Mexican drug cartels establishing US presence

Hugely profitable drug trafficking, corruption of high officials including police and military, and now the drug cartels are establishing major command and control centers in places like San Diego.

John Le Carre’s new book,”Our Kind of Traitor”, deals with “the ease with which profits from extortion and illicit drugs have been funneled into Britain’s banking [...]

Greenerator. Solar and wind power from an apartment balcony

The Greenerator has a flexible solar panel on top with a wind turbine underneath it.

It’s the occupation, stupid

Extensive research into the causes of suicide terrorism proves Islam isn’t to blame — the root of the problem is foreign military occupations.

The researchers examined over 2,200 suicide attacks from 1980 until now across the world. Even more telling, their research shows that when the occupations end, so does the terrorism.

End the [...]

War, what is it good for? Making lots of money, say it again

War Is Business | who benefits? from War Is Business on Vimeo.

War is Business is run by an investigative reporter who documents war profiteering

Accountability begins with identification. That’s why war War Is Business puts names and faces on those who are profiting from war. This basic element of journalism—the “who” of [...]

The future of US politics is Prop 19

Al Giordano

Nomadic, and on the move, more reliant on the Internet than the television for their news intake, they’re the future of the United States. And they’re also a lot more multi-racial – and more actively defy societal apartheids – than the rest of the population. OMG! Wait… wait… see that little [...]

Offset half of airline carbon emissions with human urine

[The video shows] how if we capture our urine–like has been done in China (both recently and historically)–and use it as fertilizer instead of petro–chemicals we could be saving huge amounts of carbon emissions.

The village in China must have a separate place for people to pee so they can easily store the urine.

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How Neoliberals and Green Keynesians wrecked the promise of a clean energy economy

The Breakthrough Institute has a knack for summing things up succinctly

The reason Obama’s plan for economic renewal through clean energy came up empty cannot be blamed on Republicans and global-warming deniers. In truth, the president’s strategy was flawed from the start. Cap-and-trade would not have birthed a domestic clean-energy economy — indeed, it wasn’t [...]

Death wish

20-year-old female criminology student becomes top cop in violent Mexican municipality

Everyone else was too scared to take it.

Something to ponder

Is the universe a holographic illusion?

Clean-tech jobs cannot overcome our broken political and economic system

Clean Edge says a renewable energy economy that will create many new jobs can never happen while our economy remains broken and our political system corrupt. The vast bulk of profits and government money now goes to a few in the financial world rather than to Main Street where it would do actual good.

Two [...]