up 57% since '04
Texas swung to Democrats with LBJ in 1960, was less than 2% victory for coming Dem. wins in Texas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1960
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
"In 1975, the richest 1 percent owned 22 percent of America’s wealth. By 1992, they would nearly double that, to 42 percent":
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKmockingbird.htm
U.S. has greatest inequality of wealth, wealth taxes in Europe:
www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html
U.S. billionaires more than doubled since '95 (129 to 292):
bostonreview.net/BR21.1/wolff.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_billionaires
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKmockingbird.htm
U.S. has greatest inequality of wealth, wealth taxes in Europe:
www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html
U.S. billionaires more than doubled since '95 (129 to 292):
bostonreview.net/BR21.1/wolff.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_billionaires
Thursday, June 5, 2008
McCain changes tune:
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akmiLiXK6KgE&refer=home
McCain receives $61,650 from Swift boaters:
www.thenation.com/doc/20080107/hayes
In 2000, Rush won 61 percent of the vote, Obama won 30:
www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/12/early_defeat_launched_a_rapid_political_climb/
Electoral fusion:
www.nwlaborpress.org/2005/5-20-05Cantor.html
Clinton healthcare reform:
www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_hillarycare_mythology
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akmiLiXK6KgE&refer=home
McCain receives $61,650 from Swift boaters:
www.thenation.com/doc/20080107/hayes
In 2000, Rush won 61 percent of the vote, Obama won 30:
www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/12/early_defeat_launched_a_rapid_political_climb/
Electoral fusion:
www.nwlaborpress.org/2005/5-20-05Cantor.html
Clinton healthcare reform:
www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_hillarycare_mythology
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
1 gallon of ethanol for $1.75:
www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/BUSINESS01/804230389&s=d&page=3#pluckcomments
gas w/o ethanol would be $3.70/g instead of $3.25/g (Merrill Lynch advisor):
domesticfuel.com/category/price/
-housing bill-
two main clauses:
1. lowered principal, to compensate for falling house prices
2. fixed interest rate, vs. hybrid adjustable
money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/real_estate/Dodd_Shelby_announcement/
hr 634-- 500,000 would benefit:
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/hous-m21.shtml
Foreclosure Prevention Act-- $2 billion to homeowners, $6 billion to corporations:
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/business/16bailout.html
newshour--barney frank interview:
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june08/housing_05-08.html
"doing nothing would have caused a more prolonged recession (thus not benefiting tax-payers in the long run)"
-eligible mortgages may be reduced to 85% of appraised home value, e.g. a $100,000 loan will only have to be paid back as $85,000
to the question of why should the defaulters be bailed out, and liability be placed on tax-payers, the answer is it benefits everyone, including tax-payers, because it maintains status quo, a functioning society where those tax-payers need people to go in to work, maintain productive role in society.
www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/BUSINESS01/804230389&s=d&page=3#pluckcomments
gas w/o ethanol would be $3.70/g instead of $3.25/g (Merrill Lynch advisor):
domesticfuel.com/category/price/
-housing bill-
two main clauses:
1. lowered principal, to compensate for falling house prices
2. fixed interest rate, vs. hybrid adjustable
money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/real_estate/Dodd_Shelby_announcement/
hr 634-- 500,000 would benefit:
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/hous-m21.shtml
Foreclosure Prevention Act-- $2 billion to homeowners, $6 billion to corporations:
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/business/16bailout.html
newshour--barney frank interview:
www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june08/housing_05-08.html
"doing nothing would have caused a more prolonged recession (thus not benefiting tax-payers in the long run)"
-eligible mortgages may be reduced to 85% of appraised home value, e.g. a $100,000 loan will only have to be paid back as $85,000
to the question of why should the defaulters be bailed out, and liability be placed on tax-payers, the answer is it benefits everyone, including tax-payers, because it maintains status quo, a functioning society where those tax-payers need people to go in to work, maintain productive role in society.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
haiti--no tariffs or no aid (1994):
www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/453.html
