Month December 2007

Bhutto. Not what she seemed to be

Let’s not forget, Benazir Bhutto was removed as president twice because of corruption. We need have no sympathy with her Islamist assassin and the extremists behind him to recognize that Bhutto was corrupt, divisive, dishonest and utterly devoid of genuine…

Japan to mine “flammable ice” for energy

How crazy is this? Fifty-five million years ago the world’s climate was catastrophically changed when volcanoes melted natural gas frozen in the seabed. Now Japan plans to drill for the same icy crystals to end its reliance on imported energy.…

Home sales drop 9% to 12 year low

This worsening housing recession, together with the worst liquidity and credit crunch in the last 20 years, oil close to $100, faltering capex spending by the corporate sector and a saving-less and debt-burdened consumer that is on the ropes and…

TSA rules for lithium metal batteries

Near as I can tell, this affects pretty much no one except audio/visual professionals. Cell phone lithium metal batteries are under the limit as are most laptop batteries. Batteries in a device are ok, batteries not in a device can…