Feb
26
[From: MAKE: Blog]
The Evening Chronicle has an article on a teen-turned-fuel baron… sorta -
He happily admits he’s hopeless at school – but Steven Henderson is Tyneside’s very own oil baron.
Northumberland’s answer to JR Ewing has built his own oil refinery in the shed at his home in Stamfordham Road, Eachwick, near Ponteland, which he uses [...]
Feb
26
The New Wine
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[From: The J-Walk Blog]
Another bottled water story: Designer water the new wine.
Part of an emerging trend toward water connoisseurship, 10 Thousand BC is “ultra-premium” water derived from an environmentally protected glacier.
It is bottled and corked to the sound of inspirational music — much like playing Mozart to a baby in the womb [...]
Feb
24
Jim Kunstler’s Agenda (and Mine)
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[From How to Save the World]
Red line: Sustainable population/sustainable total footprint at prevailing levels of consumption, with no provision for any non-human species. Green line: Sustainable population/sustainable total footprint at prevailing levels of consumption, with provision for a healthy level of biodiversity. In 1980 we started living on borrowed time. We’re now living 1/3 [...]
Feb
24
Fake Private Parts Are No Joke, Myers Says
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[From washingtonpost.com]
Delegate Wants to Ban Vehicle Displays of Plastic Genitals
By Lisa Rein
Washington Post Staff Writer
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Maryland Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. to truckers: If you’ve got ‘em, you don’t need to flaunt ‘em.
As the General Assembly debates global warming and the death penalty, Myers (R-Washington) has something else on [...]
Feb
23
Green Party contest ($100 prizes)
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[From: Third Estate Sunday Review]
The Green Party in Suffolk County is always busy and creative. They have a contest going on right now. Are you creative? They’ll be giving out two $100 prizes — one to someone 18 or over and one to someone under 18. Read on:
Press Contacts:
Roger Snyder, Green Party of Suffolk Chair(631) [...]
Feb
22
Egypt blogger jailed for ‘insult’
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An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president.
Soliman was arrested for his “insulting” blog posts in November
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