Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Californians Have to Use LESS WATER

Tell your kids, tell your wife, remind yourself:  it's a Drought! Use LESS WATER,

Here

Whole Foods Be Ripping People Off

Any trip there and one knows it. Now it's verified. Good for Mike Feuer.
There should be worse penalties for this.
Here 

Monday, June 23, 2014

Elf: the 30-mpg Hybrid Bike (thought a Volt was cool!)

Pretty neat ride: many families could use one of these. Video here

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

How to combat the tightening grip of inequality around the globe - PBS Newshour

Link "It accelerated, to the point where it was becoming a very serious social, political and practical issue, besides the ethical and moral underpinning."

"...for every 1 percent that inequality grows, you will have a drop in growth of about 0.2, 0.3 percent. That means a more unequal society will grow less, and inequality becomes an obstacle to growth in and of itself. Second, the problem is not just a question of income. It’s also a question of inequality of opportunities, inequality of access to health services, inequality of access to education, inequality to access to employment opportunities."

"Main remedies are activation policies, meaning get services in the governments that will get the people who are unemployed or seeking for employment with the job opportunities.
This is not being done enough. The United States spends one-fourth of what the rest of the OECD countries spend on this particular service....
Second, skills, education and skills. There’s a big mismatch between the skills and what the market is demanding....
Third, use a tax structure and use a budget in order to support companies that may be providing jobs or better opportunities."

Chomsky: Obama Determined To Demolish Our Civil Liberties | The Daily Caller

Chomsky: Obama Determined To Demolish Our Civil Liberties | The Daily Caller 



NSA and the surveillance culture gone too far, unconstitutional. Beyond Orwell.



Chomsky's concern and disgust are well-founded, and well-articulated.



We should not be standing for this shit.




Monday, June 2, 2014

A Role for G-7 in Global Warming Battle - NYTimes.com

A Role for G-7 in Global Warming Battle - NYTimes.com 

Yes. There are several things the G-7 could do. Moving hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal Protocol, sanctions against G-7 countries not adhering to cuts, finance the agreed Green Climate Fund, or ALL the ABOVE and carbon taxes and hard caps.

“We have the technology to transition to a low-carbon economy,” Mr.
Pachauri said, “and the pathways along which we can move toward that
goal. We can make that transition without imposing an unacceptable
burden on the global economy.”

EPA to Announce New Power Plant Regulations Monday

Here like, we haven't done this already? These industries have to clean up their act.
For public health and climate protection, we can't keep giving them a polluting free ride.
One could have sympathy for the asbestos industry too, but only for so long.