Three Sheriff Joe cops arrested for drug, human smuggling

One of them, who worked in the human smuggling unit, had two illegal immigrants in his house along with ten pounds of heroin. Another is apparently a member of the Sinaloa cartel and pregnant with the child of a cartel leader. Both had been certified by ICE.

I’m not here to bash Sheriff Joe [...]

Utah to BofA. Your foreclosures are illegal

This is in direct response to BofA previously telling Utah to go screw itself about the foreclosures.

Market-Ticker says what Utah should do now.

The time to rattle sabers is over. Start revoking foreign corporate registrations (necessary to do business in a given state) and bringing indictments.

Agreed. The best place for these arrogant banksters [...]

Cleantech links 5/25

Tiny energy harvester creates power from ambient vibrations.

Mushrooms can break down diapers in landfills.

World’s first seawater cooled data center from Google.

Building coating removes smog from air.

Japan may require solar panels on all new buildings by 2030.

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion development continues.

Bob Dylan turns 70. Has the Left changed since 1963?

I love the ‘US out of Vermont’ slogan on the guy on the left and the rest of the cartoon made me laugh too. But it got me thinking, tactics on the left haven’t changed much since Dylan’s early days, have they? Back then it was civil rights marches. A few years later the [...]

Solar tower technology recycles plastic into oil

Wow. The Land Art Generator Initiative took inventor Akinori Iti’s idea to convert plastic back to petroleum and figured out how to do it with solar tower technology. They called it Plastikoleum. Not only does this save energy, they think they can do it at a scale of 10 tons of plastic per hour, [...]

Oscar the Grouch 2.0

Another cartoon from Randy Miller.

Squid-like wave power device for Scotland

SQUID, which looks somewhat reminiscent of its namesake, has an inflatable absorber similar to a large balloon which fills with sea water. Sitting just under the surface, the absorber is moved by passing waves and the energy from this motion drives a generator to produce electricity.

AlbaTERN, the company developing it, hopes to have [...]

California budget action now almost one year late

California legislators prepare for another frantic day of working on the budget

The California Constitution mandates that a budget be passed by June 15 of each year. The legislature finally did pass the budget on March 17, 2011, a mere nine months late, but still has not acted on how to fund it. Specifically, [...]

I’m A Climate Scientist (Hungry Beast)

This is a hoot. NSFW, Via Aquadoc

Eurozone protests grow. Banksters on the run

Michel Montecrossas. In The Street.

Politics is cheap, you can’t trust a top thief.

Fight your way through, be tuffer than all lies. / You know you’re in the jungle – it’s no surprise. / If you kill enough you belong to the right. / You are the good if you give up your [...]