Anti-Gay, Religious nuts
“How can conservatives make their case after the election?,” and the answer he wanted to share was drawn from his experience with his own four children. They range in age, he said, from twenty-three to...
View ArticleWall Street buying Single Family Houses
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...Big investors are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into real estate hard hit by the housing crash, bringing those moribund markets back to life but raising the...
View Articlewhy fixing fillibuster rules may be a mistake
This is somewhat a short diary, but i thought I would point out something.Everyone is all unhappy that the Gun laws failed on the fillibuster rules.A lot of people think the nuclear option should be...
View ArticleIMF admits disaster in Austerity orders
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...The IMF underestimated the damage that fiscal austerity would do to the Greek economy in its earliest rescue of the nation in 2010. It was too slow to promote a...
View ArticleI take no joy: San Onofre NGS (SONGS) Closing
The long troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is to be closed by Southern California Edison. SONGSABC Reportshttp://abcnews.go.com/...The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant on the...
View Articlesolar PV at half the cost of Grid power
http://www.solarfeeds.com/...For those not obsessed with Snowden, Zimmerman, the Immigration bill, the Ag Bill or the 2014 election, I thought I would mention something interesting.The city of Palo...
View ArticleDisaster 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...
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