Google buys wind energy 20 years into future

We just completed a substantial 20-year green Power Purchase Agreement that allows us to take responsibility for our footprint and foster true growth in the renewable energy sector. On July 30 we will begin purchasing the clean energy from 114 megawatts of wind generation at the NextEra Energy Resources Story County II facility in Iowa [...]

Police: Freeway shooter in Oakland was headed for ACLU

Byron Williams, who had a shoot-out with police in Oakland CA was planning to attack people at ACLU and Tides Foundation offices. He was heavily armed and wearing a bulletproof vest.

Because if you’re a freaking loser of a certain deranged mindset, it is just so totally obvious that all your problems are due [...]

China may have property bubble 5x larger than US

65 million houses there may be vacant in urban areas, bought by speculators mostly. And the government has been funding it.

Gosh, I’m sure glad our government never did crazy things like that. Oh, wait…

New high speed rail from Britain

This new design could challenge Asian dominance in HSR, and make rail travel exciting and fun. The vehicle is 1312 feet long and will travel at 225 mph.

(The US is absent from HSR design and implementation. Sigh.)

Resigned USDA official: Breitbart’s video was a lie

The event she described happened 24 years ago. She became friends with the white farmer and helped him save his property, and said it helped her understand race is not the issue.

LGF Andrew Breitbart: the heir to Joseph McCarthy, destroying people’s reputations and jobs based on deliberately distorted allegations, while the rest of the [...]

Peril of the hard left?

Oona King, Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London

One of my deepest darkest secrets is that as a student in the ’80s I worked with the SWP. I used to stand outside meetings holding placards and shouting at people. I understand the attraction of being in permanent opposition. You get to air all [...]

Right-wing Oakland shooter might not have been alone

Police are close-mouthed about the motives of right-winger Byron Christopher Williams who they shot Saturday night after he shot at them. He was wearing full body armor, and may not have been acting alone, and has a long history of violence.

CHP spokesman Sgt. Trent Cross said there is “no doubt” Williams was on [...]

Berkeley wants pot growers to give it away free to poor people

Seriously! They approved a ballot measure mandating free weed to low-income residents, organic growing methods, and offsetting the amount of electricity used to grow it.

Also, it’s getting comical how small growers don’t want legalization because 1) it might cut their profits and 2) the McDonaldization of growing might happen.

Both are spurious concerns. [...]

Throbbing Gristle – Discipline

“Real industrial, yo”, says the YouTube description. Hey, they were one of the groups that started industrial. Genesis is in fine form here.

Futurejacked on tiny houses

I can see how the following trend might get picked up in an era where, in addition to anger and polarization, you will also see frugality, learning the joys of less rather than more and I think it will all be colored by the green lenses of a strong environmentalist movement.