Is capitalism doomed? – Part IV

Stuart Bramhall continues his series about capitalism and socialism

In general, Marxists believe the economic laws that govern capitalism make it inherently flawed – dooming it to eventual failure. They also see a grave risk that the collapse of capitalism will bring down civilization with it. Which is why they argue for workers to hasten [...]

Double dips

Via The Big Picture

Rotating solar house generates 5x more power than it uses

In addition to the rooftop solar panel, it has balcony solar thermal collectors, and triple-paned thermal-insulated glass. The entire house rotates to meet the sun.

Paving slabs could scrub out 70% of the pollution in the air

The slabs, developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, convert nitrogen oxide into nitrates using a photocatalytic mechanism (titanium dioxide acts as a photocatalyst). According to Fraunhofer, the slabs work well over time, and testing has shown that no changes will occur in the slabs’ degradation capabilities even after 23 months [...]

Mexico mayor’s unknowing last request. ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon

A few hours later Mayor of Santiago, Edelmiro Cavazos Leal was kidnapped, tortured, and killed. Members of his own police department have been arrested for involvment in his murder. Edelmiro was one of the good guys.

Using the words of his young widow, “Edelmiro’s death shall not be in vain.” He was a loyal and [...]

Fidel: now officially befuddled

So says Marc Cooper, citing Castro’s recent article in Granma agreeing with the extremist right-wing nutball theory that the Bilberberg Group runs the world.

From an AP story

The excerpt published by Castro suggested that the esoteric Frankfurt School of socialist academics worked with members of the Rockefeller family in the 1950s to pave [...]

Rape charges withdrawn against Wikileaks founder

Prosecutors withdraw warrant for WikiLeaks founder Assange, saying rape suspicion unfounded.

We need an investigation as to precisely how the charges came to be in the first place. I bet it leads back to D.C.

“We were warned to expect ‘dirty tricks’. Now we have the first one.”

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape

The Meth Project. Paint the State Project

From The Meth Project newsletter.

We are pleased to announce that Paint the State 2010 has drawn a tremendous response from young people in both Idaho and Montana. First introduced in Montana in 2006, Paint the State is a public art contest that encourages young people to create highly visible, public works of anti-Meth [...]

Recession hammers Vegas

DJ details the current economic carnage there. Among other calamities, Vegas has the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country.

It’s hard to see how the city can dig its way out of this one.