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White House Targeted in Fired U.S. Attorney Probe?
Buck Naked Politics | 17 hours ago by Deb Cupples
Huffington Post's Murray Waas has a great article on the various probes into the Fired U.S. Attorney Scandal (see scandal overview here). The upshot seems to be that investigators are focusing on "whether top Justice Department political appointees a read more
My bad...
Thoughts on the World | August 6th 2008 by Simmons
I'd officially like to withdraw my endorsement of Obama's oil windfall tax. After further consideration (and a look at history), I've decided a windfall tax would not be effective. read more
Lopez Lomong chosen as U.S. flag bearer
Beijing Olympics | August 6th 2008 by Mike
Former Sudanese refugee Lopez Lomong has been chosen to lead the United States Olympic team into the Birds Nest Stadium. Lomong spent 10 years in a refugee camp in Kenya and later was able to move to the United States as a teenager. This is the most read more
Sen. John Cornyn - Platitudes and Whining
Doing My Part For The Left | August 6th 2008 by steve whichard
Sen. John Cornyn is an embarrassment to Texas and America. Here is the jr. senator from Texas who has done nothing but puff up like a lizard while serving his party and forgetting the American People. Here is the email from the Cornyn Campaign whin read more
Rick Noriega Releases Bold Immigration Plan to Fix Broken System
Doing My Part For The Left | August 6th 2008 by steve whichard
Noriega: “Washington’s Failure to Solve the Immigration Problem Has Placed a Tremendous Burden on Texas and Demands a Realistic Solution” Amarillo, TX - Rick Noriega, candidate for U.S. Senate, and Laredo Border Sector Commander d read more
Johnson Controls Helps Build ‘Green Olympics,’ Wins Big Fed C…
Clean Energy Leader | August 6th 2008
Johnson Controls was awarded many Olympics related contracts in China and since then has been helping the nation realize a “Green Olympics” dream by outfitting 18 Olympic stadiums and supporting facilities with the company’s green b read more
Jackie Chan to play Spy Next Door
Imprint TALK | August 6th 2008 by sada ueki
Hong Kong martial arts legend Jackie Chan is set to star in The Spy Next Door. The film is to be directed by Brian Levant who previously helmed the Ice Cube comedy vehicle Are We There Yet?. The story concerns a neighbor (Jackie Chan) called on to ba read more
Sacred Heart Medical Center Designed with Green in Mind
Clean Energy Leader | August 6th 2008
The new Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Oregon is touting itself as one of the nation’s greenest hospitals. The facility incorporates energy efficiency features and reduces the amount of chemicals typically used in a hospital. The A read more
North Face Plans Solar Energy System
Clean Energy Leader | August 6th 2008
The North Face is planning a 1MW solar electricity system at its West Coast distribution center located in Visalia, California. EI Solutions will design, build and install the system by the end of this [...] read more
Human Rights Facts (52): The War on Terror
PAP Blog | August 6th 2008 by filip spagnoli
The War on Terror, started by the US government as a response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and later joined by other governments, has had and continues to have grave consequences for the human rights of their citizens and of citizens of o read more
Dragonball cast photos now online
Imprint TALK | August 4th 2008 by sada ueki
It appears that official cast photos for the upcoming live action Dragonball movie have recently surfaced online. You can find the photos here: http://mymovie.blogbus.com/logs/26439408.html The photos that are shown include Justin Chatwin as Goku, read more
Will U.S. Hotels Make The Switch To Really Green Lodgings?
