Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Implications of a Ten Day Refinery Outage
September 14th, 2008Via: The Oil Drum: Where is our gasoline and diesel supply headed? Even before Ike hit, quite a few areas of the US were starting to see gasoline shortages. The impact of Ike can only make shortages worse. Most likely, it will take refineries at least a week or two to get production back to […]
Ike: Millions Without Power; Overnight Curfew in Houston
September 14th, 2008Via: Houston Chronicle: As the area endured another spate of potentially damaging thunderstorms a day after Hurricane Ike ravaged the area, Houston officials announced an overnight curfew for the entire city starting at 9 p.m. tonight. Police Chief Harold Hurtt said a curfew, previously only in effect for areas on the southeast side under mandatory […]
“Reduced Dominance” Is Predicted for U.S.
September 10th, 2008Via: Washington Post: An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and energy.
Storms Devastate Haiti
September 5th, 2008Haitians were eating dirt. Those were the good days. Via: Guardian: Haiti was reeling last night from a series of tropical storms which devastated crops and infrastructure and left bodies floating in flooded towns. Three storms in three weeks unleashed “catastrophe” and submerged much of the impoverished Caribbean nation, said President Rene Preval. A fourth […]
“Drug Hitmen” Attack Mexican Army Unit
August 28th, 2008Via: Reuters: Suspected drug hitmen attacked a group of sleeping soldiers with grenades in central Mexico, sparking a battle that killed three gunmen, a state attorney general’s office said on Wednesday. Around 15 drug gangsters in vehicles surprised the soldiers while they were camped out in the central state of Guanajuato on Tuesday night, shooting […]
Scores of Chinese Air Passengers Smashed Computers and Desks and Clashed with Police
August 28th, 2008It’s like a scene out of Player Piano. Via: Reuters: Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said. More than 170 passengers were due to leave Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, on three flights operated by […]
The Sanford and Son Salvage Economy: Landfill Sites Are Being Viewed as Mines with Buried Riches
August 28th, 2008Good luck with that. Via: IHT: Inspired by high oil prices, a sharp rise in the value of old plastic is encouraging waste companies across the world to dig for buried riches in rotting garbage dumps. Long a symbol of humanity’s throw-away culture, existing landfill sites are now being viewed as mines of potential that […]
Wealthy Mexicans, Worried About Kidnapping, Are Buying Personal Satellite Tracking Systems
August 25th, 2008From what I’ve been able to tell from this, the implanted chip has nothing to do with tracking the person. It’s probably for postmortem identification purposes. There’s an external box that the person must carry with them (a GPS receiver that’s probably tied into the mobile phone network). As soon as the kidnap victim is […]
Pub Goers Trade Home Grown Produce for Beer
August 15th, 2008Mmm hmm. Via: Money: Credit crunch pinched residents of one Norfolk village have been taking advantage of an inventive means to save the pennies without cutting back on nights out. Thanks to the resourcefulness of their local pub, ‘The Pigs’, they can now barter fresh produce in return for pints of beer. The pub, in […]
Bank Owned House in Detroit Sells for $1
August 13th, 2008Via: Detroit News: One dollar can get you a large soda at McDonald’s, a used VHS movie at 7-Eleven or a house in Detroit. The fact that a home on the city’s east side was listed for $1 recently shows how depressed the real estate market has become in one of America’s poorest big cities. […]
