Archive for December, 2007
Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
December 17th, 2007Nothing frightens me more than stories like this. All the rest of it, and I mean ALL the rest of it, is child’s play compared to this. What can be done to stop this? Anything!? I know, you’re probably thinking, “Kevin, it can’t be that bad.” Type genetically engineered Klebsiella into any search engine. If […]
Texas: Background Check Required Before Evacuation; Different Buses for “Criminals”
December 17th, 2007What do you want to bet that the thought criminals will wind up on the buses with the wanted felons, and that those buses will go to different camps. Surely, if there are going to be different buses for “criminals,” there are going to be different camps. Right? Of course, the article doesn’t get into […]
When Fractional Reserve Lending Isn’t Fractional Enough
December 17th, 2007Treat heroin addicts by giving them more heroin. Via: Telegraph: The Government must suspend a set of key banking regulations at the heart of the current financial crisis or risk seeing the economy spiral towards a future that could “make 1929 look like a walk in the park”, one of Britain’s leading economists has warned. […]
N.J. Nears Mandated Preschool Flu Shots
December 17th, 2007Oh sure. Via: AP: New Jersey moved toward becoming the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers on Monday after a health advisory board backed new vaccine mandates over the opposition of worried parents. The Public Health Council voted to require New Jersey children attending preschool or licensed day care to get annual flu […]
Electric City Bus Has 200KM Range
December 16th, 2007Via: AutoBlogGreen: I can assure readers that the electric bus – named “Tindo”, which is the local Aboriginal word for “sun” – is a pure EV. It will be recharged using a unique solar PV system installed on the roof of the new Adelaide Central Bus Station. This system generates 70,000 kilowatt hours of zero […]
Increase in Incomes of the Top 1% Exceeded the Total Income of the Poorest 20%
December 16th, 2007Via: New York Times: The increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans from 2003 to 2005 exceeded the total income of the poorest 20 percent of Americans, data in a new report by the Congressional Budget Office shows. The poorest fifth of households had total income of $383.4 billion in 2005, while […]
Inside the CIA’s Notorious “Black Sites”
December 15th, 2007Via: Salon: Inside the CIA’s notorious “black sites” A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture — the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive. By Mark Benjamin Dec. 15, 2007 | The CIA held Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah in several […]
New Zealand: Heritage Apples Have Strong Disease Fighting Properties
December 15th, 2007“Science is largely avoiding this area. So we need to refocus and if science is not doing it, than non scientists need to be doing it.” —Mark Christensen In his spare time, Mark Christensen, an accountant by trade, took it upon himself to enlist the help of cancer researchers to test heritage apple varieties for […]
No More Solar & Wind Tax Breaks… Thanks Congress
December 15th, 2007The point here is to make sure that individual clean power systems remain expensive and out of reach for most people. There’s going to be utility scale clean power, and you’re going to pay dearly for it. As for being able to call up your power company to tell them that their services will no […]
Los Angeles Times on Precious Metals: “Havens for Survivalists, Conspiracy Theorists and Flakes”
December 15th, 2007Gold foil hat? Attention: “Survivalists, conspiracy theorists and flakes,” this is my BullionVault affiliate link. Thank you. Via: Los Angeles Times: Fresh interest in gold also has spawned an array of gold-related securities, providing more options for people who want to own the metal without having to take physical possession of it. Yet professional financial […]
