Archive for April, 2007
CHO ATTENDED SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS ANOTHER “LONE NUT” SHOOTER
April 22nd, 2007Shootings occurred within one year of each other. See Update 3 on the main Virginia Tech post.
Edible Forest Gardens
April 22nd, 2007I don’t own these books, but they look VERY good, possibly strategic in nature. I thought that many of you would find them interesting as well. Based on my experience so far, edible forest gardens should be the ultimate goal for those of us who are striving to produce our own food while creating self […]
KUCINICH DRAFTS LEGISLATION TO BAN THE PURCHASE, SALE, TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS BY CIVILIANS
April 21st, 2007Well, that didn’t take long. Via: kucinich.house.gov: Kucinich is currently drafting legislation that would ban the purchase, sale, transfer, or possession of handguns by civilians. A gun buy-back provision will be included in the bill. “America is being engulfed in violence every day. Let’s show them we have the wisdom and the courage to come […]
‘Devastating’ Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq
April 21st, 2007File this one in the You’ve-Known-It-Since-2002 folder… Via: E & P: NEW YORK (Commentary) The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq will appear next Wednesday, a 90-minute PBS broadcast called “Buying the War,” which marks the return of “Bill Moyers […]
Cryptogon Readers Contribute $20, $10 and $25
April 21st, 2007Many thanks to the following Cryptogon contributors: MW $20 VH $10 KL of livinggreenfarm.org $25 (They just got their bees! Check ’em out.)
Plastic Micro Wind Turbines Available for Sale
April 21st, 2007Excellent option for low wind areas. Man, the price is right! 20 micro turbines with generator rated 170W for 10m/s of wind: US$250!? Via: PESN: Two of the biggest hurdles for using wind power have been cost and the need for strong winds. A Hong Kong businessman/inventor has found a way to overcome those problems […]
UK: Lenders Withdraw Fixed Rate Mortgages
April 20th, 2007Via: Guardian: Borrowers seeking protection against a potential interest rate rise next month are seeing the choice of fixed-rate mortgages dwindle as lenders pull some of the best-buy deals. Tuesday’s shock rise in inflation has prompted a number of lenders to withdraw or review their range of fixed deals, while others have increased the cost […]
Draft
April 19th, 2007Mission accomplished. Via: Marine Corps Times: The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday that increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps may not resolve severe and growing personnel problems. There was even talk of returning to the draft to fill the ranks. “It is better to take a smaller force than to […]
Chinese Make First Artificial Snowfall
April 19th, 2007Via: Telegraph: China claimed yesterday to have caused a snowfall for the first time as part of its increasingly ambitious attempts to control the weather. Officials in the meteorological bureau in Tibet said they had used “rain-seeding” techniques to trigger a snowfall over the city of Nagqu last week. … China is the world’s largest […]
CALIFORNIA FORCLOSURES INCREASE 800%
April 18th, 2007Via: Los Angeles Times: Nearly 900 Californians a week are losing their homes because they can’t afford to pay the mortgage — up from about 100 a week a year ago — providing fresh evidence that the housing market’s troubles are nowhere near over. The surge is raising concerns that home prices will soon suffer […]
