Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Beijing to Sweeten Stench of Rubbish Crisis with Giant Deodorant Guns
March 28th, 2010Via: Guardian: Beijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to dampen complaints about the capital’s rubbish crisis. The giant fragrance sprays will be put in place by May at the Asuwei dump site, one of several hundred tips that are the […]
Potato or Tomato?
March 25th, 2010Research Credit: ottilie
NEW YORK STATE TAX REFUNDS PUT ON HOLD
March 18th, 2010Via: CBS: For hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, the check won’t be in the mail — at least not on time. New York State has stopped paying tax refunds and won’t start again until next month. The tax refund delay is part of a bigger cash crunch. Message to New Yorkers: don’t start spending […]
Pitchfork Event on the Horizon
March 18th, 2010Via: Comrad Simba: The major questions of existence I’ve had are answered thus: 1. It’s all about the food. 2. The food issue will drive the zombies. Bubba may be all ammo’d and camo’d up for a rape and pillage fest, but he’s really only looking for a can of beans and a piece of […]
Time Magazine: “What if the millions of so-called dropouts are onto something?”
March 16th, 2010I don’t agree with a lot of the woowoo in this article [cheap fuel cells powering off grid shanty towns?], but it’s still a good article and it describes a lot of things that Becky and I implemented in our own lives years ago. You’re probably sick of seeing this repeated on Cryptogon, over and […]
The Lehman Brothers Swindle
March 15th, 2010Lehman’s $50 Billion Conjuring Trick
March 15th, 2010Via: Times Online: In May 2008, as the world span towards the worst financial crisis in living memory, Matthew Lee, a senior vice-president at Lehman Brothers, the American investment bank, decided to make a stand. After 14 years with the firm, the New York-based Edinburgh University graduate was convinced the bank was heading for disaster. […]
Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies
March 12th, 2010Via: Time: Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health […]
Mass School Closures Approved in Kansas City
March 11th, 2010Via: AP: The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district’s schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy. The board voted 5-4 after parents and community leaders made final pleas to spare the schools even as the beleaguered district seeks to erase a projected […]
Airlines Will Cancel Flights to Avoid Risk of Fines for Delays
March 10th, 2010Didn’t think air travel in the U.S. could suck any more than it already does? Behold… Via: MSNBC: Passengers may soon be seeing more cancellations on airport departure boards. Several airlines, including Fort Worth-based American and Houston-based Continental, say they will cancel flights rather than risk paying stiff penalties for delaying passengers on the runway. […]
