Afghanistan: Hearts and Minds and Blood and Anger

War is not politics, it is violence – murder – on an enormous scale. It does not lead to democracy, security, or good governance, it leads to anger, humiliation, and above all else, more violence. [...]

Portable hydro turbine for small electronics

Backpackers will love this easy way recharge a GPS.

Daniel Hull, an Australian industrial designer based in Melbourne, has designed a portable hydro turbine with the aim of providing cheap renewable energy using water.

CDO World

ProPublica has a 5-panel graphic and accompanying article, Banks’ self-dealing super-charged financial crisis, on how the financial system was compromised, looted, then left for dead by the banksters.

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)

What is PACE?

A Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond is a bond where the proceeds are provided to commercial and residential property owners to finance energy retrofits (efficiency measures and small renewable energy systems) and who then repay the financing over 20 years via an annual assessment on their property tax bill.

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Fear of regime change in NYC

Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism reports her well-connected, wealthy friends are getting twitchy about what they see coming. She doesn’t necessarily agree that major upheaval is coming but found it instructive that some NYC elites are now speaking in these terms.

The conversation turned to whether the US was going towards revolution or fascism. [...]

Electric vehicle does nearly 300 mph at Bonneville, a new record

Ohio State’s “Buckeye Bullet” EV claimed a new FIA battery-powered land speed record yesterday at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, going nearly nearly three-hundred-miles-per-hour on lithium-ion power.

Taiwan looks at US Islamophobia

A hilarious (and frightening) new clip from the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media.

Don’t miss Barack Obama secretly praying to Mecca in the Oval Office

Obama backstabs environmental movement

The betrayals continue.

The Obama administration has urged the Supreme Court to toss out an appeals court decision that would allow lawsuits against major emitters for their contributions to global warming, stunning environmentalists who see the case as a powerful prod on climate change.

Joe Sudbay at Americablog

Welcome to our world.

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Legislator calls constituents. Promotes civility

Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL) calls his constituents about 100 times a day to see how they’re doing and what their concerns are. He’s also active in promoting civility in Washington. More, please.