My cat Joey
Joey is an orange tabby who has chased male cats larger than himself out of the yard and at least once backed off a raccoon. Yet twice now when we’ve been doing kitten foster, when one of the kittens escaped…
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 August 2009
Iranian protester commits suicide rather than go back to jail
He’d been in jail for protesting where he was repeatedly raped and tortured. His father bailed him out. But they came back for him. He ran away, then jumped off a bridge. I just can’t get this out of my…
Zero Hedge WhoIs
Zero Hedge, a hard-hitting, pseudonymous blog about financial matters has broken major stories and made real enemies. Check their WhoIs. They recently moved their servers offshore and are registered in Lichtenstein, where I bet a battalion of lawyers couldn’t find…
American Casino. The Movie
American Casino movie trailer from Leslie and Andrew Cockburn on Vimeo. “American Casino is a powerful and shocking look at the subprime lending scandal. If you want to understand how the US financial system failed and how mortgage companies ripped…
Geothermal from low-temperature water creates electricity on portable truck
Oil drilling rigs could use this to create energy from hot water they now discard. This quite amazing new technology is from an inventor in Alaska teaming up with heavyweight United Technologies.