Sanity break. Eclectic 2.0 Earth, Water, Sky

Eclectic 2.0: Earth, Water, Sky from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

Ross Ching explains how he made the film.

California’s carbon trading plan is problematic at best

Under California’s landmark 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32, the state must reduce greehouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Carbon trading, also known as cap and trade, is an essential part of this. The deadline for formalizing the plan is next month. But, as always, the devil is in the details.

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Polizeros Radio tonight. Libya, Raymond Davis. US Uncut

Topics tonight: The insanity in Libya, CIA operative Raymond Davis’ arrest in Pakistan, and UK Uncut comes to the US.  US Uncut is targeting Bank of America with dozens of flash mobs planned for Feb. 26.

The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PST (9:30 [...]

Arizona bill would void foreclosures without full title history

Bring it on! May other states follow.

The legislation, which is headed to the House after being approved 28-2 in the Republican-dominated Senate, would allow foreclosure sales to be voided if lenders that didn’t originate the loan can’t produce the full chain of title.

Naturally, banker’s associations and other assorted vermin are weeping crocodile [...]

Former Sun CEO on prospects for Silicon Valley now

Scott McNealy, founder and former CEO of Sun Microsystems, talked with the Wall Street Journal about employment and the economy in the supposedly booming Silicon Valley. He thinks much has been lost and may not come back. His comments about the Valley apply to the state and country at large too.

It’s not a terribly [...]

Oklahoma cuts peak energy use 33%

Oklahoma did this in a pilot test by raising rates during peak hours and providing a web portal so people could determine what the various rates are and then run the dishwasher and washing machine at night rather than during the day.

If you give people useful information, they will make informed decisions. Simple, isn’t [...]

Yet another reason why cap and trade doesn’t work

An Eastern European criminal gang has broken into carbon registries and stolen millions. The thefts were so pervasive that many registries have been shut down. These were sophisticated attacks to be sure but it was appalling that security was so abysmal.

Federal Reserve president says, break up the banks

Thomas Hoenig, President Federal Reserve of Kansas City, in an extraordinary speech says the big banks must be broken up and essentially implies the system itself is broken and corrupt. While this is something any reader of this blog probably agrees with, having it come from a Fed president indicates a palace revolt is [...]

U.S. condemns Libyan tumult but makes no threats, NYT

Oliphant 022311

The relentless inaction of the US on the slaughter in Libya seems to be all about the price of oil, doesn’t it?

What is the Left’s back-up plan if unions don’t come roaring back?

Andrew Sullivan asks the question, quoting from The Economist

Which brings me to my question for progressives. Supposing that Mr Walker and not the SEIU is the vanguard of history—supposing that America is headed toward the stable non-union equilibrium—what is the next-best scenario from a progressive perspective? What is the answer if resurgent unionism [...]