Month August 2007

Missing weapons and dead Iraqis

(Above graphic from JustForeignPolicy) Craig Murray on the “missing” 190,000 weapons. The US seems much more concerned at having lost 190,000 weapons than at a multiple of that number in dead people losing their lives. Those weapons are probably everywhere…

Yet another way to make ethanol

Citrus peels On another ethanol front, SusHI (Sustainability in Hawaii) asks, if ethanol starts getting produced in Hawaii in massive quantities, will there continue to be enough water for all?

Embargoed news stories

The Fed announced today at 2:15pm they would not drop interest rates, mentioned little about the mortgage debacle, and said fighting inflation was primary. As an active options trader, I was watching Bloomberg for the announcement in one window and…

Antiwar. More than mass protest is needed

Dave (Buddhagem) from TheBlueVoice comments on our post about the upcoming Sept. 15 March on Washington. I will be there with you on September 15, but don’t you think it’s time we employed some other tactics? I just had a…