Month April 2010

Bruce Sterling speaks ill of the recent dead

Bruce Sterling speaks ill of the recent dead You can’t read kindly stuff like this without realizing that there was something just irretrievably rotten and sinister about that McLaren guy. Yeah, he’s dead now, and even the hardest of the…

California’s new currency. The Arnold

California’s budget deficit is somewhere between $20-$26 billion. The state has been borrowing hugely and issuing IOUs in a desperate attempt to stay solvent. Mish posted this image from a reader mocking this ludicrous and pathetic state of affairs. Among…

Dept. of Defense big on small nuclear power

Experts recognize the advantages that small reactors – sometimes called “grid appropriate reactors” – could bring to more resilient energy grid. The Department of Energy has established a small reactor program, and industry groups have held workshops on the topic.…

Ron Paul: Obama is a corporatist

CreditWritedowns says Ron Paul agrees with them, that Obama is a corporatist who always support the interests of corporations before those of citizens. Obama is yet another centrist, triangulating New Democrat in the Bill Clinton mold. Don’t be bamboozled by…