Month February 2009

4th Annual S.F. Pillow Fight

Laughing Squid has exhaustive coverage of this important event, including video of the UN Pillow Inspections and reports by PNN (Pillow News Network.)

A ‘fraud’ bigger than Madoff

Senior US soldiers investigated over missing Iraq reconstruction billions “I believe the real looting of Iraq after the invasion was by US officials and contractors, and not by people from the slums of Baghdad,” said one US businessman active in…

My liberal identity

My Liberal Identity: You are a Peace Patroller, also known as an anti-war liberal or neo-hippie. You believe in putting an end to American imperial conquest, stopping wars that have already been lost, and supporting our troops by bringing them…

Stimulus bill greatly boosts cleantech

TriplePundit details the just-passed stimulus bill, which has $37.5 billion for cleantech and renewable energy, including $17 billion for high speed rail, as well as a multitude of tax credits. Perhaps what’s most exciting about this bill isn’t the spending…