Danny Tate regains control of his life

After a 2 1/2 year battle, singer / songwriter Danny Tate was today deemed fully capable of handling his own affairs by a Nashville judge and given back control of his finances and decision-making process.

Wa-hoo!

I know Danny. He’s a great guy and it appears he’s gone through Hell and come out the [...]

Efficiency First rallies US small businesses to support Home Star jobs bill in DC

Every now and again, an idea or concept or product comes along, spreads out all over the place and sets a new standard. Take, for example, ATM machines or UPC Barcode or even the internet; looking back, it’s hard to imagine those innovations not being ubiquitous and ever-present. We just accept them today as being [...]

Offshore wind project in Lake Erie moves ahead

The 20 megawatt site should go live by 2012 and will be the first offshore wind project in fresh waters in the US. This is a small site but hopefully a precursor of bigger projects to come.

Gulf oil leak. States losing patience. Feds huff and puff

Louisiana officials threaten action if spill response proves inadequate

Florida Gov. prepares legal action against Gulf oil spill

US threatens BP with legal action

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, “We are 33 days into this effort, and deadline after deadline has been missed. If we find they’re not doing what they’re [...]

Listen up. All those conspiracy theories are just a bunch of hooey

Our government tells us so at America.gov.

Conspiracy theories exist in the realm of myth, where imaginations run wild, fears trump facts, and evidence is ignored. As a superpower, the United States is often cast as a villain in these dramas.

Among the foolish misconceptions they wish to dispel is that depleted uranium [...]

More states may create public banks

By 2011, only one state will have escaped the credit crunch that is pushing other states toward insolvency: North Dakota. North Dakota is also the only state that owns its own bank. The state has its own credit machine, making it independent of the Wall Street banking crisis that has infected the rest of the [...]

Bloggers watching live BP oil leak report major eruption

UPDATE 6:03pm CDT: The current eruption is way, way worse than the several that occured earlier. I think this might be a “Main Event” situation.

UPDATE 6:45pm CDT: An hour after the start of this most recent eruption, and it is still just a wall of oil, methane crystals, and gack.

WAY, WAAAY worse than [...]

Gulf oil leak

Federal government sending in big guns to do a flyover of leak then make important sounding noises

Oil cleanup will last for months, maybe years

Louisiana fisherman contemplating suicide

This is so lame it sounds like an Onion parody

Under increasing criticism for not moving more aggressively to halt the oil gusher in the [...]

Medical marijuana sold in Boulder CO must be grown with renewable power

Growers will have to offset 100 percent of their electricity with wind or solar power, says the city council

Increasingly, municipalities are simply ignoring federal government laws on marijuana.

Free Danny Tate

John Amato at Crooks and Liars details the Kafkaesque trials of our mutual friend, singer / songwriter Danny Tate. Judged incompetent due to drug addiction by what appears to be a comatose, uncaring court, his assets are now controlled by his brother. Well, whatever’s left, that is. Hundreds of thousands are gone, some for [...]