www.prevalhaiti.com/messages.php/8109
haiti history:
www.prevalhaiti.com/messages.php/8568
congress supports Haiti debt cancellation:
www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/2002_Debtrelease
mexico anti-dumping order of U.S. rice:
www.usarice.com/doclib/doclib_popup.cgi?file=2002-e8f673edd337f13e60d2fc00f7b6717c.pdf
mexico loses anti-dumping case of U.S. HF Corn Syrup:
www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2001/October/US_Wins_WTO_Antidumping_Case_on_High_Fructose_Corn_Syrup.html
u.s. accuses vietnam of dumping catfish:
www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/Papers/catfishfinal1.doc
www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/issues/antidumpingpaper.html
new info on 9/11--Saudi govt involvement:
www.cooperativeresearch.org/news.jsp?oid=140393703-423
www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/453.html
www.prevalhaiti.com/messages.php/8109
haiti history:
www.prevalhaiti.com/messages.php/8568
congress supports Haiti debt cancellation:
www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/2002_Debtrelease
mexico anti-dumping order of U.S. rice:
www.usarice.com/doclib/doclib_popup.cgi?file=2002-e8f673edd337f13e60d2fc00f7b6717c.pdf
mexico loses anti-dumping case of U.S. HF Corn Syrup:
www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2001/October/US_Wins_WTO_Antidumping_Case_on_High_Fructose_Corn_Syrup.html
u.s. accuses vietnam of dumping catfish:
www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/Papers/catfishfinal1.doc
www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/issues/antidumpingpaper.html
new info on 9/11--Saudi govt involvement:
www.cooperativeresearch.org/news.jsp?oid=140393703-423
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
"The grain required to fill a 25-gallon SUV gas tank with ethanol will feed one person for a year" (not quite, but for 3 months):
www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update55.htm
one bushel of corn (56 lbs) = 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 28 pounds of catfish, or 32 pounds of chicken:
www.iowacorn.org/cornuse/cornuse_20.html
one bushel of corn = 2.8 gallons of ethanol and 18 lbs of animal feed:
www.iowacorn.org/ethanol/ethanol_3a.html
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corn = 86 calories / 100g or 860 cal / 2.2 lbs or 390.9 cal / lb
one bushel of corn = 56 lbs or 21890.4 cal
one acre of corn = 170 bushels (approx.) or 9520 lbs or 3,721,368 calories
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of corn provides calories for 4 people
wheat = 327 cal / 100g or 3270 cal / 2.2 lbs or 1690.9 cal / lb
one bushel of wheat = 60 lbs
one acre of wheat = 47 bushels (approx.) or 2820 lbs or 4,768,338 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of wheat provides calories for 5.2 people
rice = 365 cal / 100g or 3650 cal / 2.2 lbs or 1659 cal / lb
one bushel of rice = 45 lbs
one acre of rice = 160 bushels (approx.) or 7200 lbs or 11,944,800 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of rice provides calories for 13 people
(note this is rough rice and not milled rice)
soybeans = 446 cal / 100g or 4460 / 2.2 lbs or 2027.3 cal / lb
one bushel of soybeans = 60 lbs
one acre of soybeans = 40 bushels (approx.) or 2400 lbs or 4,865,520 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of soybeans provides calories for 5.2 people
**these figures do not reflect moisture content of the grain, nor do they reflect such factors as food processing, climate, irrigation needs, or fertilizer/pesticides used. That said, in 2006 Iowa grew enough corn to supply 50,377,000 people with calories for the year; and the U.S. corn crop alone could provide all the calories for the U.S. population and still have enough extra for 18 million people (not counting extra calorie intake).**
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mexico & central america import U.S. rough rice:
www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February07/Findings/RoughRice.htm
cuba imports U.S. feed corn:
www.allaboutfeed.net/home/id102-26802/cuba_outlet_for_ddgs_from_iowa.html
organic corn yields:
www.newfarm.org/depts/notill/features/2007/0307/cornresearch.shtml
hcs.osu.edu/news/detail.lasso?id=447
www.chewswise.com/chews/2007/07/can-organic-far.html
"Average corn grain yield was 30% greater in a corn-soybean-wheat-hay rotation than in a corn-soybean rotation... This research shows that increasing crop rotation length and complexity can address the two most important production challenges in organic grain crop production: providing adequate nitrogen for crop needs and decreasing weed competition":
www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=407791&showpars=true&fy=2007
U.S. ethanol imports:
www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/statistics/
U.S. doubled import of Iraqi oil prior to invasion:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/26/iraq.oil
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Iraq oil exports / U.S. imports
