Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 15:10 - Category: Unfiled ;
Die spamsters die…
California Moves to Ban Unsolicited E-Mail Spam.
Gov. Gray Davis of California signed a bill today that outlaws sending most commercial e-mail to or from the state that the recipient did not explicitly request.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 11:59 - Category: Unfiled ;
Yawn
The California recall election will be on Oct 7. As far as I can tell no one is actually explaining precisely how they will fix the gaping deficit.
I reiterate the PoliZeros prediction that Davis will be recalled and Bustamante will win.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 10:43 - Category: Unfiled ;
Dalai Lama maybe not so warm and fuzzy
From MetaFilter
The myth of the “friendly and harmless” Dalai Lama exposed.
While the Lama’s PR machine runs in high gear here in the states only a few voices have come out about the truth behind the oppressive theocracy that was Tibet and how specially sanitized and marketed the Lama is when he crosses the Atlantic. It turns out the Lama isn’t very different than any other man in a position of power and has much more in common with the Pope than, say, Deepak Chopra.
Indeed. One primary reason that the Chinese were able to topple the feudal theocracy that was Tibet and at whose pinnacle sat the Dalai Lama, was because the Buddhist temples and wealthy landowners ruled the country with an iron fist and everyone else was a serf with no rights.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
I do NOT want to live next door to coalbed methane
Via Deep Audit, a truly horrific report about coalbed methane
Coalbed methane: gas boom, environmental bust
The coalbed methane boom that is spreading across parts of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana is in its infancy and is out of control. There are about 1,000 wells on stream now with as many as 15,000 pending permits. Already 20,000 acre feet of water has been pumped out of the coal aquifer and with a life of 12 to 15 years for the project, hundreds of millions of barrels of water will be removed and either dumped into an existing drainage system or stored in newly created ponds or reservoirs.
Ducks, fish and plants will flourish until industry turns off the water and the pseudo-environments return to pre-existing conditions. Recently, another rancher friend of mine attended a coalbed methane fair where industry suggested the ranchers affected by this new surplus of water should take advantage of it. “Try growing cranberries, try hydroponic tomatoes; how about beer?” they offered. “What about ranching?” was her reply.
Coalbed methane extraction represents a new technology. The 10-year track record of coalbed methane development in the San Juan Basin has caused explosive levels of methane to be vented to the surface, killed 100-year-old trees, lowered groundwater levels, ruined water sources, killed wildlife and recently has been linked to underground coal fires that belch carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane to the surface, where temperatures reach 500 degrees F.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:14 - Category: Unfiled ;
Speaking of coal
50% of the electric power for the City of Los Angeles comes from coal. That’s right, coal. It’s against the law to burn coal for power in California so the coal is burned in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada where it stinks up their state, then sent to L.A. via power lines where it loses about 11% of the power during transmission. I suspect the coal is probably mined in Appalachia then sent by trains to the West, as Appalachian coal is higher quality than Western coal. What a bizarre, messy wasteful system.
In fairness it should be mentioned the the City of L.A. also has a Green Energy plan. It costs about 10% more per month and they agree to buy that power from renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal.
But still, Green Power accounts for just 2% of LA DWP power while deeply polluting coal is 50%.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:13 - Category: Unfiled ;
Bush prepares to shoot self in foot
The message of Bush’s much-anticipated address <to the U.N. today> will be unbending, U.S. officials told NBC News. “We will be successful in Iraq with or without the U.N.,” one of the officials said.
Sharp thinking there Dubya, if the plan failed miserably once, then try the exact same plan again…
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:12 - Category: Unfiled ;
Dollar gets whacked
The dollar hit a near three-year low on Monday against the yen after markets read a Group of Seven call for flexible exchange rates as a sign that Japan may hesitate to weaken its currency to boost exports.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:11 - Category: Unfiled ;
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Attorney General John Ashcroft today made it tougher for federal prosecutors to strike plea bargains with criminal defendants, requiring attorneys to seek the most serious charges possible in almost all cases.
Bob Morris @ Sep 23rd 2003 00:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
The more you know, the less you trust him
Let’s see Wesley Clark announced he is running for President as an antiwar candidate then immediately said he would have voted for the Iraq invasion. The very next day he said whoops, I (maybe) would have voted against it. Add to that the persistent “Perfumed Prince” stories about how he damn near started WW III in Kosovo and toss in rumors that the Clintons are behind him, well, it gets me wondering just who is he and what is the agenda.
Now this:
Newsweek cover story claims that Clark wanted to work with Bush administration after 9/11 but Karl Rove’s refusal drove him into Democratic party camp!
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