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Donny
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monbiot.com » Eco-junk
Monbiot.com » Eco-junk
George Monbiot affirms once again that "green consumerism" will not get us out of the environmental quagmire we are moving toward, and that the message is not a popular one. Only necessary.
George Monbiot affirms once again that "green consumerism" will not get us out of the environmental quagmire we are moving toward, and that the message is not a popular one. Only necessary.
Friday, July 27, 2007
EVERYTHING BURNS » ZEITGEIST the movie
EVERYTHING BURNS » ZEITGEIST the movie
This is a series of three interesting and disturbing movies that everyone should watch. They will entertain, inform, confuse and probably anger many. But sometimes, social change begins with getting pissed off.
Enjoy,
Donny
This is a series of three interesting and disturbing movies that everyone should watch. They will entertain, inform, confuse and probably anger many. But sometimes, social change begins with getting pissed off.
Enjoy,
Donny
Pakistan Issues Nuclear Threat to US
WhatDoesItMean.Com
Here is a cautionary tale about how nuclear war can be just one incident away in a Middle East increasingly aware that Americans hold little control over their President. They fear he will do as he damn well pleases, and they feel the need to prepare for it.
We have to move soon on impeachment so the rest of the world knows all Americans are not complicit in the crimes being committed.
Donny
Here is a cautionary tale about how nuclear war can be just one incident away in a Middle East increasingly aware that Americans hold little control over their President. They fear he will do as he damn well pleases, and they feel the need to prepare for it.
We have to move soon on impeachment so the rest of the world knows all Americans are not complicit in the crimes being committed.
Donny
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Society 'needs the right chemistry'
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Society 'needs the right chemistry'
Interesting take on remaking society more carbon-free, starting, of course, with less use of fossil fuels, but also finding scientific solutions that reduce the amount of energy it takes to produce what we need .
Interesting take on remaking society more carbon-free, starting, of course, with less use of fossil fuels, but also finding scientific solutions that reduce the amount of energy it takes to produce what we need .
Friday, July 20, 2007
Olbermann: Go to Iraq and fight, Mr. President - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com
Olbermann: Go to Iraq and fight, Mr. President - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com
In this 7 plus minutes of vitriol, MSNBS's Keith Olbermann tells it like it is. Wonder if any of this is getting through to "The Dub"?
In this 7 plus minutes of vitriol, MSNBS's Keith Olbermann tells it like it is. Wonder if any of this is getting through to "The Dub"?
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Endangered Species Decisions Re-Examined - Forbes.com
Endangered Species Decisions Re-Examined - Forbes.com
Scary what an assistant secretary of fish and wildlife can get away with! Good riddance to her.
Evolution, one bureaucrat at a time.
Scary what an assistant secretary of fish and wildlife can get away with! Good riddance to her.
Evolution, one bureaucrat at a time.
Friday, July 13, 2007
YouTube - More on Energy Density
YouTube - More on Energy Density
David Fridley, staff scientist for Lawrence Berkeley Labs, continues his presentation on "The Myths of Biofuels". In brief: 1/2 rail car of coal holds energy equal to 16 cars of corn. So, unless biofuel crops are grown close to processing plants, transportation of biomass and fuels will undercut gains while driving up the price of competing food crops, including animal feed.
David Fridley, staff scientist for Lawrence Berkeley Labs, continues his presentation on "The Myths of Biofuels". In brief: 1/2 rail car of coal holds energy equal to 16 cars of corn. So, unless biofuel crops are grown close to processing plants, transportation of biomass and fuels will undercut gains while driving up the price of competing food crops, including animal feed.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Bush says no Iraq shift; criticism rises - Yahoo! News
Bush says no Iraq shift; criticism rises - Yahoo! News
The most astute comment I have heard on our lack of strategy for getting out of Iraq after the invasion came from a CIA analyst in the excellent documentary "Why We Fight". There was no exit strategy, he said, because we never intended to leave.
We are there for the oil. We are in a situation where the public in Iraq knows that, and many oppose the taking of their resources as recompense for "ridding them of a tyrant".
During our American Revolution, whose birthday we just celebrated, buckskin clad revolutionaries shot at the "red coats" out of trees, and were accused of being the "terrorists" of their day by Britain's King George III.
We are caught in a guerrilla warfare with people willing to "die a martyr" to oppose satanic imperialism. Meanwhile, the American public's young future is martyred for a cause few Americans fully understand, let alone support.
The only government that will have legitimacy with the Iraqis will be one that can kick our (U.S.) butts out of the country and demand sovereignty over its oil, and maybe even the Palestinian people, in general.
Maybe that's General Petraeus' plan: President al-Miliki declares Iraqi forces at war with U.S., "forcing" us to redeploy- to Iran.
At this point, nothing surprises me,
Donny Fix
The most astute comment I have heard on our lack of strategy for getting out of Iraq after the invasion came from a CIA analyst in the excellent documentary "Why We Fight". There was no exit strategy, he said, because we never intended to leave.
We are there for the oil. We are in a situation where the public in Iraq knows that, and many oppose the taking of their resources as recompense for "ridding them of a tyrant".
During our American Revolution, whose birthday we just celebrated, buckskin clad revolutionaries shot at the "red coats" out of trees, and were accused of being the "terrorists" of their day by Britain's King George III.
