Utah most vulnerable to European slowdown

It exports gold and silver to the UK and has the highest percent of GDP to Europe of any state.

However, the biggest problem and impact will be from financial contagion as yet more houses of cards come tumbling down, something which will affect all states.

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Penn State as metaphor for our corrupted, deranged society

James Kuntsler gets it right.

The Penn State football sex scandal, and the depraved response of the university community at all levels, tells whatever you need to know about the spiritual condition of this floundering, rudderless, republic and its ignoble culture.

Fifteen adults knew about the allegations of Sandusky’s behavior before the arrest, and did [...]

Mobile devices and the cloud tie everything together

Listening to Chris Pirillo’s webinar last week “Mobile devices, mobile workers. What’s an IT pro to do?” demonstrated that the cloud and mobile devices are the glue that increasingly link everything together.

Smartphones aren’t just phones, they are computers, and powerful ones at that. They are replacing tasks that used to be done by [...]

Sources of renewable energy worldwide

The Economist

Yes, hydropower is by far the biggest provider of renewable energy. But finding new sites for cost-effective hydro is becoming problematic. And even though solar gets enormous press, the amount of installed wind dwarfs it.

No big surprise that the North America is slipping, what with the constant arguing we do about [...]

California budget shortfall could trigger mandated spending cuts

California Controller John Chiang says the state was 16.3% behind in expected revenue for the month of October, with an $810 million shortfall. The total shortfall for the first four months of the current fiscal year is $1.5 billion. Thus, the revenue deficit is increasing rapidly, as more than half the total was for [...]

Podcast. Direct from Zuccotti Park with David Buccola

The protesters are back in Zuccotti Park, festive and happy, with a huge Shut Down Wall Street planned for Thursday. David Buccola reports from Zuccotti.

Blooomberg and NYPD are the best organizers OWS could evr have.

BlogTalkRadio podcast (20 min.)

NY Supreme Court overrules order barring evictions

No tents or sleeping bags.

Pfft.

Judge rules protesters can return to Zuccotti Park

NYT

Police riot in New York City

Manhattan Borough President: “Zuccotti Park is not Tiananmen Square. I call for a full explanation of police behavior in this evacuation.”

PR Disaster Scoreboard: NYT, NPR, AP, Daily News reporters arrested, city councilman beaten, NBC & CBS helicopters grounded.

Mayor Bloomberg’s actions should make it quite clear there is a class war going on now [...]

Oakland Mayor: Cities coordinated crackdown on Occupy

“I was recently on a conference call with 18 cities across the country who had the same situation,” said the Oakland Mayor.

William Banzai7  (emphasis added)

Let’s not make any pretense about what is happening.

What we are witnessing at Liberty Park and venues all across “Amerika” has nothing to do with damage to public property, [...]