Saturday 30 May Links

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson Pondering '12 Presidential Run

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/apr/20/00035/

http://libertymaven.com/2008/11/09/the-next-ron-paul-gary-johnson-confirms-interest-in-2012-presidential-run/3149/

http://libertymaven.com/2008/11/08/ron-paul-liberty-torch-to-be-handed-to-gary-johnson/3121/


Corporations Continue to Illegally Suppress and Crush Union Organizing Attempts

http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff05212009.html


The Way out of the Wilderness for Republicans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Liberty_Caucus


The Lighting of the Future is Now Here: LED

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?hp=&pagewanted=all


One Viewpoint on What Awaits Us

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4848


Current and Future Health Care Plans are a Continuing Disaster

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stash/archive/2009/05/29/how-the-health-care-system-is-like-the-subprime-mess.aspx


Death Tax Policy Needs a Big Overhaul

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/28418678/the_death_tax_scam


George W Bush and What He was Thinking About the Middle East

http://www.counterpunch.org/hamilton05222009.html


Solar Activity at a Record Historically Recorded Low

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29may_noaaprediction.htm


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Friday 29 May Links

Another Big Nail in the Coffin of The Greatest Generation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-lear/an-american-heartbreak_b_209242.html


Newly Released Reagan Administration Documents

http://www.thereaganfiles.com/


Looming Extinction for Cuckoo Bird

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_cuckoo_threat


Silly Stupid Stubborn Baseball Owners

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/29/major-league-baseball-not-seen-tv/


Salt and Solar Power From the Mohave Desert

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rocketdyne-solar29-2009may29,0,2533099.story


A Big Ugly Disgusting Dirtbag and Scumbucket

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1189232/Desmond-Hatchett-fathers-21-children-11-different-women--hes-29.html


Tensions Quickly Heighten on Korean Peninsula; War Likely Imminent

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/29/us/politics/AP-US-US-North-Korea-Military.html?_r=1


Spain is Accomplishing the Future and Giving the US a Guide

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/business/energy-environment/30trains.html?hpw


Explaining Why Dogs Circle Before They Lie Down

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/28/20090528clay0529.html


The Most Evil Corporation Hands Down

http://www.alternet.org/politics/140291/10_sleazy_ways_that_goldman_sachs_distracted_us_while_pocketing_billions_from_the_treasury/


Another Group of Evil Corporations

http://suicidegirls.com/news/politics/23656/


Sea Level Increases Will Not Occur Evenly and Equally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm


America's Decline and Demise Seen Clearly on Memorial Day

http://blog.buzzflash.com/lindorff/240


Russians See the American Decline and Demise Quite Evidently as Well

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/


The Consistent Certainty of Perpetual and Endless Wall Street Greed

http://niagarafallsreporter.com/hightower5.26.09.html


Chicanery and Corruption with Natural Gas Energy Policies

http://www.propublica.org/feature/natural-gas-politics-526


The Sleazy and Corrupt Senior Democratic US Senator from Montana

http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/content/baucus-fighting-tooth-and-nail-public-option-says-spokesperson


The End of Manufacturing by Humans and the Continued Increasing Presence of Robotics

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/05/future-of-manufacturing-gm-and-american.html

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/29/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss&aim=/opinion/feature

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/08/59882

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0830/p13s01-wmgn.html


Financial Opinions and Columns Blog

http://www.iamned.com/


Not Completely Surprising Especially if One has Been Around Certain Animals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1187047/Animals-tell-right-wrong-Scientists-suggest-just-humans-morals.html?ITO=1490


A Reason For Terrorists to Get Cancer

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/28/cancer.fingerprints/index.html?iref=mpstoryview


Bullying and Teasing the Portly Flatulent FlimFlam Man, First Party Secretary Limbaugh

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/21/limbaugh_obsession/index.html


One Viewpoint on Our American Future

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0528/p09s01-coop.html


Taxes on Pop Just Like Tobacco and Liquor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-f-jacobson/fizzy-math-tax-soda-to-pa_b_209004.html


Connecting the Hoover Dam Bypass to a New Clark County Freeway

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/29/now-tolls-remain-best-hope-bypass/


ABC Program Worth Watching Next Wednesday 3 June at 8pm MDT

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100/story?id=7697237&page=1


The Vast Huge Numbers of Unemployed, Underemployed, and the Hopeless

http://coloradoindependent.com/29883/marginal-workers-underemployed-push-economic-fringe-to-limit


