"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
It’s been 106-108 this week in Vegas. Our south-facing garage has been baking because heat comes right through the garage doors. Happily, garage door insulation is simple to install and really cuts down garage heat on a baking day. It…
The Water Knife. Ripped from tomorrow’s headlines! In a near-future when water wars are more than legal and political, screw with Las Vegas water and you will get killed, The opening scene involves the general counsel for the Southern Nevada…
Intel has installed 58 small wind turbines on the roof of their Santa Clara headquarters to help power the building and to test renewables. The turbines are manufactured by JLM Energy, 6-7 feet tall, weigh 30 lbs., and sited on the…
This is a big deal. Under arcane and archaic California water law, those with the oldest rights have highest priority. The State Water Board just took the highly unusual step of curtailing senior water rights in the San Joaquin and Sacramento…
The ubiquitous cell phone camera, coupled with social media, is rapidly changing how police act. No longer can they be assured of, sometimes literally, getting away with murder. If someone hadn’t videoed police officer Michael Thomas Slager shooting Walter Scott…
In our deranged world of predatory capitalism, the only way for a proper money laundering bank to make money is to fire 20% of its employees then hope this somehow magically turns into higher profits which in turn mean increased…
Oilsands trucks are among the biggest in the world. A ginormous Alberta oilsands site is planning to replace hundreds of highly paid workers with autonomous, self-driving trucks. The ripple effect from the loss of those jobs will be devastating for…