Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
FDA Increases Allowed Radiation Doses of Meats for Human Consumption
December 9th, 2012Via: Natural News: Rather than actually take the time to address the root causes of meat and poultry contamination, which more often than not are a direct result of outrageously unsanitary factory farming practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has instead decided to simply up the doses of radiation that industrial food producers […]
Greeks Turn to the Forests for Fuel as Winter Nears
December 9th, 2012Via: Guardian: It is early Sunday. The sun has barely risen above the chestnut forest that lies somewhere near the crest of Mount Pelion, but loggers’ pick-up trucks are already streaming through the muddy slush, their cargo bouncing in the back. Theirs are rich pickings, much in demand as winter envelopes the villages and towns […]
Amsterdam to Create ‘Scum Villages’
December 4th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Amsterdam is to create “Scum villages” where nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans or containers with “minimal services” under constant police supervision. Holland’s capital already has a special hit squad of municipal officials to identify the worst offenders for a compulsory six month course […]
Running a Small Business in America as Kafkaesque Nightmare
December 3rd, 2012Via: Middletown Journal: The six-year dispute between Clearcreek Twp. and Howard and Lisa Gray shows just how complicated, combative and costly local land use issues can become. The Grays obtained permission from a Clearcreek Twp. official to use their residential driveway in Warren County to get to buildings on the Montgomery County portion of their […]
LAPD Prepares for Fat Zombie Rampage at Wal-Mart
November 22nd, 2012Update: Fat Zombie Rampage Stories Coming In Many people are sending in stories about bowling ball shaped zombies running amok. Feel free to post these in comments. As much as I’d like to watch the videos of these antics, I’ve run out of bandwidth for the month. The cycle turns over in about 12 hours. […]
More Americans Will Use Food Stamps For Thanksgiving This Year Than Ever Before
November 21st, 2012Via: U.S. News: More Americans will use food stamps to buy their Thanksgiving dinner this year than ever before, according to a new report from the nonprofit government watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation. The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on […]
Photo Gallery: Hurricane Sandy: The Long Recovery
November 18th, 2012Via: The Atlantic: Sixteen days after the landfall of superstorm Sandy, much recovery work remains to be done. After Katrina in 2005, Sandy is the costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States, and New York and New Jersey have suffered most of the estimated $50 billion in damages. Most who lost power have had […]
Permit Required for Homeless in Nevada City
November 17th, 2012Via: CBS: A police chief says he’s found a one-of-a-kind way to manage a growing problem in his city, and it’s putting the homeless on the hot seat. A new law would give Nevada City the power to hand out permits to a small group of homeless, which would give them permission to sleep in […]
Poverty: 50 Million Americans Struggling to Survive
November 15th, 2012The United States is projected to spend an estimated US$323 billion for development and procurement on the F-35 program, making it the most expensive defense program ever. The total lifecycle cost for the entire American fleet is estimated to be US$1.51 trillion over its 50-year life, or $618 million per plane. —Wikipedia, Lockheed Martin F-35 […]
Five Really Cool Inventions Being Developed In Metro Detroit
November 14th, 2012Via: Metromode: They actually make things here. Cool things. Things that may have no commercial value, or they may be market-ready. The idea may not originate here, but innovators find a way to make it happen at places like TechShop and i3Detroit, or in garages and school shops. That’s one thing that Metro Detroit has […]
