Anti-Minuteman protest. S.F. yesterday
Photo from Steve Rhodes’ photostream on Flickr. IndyBay has reports and more photos. Counter-protesters greatly outnumbered Minutemen.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month July 2008
Colleges are now offering wind technician classes
The demand for wind technicians, those who can service a wind turbine, is so strong that colleges have trouble keeping students in class until they graduate – because wind companies keep hiring them after just a few months of school.
The Bankrupterator signs pay-cut order for state employees
California governor and centi-millionaire Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a draconian order today slashing the pay of tens of thousands of state employees to $6.65 an hour (until a budget is passed, then they get retroactive pay) Gosh, I’m sure my friend…
The Potemkin village of Beijing
– Plans to cleanse Beijing of smog not working despite previous closure of thousands of factories and banning automobiles. – Water diverted from needy regions to prettify Beijing. Electricity too. Oh heck, no foreigners will see those rural peasants, so…
Green links. 7/31
New precast concrete sucks CO2 out of the air. World’s largest onshore wind farm (909 megawatts) to be built in Oregon. Algae based biofuels in plain English: Why it matters, how it works. Utah’s solar fired furnace to power California…