2001 1.6m b/d / 795,000 b/d us
2002 1.5m b/d / 566,000 b/d us
2003 0-1.5m b/d / 500,000 - 1m b/d
2004 2.0m b/d / 800,000 b/d
2005 1.5m b/d / 531,000 b/d
2006 1.5m b/d / 553,000 b/d
2007 1.7m b/d / 433,000 b/d
2008 1.9m b/d / 780,000 b/d (Feb.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/iz.html
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/29984
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4569360.stm#graph
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iraq/OilExports.html
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/030703_us_intentions.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0504.html
www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update55.htm
one bushel of corn (56 lbs) = 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork, 28 pounds of catfish, or 32 pounds of chicken:
www.iowacorn.org/cornuse/cornuse_20.html
one bushel of corn = 2.8 gallons of ethanol and 18 lbs of animal feed:
www.iowacorn.org/ethanol/ethanol_3a.html
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corn = 86 calories / 100g or 860 cal / 2.2 lbs or 390.9 cal / lb
one bushel of corn = 56 lbs or 21890.4 cal
one acre of corn = 170 bushels (approx.) or 9520 lbs or 3,721,368 calories
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of corn provides calories for 4 people
wheat = 327 cal / 100g or 3270 cal / 2.2 lbs or 1690.9 cal / lb
one bushel of wheat = 60 lbs
one acre of wheat = 47 bushels (approx.) or 2820 lbs or 4,768,338 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of wheat provides calories for 5.2 people
rice = 365 cal / 100g or 3650 cal / 2.2 lbs or 1659 cal / lb
one bushel of rice = 45 lbs
one acre of rice = 160 bushels (approx.) or 7200 lbs or 11,944,800 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of rice provides calories for 13 people
(note this is rough rice and not milled rice)
soybeans = 446 cal / 100g or 4460 / 2.2 lbs or 2027.3 cal / lb
one bushel of soybeans = 60 lbs
one acre of soybeans = 40 bushels (approx.) or 2400 lbs or 4,865,520 cal
person needs 2500 calories / day or 912,500 / year
one acre of soybeans provides calories for 5.2 people
**these figures do not reflect moisture content of the grain, nor do they reflect such factors as food processing, climate, irrigation needs, or fertilizer/pesticides used. That said, in 2006 Iowa grew enough corn to supply 50,377,000 people with calories for the year; and the U.S. corn crop alone could provide all the calories for the U.S. population and still have enough extra for 18 million people (not counting extra calorie intake).**
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mexico & central america import U.S. rough rice:
www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February07/Findings/RoughRice.htm
cuba imports U.S. feed corn:
www.allaboutfeed.net/home/id102-26802/cuba_outlet_for_ddgs_from_iowa.html
organic corn yields:
www.newfarm.org/depts/notill/features/2007/0307/cornresearch.shtml
hcs.osu.edu/news/detail.lasso?id=447
www.chewswise.com/chews/2007/07/can-organic-far.html
"Average corn grain yield was 30% greater in a corn-soybean-wheat-hay rotation than in a corn-soybean rotation... This research shows that increasing crop rotation length and complexity can address the two most important production challenges in organic grain crop production: providing adequate nitrogen for crop needs and decreasing weed competition":
www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=407791&showpars=true&fy=2007
U.S. ethanol imports:
www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/statistics/
U.S. doubled import of Iraqi oil prior to invasion:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/26/iraq.oil
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Iraq oil exports / U.S. imports
2001 1.6m b/d / 795,000 b/d us
2002 1.5m b/d / 566,000 b/d us
2003 0-1.5m b/d / 500,000 - 1m b/d
2004 2.0m b/d / 800,000 b/d
2005 1.5m b/d / 531,000 b/d
2006 1.5m b/d / 553,000 b/d
2007 1.7m b/d / 433,000 b/d
2008 1.9m b/d / 780,000 b/d (Feb.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/iz.html
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/29984
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4569360.stm#graph
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iraq/OilExports.html
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/030703_us_intentions.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0504.html
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
oil speculation--OPEC is "impotent":
www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=26f9bf6d-d6d2-4c47-bf9d-52e2684c2c83
www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Oil_Speculation/oil_speculation.HTM
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aus2.Nneh3Os&refer=news
www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/05/oil_speculation.html
oil prices hit two-year low (2001):
www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31053483_ITM
www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=26f9bf6d-d6d2-4c47-bf9d-52e2684c2c83
