Bush was naturalizing citizens in Monticello, today. AP reports:
Anti-war protesters shouted out calls for Bush’s impeachment on nine occasions during Bush’s brief remarks, and the president responded by saying he agrees that “we believe in free speech in the United States of America” [...]
The last six Fourth of July holidays have taken place amid [...]
Happy National Corvette Day!
From your USA Automotive Industry!
P.S. We are in shambles.
Why? Inability to see predict change? Inability to adjust to current change? Reliance on subservient and dedicated servants in Legislatures across the West?
With rumours of Chrysler’s imminent bankruptcy, GM worth what it was worth in 1955, crumbling domestic infrastructure, peak, and systemic [...]
As the BBC reports, Mugabe’s Back. He’s now the sole remaining candidate in the presidential run-off on Friday and can do nothing but win an overwhelming majority.
Perhaps it was these compelling posters and not his tyrannical strong arm tactics that brought him marked his resurgence. Or, maybe it was the murder. Yeah, probably the [...]
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Here in Calgary Broken City’s Celebrity Hot Tub and the HiFi Club have localized the global trend of paparazzi-style party pictures.
HoboGestapo, nightlife photographer in Sydney, captured pics of a stabbing outside of a club on film.
HipsterRunoff, who pointed me to the pics, asks:
I don’t think many people have a problem with party pix [...]
A striking graph from the CEOs for Cities report, “Driven to the brink” on gasoline prices and land use planning. (press release and full document).
(via Steve Davis at Smart Growth around America).
Friends of Science, an anti-global warming advocacy group with controversial ties to the University of Calgary, is back in the news. A new audit by the University (pdf) accuses both Friends of Science (FoS) and folksy, CanWestGlobal (National Post, Calgary Herald) columnist Barry Cooper of potentially criminal wrongdoing and fraud.
DeSmogBlog writes:
A University of Calgary [...]
Maps like this are common and communicate an oft-heard message: global warming is the product of the global north and will punish the global south.
This mapped-graph from the WHO is particularly shocking and stark. They write:
Climatic changes already are estimated to cause over 150,000 deaths annually…
That estimate includes deaths as a result of extreme weather [...]
ApartmentTherapy asks, What If Homes Came With Nutrition Labels?
Eco-conscious architect Michelle Kaufmann AIA, LEED® AP writes:
Homebuyers need more information about the homes they are buying when they are buying. There should be a way for them to have easy access to information like how efficiently a home will use energy and water, how [...]
PetroSun, Inc. launched their commerical algae-to-biofuel facility in Rio Honda, Texas this week. This is amazing stuff: about 1,100 acres of saltwater ponds will be producing bio-jet-fuel from algae. The project is on track to produce 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and 110 million pounds of biomass per year. Additionally, PetroSun will be conducting [...]
