Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
In an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning May 18, Governor Jerry Brown called for tax hikes to bring down a budget deficit of nearly $16 billion – while promoting the construction of a budget-busting $14 billion peripheral canal or tunnel. Brown’s estimate of the cost of the canal at $14 billion is [...]
By James Howard Kunstler So many shoes are dropping out there that reality is starting to look and sound like the tap-line in a Busby Berkeley production number. The meme-scape, too, is humming with viral transmissions of dire doings. Is JP Morgan unwinding like a 1911 knitted woolen Yale varsity sweater? Did it booby-trap the [...]
By David Brin Are you a Republican – or do you know one – who is sincerely fretful about the GOP’s ticket for the coming quadrennial? Well, there’s good reason (on many levels). But it appears there is hope! Or at least a fun wish fantasy, written and published with stunning speed by a master science fiction [...]
Don’t try Bigfoot hunting in California – it could result in your arrest and conviction, according to the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG). The DFG issued a statement in response to recent media reports about a Texas wildlife official proclaiming that bigfoot hunting is legal in the long horn state. “The Texas Parks [...]
The good news: Vermont’s fracking ban passed, making it the first state to completely ban the ugly, polluting technique that destroys rural life while encouraging our contry’s continued addiction to fossil fuel. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves [...]
Southern California consumer and environmental advocates will hold a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday, May 17, to challenge the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to support an independent cost-benefit analysis of the proposed multibillion Peripheral Canal or Tunnel. “Who would get the water and who would pay the bill, which is now estimated to be [...]
In 2010, it looked like the Democrats were going to have a hard time holding the Senate. They got a reprieve from the Tea Party – which backed such extreme candidates in Delaware, Nevada and Colorado that they managed to shoot themselves in the proverbial foot. Now, in 2012, it looks like the same scenario [...]
The Delta Stewardship Council staff on May 14 released the final draft Delta Plan, drawing a response from Delta advocates that the fix is in to build a peripheral canal or tunnel that would grab millions of gallons of water for agribusiness and Southern California development, leaving fish, native tribes, and other users high and [...]
We’ve told you how Monsanto dominates American agriculture. We’ve told you how they dominate the government departments that are supposed to be overseeing them (see: Monsanto empoloyees in the halls of government). And we’ve told you how Monsanto dominates the researchers who should be determining the safety of their GMO products (see: Monsanto blocks research [...]
We told you way back in January of 2011 that there was a narrow window to fix the spectacularly broken Senate. We told you over and over again, in fact (see: Filibuster reform is good for the planet). But despite the fact that a number of Senators had signed on to the reform effort pushed [...]
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