Peak Oil and the End of Sweet Suburbia

Peak Oil and the End of Sweet Suburbia

June 08, 2008 | 4 Comments

June 8, 2008 “We’re literally stuck up a cul-de-sac in a cement SUV without a fill-up.” – James Howard Kunstler Global oil peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now. Are…

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A Retrospective Analysis of Livingstone’s Battle
for Affordable Housing in England’s Capital

June 08, 2008 | 1 Comment

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone File photo by Luke Thomas By Nicholas Olczak June 8, 2008 LONDON, England — When Ken Livingstone was elected as London’s first Mayor in 2000, the biggest challenge he faced…

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Montana Memories of Bo Diddley, A Gentleman and a Gunslinger

June 07, 2008 | No Comments

Bo Diddley, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008, RIP. Photo courtesy Chess Records By John Hoctor June 7, 2008 As an inquisitive 7-year-old during the lazy crazy summer of 1962, two years before Beatlemania,…

Bill Moyers: “We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire”

Bill Moyers: “We now know that a neo-conservative
is an arsonist who sets the house on fire”

June 07, 2008 | No Comments

June 7, 2008 “We needed to know the truth about Iraq. The truth could have spared that country from rack and ruin, saved thousands of American lives and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and…

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Dan Rather Blasts Corporate Media

June 07, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dan Rather June 7, 2008 Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather delivered a blistering critique of corporate news on Saturday night at the National Conference for Media Reform hosted by Free Press. The following are…

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Summer Blobbing in Texas

Summer Blobbing in Texas

June 06, 2008 | No Comments

June 6, 2008

Bonds Pleads Not Guilty To Perjury
and Obstruction of Justice

June 06, 2008 | No Comments

Asterisked home-run record holder Barry Bonds pled not guilty today to 14 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice charges. Photo by Stephen Dorian Miner By Julia Cheever June 6, 2008 Baseball champion Barry Bonds…

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