China Now owns America

http://seekingalpha.com/article/139505-china-is-now-in-firm-control-of-u-s-debt-markets


Strategy to Stop Black Swans

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/tenprinciples.pdf


The Increasing Argument of Renting over Owning

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20090528_buchanan.html


Eating Meat is Okay, Right ?

http://www.good.is/post/is-eating-less-meat-better-than-eating-no-meat/?GT1=48001


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Thursday 28 May Links

Increasing Getting Old Means Becoming More Poor and Needing

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/america-s-looming-retirement-crisis.aspx


Bad Deadly Cola Causing Condition

http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.aspx?docID=627269


Another Reason Why Newspapers are Dying: Awful Inane Front Page Stories with Vapid Silly Subjects

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12464762


More on the Growing Likelihood of Restoral of North Coast Hiawatha Rail Line

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090528/BUSINESS/905280305


Prescient Obama Administration Policy Making

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-forest-roads29-2009may29,0,6884921.story


Sea Fish In Irreversible Decline to Result in Their Near Complete Disappearance

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm


This is Rather Well Known Already

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/news/london/news/researchers-talking-to-women-makes-men-thick


An Effort Likely to Flounder and Fail

http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/james_warren/2009/05/shhhh_newspaper_publishers_are_quietly_holding_a_very_very_importan
t_conclave_today_will_you_soon_be.php


MLB Ownership: Something Sotomayor Could Not Overcome

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shapiro/why-sotomayor-couldnt-rea_b_208533.html


Lots and Lots of Billionaires and Millionaires Still Thriving

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/fear-and-looting-in-ameri_b_208153.html


Five Easy Steps to Individual Spirituality and Happiness

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-alex-benzer/what-is-spirituality-5-no_b_207517.html


Laughably Simple Ways to Define a Liberal or a Conservative

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/opinion/28kristof.html


Key FCC Decision on Mandating Broadband Availability

http://www.newwest.net/city/article/broadband_should_be_as_available_as_telephone_fcc_says/C108/L108/


A Great Plan for the Future

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/28-13


Moving Towards the Preferable Economic Model of Socialism

http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21561


Reforming and Improving Corporations

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/28


Education is not Always the One and Only Answer For Everybody

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175076/william_astore_educating_ourselves_to_oblivion


A Huge Winner Scores Incredibly in Winner, South Dakota

http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/05/28/news/local/doc4a1e7c9c7bf40205484985.txt


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Wednesday 27 May Links

Sad But True, and It Includes Yours Truly

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107119/The-New-Resume-Dumb-and-Dumber


Recommended Reading

http://www.greatwavesofchange.org/


The Answer for California

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140261/california_doesn%27t_need_to_borrow_billions_from_washington_--
_it_can_create_its_own_money/?page=entire


More Recommended Reading

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7681437&page=1


New Comprehensive Federal SalesTax Coming

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052602909_pf.html


The Mathematics of Love ?

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/guest-column-loves-me-loves-me-not-do-the-math/


The Effect of an East German Spy Undercover in West Germany over 40 Years Ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/world/europe/27germany.html?_r=1&hpw


The Return of Polaroid Instant Film ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html?em


No Surprise: Red Bull has Cocaine in It

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/25/20090525redbullcocaine052509-CR.html


A Site Dedicated to the Right National Health Care Plan

http://www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=726


More Global Warming Findings

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-05-20-global-warming_N.htm


Wi-Fi Coming to Airlines

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/business/26road.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


Environmental Action Website

http://www.earthjustice.org/


More Coal Power Plants, No Hydrogen Powered Cars in Near Future
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/24/steven-chu-environmentalist-anger


Forecast of Looming Hyperinflation

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=avgZDYM6mTFA&refer=home


Trying to Honestly Determine the Real Unemployment Number

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/jobless-quants/


An Economic Recovery Without Credit is Strongly Unlikely
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3600


North Coast Hiawatha Rail Line Restoral Looks Increasingly Promising
http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/27/news/state/18-railpassenger.txt


COL Jack Bomar, USAF (Retired), Ex-Prisoner of War, Vietnam War, 1926 - 2009

http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/05/27/20090527bomar0528-ON.html


Global Emissions to Rise at Least 39 % by 2030, Likely More

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090527/sc_afp/environmentusenergyclimateoutlook


Permafrost Emissions to Strongly Impact Global Warming
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090527/sc_afp/climatewarmingpermafrost


Poll Finds Solid Support for Abortion Rights
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/cnn-poll-record-support-for-roe-v-wade.html


