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Oregon Public Radio profiles White Zombie, a ’72 Datsun turned onto a street legal electric vehicle that routinely blows away Corvettes, BMWs and most anything else at the drag strip, while setting world records. Also profiled is an electric motorcycle that goes from 0-60 in a mind-boggling two seconds. White Zombie is owned by [...] A study in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease suggests that drinking coffee keeps dementia away. 3-5 cups a day seems to be the optimal amount. I’ll have to cut down, then… Rather than flare or release the methane gas created as a byproduct of brewing beer, a LaCrosse Wisconsin brewery will now be turning it into electricity, helping to power a local hospital. And so, renewable and recycling energy comes to small towns in the Midwest. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do, but [...] Andrew Sullivan This vile anti-Semite and Holocaust-denier has just been allowed back into the Catholic Church. Unbelievable. But if you really grasp how reactionary Benedict is, not terribly shocking. I am truly, deeply ashamed of my church for this action and hope this provokes such an outcry it is reversed. Benedict is beyond reactionary. [...] Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini, who accurately predicted much of the current economic crisis says, while things will undoubtedly get worse in the U.K., it is not the next Iceland. Huge too, aren’t they? These new wind turbines are specially designed for offshore use, and are light, waterproof, with redundant power and control systems. Obama warned Republican lawmakers to quit listening to Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along him and other Democrats. A few days ago, Limbaugh said he wanted Obama to fail. Well, I’m guessing — to use the memorable phrase of now-Sen. Franken — that the “Big Fat Idiot” is about to find out [...] The Dona Marta slum in Rio, Brazil. Gregg Newton/Reuters Subtopia (“A Field Guide to Military Urbanism”) on Brazil’s plans to clean up those Rio slums by walling them off, militarizing them, and creating protected enclaves for the wealthy. When the tough get going, well, you know what they do, they do what most [...] Clusterstock profiles four Ponzi scams today; one conviction and three sets of indictments. My favorite - Edward Purvis, the man who promised churchgoing investors in Arizona and 12 other states he could make them wealthy while funding Christian causes, was indicted Friday on 43 counts of fraud and theft. Of course, compared to Made-Off, [...] Gov. Blagojevich of Illinois compared his arrest to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, said he won’t participate in his impeachment trial because the rules are unfair and that the whole thing was a plot to remove him from office so they could raise taxes on the poor people of Illinois who he so strongly defends [...] |  | ||||
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