Disaster Saturday: 777 crashes at SFO
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/...This is breaking news, but a Asiana 777 just went down at SFO.the 777 is one of Boeing's best designs, designed initially for long haul, large service with twin engines for...
View ArticleStand Your Ground cited in Florida shooting
http://www.rawstory.com/...A Florida man who allegedly shot and killed an African-American teen on Black Friday during a parking lot argument over loud music is citing the state’s so-called “stand your...
View ArticleHow to manage the detroit Bankruptcy
Detroit is filing Chapter 9 bankruptcy.Here's how I would look at forming a rescue plan.1) If you are a detroit pensioner, you only draw your pension if you are living in Detroit. Your check is cut in...
View ArticleI can no longer afford to teach.
Now I'm sure Ken Bernstein (Teacherken) would do a great job commenting on this, and I am going to do a mostly a cut and paste with some commentary buthttp://makingourway.net/...The language in this...
View ArticleTyphoon Usagi: Prepare for a 'sandy' class disaster
A Category 2 Typhoon is aimed for Hong Kong, a global center of commerce, transit, production, finance and crime. http://www.wunderground.com/...By the time Usagi reaches the coast near Hong Hong in...
View Articlemagnitude 7.8 Earthquake of pakistan
Flash traffic:USGS reports 7.7 richter earthquake 90 miles inland of Pakistan coast, 9 miles deep.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/...epicenter Arawan,Preliminary reports have light casualties, and an island...
View ArticleCharge of the Light Budgeters
I'm not much of a poet, hell, some days i can't put together a sentence, but, i've been watching this dead end charge on the Hill, and i couldn't help myself.I had what was a basically an education in...
View ArticleIf the feds are shut, why is Gitmo Open?
Last night i was chatting with friends, and we were talking about the feds shutdown, and someone said "What about Gaanamo Bay?".Didn't th President promise to shutter that place?It would seem that the...
View ArticleVA Sheriff's Deputy convicted 4 Manslaughter
In an unusual case, a Arlington Va Sheriff's deputy was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for an incident that ended with a man dead.http://www.washingtonpost.com/...http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
View ArticleHas Snowden been indicted?
The Post has a story saying "President Obama Misspoke when he said Snowden has been indicted"http://www.washingtonpost.com/...President Obama said at a press conference Friday that National Security...
View ArticleTEPCO radically under-reports radiation at Fukushima
I will try and keep this short and simple.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...Tepco, the utility company that is managing the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan said that there...
View ArticleLargest radiation leak at Fukushima this year
The Huffington Post reports that the largest leak at Fukushima Reactor station in the last year was noted.The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that 100 tonnes of highly...
View ArticleThe Best way to stand up to Putin
There is a lot of discussion over the Ukraine and standing up to Putin, and Russia. The usual faces are demanding we go to war with East Asia. Sarah Palin is even claiming she predicted this. My ass,...
View ArticleDC Decriminalizes Marijuana
Hey this is a short diary and if i missed someone elses, but did anyone notice DC just decriminalized Marijuana?apparently the council voted 10-1 to take away jail penalties make marijuana a...
View Articleso CPAC is in DC and I saw this
Whenever any big convention is in town I google around a bit, trust me the Librarians can get pretty wild, and I so want to crash one of their parties.but I googled CPAC and look what came up(The pics...
View ArticleIs fracking beginning to spiral down?
Fracking has been enormously controversial , Gasland, Gasland 2, The truth aboutGasland, Anthropogenic earthquakes.... But I've argued Fracking is economic folly and likely to fail...
View ArticleKoch Brothers lose in their own home state
The Washington Post reports the Green Energy hippies are beating the Koch Brothers in Kansas. Kansas, the "What's a matter with Kansas" Kansas. All red Kansas.http://www.washingtonpost.com/...Kansas...
View ArticleCompany murders 300 in Turkey
Now that's a pretty brutal headline, but that's what I saw when i was looking at Naked Capitalism....http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/...his post explains how the horrific mine explosion in Western...
View ArticleThe New Dust Bowl
I'm not a climatologist, i'm adequate at reading a weather map, but, it strikes me that Kansas, Oklahoma, and chunks of Nebraska, Texas and New Mexico are in a full bore drought and Dust Bowl.I made a...
View ArticleDid Climate Change destroy this millionaire's home?
A big story on the Internet is a home in Central texas getting burned to the ground to keep it from falling into a lake. Now ordinarily, i'd say "Well, someone didn't bother checking the flood plains...
View ArticleConservatives agree with Liz Warren: US Economy rigged
Now I happen to be a big fan of Senator Warren, but, Lots of people scoff when I say "She can pull votes in Red America. I'm usually talking about her girl next door looks, plain spoken ways, Oklahoma...
View ArticleLibertarian for Senate: Pollution is a Crime
Heyhas anyone heard of this fella?https://www.youtube.com/...Interesting, a libertarian saying "Pollution is a crime" and calling for the directors of companies facing criminal charges.talking about...
View ArticleFracking F&*%ing Balance Sheets
I have been extremely skeptical of fracking for years.When people raved about how it's wrecking the environment (It is) I said it will end.When people raved about how it's the miracle energy (It...
View ArticleWaPo Bans R@#$&!^s from Editorials
now this isnt' a total ban and it's certainly not a bar to the sports writers or news desk but, the Post Editorial page has saidhttp://www.thewrap.com/...Every time the R-word is used, something...
View ArticleHurricane Odile worst case hit: Cabo heavily damaged
I'm sort of surprised nobody wrote about this, and i'm probably not the best writer, and it's 1 AM, but I thought i'd bang out a initial diary.1) Hurricane ODile (Oh-Deal) dogged east and slammed Cabo...
