Solar glass tiles heat homes

The glass tiles heat homes via air slots in the black canvas it is mounted on.

Is California an Idiocracy?

CalWatchdog is equally honked at both Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, given their campaigns have been comprised of inanities and accusing each other of things that are basically irrelevant. Plus, I might add, both have studiously mentioned virtually nothing of substance about the budget and pension problems.

Only an idiocracy would be fixated on these [...]

Nissan Leaf

I just contracted to buy all the gasoline I want at 24 cents a gallon. No, I have not struck oil in my backyard, or come into an inheritance from a long lost Kuwaiti relative. That is the de facto price that PG&E is billing me for a full charge on the all-electric Nissan [...]

California banks make millions in fees off of welfare recipients

When most of us withdraw money from an ATM, we aren’t charged fees. Yet, welfare recipients in California are routinely charged to make withdrawals. Banks are making nearly $1.5 million a month in fees for the same service they give regular customers for free. Plus, this is essentially risk-free for them. The state transfers [...]

Moral rot of America

There’s a monster on the loose / He’s got our heads into a noose / And he just sits there watching

Read the following two excerpts. The first deals with the moral rot at all levels in America today, the second with how Americans no longer trust their leaders and financial elites. I [...]

Don’t mourn, organize

Susie Madrak

Did you know that during the Greater Depression, communists and socialists organized people all over the country to stop foreclosures and evictions? Why aren’t more of us doing it now?

She details how some groups are doing something now.

Image via The Big Picture

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Thought for the Day

I’m becoming convinced that when a new president walks into the White House all squeaky clean, freshly elected, and filled with resolve, that a Portal to Hell opens in the Oval Office. Out from the sulfurous fumes slithers the Financial Demon who explains to the president who is really in charge and that he’d best [...]

Not even 29 years old, rapper Eyedea is dead

Although you may not have heard of him, Eyedea was one of the better rappers out there, and a big part of the indie rap movement.

From the Minneapolis City Pages:

One of the Twin Cities most beloved musical talents has passed away. Micheal “Eyedea” Larsen, a longtime Rhymesayer, singer, lyricist and fixture in the [...]

Schwarzenegger blasts Republicans for trying to block pension reform

You read that headline right. In his weekly radio address on Saturday, Gov. Schwarzenegger said Republican legislators tried to block badly needed public pension reform. The reason for this seemed to be because they were getting large contributions from the prison guards union. He said he expected Democrats to oppose pension reform because “most [...]

Repudiate Liberalism or Obama. You can’t have it both ways

Ian Welch, emphasis added

Back in early 2009 I told others in the blogosphere that we had to come out against Obama. The reason was simple enough: having seen what he did on TARP and then seeing his stimulus bill, I knew for a fact that he wasn’t going to fix the economy. His “negotiating” [...]