Month February 2008

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

It contains 100 million tons of garbage and swirls between 500 nautical miles off the California coast to near Japan, almost twice the size of the continental US. “It moves around like a big animal without a leash.” When that…

NYT: Trading like drug high

Brain images of drug addicts who are about to take another hit are indistinguishable from those of traders who are making money and about to place another trade. “That tells us pretty confidently that if you make money and make…

More Green Party primary results

The results were split between Nader and McKinney. But Lordy, the numbers of Green voters is getting minuscule, a trend that needs to be reversed quickly if the party is to remain viable. California Registered voters: 15,712,753 Registered Greens: 127,042…