Hawaii and cane fields
Sugar cane and tourism are the main industries in Maui, where Sue and I are honeymooning. Vast tracts of the island are cane fields. The cane mill spews pollution into the air on a daily basis. The owners of the…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month January 2005
Another Bolivian revolt against water privatization
The public revolt against water privatization taking place this week in the city of El Alto took a dramatic turn today – the announcement by the Bolivian government that it is canceling the private water contract, and the rejection of…
How could I make this up?
Man eats raw duck before undies save him
Quake stats
According to Hubble This, a EMS listserv, NASA says the quake that caused the tsunami “moved the north pole 1 inch, shortened earth day by 3 miscoseconds, and made the earth rounder.’
25 ton boulder in road
That huge boulder that rolled into Topanga Canyon Blvd..in L.A. blocked a major secondary route over the canyons between the San Fernando valley and Santa Monica. The resulting traffic jams must be monumental. The mudslides and deaths so far are…