Clean Energy Leader | August 4th 2008
In Europe, many hotel room keys double as the master switch, turning power to the room on and off. The New York Times writes that it’s almost never seen in the U.S. and wonders if Americans are ready for greener hotel rooms. Brian McGuinness, a read more
The Media’s Key Role in ‘Greenwashing Washout’
Clean Energy Leader | August 4th 2008
With corporations on the sustainability bandwagon, the media has hitched along for the ride. Influential newscasts celebrate breakthroughs in eco-friendly buildings and major publications devote cover stories to sustainability topics, just to name a read more
U.S. Rail Sells Smaller Carbon Footprint
Clean Energy Leader | August 4th 2008
U.S. railroads have touted for decades that they use less fuel than trucks to move freights and now they are adding green into the mix, telling customers they can reduce their carbon footprints, Guardian reports. Among a growing number of railroad co read more
IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center
Clean Energy Leader | August 4th 2008
IBM announced plans to build a $360 million data center by renovating an existing building at its facility in Research Triangle Park. The new data center will be built with IBM’s New Enterprise Data Center design principles and be more energy e read more
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
Clean Energy Leader | August 4th 2008
There’s no question that ecolabeling is in demand as companies in all sectors launch marketing focused on “green” company and product attributes. At Timberland, we’re certainly part of this trend with both product and company focuse read more
A True Story vs. The Whole Story
Exploring Our Matrix | August 4th 2008 by James McGrath
It is well known that the best lies are true ones. That's why fundamentalists, like the Devil in the temptation story in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, pepper their claims liberally (if you'll excuse the pun) with Bible verses.A great example of th read more
New Gatchaman CGI images
Imprint TALK | August 3rd 2008 by sada ueki
New CGI images from the upcoming Gatchaman movie have surfaced. Felix Ip, creative director of Hong Kong based Imagi Animation Studios, has released a few images of scenes that Imagi has done for the movie so far. He also says that the direction of read more
A World Asleep
Ironic Surrealism II | August 3rd 2008 by Velvet Hammer
“A wise man foresees evil and takes the necessary steps to deliver himself while fools will go naively on and are destroyed.” Proverbs 27:12 “Listen carefully to what the most influential leaders of Islam have said.” Embedded read more
Air "Fresheners" May be a Health Hazard
Buck Naked Politics | August 2nd 2008 by Deb Cupples
by Deb Cupples | In the title, I put fresheners in quotes, because room sprays and wall plug-ins don't actually make rooms smell fresh: they give the impression that users are trying to cover up filth-induced odors. I don't like over-stating things, read more
Behind the scenes of Ninja Assassin
Imprint TALK | August 2nd 2008 by sada ueki
A new still and behind the scenes footage of Ninja Assassin has surfaced. Based on the still alone this movie seems to be going to hardcore PG-13/R rating. Twitchfilm.net has also gotten a hold of some behind the scenes footage that German televisi read more
Live action Cowboy Bebop in the works
Imprint TALK | August 1st 2008 by sada ueki
Twitchfilm.net is reporting that 20th Century Fox is working on a live action adaptation to the legendary anime classic Cowboy Bebop. This follows in the footsteps of live action reworkings of such anime classics like Ghost in the Shell, Akira and read more
Illinois Petition for Investigation of Barack Obama’s Birth Cer…
Ironic Surrealism II | August 1st 2008 by Velvet Hammer
X -Posted from Mitchell Langbert’s Blog H/T Larwyn I have it on good authority that yesterday 7/31/08 Mitchell Langbert was locked out of his blog by Google/Blogspot. Mind you the post date is Thursday, July 31, 2008. His blog was reported as read more
California Plans To Sue EPA Over Emissions, Again
Clean Energy Leader | August 1st 2008
California Attorney General Jerry Brown along with Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and New York City are teaming up to sue the EPA if the agency does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships read more
Florida Green Energy Program Ends Over Spending Controversy
Clean Energy Leader | August 1st 2008
Florida’s Public Service Commission recently voted to end an $11.4 million green energy promotion program which overwhelmingly funded marketing and administrative costs, BusinessWeek reports. Florida Power & Light and Green Mountain Energy read more
Of fat and fuel: What is trans fat?
Discussion Divas | August 1st 2008
While one use of hydrogen is being widely touted as an alternative way to fuel your car, another use of it became illegal in the last week in California—trans fats.Yes, those pesky trans fats we hear so much about, and probably know annecdotall read more
Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: U.S. Life Expectancy
Mature Market Experts | August 1st 2008 by Tom Mann
The mature market just keeps on growing: For the first time ever, U.S. life expectancy has past 78 years Japan currently has the longest life expectancy – 83 years Heart disease and diabetes as a cause of death dropped by more than 5% Death ca read more
Has The Dollar Hit bottom? Possilbe Rally In U.S. Dollar
Record Price Breakout.com | August 1st 2008 by Steve Warshaw
Daily Chart There are some interesting things happening in the chart for the US Dollar Index right now. The first thing that catches my eye is it is currently in what appears to be a clear state of accumulation (sideways trend). The trend even ha read more
Where is the Infrastructure Investment?
Chief Prognosticator | July 31st 2008 by Jason J Noble
Infrastructure -- its what China is investing its Billions and Billions of dollars in and its having a global effect. The price of copper, concrete and steel are all up big time and China is a good place to blame. So what is the U.S. to do? Take note read more
A Modern Parable
The Bull Speaks! | July 31st 2008
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford Motor) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. T read more
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