Because people aren’t stupid. Most don’t believe lies

“Edano’s words seemingly fell on deaf ears as Tokyo residents made a dash for bottled water.”

Fukushima follies

Fukushima engineer says he helped cover up flaw at Reactor 4.

Smoke from plant forces evacuation, again, it’s black smole so something is burning.

Tokyo tap water too radioactive for infants. But adults can drink away says their ever perky government.

The vultures have arrived. JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon is now in Japan, hoping [...]

Decentralized renewable energy is goal of Bay Area coalition

The Local Clean Energy Alliance, a Bay Area coalition focused on climate protection and green job creation, has released Community Power. Decentralized Renewable Energy in California, a comprehensive 64 page report (PDF) by Al Weinrub which advocates using small-scale, locally-based, decentralized renewable energy in California. They view this as the best way to meet [...]

Utah offers residency to undocumented workers

A state effort to offer legal residency to many illegal immigrants is driven in part by the influence of the Mormon Church.

You read that right.

Tango electric vehicle commuter car. 39 inches wide.

Yet the Tango does 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds and has “FIA-certified roll-cage and reinforced doors,” and is built to NASCAR specs.

Most Americans favor troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

I’d like to unpack a little American zeitgeist for you on the Afghan war.

A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 64% of Americans now think the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting; and an even more overwhelming 73% want a “substantial number of U.S. combat forces” to withdraw this summer.

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In bizarre coincidence, Japan says 1600x normal radiation is a-ok

New radiation alert at Fukushima – Levels soar to 1600 times normal

That radiation reading was 20 kilometers from the crippled reactors. But no need to worry your silly little head, no doubt their government will raise the permissible amount of radiation (as they’ve already been doing continually) so people in the affected areas who [...]

What ever happened to the antiwar movement?

It’s hard to escape the conclusion that antiwar activity in the United States and around the world was driven as much by antipathy to George W. Bush as by actual opposition to war and intervention. Indeed, a University of Michigan study of antiwar protesters found that Democrats tended to withdraw from antiwar activity as Obama [...]

More corruption in our banana republic

NY Fed official responsible for AIG loans joins AIG as AIG pushes sweetheart repurchase to NY Fed

Here’s the kicker. He is being allowed to stay on at his job at the Fed while working as a lobbyist for AIG on matters he deals with in his job at the Fed.

This is beyond [...]

The Urban Farming Guys

Triple Pundit

The Urban Farming Guys are a group of self-proclaimed “revolutionaries” made up of 20 families who decided to move from suburbia to the inner-city of Kansas City, MO to start a community urban farm and sustainable living experiment. The families all bought houses within a five block radius of one another, [...]