Category Archives: Environment
One Year After The BP Spill
April 20th, 2011, marks the one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. I mark the BP Spill as a point in time which it became even more clear to me that the United States government is invested in protecting … Continue reading
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Government Shutdown Narrowly Averted
Just before the midnight deadline Congress has passed a temporary budget deal that will prevent the furlough of thousands of workers and ensure that U.S. combat troops do not go unpaid. Reportedly this budget contains $39 billion in cuts and … Continue reading
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Some Early Mid-Term Election Results
In California Jerry Brown has defeated Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina has lost to Barbara Boxer but refuses to concede at this time. In Nevada Harry Reid has defeated Sharron Angle and the Democratic Party has retained control of … Continue reading
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They’re Not Cleaning It Up, They’re Covering It Up
Kindra Arnesen is not the only one appalled at this sham of a clean-up effort and the corporate whitewash media-blackout over the level of sheer disaster currently ravaging America at the hands of BP and Transocean. Arnesen does not even … Continue reading
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“Write About What You Know”
“Write about what you know.“ I’m sure we have all heard this saying. Well one thing I know is that multi-tabbed browsing has forever turned my accessing of the Internet to constant self-inflicted information-overload. You have your Facebook, you know: … Continue reading
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Shep Smith Cuts Loose On The BP Fanclub At Fox
Judge Andrew Napolitano joined hands with Rep. Joe Barton in a heartfelt defense of the oil industry. Specifically BP by trying to place all blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the government. HuffingtonPost.com: Appearing on Smith’s “Studio B,” Napolitano … Continue reading
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SB1070 For Dummies & Hayward Hung By The Toes
This YouTube video from 4409 “Wake Up America” Productions is what people really need to understand about ‘that law’ that everyone is talking about when not picturing BP exec Tony Hayward in some contraption from one of the Saw movies. … Continue reading
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WSJ: Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion
Russel Gold & Ben Casselman of The Wall Street Journal: An oil-drilling procedure called cementing is coming under scrutiny as a possible cause of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that has led to … Continue reading
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Texas Joins In On The Science-Denial Trend
The state of Texas has jumped on the science-denial bandwagon currently gripping the right-wing. Texas has challenged the EPA findings that greenhouse gas emissions are classified as “dangerous,” claiming that the findings are based on flawed science. This is of … Continue reading
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“Snow Crash” and “Reefer Madness”
I have two reading suggestions for you today: “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson I have but scratched the surface of this science fiction novel that has been recommended to me many times over. I am fast seeing this book as … Continue reading
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The Port-au-Prince Earthquake
(ReliefWeb) The capital of Haiti has been struck with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government is estimating has taken the lives of 200,000 people. This tragic loss of life in the wake of horrific devastation has gripped my … Continue reading
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Hacked “Climategate” Emails Did Prove One Thing
(NCTimes.com Blogs) I keep my eye on politics, and since the uploading of some illegally obtained data from Britain’s CRU the political right wing has lost it’s mind. Science-denial has gripped them and they intend to brow-beat on anyone who … Continue reading
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Eric Lightborn