www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Oil_Speculation/oil_speculation.HTM
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aus2.Nneh3Os&refer=news
www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/05/oil_speculation.html
oil prices hit two-year low (2001):
www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31053483_ITM
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
tax cuts for the wealthy-
1986:
www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/tax-reform-act-1986/4942724-1.html
2001:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001
gasoline tax:
dunndailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubsectionID=10&ArticleID=69871&TM=53184.58
www.artba.org/economics_research/reports/gas_tax_history.htm
ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Transportation/trans-24.cfm?&CFID=8539261&CFTOKEN=71797464
1956 price of gas: $0.20 / gallon
1956 federal gasoline tax: $0.03 / gallon or 15%
(states also tax at 2-7 cent rate)
5/2008 price of gas: $3.72 / gallon
2008 federal gasoline tax: $0.184 / gallon or 4.9%
(or with average state gas tax included: 12.6%)
1986:
www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/tax-reform-act-1986/4942724-1.html
2001:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001
gasoline tax:
dunndailyrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubsectionID=10&ArticleID=69871&TM=53184.58
www.artba.org/economics_research/reports/gas_tax_history.htm
ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Transportation/trans-24.cfm?&CFID=8539261&CFTOKEN=71797464
1956 price of gas: $0.20 / gallon
1956 federal gasoline tax: $0.03 / gallon or 15%
(states also tax at 2-7 cent rate)
5/2008 price of gas: $3.72 / gallon
2008 federal gasoline tax: $0.184 / gallon or 4.9%
(or with average state gas tax included: 12.6%)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Vet suicides and Pfc. Jason Scheuerman:
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/17250
www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8838309
www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/scheuermanjasond.html
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/20/america/A-Soldiers-Suicide-Note.php
www.veteransforamerica.org/2007/12/20/despite-signs-suicidal-gi-was-kept-in-iraq/
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/17250
www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8838309
www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/scheuermanjasond.html
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/20/america/A-Soldiers-Suicide-Note.php
www.veteransforamerica.org/2007/12/20/despite-signs-suicidal-gi-was-kept-in-iraq/
Sunday, April 20, 2008
"...in the end the geopolitical calculus of the United States and Iran has to do with what kind of Shiite government they want in control.":
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/world/middleeast/21shiite.html?_r=1&ref=world
al-Sadr and the Maysan province:
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110305E.shtml
Genetic Modification cuts crop yield:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/exposed-the-great-gm-crops-myth-812179.html
Orangeburg Massacre, Feb 8, 1968:
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/17208
Army tactical textbook on Vietnam:
www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/tactical/index.htm#Contents
Personal account of Vietnam:
libcom.org/library/gi-resistance-vietnam-account-dave-blalock
One Marine in Vietnam:
www.securenet.net/3rdbn5th/mike35/first.htm
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/world/middleeast/21shiite.html?_r=1&ref=world
al-Sadr and the Maysan province:
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110305E.shtml
Genetic Modification cuts crop yield:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/exposed-the-great-gm-crops-myth-812179.html
Orangeburg Massacre, Feb 8, 1968:
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/17208
Army tactical textbook on Vietnam:
www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/tactical/index.htm#Contents
Personal account of Vietnam:
libcom.org/library/gi-resistance-vietnam-account-dave-blalock
One Marine in Vietnam:
www.securenet.net/3rdbn5th/mike35/first.htm
Friday, April 18, 2008
foreign companies buying U.S. roads:
jonesreport.com/articles/150706_foreign_buying_roads.html
T-bond holdings:
www.treasury.gov/tic/mfhhis01.txt
war spending:
www.h-net.org/~hns/articles/2006/110206a.html
www.csmonitor.com/2007/0116/p01s01-usfp.html
uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/b9c5f078-8bbb-496b-bc17-82a6a241c26e
anti-war? not at bush events:
www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/08/22/white-house-manual-details-how-to-deal-with-protesters/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2FAR2007082101662_pf.html&frame=true
Cheney: Just because somebody makes a campaign contribution, doesn't mean they should be denied the opportunity to express their view to government officials.