View ArticleThe Day Germany stopped using Nukes
Sometime Last month, Germany stopped depending upon Nuclear Power.Some would Argue it happened when they shut down a bunch of racs post Fukushima.Some would argue it will be the day they shut down the...
View ArticleThe Ebola Psychological Epidemic
Vanity Fair has an excellent piece on the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa that explains a lot about how the epidemic got rolling, and to me argues for why it will be a lot worse then people...
View ArticleV2G or how to make money off your EV Car
http://online.wsj.com/...Lots of people how about how Electric Cars will destroy the grid, over tax it, cost too much, but I've always argued that EVs, and PV will usher in a new era. There are lots...
View ArticleCoal Company CEO and Politician Koch calls to vandalize PV Panels
I've said at more then one cocktail party that right wing politicians and leaders will take to burning down wind turbines and PV panels as they lose the battle, I wasn't aware it had already started...
View ArticleFracking Fracking Financiers
This Summer, I wrote a Throw Away Diary "Fracking F&*King Balance SheetsAmongst low end diaries, it was a low end diary, but, i guess there was something in it, Tim Meteor Blades Lang picked it up...
View ArticleWhy the NYPD will walk on the Akai Gurley shooting
There are numerous stories on the Akai Gurley shooting. Press, Diaries, comments.I don't have the files, and the reports, but, i doubt there will be any charges pressed.Here's how the Internet buzz...
View ArticleUtilities learn to love Electric Cars, but a wrong TURN appears
I was poking around and found this older storyhttp://online.wsj.com/...As utilities across the U.S. grapple with stagnant electricity sales, many see opportunity in the fledgling need for electric-car...
View ArticleDetroit Exits Bankruptcy.
In a relatively unreported story, Detroit exited Chapter 9 Bankruptcy,last year Detroit was the largest american city forced into Bankruptcy by the State of Michigan. 2 days ago, the court approved...
View ArticleA Hell of a Time : Christmas Song
I had never heard of Steve Carlson until he was mentioned in Naked Capitalism.Steve was born into a musical family in Southern California and credits his love of music to his Bohemian upbringing. When...
View ArticleNorth Korean soldiers killing for food
Bloomberg reports that North Korean soldiers are entering China and killing villagers for foodhttp://www.bloomberg.com/...In the December incident, a North Korean soldier shot four residents of...
View ArticleTEPCO conceals major leak for 10 months
The Fukushima reactor incident continues as an on going crisis, heading into it's 5th year now, many people would like to erase the disaster from the memories of global citizens....
View ArticleCPAC is in Town and the Freak Flag is flying
I don't care what floats your boat, but, for the people who like to get all high and mighty,There does appear to be some not quite with the program types in the...
View ArticleNat Bank Abu Dhabi: Even at $10/BBl oil can't compete in electricity
no kiddingThe National Bank of Abu Dhabi saysphotovoltaic technologies arecompetitive today with oil at US$10/barrel and gas at US$5/MMBtu. Okay, this isn't Me, saying it, it isn't some whacky hippy...
View ArticleWhy King v Burwell won't be the end
i wrote a comment a few days ago that's worth a diary http://www.dailykos.com/...It strikes me that both sides in the Political debate on "King v Burwell" haven't really thought through the whole...
View ArticleBankers Breaking Frackers
or BBF to the BFFs....i have been writing a bit about the Frackers.http://www.dailykos.com/...well now that Oil has dropped through the floor, we are seeing the...
View ArticleAre we winning on Climate Change? Can we fix CO2 before it's too late
I want to start with, I think it's simple 19th century science that CO2 drives global warming. Anyone who disputes that is a flat-earther, as far as i'm concerned. I think the vast amount of Co2 we are...
View ArticleAn Open Question to the Clinton 16 crowd
It is really interesting reading the arguments for the people who are arguing for Secretary Clinton in 2016. I'm not trying to start an open war, i have my reasons to not think she's very good, but,...
View ArticleClinton the Inauthentic
Granted this is Dana Milbank, but, the Clintons have failed to keep a distance between themselves and questionable associations for 40+ years....You see the FPers always saying "HRC is the best person...
View ArticleThe Dinosaur and the Mouse. A solar story
the Story of the Dinosaur and the Mouse will soon replace the story of the StoryTortoise and the Hare. Everyone knows the story of the Turtle and the Rabbit but there is a story of a dinosaur and a...
View ArticleLast week the Coal industry died.
I don't know if anyone was paying attention what with some various outrage of the week, but I thought i would mention that the Coal Industry died. Oh, it may keep kicking in death throes, but, Bob...
View ArticleSome People Never Learn: Japan to Restart 43 Reactors.
http://www.bloomberg.com/...Japan is about to do something that’s never been done before: Restart a fleet of mothballed nuclear reactors. March 2011, The Japanese suffered the Great Tohuko Quake an...
View ArticleDoes Hillary Have a Million Fake Followers
https://www.yahoo.com/...Yahoo tech reports thatFake Twitter followers abound among the U.S. presidential candidates as they gear up for the election in 2016. And Hillary Clinton isn’t the only...
View ArticleKing Coal Dethroned
It's something that should have happened a decade ago, if not 3 decades ago, but Coal is now starting it's death throes. I don't think Coal consumption will drop to zero, but i think it will drop some...
View ArticleSalon: Bernie is no Fluke, HRC not Inevitable
I view Secretary Clinton as a very smart, experienced, unwise, impolitic disqualified candidate for President. I also watched her in 2008, not only flounder, but flounder badly.She spent much of 2007,...
View Article75% chance of Govt Shutdown. Again.
I realize in the middle of the Primaries, it's easy to forget some of the blocking and tackling of the Governing process but in about a week and a half we will probably see another Government...
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