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So how’s everyone’s Thanksgiving going?

Thanksgiving is…

When the Brits give thanks for getting rid of religious fanatics, misfits, and criminals (one of whom was my ancestor!)

It’s not Thanksgiving for the turkey

Jay Leno drives Chevy Volt 11,000 miles on 4.6 gallons of gas

He owns over 100 cars yet the Chevy Volt is his “daily driver.” And he’s never put gas in it.

Zetas launched Mexico-style attack in Texas

Clearly, the violence is spilling across the border

Headline of the Day

Dow off 145, banks getting slammed, Europe going kablooey

A German bond auction failed to sell out. This isn’t supposed to happen and is a bad moon rising indeed.

Message to SPLC from Montana ‘extremist’

The Montana Libery Movement responds to the SPLC slime of them.

The only real trick the SPLC seems to have up its sleeve is to constantly associate, directly or indirectly, every group that opposes corrupt state power as being racist or terrorist.

This is a legitimate criticism. SPLC does indeed view anti-government movements as inherently [...]

Greening Phoenix will require more than just upscale enclaves

localwork.com

Phoenix is the least sustainable city in the world, says Andrew Ross. Much of this is due to the city being in the “bull’s eye” of climate change. It is heating up and becoming arid faster than any other area in the Northern Hemisphere. Exacerbating this dire situation is its sprawling area of [...]

Military suicides increase as more troops return

Excess prescription drug use and a “flawed” post-deployment mental health screening process are among the factors fueling an increase in suicides among military service members, a new report by the Center for a New American Security [CNAS] says.

Trillions go in bailouts for the banksters, but returning troops, well, no one cares much about them. [...]

Pumped hydro energy storage

GigaOm provides a useful overview, noting “pumped storage is currently the dominant—and nearly only—grid-scale storage solution out there,” then extrapolates into just how much pumped hydro storage there could be and what it would entail.