www.alternet.org/story/18285/
pope won't attend white house dinner:
thinkprogress.org/2008/04/12/pope-will-not-attend-his-own-white-house-dinner/
obamas promises:
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/21/19510/3700/247/481813
jonesreport.com/articles/150706_foreign_buying_roads.html
T-bond holdings:
www.treasury.gov/tic/mfhhis01.txt
war spending:
www.h-net.org/~hns/articles/2006/110206a.html
www.csmonitor.com/2007/0116/p01s01-usfp.html
uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/b9c5f078-8bbb-496b-bc17-82a6a241c26e
anti-war? not at bush events:
www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/08/22/white-house-manual-details-how-to-deal-with-protesters/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2FAR2007082101662_pf.html&frame=true
Cheney: Just because somebody makes a campaign contribution, doesn't mean they should be denied the opportunity to express their view to government officials.
www.alternet.org/story/18285/
pope won't attend white house dinner:
thinkprogress.org/2008/04/12/pope-will-not-attend-his-own-white-house-dinner/
obamas promises:
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/21/19510/3700/247/481813
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
obama speech:
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html?_r=1&sq=obama%20speech&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print
march 14, 2008 Ronald Kessler wsj opinion on wright and obama:
"This raises legitimate questions about Mr. Obama's fundamental beliefs about his country."
online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120545277093135111.html
media matters analysis:
mediamatters.org/items/200803140007
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html?_r=1&sq=obama%20speech&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print
march 14, 2008 Ronald Kessler wsj opinion on wright and obama:
"This raises legitimate questions about Mr. Obama's fundamental beliefs about his country."
online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120545277093135111.html
media matters analysis:
mediamatters.org/items/200803140007
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
craigslist
Nice Save - w4m
Reply to: pers-592801832@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-03-01, 10:29PM PST
You almost fell off your bike on the Burke-Giman around the UW. all i have to say is nice save...i thought you were a goner.
Cute boy in the coffee shop window - w4m - 21
Reply to: pers-591811470@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-29, 9:35PM PST
How many times do I see you a week? I walk by on my way home from work almost every day and see you through that window. god you are cute. i dont know if you noticed the eye contact but I have...I'm taken but you are beautiful...so there I said it. haha.
Reply to: pers-592801832@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-03-01, 10:29PM PST
You almost fell off your bike on the Burke-Giman around the UW. all i have to say is nice save...i thought you were a goner.
Cute boy in the coffee shop window - w4m - 21
Reply to: pers-591811470@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-29, 9:35PM PST
How many times do I see you a week? I walk by on my way home from work almost every day and see you through that window. god you are cute. i dont know if you noticed the eye contact but I have...I'm taken but you are beautiful...so there I said it. haha.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Wikileaks:
wikileaks.be/wiki/Wikileaks
binaryfreedom.info/node/312
future readings on Iraq and Afghanistan:
www.comw.org/warreport/
'They're forced to fight me by their govt', and I'm forced to fight them by my gov't':
www.archive.org/details/ConscientiousObjectorAidanDelgado
DU, The Five Nuclear Wars:
www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/Bhagwat-Silent-WMDs-DU29feb04.htm
www.rense.com/general50/radi.htm
The Nescient Intellect Class #2
Brooks on Obama:
mediamatters.org/items/200802170002?f=h_top
Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker:
www.knpr.org/audio2008/mp3/080129_m-rose.mp3
wikileaks.be/wiki/Wikileaks
binaryfreedom.info/node/312
future readings on Iraq and Afghanistan:
www.comw.org/warreport/
'They're forced to fight me by their govt', and I'm forced to fight them by my gov't':
www.archive.org/details/ConscientiousObjectorAidanDelgado
DU, The Five Nuclear Wars:
www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/Bhagwat-Silent-WMDs-DU29feb04.htm
www.rense.com/general50/radi.htm
The Nescient Intellect Class #2
Brooks on Obama:
mediamatters.org/items/200802170002?f=h_top
Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker:
www.knpr.org/audio2008/mp3/080129_m-rose.mp3
Monday, February 18, 2008
big-wave surfing:
outside.away.com/magazine/0595/5f_foo.html
Intimate Q&A with Pres Musharraf:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/an-extraordinary-encounter-with-musharraf-783388.html
The Nescient Intellect Class post #1
'Gone is the apprentice, in comes the master.' (Iraq)
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16520
outside.away.com/magazine/0595/5f_foo.html
Intimate Q&A with Pres Musharraf:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/an-extraordinary-encounter-with-musharraf-783388.html
The Nescient Intellect Class post #1
'Gone is the apprentice, in comes the master.' (Iraq)
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16520
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
a comment on blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/findingclarity/
the original author's quote first:
"OK, I admit, this kind of pisses me off.
