Saturday morning plinking
Unlike urban areas where guns can be a big deal, in the rural West people grow up with guns, respect them, they’re part of the culture, and thus no big deal These handguns belong to a friend who grew up…
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 August 2011
Libya rebels take control of Green Square
Saif Gaddafi in custody and Mohammed Gaddafi put under house arrest by rebels while on the phone with AJ. [blackbirdpie url=”!/jeremyscahill/status/105436473343475714″]
Twitter is the coverage, the mainstream media isn’t
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Eight murders a day in Juarez
8murdersaday.com Since January 2008, the Juarez drug cartel, led by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, has been in a turf war against the Sinoloa drug cartel, led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. This war is for the coveted smuggling routes into the…
First grid-connected commercial scale tidal turbine
The Atlantis Resources AR-1000 tidal turbine is now live off Scotland. It is 73 feet tall, and will power up to 1,000 homes. Maybe one day there will be hundreds of them.