Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study
So many questions to be answered here. Um, just how do the gases get into the tank and what is done with them after that? Wait. I may not want to know. The Independent has more.
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.
Day July 11, 2008
Plunge Protection Team intervenes again
On Friday during market hours, a rumor went round that Helicopter Ben Bernanke was giving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac access to the discount window, which would allow them to borrow huge amounts of money. The market rallied. After the…
IndyMac seized by Feds
This after a run on the bank. They are the second largest bank ever to fail in the US and were up to their eyeballs in subslime mortgages. It would be criminal if the executives that destroyed this bank were…
Heating oil costs a potential crisis
Governors of New England states are seriously concerned about heating oil prices, which have doubled in a year, saying some low income households may have to choose between food or heat. They want more federal subsidies (which only helped poor…
We killed the goose that laid the golden eggs
John Robb argues that wealth distribution (to both poor and rich), corporations focused on maximizing profit above all else, and a financial system filled with bubbles and scams have effectively killed the US middle class as a driver of prosperity…