"As a City Council member, she has a responsibility to ensure that access to the public is maintained for all, not just for the ones she likes.
"Consider that her comments above are a direct challenge to the 1st Amendment, both for the right to free speech and for the right to Petition the Government for the redress of Grievances. In her zeal she would sacrifice the reality of the freedoms she so forcefully claims to advocate."
Dear sir, you also have to admit that as a public official, i.e. leader, one has a greater moral obligation. As hyperbole, one would not welcome with open-arms neo-Nazis to the public forum--one thinks of the words reluctance and acceptance in this circumstance; perhaps her fault is lack of transparency for acting out of moral obligation. If a circumstance is occurring which one deems harmful to human nature, to the human personality, it is one's moral obligation to stand against it. That IS the constitution's basis--justice--unfortunately it has been distilled into a series of sometimes fair, sometimes unfair, and often power-stealing Supreme Court rulings.
Or put more eloquently, Dr. Martin Luther King writing of the student movement in his time, "...there are two types of laws. There are just laws and there are unjust laws. And they (the students) would be the first to say that men and women have a moral obligation to obey just and right laws. And they would go on to say that we must see that there are unjust laws. Now the question comes into being, what is the difference, and who determines the difference, what is the difference between a just and an unjust law?
"Well, a just law is a law that squares with a moral law. It is a law that squares with that which is right, so that any law that uplifts human personality is a just law. Whereas that law which is out of harmony with the moral is a law which does not square with the moral law of the universe. It does not square with the law of God, so for that reason it is unjust and any law that degrades the human personality is an unjust law."
One can learn a lot by reading our greatest thinkers' writings.
p.s. Dear sir, your blog will not let me comment. I do not know why. I am given this error:
! Error: It appears you have used profanity or other objectionable language in your comment.
There is no profanity in my post. If one would like to read my post go here:
palemoonrides.blogspot.com/
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"They claim the Marines fought for our freedom of speech, and how dare we use our freedom of speech against them."
www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8239736
the original author's quote first:
"OK, I admit, this kind of pisses me off.
"As a City Council member, she has a responsibility to ensure that access to the public is maintained for all, not just for the ones she likes.
"Consider that her comments above are a direct challenge to the 1st Amendment, both for the right to free speech and for the right to Petition the Government for the redress of Grievances. In her zeal she would sacrifice the reality of the freedoms she so forcefully claims to advocate."
Dear sir, you also have to admit that as a public official, i.e. leader, one has a greater moral obligation. As hyperbole, one would not welcome with open-arms neo-Nazis to the public forum--one thinks of the words reluctance and acceptance in this circumstance; perhaps her fault is lack of transparency for acting out of moral obligation. If a circumstance is occurring which one deems harmful to human nature, to the human personality, it is one's moral obligation to stand against it. That IS the constitution's basis--justice--unfortunately it has been distilled into a series of sometimes fair, sometimes unfair, and often power-stealing Supreme Court rulings.
Or put more eloquently, Dr. Martin Luther King writing of the student movement in his time, "...there are two types of laws. There are just laws and there are unjust laws. And they (the students) would be the first to say that men and women have a moral obligation to obey just and right laws. And they would go on to say that we must see that there are unjust laws. Now the question comes into being, what is the difference, and who determines the difference, what is the difference between a just and an unjust law?
"Well, a just law is a law that squares with a moral law. It is a law that squares with that which is right, so that any law that uplifts human personality is a just law. Whereas that law which is out of harmony with the moral is a law which does not square with the moral law of the universe. It does not square with the law of God, so for that reason it is unjust and any law that degrades the human personality is an unjust law."
One can learn a lot by reading our greatest thinkers' writings.
p.s. Dear sir, your blog will not let me comment. I do not know why. I am given this error:
! Error: It appears you have used profanity or other objectionable language in your comment.
