Electric plane powered by solar hanger

It weighs 440 lbs., holds one person, and is completely electric. The solar-paneled hanger comes with the plane.

Indiana stage collapse video. Yikes

Several stage scaffoldings have collapsed recently due to sudden, unexpected, and freak storms. Maybe it’s time to redesign how they are constructed.

Dewatering the desert. Don’t drain Nevada

Las Vegas is at it again, trying to grab water from anywhere it can, this time from rural Nevada and Utah. Considering that 50% of all water is used to generate electricity, how about Vegas demonstrates they are serious about water conservation by banning their deliberately excessive neon and lights as well as their [...]

‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini. ‘Karl Marx was right’

Economist Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini, the New York University professor who four years ago accurately predicted the global financial crisis, said one of economist Karl Marx’s critiques of capitalism is playing itself out in the current global financial crisis.

“Karl Marx had it right,” Roubini said in an interview with wsj.com. “At some [...]

Our do nothing White House

The Obama “strategy” for 2012 is to appeal to independents by passing ineffectual bills or maybe take a daring step and work for tax incentives. Yup, that’s it. Doing nothing for Main Street or job creation continues to be their cynical plan, hoping the Republican candidate is a loony.

But none of this helps the [...]

Iowa results

It’s basically not a real primary and thus mostly meaningles but even with that, it looks like Pawlenty will be dropping out soon.

The killing of Mark Duggan

Craig Murray was badly rattled by the British riots (as were millions of others.) Among other things, he’s been trying do find justification for why the police shot Mark Duggan, the event which triggered the burnings and looting. He says Duggan may have been a career criminal and probably had a gun. But his criminality [...]

Unemployment benefits create jobs, says White House

My magic pixie dust will convince you that unemployment benefits will create jobs!

That’s because the unemployed will spend the money not save it, says a White House spokesperson in a dismal and unintentionally comical attempt to substitute PR fluff for real economic analysis.

So there you have it. The unemployed create jobs. If [...]

Paramedics in the deadliest city in the world, Ciudad Juarez

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