Thinking about Oakland

“Well we don’t understand why they called in the National Guard When Uncle Sam is the one who belongs in the exercise yard”

Ex-Goldman director to face criminal charges: source

His corruption was so egregious I guess even the feds figured they had to get off their dead asses and do something.

Our money is not on the administration on this one. In fact, when the smoke settles, we expect a few extra tentacles from [Goldman headquarters at] 200 West to penetrate even deeper into [...]

No link between wireless phones & cancer

The study took fifteen years to complete and included every cell phone subscriber in Denmark compared to a control group of two million.

In the end, almost nothing stood out; most ratios were essentially 1, meaning that there was no observed link between the phone users and cancer.

I guess that means I can get [...]

Stutterer finds her voice via YouTube

Eming Piansay has a stutter which sometimes incapacitates her. It led to social isolation, being mocked, and a vicious cycle of more fear of speaking. She graduated from college and started working. Her speech improved some. Then she did a You Tube video about it and found kindred souls and encouragement.

I stutter too but [...]

50-60% haircut on Greece bonds could trigger CDS

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It wasn’t enough that the banksters sold garbage bonds and made dicey loans to Greece. Nope, they had to make huge bets on them too. Of course they made money doing both and certainly assumed if things went bad they could go whining to governments that they need another bailout.

Well, it’s [...]

The first party to one million in Utah is No Party

Not to be confused with the Party Of No, the first bloc of Utah voters to amass 1 million voters will be the unaffiliated or as we prefer independent voters–no party or party of no thanks. On May 31 the independent voter total was 987,244. Today, October 21, 2011 the total is 998,069. Harold Camping [...]

Mississippi Sheiks: The World Is Going Wrong

The Mississippi Sheiks were the first all-Black band to get a national recording contract. The ever-changing lineup was mainly from the Chatmon family of Mississippi. However, early blues god Charlie Patton was probably a member briefly as was Memphis Minnie. Several members later moved to New Orleans and played a role in the birth [...]

Oh gosh, that’s reassuring

New Libya leader pledges to impose Sharia law

Our new allies in Afghanistan and Iraq have not only imposed radical Islamic groups but denied women and minorities basic rights. I am not sure we can afford any more successes in our foreign policies.

Well, as long as as they hire US companies to do reconstruction, [...]

Solar Ship. A new kind of aircraft

Solar Ship is creating craft that can carry heavy loads long distances with a tiny carbon footprint. Filled with helium, they soak up rays from the sun to provide the energy for forward motion and fulfill its original design challenge – carry 1,000 kilograms (2,205 lbs) of payload 1,000 kilometers (621.4 miles).

The aircraft [...]

Carter Family. Wildwood Flower