Who took down Spitzer?
Was it a Republican operative or one of the Wall Street titans he toppled or maybe the Gambino Family? Sounds like he had enemies standing in line waiting for him to do something stupid, and once he fell (or was…
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 March 2008
Wave power tests starting in Britain
Four wave power systems will be tested off Cornish coast in Britain. Eureka Magazine has the details and links to the companies. Wave power technology is developing rapidly, and is, seemingly suddenly, poised to enter the mainstream of renewable energy…
Shadow banking system
Global Guerrillas runs the numbers on the unregulated shadow banking system that has no lender of last resort (like a central bank) standing behind it because the entities involved for the most part, aren’t banks. Total value of the shadow…
NY Times profiles SDS organizer Brian Kelly
A new version of Students for a Democratic Society formed recently. They appear to be decentralized, grassroots, and somewhat anarchistic in outlook. Quotes by Kelly from the NY Times interview. “Society is made up of institutions, and institutions are built…
Freedom People. New (R)evolution
The Freedom People, who I know from antiwar demos in L.A., will be touring nationwide soon. Go see them if they play near you and until then, watch this excellent video, complete with footage of them playing at mass antiwar…