The Freeway Blogger on Scrapitalism
The Freeway Blogger has been busy and emails: Signs are staying up forever now – probably due to Caltrans budget cuts… peace, love and neologisms for economic justice Lots more photos on his site.
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 December 2011
Survive the 2012 Apocalypse
Get your Invisible Mystic Mayan Power Cloak, if you think you need one. I have no need for such trifles as I am protected by the Lemurian Lizard Overlords amulet of Whoop-Ass.
Keep the dead flag of Socialism flying
The European Socialists were meeting over the weekend in Brussels. They should be full of fire, with half a billion people facing brutal austerity and a lack of leadership in the EU. But no. I walked past one room where…
Europe: rebel against the banks or accept debt-serfdom
It’s your choice, Europe; choose wisely. If you want a model for sanity and growth, look to Iceland. They renounced their unpayable debts and debt-serfdom, and let the market reprice their currency, debt and risk. The nightmare is past for…
Hoover Dam. Lake Mead. Big hydropower
The turbines at Hoover Dam have a nameplate capacity of 2.08 GW, making it one of the largest hydro plants in the country and equal to nuclear and big coal plants. The Dam certainly is immense, 650 feet long and…