We are caught in a guerrilla warfare with people willing to "die a martyr" to oppose satanic imperialism. Meanwhile, the American public's young future is martyred for a cause few Americans fully understand, let alone support.
The only government that will have legitimacy with the Iraqis will be one that can kick our (U.S.) butts out of the country and demand sovereignty over its oil, and maybe even the Palestinian people, in general.
Maybe that's General Petraeus' plan: President al-Miliki declares Iraqi forces at war with U.S., "forcing" us to redeploy- to Iran.
At this point, nothing surprises me,
Donny Fix
Sunday, July 8, 2007
More on the myths of biofuels
New at You Tube
David Fridley, staff scientist for Lawrence Berkeley Labs, continues his presentation on "The Myths of Biofuels". In brief: 1/2 rail car of coal holds energy equal to 16 cars of corn. So, unless biofuel crops are grown close to processing plants, transportation of biomass and fuels will undercut gains while driving up the price of competing food crops, including animal feed.
David Fridley, staff scientist for Lawrence Berkeley Labs, continues his presentation on "The Myths of Biofuels". In brief: 1/2 rail car of coal holds energy equal to 16 cars of corn. So, unless biofuel crops are grown close to processing plants, transportation of biomass and fuels will undercut gains while driving up the price of competing food crops, including animal feed.
Armitage: Cheney Cabal Scapegoat - by Gordon Prather
Armitage: Cheney Cabal Scapegoat - by Gordon Prather
Reasoning that his numbers were thought the floor, anyway, this prez cut Scooter loose from jail time. Covered his end of the bargain, what's wrong with that?? Oh, right.
This link gives a lot of the back story behind the Valerie Plame outing. This cabal could almost as well be called the Bohemian cabal- Bush, Cheney, Armatage, many of the main players go to Bohemian Grove each year to cremate "Dull Care" and take refuge with their kind.
They all must be held accountable.
None Impeached until All are Impeached!
Donny Fix
Reasoning that his numbers were thought the floor, anyway, this prez cut Scooter loose from jail time. Covered his end of the bargain, what's wrong with that?? Oh, right.
This link gives a lot of the back story behind the Valerie Plame outing. This cabal could almost as well be called the Bohemian cabal- Bush, Cheney, Armatage, many of the main players go to Bohemian Grove each year to cremate "Dull Care" and take refuge with their kind.
They all must be held accountable.
None Impeached until All are Impeached!
Donny Fix
Daily Kos: Must-Read Update! Plame Leak Exposed Brewster Jennings Asset on Oil, WMD
Daily Kos: Must-Read Update! Plame Leak Exposed Brewster Jennings Asset on Oil, WMD
Here, lest we forget, is a summary of one effect of the outing by the Bush administration of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, and of the company she worked for as a CIA front playing tug-o-war with China over most of Saudi Arabia's reserves.
It does not seem important WHO in the administration did the outing, this time, Scooter got the pardon.
What ever faith people might still have had in government is down the shit hole now! Now that all the crud this administration has been allowed to get away with has led to record low opinion poll ratings, Bush figures why even try to keep up a facade?
He's getting bold, and before long, I predict we'll really see him trying to really strut his stuff.
You'll know it when you see it.
Donny
Here, lest we forget, is a summary of one effect of the outing by the Bush administration of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative, and of the company she worked for as a CIA front playing tug-o-war with China over most of Saudi Arabia's reserves.
It does not seem important WHO in the administration did the outing, this time, Scooter got the pardon.
What ever faith people might still have had in government is down the shit hole now! Now that all the crud this administration has been allowed to get away with has led to record low opinion poll ratings, Bush figures why even try to keep up a facade?
He's getting bold, and before long, I predict we'll really see him trying to really strut his stuff.
You'll know it when you see it.
Donny
United Press International - Energy - Analysis
United Press International - Energy - Analysis
Notice how nuclear power is defined as "renewable", with only the promise that it does not emit greenhouse gasses. Readers of this blog will recall that this claim is questionable when the whole nuclear fuel chain; minimg, milling. processing, transportation and reprocessing, are taken in to account.
All that aside, nuclear power is a bad idea if only for the weapons proliferation. The most efficient way to produce energy is to save it. It may be necessary to save the power we will not be getting from 500 megawatt nuclear reactors.
Of course, conservation is considered bad for business- cuts in to the bottom line.
So the frame can go from, "what can I do to conserve more?" to "what can I do to screw up the mottom line of a giant energy company?"
Now, doesn't that feel better?
Donny Fix
Notice how nuclear power is defined as "renewable", with only the promise that it does not emit greenhouse gasses. Readers of this blog will recall that this claim is questionable when the whole nuclear fuel chain; minimg, milling. processing, transportation and reprocessing, are taken in to account.
All that aside, nuclear power is a bad idea if only for the weapons proliferation. The most efficient way to produce energy is to save it. It may be necessary to save the power we will not be getting from 500 megawatt nuclear reactors.
Of course, conservation is considered bad for business- cuts in to the bottom line.
So the frame can go from, "what can I do to conserve more?" to "what can I do to screw up the mottom line of a giant energy company?"
Now, doesn't that feel better?
Donny Fix
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