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Islamists take over south Yemen town. Civil war is coming. Europe goes from worse to horrible. Ireland and Greece can’t possibly pay their debts and will default, sooner rather than later. The banksters will fight relentlessly to stop this from happening. Mexico drug war spillover crimes, including murder, into Texas. From the vast archives at White Whine, a “collection of first-world problems updated daily,” comes their Reply of the Year. DJ, who blogs and posts here, has lived in third world countries for extended periods of time. He says Americans don’t know what real poverty is. Even the poorest here generally have electricity and [...] John Robb: It’s simple. What’s needed are (note the plural here), virtual global economic systems built on a sound footing (i.e. better and more sensible rules than we currently have), prosperous participants, and a hard currency. Systems that people can flee to when currencies become scarce (deflation) or worthless (inflation) or nation-state political systems fail [...] Man busted with 50 lbs. of cocaine and meth trying to cross into California GE thinks continuing development in solar technology will make its price competitive with fossil fuel in three to five years, and which point lots of people will want solar on their roof. For this to work at grid-scale and nationwide though, we will need a smart grid, something which will take years. A complete [...] I just sold two iPhones to Gazelle. They make it easy. You enter information about the items online, they say what they’ll give you for them, and provide free shipping. When they receive the items, they evaluate them to insure the description is right, then PayPals you the money. I sold Gazelle an iPhone [...] Gil Scott-Heron, dubbed the “Godfather of Rap”, has died aged 62 in New York. Artists from Snoop Dogg to Public Enemy’s Chuck D paid tribute to the US poet and songwriter on Twitter. AmpedStatus Whether they are aware of it or not, so-called “independent” liberal/progressive online news sites are pivotal divide and conquer pawns. The more established and well-funded progressive outlets are crucial players in suppressing mass movements for meaningful change. That’s because, on the liberal side, sites like Kos, Crooks and Liars, Media Matters, et [...] The scientists say introducing an enzyme into the water in which the algae live suppresses sugar production and increases hydrogen production by about 400 percent without killing the organisms. Ultimately, the bioengineered algae could be used to produce hydrogen on a large scale because algae is abundant, prolific and hardy and there is nothing [...] |  | ||||
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