Maybe we could shoot the banksters into the air instead of anvils?

Paulson and Goldman met in secret in Moscow

This is rocketing around the web and it’s awesome and horrible at the same time and, of course, nothing will be done about it.

It goes without saying that when the Treasury Secretary meets privately with the board of a company like Goldman there are [...]

Flu.gov. What to know about the flu

Flu.gov has news on prevention, what to do if you have H1N1, widgets, social networking links, videos. and more. Nice.

Hi. I’m an eRinGo electric vehicle

I have two steering wheels and move on electric rings. Wheee.

Tired of the slime and corruption? Let’s have a Showdown in Chicago

Join us on October 25-27 for a series of demonstrations when thousands of Americans – retirees, farmers, workers, homeowners, renters, students, clergy, and small business owners – come together on the streets of Chicago to demand a banking system that puts the American people first and a Congress that makes it happen!

PIMCO dumps [...]

The Pacifica Follies continue

The WBAI Local Station Board (part of Pacifica Radio) wishes to apologize because their database apparently went kerflooey and restored itself to a year-old backup just before mailing labels for ballots were printed. Thus, many ballots were mailed to the wrong people while other eligible people didn’t get them at all.

Even though [...]

Fright Night comes early to Wall Street

The demoness of wiretaps is stalking the hedge funds

It’s not even Halloween yet, but Wall Street already has the heebie jeebies. Hedge funds are going into screaming hysterical panic over the Rajaratnam / Galleon insider trading arrest. Why? The feds used wiretaps to build their cases and the hedgies are wondering if they [...]

Top tech firms back net neutrality in FCC letter

Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading Web and technology companies expressed support Monday for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) efforts to ensure an open Internet.

Good. Net neutrality is crucial for the Internet to continue as it is, open and with access to everything, and not pay-only walled gardens that block access to [...]

Not your dad’s electric vehicles

Sparky the Electric Bug was built by Manitou High School in Colorado Springs and runs on 12 volt batteries. Inhabitat features this and other tricked-out EVs.

Given that EVs have full power instantly from a standing stop, Sparky can probably blow the hubcaps off most sports cars from a stop light.

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Wall Street corruption and crime round-up

Something quite extraordinary is happening. The mainstream, regular business people and moderates, are speaking out. They are furious about the corruption on Wall Street and death grip the banks have on DC. The banks won’t win this time.

Quiet Coup. A former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund says the finance industry has [...]

Medical marijuana. a growth industry?

Jeralyn, a lawyer, at TalkLeft gets several calls a day from people wanting to open medical marijuana dispensaries. The Federal government recently announced they won’t pursue such cases if it’s legal in a state.

My iPhone map just returned several nearby locations for “medical marijuana.” Yeah, it’s a growth industry.

Does marijuana help some [...]