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The US no longer has capitalism in any sense of genuinely free markets. Instead, we have the Fed propping up thuggish banking entities who never seem to have criminal charges files against them and who just receive modest civil penalties for doing things the rest of us would be arrested for. JP Morgan Chase [...] Not surprisingly, Las Vegas is a “money laundering paradise.” There have been multiple high-profile drug busts with accompanying money laundering charges. The Las Vegas Review Journal profiles an IRS agent who helped the DEA make some of the busts. Of course money laundering is something Las Vegas has much experience with (oh gosh, I [...] Ram Power, a Nevada geothermal corporation, has successfully drilled a well in the Imperial Valley which they say could produce 8-10 MW of power (1 MW can power 750-1,000 homes). The area currently produces 600 MW of geothermal power and they say the potential geothermal capacity for the area is a staggering 22 GW, [...] It will be expensive compared to other types of power. However, a utility has agreed to buy the power using preferential tariffs. Tidal power is still in its infancy. As the technology develops, the costs will drop. Perhaps one day the planet will created huge amounts of power from the utterly predictable tides. [...] Stuxnet, as seemed obvious from the beginning, was written by a state power, two of them actually, the US and Israel. It succeeded in crippling centrifuges used by Iran in their nuclear facilities. It may also have made an attack on Iran by the US and Israel unnecessary. Stuxnet targeted Siemens centrifuges in a [...] We have clear evidence that there may be an ongoing policy of collective punishment and expulsion, war crimes under international and US law, happening in Afghanistan, and it’s time for the House oversight committee to investigate. [...] L’Hote in the The blindspot says what passes for the left in the US is merely tepid neoliberalism with no genuine radicalism much less socialism. There are many myths within the political blogosphere, but none is so deeply troubling or so highly treasured by mainstream political bloggers than this: that the political blogosphere contains within [...] Fluffy and Squeaker (AKA Lucy and Ethel) need a home. They are completely healthy and have had all shots. Friends found them abandoned by the side of a road and we’re fostering them. They are adorable, friendly, and get on fine with adult cats. They need to go as a pair as they [...] Among the outcomes of the current La Nina, which might be morphing into a huge La Nina, is, yikes, more rain for Australia, severe cold in Jan. for the northeast US, and extreme weather in China. And with La Nina still skipping coolly across the Pacific, more may be yet to come. It would indeed [...] |  | ||||
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