Welcome to Dystopia

Where criminals are still free and desperately arguing for a continued coverup of their crimes:

I’m not amused that the Wall Street Journal solicited an op-ed attacking the decision to try KSM in civilian court from one of the  people–John Yoo–with the biggest conflict on such a decision. It’s yet more proof that Rupert Murdoch [...]

Radical lawyer Lynne Stewart jailed, sentence may be increased

Lynne F. Stewart with husband, Ralph Poynter on left, before surrendering on Thursday. (John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times)

She’s 70, and began serving a 28 month sentence, which could be increased to 30 years. She was also disbarred after passing the following message from her client to a group designated as [...]

Rural living and making cheese

We had a nice few days with DJ Mitchell and his wife at their ranch in southern Utah earlier this week. They’re in the process of building on to their cheese facility so they can start making it in 100 lb. lots. That’s me of the left not quite awake with the sun in [...]

Elite climate research center may have falsified data

Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

Director admits hacked files genuine

The files were taken from the East Anglia Climate Research Center, a leading research center of climate change. The leaked emails appear to show deliberate attempts by researchers to falsify data to make global warming seem more pervasive than their [...]

Bacteria that glows to reveal land mines

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh recently announced that they have engineered a strain of bacteria that glows green in the presence of explosives, making mine detection a snap.

The inexpensive bacteria are sprayed over an area and shortly begin to glow green in the presence of explosives.

UC Berkeley tuition protest

Video via SFist where a commenter says

I’m confused. I missed the part where the UC regents have access to a magic wand they can wave to produce $500 million out of thin air.

The whole freaking state of California is broke. No, wait. “Broke” implies you just have no money. California is [...]

Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Audit The Fed Bill approved in House Finance Committee

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Clearly Grayson has this story cold. Equally as clearly, Barney Frank is a liar who never supported a true audit the Fed proposal in the first place.

Sen. Dodd of Connecticut is another slithering weasel who loudly and publicly pretends to champion financial reform but when the votes come, backs the banksters.

Ron Paul [...]

Conyers: “I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the White House”

Via The Hill, John Conyers hammers Obama’s weak stance in the healthcare battle in a radio interview:

“I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can in the White House,” Conyers said on the liberal Bill Press radio show. “He only won by five votes in the House, and this bill wasn’t even anything to write [...]

Big Island fend for yourself economy

With the collapse of tourism in Hawaii, relatives on the Big Island tell us they and many others increasingly are growing their own food, as well as fishing and hunting (like for wild pig.) There are few jobs there now since tourism dropped off sharply as a result of the recession. It’s fend for [...]

Waste energy converted to heat for $1 a watt

A Lawrence Berkeley National Labs spin-out has developed the new technology, which is dramatically cheaper than existing waste heat conversions.

The U.S. consumes around 100 quads (100 quadrillion BTUs) of energy a year and 55 to 60 quads get dissipated as waste heat