Whoopee, we’re all gonna die

If global warming doesn’t get us, then bird flu might. Yikes. Then’s there’s the current rash of tsunamis, earthquakes, and killer hurricanes striking worldwide. Sue says, I can’t take it any more, I’m going to stop reading the news. Get…

Moron Nation: Nuke ’em all

I’d heard about this video, but never watched it until a friend sent it. Geographically challenged US citizens interviewed on the street say, let’s invade everywhere. Except they can’t even find the countries on a world map. Windows Media 2.9…

L.A. skid row

From Steve Lopez’s current 5-part series in the LA Times on skid row. While I’m talking to her, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appears. He had called me earlier about a young heroin addict I wrote about in the first part of…

Bush prepares to cut Rove loose?

An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News. Why is this being leaked now? Is Bush is about to toss Rove to…

L.A. Event. War and Racism Forum. Oct. 29

A.N.S.W.E.R. LA Public Forum The Struggle Against War & Racism: After Hurricanes Katrina & Rita Eyewitness Reports from New Orleans & Texas Sat. Oct. 29, 2 pm Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research 6120 S Vermont Ave, L.A.…

How the neocons have screwed up the oil business

From the Oil Drum, discussing how difficult it is for oil companies to find qualified engineers now. Our insider comments that in an office where the  median age is now around  55 for the majority of drilling engineers and production…

Reason 764 to be paranoid

Secret code in color printers lets government track you A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. Rumors that cell…