Solar powered bee hives
Say what? But wait, it makes sense. Solar-powered fans on hives mean that workers bees no longer need to be in the hive fanning their wings to cool things off in the summer. Instead, they can be out collecting pollen.…
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 February 2011
Is Obama using high speed rail funding as bargaining chip for budget?
Two facts. The Republicans want spending cuts. The White House just announced they wiill seek $53 billion for high speed rail funding. So, they have a big, highly visible fight about it. Let’s say HSR funding gets cut to $10…
Mexico drug cartel game coming soon!
Call Of Juarez: The Cartel will be released by Ubisoft this summer. Thrill to their realistic portrayal of the characters. Will you role-play a police officer splatting the baddies? Oh, wait, many such officers are actually are aligned with cartels,…
Tax shelter sleaze. Son of Boss
Continuing on from yesterday’s post about the anti-tax shelter rider that is buried in the Health Care Reform Bill, you might ask, why do we need tax shelter reform? Let San Francisco tax attorney Robert L. Sommers explain on his…
On the devil’s bargain corporate America has made
From Bill Gross. co-founder of PIMCO. They manage over a trillion in bonds. Emphasis added. He’s certainly not your normal billionaire. His monthly letters at PIMCO are often like this, almost populist in content. Like George Soros, he is quite…