There is no profanity in my post. If one would like to read my post go here:
palemoonrides.blogspot.com/
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"They claim the Marines fought for our freedom of speech, and how dare we use our freedom of speech against them."
www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8239736
Thursday, February 7, 2008
rebranding housing projects as environmental to gain access:
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/how-to-get-permission-to-destroy-the-countryside-say-youre-building-an-ecotown-773877.html
(in same realm as my soy milk which says 'Shake Well & Buy Often'. the same old consumer-mentality only rebranded)
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not only does ethanol have a higher input than output, but its production cycle adds to Global Warming:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/07/healthscience/biofuel.php
www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/how-to-get-permission-to-destroy-the-countryside-say-youre-building-an-ecotown-773877.html
(in same realm as my soy milk which says 'Shake Well & Buy Often'. the same old consumer-mentality only rebranded)
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not only does ethanol have a higher input than output, but its production cycle adds to Global Warming:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/07/healthscience/biofuel.php
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
chomsky audio, columbia univ greets shah of iran in 1955 & current pres musharraf of pakistan with praise, current president of iran with severe hostility; illustrating that conformist subservience takes many forms in academia, denial or withdrawal of tenure being only one:
www.zcommunications.org/zaudio/2476
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clean coal, and myths on clean energy
www.desmogblog.com/cheap-clean-coal-myth-takes-hit-department-of-energy
www.zcommunications.org/zaudio/2476
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clean coal, and myths on clean energy
www.desmogblog.com/cheap-clean-coal-myth-takes-hit-department-of-energy
bach Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E Flat Minor, BWV 853
the poets the writers say we are naturally evil, good is a higher ideological idea touched sometimes; the moralists the religions say we are born of this. there is a light beyond light. waves outside the waves. when things made sound. light made color.
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from unknown play:
telephone.
yes hello
-i have your private info, social security number you name it...
*he breaths into phone, waits
-and if you don't give me five thousand dollars i will cause all kinds of trouble and burn your name
prove it
*he listens as the voice reads off nine numbers
-like i said five thousand dollars or you're miserable. comprende?
my friend i should tell you it's a misfortune to find yourself on the telephone with me. i have no concerns about what you can do with my info. i am not afraid, do you understand? ...you're quiet, you understand, you're waiting for what i'm driving at. my friend i have a gun. i will shoot you with it. i won't do this because i care about my life, you understand? i will do this for the simple reason that i own a gun. i know the number of the payphone, what area you live in, and i know your voice. i will hunt you down if you do anything. you will burn the papers and forget i existed. you understand?
-(after a very long silence) yes
ok... you have a nice day.
the poets the writers say we are naturally evil, good is a higher ideological idea touched sometimes; the moralists the religions say we are born of this. there is a light beyond light. waves outside the waves. when things made sound. light made color.
---
from unknown play:
telephone.
yes hello
-i have your private info, social security number you name it...
*he breaths into phone, waits
-and if you don't give me five thousand dollars i will cause all kinds of trouble and burn your name
prove it
*he listens as the voice reads off nine numbers
-like i said five thousand dollars or you're miserable. comprende?
my friend i should tell you it's a misfortune to find yourself on the telephone with me. i have no concerns about what you can do with my info. i am not afraid, do you understand? ...you're quiet, you understand, you're waiting for what i'm driving at. my friend i have a gun. i will shoot you with it. i won't do this because i care about my life, you understand? i will do this for the simple reason that i own a gun. i know the number of the payphone, what area you live in, and i know your voice. i will hunt you down if you do anything. you will burn the papers and forget i existed. you understand?
-(after a very long silence) yes
ok... you have a nice day.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
taxes pajo fisk
tax season:::::
"Let's start with the accounting industry, which rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year selling tax shelters. Looking for ways to cash in on the go-go 90s -- and pouncing on an insanely misguided 1991 rule change that allowed accountants to pocket a percentage of the tax money they save a client instead of merely charging an hourly fee -- accounting firms began aggressively devising and marketing complex tax avoidance schemes." www.commondreams.org/views03/0212-09.htm
KPMG saved clients $2.5 billion over 10 years. Company indicted in '05 for $456 mill. Most of those involved off scott-free. See E&Y/Enron for more goodies.
www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/06/17/kpmg_offers_apology_over_illegal_tax_shelters/
Bono etc tax shelter too.
www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/business/yourmoney/04amster.html
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pajo:::::: www.myspace.com/pajomusic
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deep purple, machine head::::::: http://www.azchords.com/d/deeppurple-tabs-1065/machineheadalbum-tabs-214451.html
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oil for food genocide - iraq
www.zmag.org/Sustainers/Content/2004-05/26cromwell.cfm
bob fisk
www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002371.html
www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/2460
iraqi accounts
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16345
about blackwater (mark this date Jan 29 2008)
"The Congress and our court systems are ill equipped to handle the speed of change. The operational architecture is ancient and failing. Problems are accumulating and the foundations are cracking under the weight. We are now in societal breakdown. Blackwater is intended to protect the rich on American soil as the country slowly fails. That is their primary role.
