There’s bad law, and there’s selfish and evil law….
Who would Jesus feed? Orlando activists go to jail for feeding homeless
June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Fukushima radioactivity highest in three months
June 5, 2011 By 2 Comments
It’s been three months since the crisis began at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor complex, and they’re no closer to cleaning up the radioactive mess. In fact, things may be getting worse.
Japan’s NHK TV broadcast a hellish image of radioactive steam billowing out of cracks in the reactor floor. They also reported high levels of radiation.
Tokyo Electric Power Company inspected the inside of the No.1 reactor building on Friday with a remote-controlled robot.
TEPCO said it found that steam was rising from a crevice in the floor, and that extremely high radiation of 3,000 to 4,000 millisieverts per hour was measured around the area. The radiation is believed to be the highest detected in the air at the plant.
Tar sands oil pipeline could contaminate US heartland
June 5, 2011 By 5 Comments
What a great idea. It’s not bad enough that Canada is devastating its own environoment in the name of oil… let’s export the devastation to the American Midwest as well! More on the trouble with big oil: Professor Juan Cole compares big oil to mass murderers Climate Change and Science – Cutting Through the Talking [...]
Mitt Romney acknowledges climate change is real
June 3, 2011 By 4 Comments
Wow. This is either a turning point for the Republican Party – or a death knell for Romney’s Presidential campaign, officially launched this week.
Speaking in New Hampshire, home of the most important primary voters in the nation, Romney said the following:
“I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that.”
Are dealers gaming the Chevy Volt tax credit?
June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Are Chevy dealers gaming the government’s tax credit on the Volt electric vehicle?
The answer: No, not so much, despite right-wing howls of misguided outrage.
Professor Juan Cole compares big oil to mass murderers
June 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
Oxfam, the British organisation that fights world hunger, has bad news for us all – it’s going to get worse.
After decades of decline, it looks like a combination of rising food prices and global warming will push a billion people who now live on the brink over the edge – into starvation. And that’s got Professor Juan Cole pretty angry.
