Though I'm not crazy about web videos, this is a real charmer, and a good primer about Diablo Canyon, which supplies much of central CA with power. http://www.slatev.com/media/swfs/SlateGroupPlayer.swf < Because both a local Republican and a Democratic Congressperson have made an issue of PG&E's amazing lack of competence regarding this plant, PG&E has put offContinue reading “Diablo Canyon for Dummies (by Steve Brodner)”
Monthly Archives: April 2011
A tiny handwritten note, via Post Secret
When Post Secret is good, it is very very good. I want the drama of these secrets to be this enthralling every week. It's not possible.
The top 400 pay less, so you can get their trickle-down
According to the ever-factual Think Progress, back in the halcyon days of my youth, the top 400 taxpayers in this country paid nearly half the taxes in his country. And yet lived well, I imagine: Now ordinary folk pay more, they pay much less, and yet despite all the alleged increased trickle-down we're still miredContinue reading “The top 400 pay less, so you can get their trickle-down”
Rachel Carson on how to introduce children to nature
At a lecture attended recently by a thousand or so people at UC Santa Barbara, the great E.O. Wilson was asked an open-ended question about introducing children to nature. Wilson took it as a "how to" question. He mentioned that he was "one of two living persons who worked with Rachel Carson," and made aContinue reading “Rachel Carson on how to introduce children to nature”
What does the GOP really want in the budget showdown?
According to TPM, the sticking point in the budget stalemate is not a number of billions cut from the overall budget, but funding for family planning, not to mention preventing the EPA and other agencies from protecting the nation's natural health. According to OMB Watch, the GOP has attached riders restricting everything from funding of WhiteContinue reading “What does the GOP really want in the budget showdown?”
Youth and likability: Tennessee Williams
As you get to know people, if you come to like them, they begin to seem younger to you. To me Tennessee Williams will always be about twenty-seven, on the cusp. [from his great, great story Two on a Party]
GOP backs “skeptic” scientist who mirrors Hansen’s data
Look familiar? The blue line in the above graph represents the global temperature dataset gathered by James Hansen and his team at GISS/NASA over the last twenty years. Hansen has presented this chard and this data countless times at countless talks on countless occasions around the world. The black line represents a "skeptical" scientist's interpretationContinue reading “GOP backs “skeptic” scientist who mirrors Hansen’s data”
Kit Stolz 