How am I?

Flashing back from a card game, I reflect on some of the things I’ve seen. How am I compared to what?

Pensions systems on the brink

State pension funds had a $1 trillion funding gap as of 2008 (Image from Pew Center PDF.) Even with the recent rise in the stock market, things are unquestionably much worse now. For example, CalPERS, the huge California fund,reported a 25% loss in July 2009.

Pension Pulse says things are made worse with [...]

American Leftist surveys the SWP wreckage in Britain

Recently there was a split, purges, and resignations, with much resultant gnashing of teeth in the Socialist Workers Party in Britain. SWP is a Leninist formation that fancies itself a vanguard party, ready to lead the workers to the inevitable proletarian victory. However, this can only happen after the masses have realized the correctness of [...]

Black Widow supercar gets 2752 mpg

Built by students at Cal Poly, it weighs just 96 lbs. with a top speed of 30 mph, running a highly modified Honda 50cc engine.

Tea Party eats their own?

Tea Partiers target Ron Paul in GOP Primary.

Yemen’s capital city could run out of water

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A water trader in the Yemen capital of Sanaa says his pumps run continually in wells 1,300 feet deep, yet little water is there. Sometimes there is none.

Yemen is growing fast, but the water table is dropping precipitously. Fights between tribes have already started over water and experts say [...]

Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over

So said Mark Twain. And it’s still true.

Democrats vs Democrat in California’s water wars

Dutch government collapses over Afghanistan war

Labour withdrew over their demand that The Netherlands keep to its scheduled withdrawal.

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Electronic Books

Anyone who knows me knows I love gadgets. I love technology, and I’m always looking out on the horizon for what’s new. But I’ve been slow to dive into electronic books. Ever since Amazon  zapped paid copies of 1984 from Kindles, I’ve been suspect of this technology. To be more clear, it’s not the [...]