Assange vs. Zuckerberg

Solar Roadways

“An intelligent pavement that could generate power and pay for itself” without using petroleum in asphalt, that’s what a solar roadway could be.

Irish government collapses

In a fitting tribute to a disgraceful performance by Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in which Cowen crammed losses of Irish banks down the throats of taxpayers, his government has at long last collapsed. Six cabinet members (40%) resigned representing justice, health, trade and enterprise, defense and transport. Earlier in the week his foreign minister [...]

Polizeros Radio. The absence of a real left in the US

What passes for the left in the US, including the left blogosphere is mostly tepid liberalism with no genuine criticism of imperialism or capitalism. This ties in with the current liberal tendency to purge (epistemic closure) or denigrate views to the left of itself. Also, what would a left foreign policy look like?

With [...]

Virtual power plants

A virtual power plant (VPP) isn’t really a power plant at all. It doesn’t actually exist. It’s a power plant of the IT mind—a plant locked in the digital world that can shift from traditional generation to smart-grid-enabled renewables at will. The VPP exists only in the software used to manage the different options, a [...]

Los Angeles County bus entirely alt-fuel now, no diesels

In an urban area where diesel buses began operating in 1940, the MTA now has 2,221 buses powered by compressed natural gas, as well as one electric bus and six gasoline-electric hybrids.

They now have zero buses that run on diesel, sharply reducing GHG emissions and particulates in the air and are the first [...]

Intermountain Healthcare. High quality, low cost health care

Recently a friend was rushed to Valley View Medical Center here in Cedar City UT by his wife after he became quite ill and was coughing up blood. They diagnosed him with pneumonia. His fever was very high. The hospital immediately filled him with liquids, antibiotics, and provided superb medical care. Three days later [...]

US government led by Geithner gives big banks a free pass

The fix is in. The Financial Stability Oversight Council led by Geithner made sure the big banks will be allowed to do whatever they want, risk and the general good be damned, even as other countries are moving to limit the size of banks. But in the US, the interlocking nexus between the big banks [...]

Vertical wind turbines on Chicago office

Twelve vertical wind turbines power exterior lights for the building, can use wind from any direction, and operate in as little as 11 mph of wind.

I like the way the turbines are incorporated into the look of the building.

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Are Mexico drug cartels terrorist?

El Universal urges the government of Mexico to request the UN to label the cartels as terrorists. (Translated by Borderland Beat)

The attacks that have been executed by the criminal groups in Mexico against the authorities and the civilian population would be the very definition of terrorism that the United Nations put forth during one [...]