Move your Moolah, move your money... do it locally!
"People all over the country are choosing to move their money out of bigger banks and into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided the reckless investments and schemes that helped cause the financial crisis."
http://moveyourmoney.info/
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Monday, April 20, 2009
Charge Your Cellphone Using Wasted Heat
Use waste heat from appliances to power gadgets
Charge Your Cellphone Using Wasted Heat
More fun tech projects from the same site:
http://www.instructables.com/tech
Charge Your Cellphone Using Wasted Heat
More fun tech projects from the same site:
http://www.instructables.com/tech
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Impeach Judge Jay Bybee
PLEASE write to your U.S. Representative (go to congress.org to find their contact info) and urge him or her to impeach Judge Jay Bybee immediately.
The Los Angeles County Democratic Party passed a resolution a few days ago, urging the U.S. House to begin impeachment preceedings against the Judge.
Here is the text I used to contact my rep, based on the text from the resolution:
I urge you and the other members of the United States House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against Judge Jay Bybee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Charge him with facilitating the authorization of torture while employed by the United States Department of Justice.
Judge Bybee signed the "Bybee Memo," or "Torture Memo" of August 1, 2002, which advised the C.I.A. that "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment was at times allowable under U.S. law, and authored, co-authored and signed other memos on "extraordinary rendition" and "enhanced interrogation," more of which are being currently revealed to the American public as the new administration brings them to light.
Judge Bybee has shown disregard for international law and the Geneva Conventions. He must be removed from the bench immediately.
The Los Angeles County Democratic Party passed a resolution a few days ago, urging the U.S. House to begin impeachment preceedings against the Judge.
Here is the text I used to contact my rep, based on the text from the resolution:
I urge you and the other members of the United States House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against Judge Jay Bybee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Charge him with facilitating the authorization of torture while employed by the United States Department of Justice.
Judge Bybee signed the "Bybee Memo," or "Torture Memo" of August 1, 2002, which advised the C.I.A. that "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment was at times allowable under U.S. law, and authored, co-authored and signed other memos on "extraordinary rendition" and "enhanced interrogation," more of which are being currently revealed to the American public as the new administration brings them to light.
Judge Bybee has shown disregard for international law and the Geneva Conventions. He must be removed from the bench immediately.
Monday, April 06, 2009
The White House Science Agenda, So Far
Read my most recently published article on Demockracy.com:
President Obama has pledged to "restore science to its rightful place." On a wide range of issues, citizens may now expect a return to sensible public discourse that places science and rational thought above political ideology and pseudo-science. No longer will we be held hostage by George W. Bush's willful ignorance of life-threatening issues.
President Obama has pledged to "restore science to its rightful place." On a wide range of issues, citizens may now expect a return to sensible public discourse that places science and rational thought above political ideology and pseudo-science. No longer will we be held hostage by George W. Bush's willful ignorance of life-threatening issues.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Excellent Summary of Our Economic Rage at the Moment
Frank Rich wrote an excellent column that captures the current state of our rage:
Inquiring Americans have the right to know why it took six months for us to learn (some of) what A.I.G. did with our money. We need to understand why some of that money was used to bail out foreign banks. And why Goldman, which declared that its potential losses with A.I.G. were "immaterial," nonetheless got the largest-known A.I.G. handout of taxpayers' cash ($12.9 billion) while also receiving a TARP bailout. We need to be told why retention bonuses went to some 50 bankers who not only were in the toxic A.I.G. unit but who left despite the "retention" jackpots. We must be told why taxpayers have so little control of the bailed-out financial institutions that we now own some or most of.
Inquiring Americans have the right to know why it took six months for us to learn (some of) what A.I.G. did with our money. We need to understand why some of that money was used to bail out foreign banks. And why Goldman, which declared that its potential losses with A.I.G. were "immaterial," nonetheless got the largest-known A.I.G. handout of taxpayers' cash ($12.9 billion) while also receiving a TARP bailout. We need to be told why retention bonuses went to some 50 bankers who not only were in the toxic A.I.G. unit but who left despite the "retention" jackpots. We must be told why taxpayers have so little control of the bailed-out financial institutions that we now own some or most of.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Blogs
Hearthstones™ by Lee Bowers
http://www.hearthstonesweb.com/
Former Quarter Ton Man
(Michael Conway)
http://www.formerquartertonman.com/
Motorcade under a Mackerel Sky
(Jennifer Lopez)
http://www.thejenniferlopez.blogspot.com/
Penny For Your Thoughts
(Aria Littlehouse)
http://arialittlhous.blogspot.com/
Politico
http://www.politico.com/
Open Secrets
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Blog Directory
http://www.hearthstonesweb.com/
Former Quarter Ton Man
(Michael Conway)
http://www.formerquartertonman.com/
Motorcade under a Mackerel Sky
(Jennifer Lopez)
http://www.thejenniferlopez.blogspot.com/
Penny For Your Thoughts
(Aria Littlehouse)
http://arialittlhous.blogspot.com/
Politico
http://www.politico.com/
Open Secrets
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Blog Directory
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Cheney's Secret Death Squads
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh comes through for the American people again!
Eric Black's article on MinnPost tells the story of former Vice President Dick Cheney's secret assassination squads:
"... the Joint Special Operations Command -- JSOC it’s called. It is a special wing of our special operations community that is set up independently. They do not report to anybody, except in the Bush-Cheney days, they reported directly to the Cheney office ...
"Congress has no oversight of it. It’s an executive assassination ring essentially, and it’s been going on and on and on. Just today in the Times there was a story that its leaders, a three star admiral named [William H.] McRaven, ordered a stop to it because there were so many collateral deaths.
"Under President Bush’s authority, they’ve been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving. That’s been going on, in the name of all of us."
Eric Black's article on MinnPost tells the story of former Vice President Dick Cheney's secret assassination squads:
"... the Joint Special Operations Command -- JSOC it’s called. It is a special wing of our special operations community that is set up independently. They do not report to anybody, except in the Bush-Cheney days, they reported directly to the Cheney office ...
"Congress has no oversight of it. It’s an executive assassination ring essentially, and it’s been going on and on and on. Just today in the Times there was a story that its leaders, a three star admiral named [William H.] McRaven, ordered a stop to it because there were so many collateral deaths.
"Under President Bush’s authority, they’ve been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving. That’s been going on, in the name of all of us."
Can a plastic water bottle make you fat?
A recent article in Popular Science examined some unusual possible sources of America's obesity problem.
One theory: obesogens
The article explains that bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in many household plastics and food containers, might trigger responses that cause people to get fat.
"Evidence suggests that it can mimic the hormone estrogen and interfere with the body's natural mechanism for regulating fat cells."
Another related article:
Pollution can make you fat, study claims
One theory: obesogens
The article explains that bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in many household plastics and food containers, might trigger responses that cause people to get fat.
"Evidence suggests that it can mimic the hormone estrogen and interfere with the body's natural mechanism for regulating fat cells."
Another related article:
Pollution can make you fat, study claims
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