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Cenk Uygur explains

By Donal on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 7:33pm | Media

I can't believe they prefer Al Sharpton to this guy.

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Not Forgetting the Unemployed

By Donal on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 11:30am | Social Justice

The Consumerist blog led me to Down But Not Out Letters, a selection of fifty letters from the six thousand sent in by unemployed persons to describe their situations. I've quoted paragraphs from a few of them below:
 

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Peak Debt

By Donal on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:56am | Politics

We're seeing the most visible opposition to raising the debt ceiling from Republicans and the Tea Party. Some few old-style conservatives may actually believe in fiscal responsibility, but movement conservatives - who have reflexively voted for increases under previous administrations - are now exploiting the issue to appease the Tea Party and to obstruct Obama. 

 
For very different reasons, many voices in the Energy Depletion community are also very much against raising the debt limit. Briefly, they feel that increased spending can only be supported by continued growth, and that continued growth can't be supported now that we are past the peak of oil, and probably closer to the peak of natural gas and coal than most people realize.
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For and Against Rail

By Donal on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 5:59pm | Technology

 
I am in favor of a better, more extensive rail system, but I wonder if high-speed rail is cost effective and what we really need. As if to read my mind, The Infrastructurist features a four part series, For and Against High-Speed Rail, each with a con and pro position. 
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American Meat docufilm

By Donal on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:05pm | Food & Drink

Above is a summary of the soon-to-be-released documentary American Meat.

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David Brooks' Last Aid

By Donal on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:05am | Social Justice



I've mentioned National Lampoon's 1973 Last Aid parody before, but I didn't expect anyone to take it seriously.

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2012 Prius Plug In Prototype

By Donal on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 8:53pm | Technology

Alex from TTAC in a very informative video about a plugin Prius with very impressive fuel efficiency.

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Of Human Wandage

By Donal on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 1:14pm | Arts & Entertainment

Last weekend, my daughter thrust Somerset Maugham's great novel at me and said, "You should read this, Dad." She does that a lot and I therefore always have a small stack of books to get through, but I did start reading Of Human Bondage, and I love it. But with all the hoopla about the final Potter film being released NOW! it does occur to me that Harry Potter and Philip Carey have more than a little in common.

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EVs on the Grid

By Donal on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:57pm | Technology

When I flew to Los Angeles for the 1999 AEC Systems show, in which vendors showed all the latest and greatest cad and other software products to architects, engineers and contractors, my high school buddy Jim picked me up at the airport in his EV-1. It was an impressive vehicle, very sleek and stylish compared to the EVs I had seen before or had imagined from Popular Mechanics covers.  

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