Once the breakdown occurs people will be submerged in a cauldron of insecurity and hardship. Blackwater will be front and center during the insurrection and the deaths in Iraq represent a vision of what is to come in America. While peoples attitudes and beliefs are being torn apart and reformed in new ways that accurately reflect their new reality, the neo-cons and others will be hell bent on securing power and control in the emerging new vision for America. The Fascist window dressing will disappear and the naked truth will emerge. If the Fascists gain control America will be racked with government torture and terror. Foreign terrorists will gain support and unleash nuclear terrorism on America. The American experiment will be consumed in the heat and flames of nuclear exchange. If this train is to be stopped every person must become engaged now."
www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/29/6694/
"Let's start with the accounting industry, which rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year selling tax shelters. Looking for ways to cash in on the go-go 90s -- and pouncing on an insanely misguided 1991 rule change that allowed accountants to pocket a percentage of the tax money they save a client instead of merely charging an hourly fee -- accounting firms began aggressively devising and marketing complex tax avoidance schemes." www.commondreams.org/views03/0212-09.htm
KPMG saved clients $2.5 billion over 10 years. Company indicted in '05 for $456 mill. Most of those involved off scott-free. See E&Y/Enron for more goodies.
www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/06/17/kpmg_offers_apology_over_illegal_tax_shelters/
Bono etc tax shelter too.
www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/business/yourmoney/04amster.html
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pajo:::::: www.myspace.com/pajomusic
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deep purple, machine head::::::: http://www.azchords.com/d/deeppurple-tabs-1065/machineheadalbum-tabs-214451.html
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oil for food genocide - iraq
www.zmag.org/Sustainers/Content/2004-05/26cromwell.cfm
bob fisk
www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002371.html
www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/2460
iraqi accounts
www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16345
about blackwater (mark this date Jan 29 2008)
"The Congress and our court systems are ill equipped to handle the speed of change. The operational architecture is ancient and failing. Problems are accumulating and the foundations are cracking under the weight. We are now in societal breakdown. Blackwater is intended to protect the rich on American soil as the country slowly fails. That is their primary role.
Once the breakdown occurs people will be submerged in a cauldron of insecurity and hardship. Blackwater will be front and center during the insurrection and the deaths in Iraq represent a vision of what is to come in America. While peoples attitudes and beliefs are being torn apart and reformed in new ways that accurately reflect their new reality, the neo-cons and others will be hell bent on securing power and control in the emerging new vision for America. The Fascist window dressing will disappear and the naked truth will emerge. If the Fascists gain control America will be racked with government torture and terror. Foreign terrorists will gain support and unleash nuclear terrorism on America. The American experiment will be consumed in the heat and flames of nuclear exchange. If this train is to be stopped every person must become engaged now."
www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/29/6694/
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
seattle trees
53,000 acres of old growth to 200 acres in 150 years:
www.crosscut.com/science-environment/9363/As+it+grows+up,+Seattle+boughs+down/
www.earthcorps.org/volunteer.php
www.crosscut.com/science-environment/9363/As+it+grows+up,+Seattle+boughs+down/
www.earthcorps.org/volunteer.php
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
apple iie etc (first entry)
if you're reading this you're either me or you're lost. either way interesting reading.
kegs emulator (can't rock the iie software w/ this though maybe there's another):
http://kegs.sourceforge.net/
iigs disks:
http://www.virtualapple.org/
apple ii archives:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070117122819/http://links.apple2info.net/filearchivesites.htm
other emulators:
http://emulation.victoly.com/apple2/
dat ill dewit. interestin world ahead.
kegs emulator (can't rock the iie software w/ this though maybe there's another):
http://kegs.sourceforge.net/
iigs disks:
http://www.virtualapple.org/
apple ii archives:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070117122819/http://links.apple2info.net/filearchivesites.htm
other emulators:
http://emulation.victoly.com/apple2/
dat ill dewit. interestin world ahead.
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