As Expected, The Silly Season and Absurdities about Sotomoyer Begins
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/grandmother-of-worlds-23rd-best.html


One Opinion on the Arrival of Peak Oil and the Decline in Oil Reserves

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06-energy-an-inconvenient-talk/


May '09 Inner Mountain West Climate Report and Future Outlook

http://wwa.colorado.edu/ICWS/2009_May.html


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Tuesday 26 May Links

Composite New Mexico Information Website

http://www.blognetnews.com/new_mexico/


Another Mike Judge Comedy

http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2009/05/television-show-that-might-be-worth.html


The Big Step Backwards

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/05/downsizing-of-america-thoughts-on.html


Retirement Locales

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Vacation/Story?id=7657933&page=1


The Growing Alienation of America's Poor

http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/poorest-americans-dropped-politics-1225


Orwellian Reality in Great Britain

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/british-police-state-clamping-down/


More of the Cold Hard Ugly Facts

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175075/andy_kroll_six_ways_the_financial_bailout_scams_taxpayers


This was Never a Good Career Track to Have an Allure for and Pursue

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/sports/27class.html?_r=1&hpw


A Bad Piece of Legislation, Dooming Us Further

http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13702826


Why That Legislation and Others Are So Bad
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/us-energy-reform-obstacles.php


Inflation is Coming, and Worse than Believed

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/05/how-an-inflation-threat-could-make-the-1970s-look-like-happy-days/


Great Fantastic News !

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/credit-card-law-targets-f_n_207524.html


A Windmill Forest Coming to the Wyoming Desert

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/25/news/wyoming/25-anschutz.txt


Big Upside to NREPA
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/northern_rockies_protection_act_preserves_land_saves_money_creates_jobs/C37/L37/


A Question of Happiness Versus Greedy Profiteering

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090524/OPINION08/905240301/1004/OPINION/Capitalism+produces+rich+bankers++but+socialism+produces+happiness


Plastic Bottles Perils

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/05/22-0


Wonderfully Great Web Reference

http://www.baseballinwartime.com/


An Earthquake Might Actually Be Better

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-budget24-2009may24,0,1725878.story


Arguing Marijuana Legalization

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/pot-quorum/#more-9893


Trying to Rope In Colorado's Out of Control Growth

http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=CO&res=1440


The Allure of Being Nomadic for Some

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/22/TR0R17E59H.DTL&type=travel

http://www.caretaker.org/


Sears' and KMart's Days Numbered

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/05/22/don-t-be-fooled-by-sears.aspx


Historic Alabama City Imperiled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30928759/?gt1=43001


The Fountain of Youth

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/25/60minutes/main4752082.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol


An Answer for the Arizona Economic Collapse

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-bullet-train/11785/


A Fine Message Worth Remembering and Praying For

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/26/60minutes/rooney/main697964.shtml


Regional Global Warming Reference

http://www.southwestclimatechange.org/


Republicans Chained to Dixie Probably to Their Detriment

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20090523_2195.php


Increasing Quantities of Dust Hasten Western Snowmelt

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-pink-snow24-2009may24,0,751681.story


An Online Honor and Memorial for Our Servicemen
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/24/memorial.fallen.troops/index.html


Deception and Chicanery is What Wall Street is All About

http://www.myprops.org/content/EVIDENCE-OF-GOVERNMENT-MANIPULATION-IN-THE-STOCK-MARKET-Dan-Shaffer-explains-on-Fox-Business-News-video-and-transcript/


General Wesley Clark on Memorial Day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gen-wesley-clark/tribute-is-not-enough_b_206583.html


Superb Online Military Service Records Resource

http://govmilitaryrecords.com/


A Great Story for Memorial Day

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104389637


The Real Unemployment Numbers, Including Yours Truly

http://www.mybudget360.com/24700000-unemployed-or-underemployed-americans-job-losses-accelerate-with-6-million-unemployed-over-last-year-real-unemployment-rate-now-at-158-percent/


Good Web Resource

http://www.campersindex.com/


Editor of Late Rocky Mountain News Has a Blog

http://www.johntemple.net/


A Significant Step Forward for Denver Taxi Drivers

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-taxi-drivers25-2009may25,0,2625082.story


A Big Victory Over Tobacco Drug Dealers and Hustlers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tobacco_lawsuit


Something to Be Concerned About
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13697274&source=h


Once Crowded Shopping Malls Now in Steep Decline
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294047987244803.html


A Criminal Gangster Organization Supported By The US Government
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140166/why_goldman_sachs_is_the_greediest_and_most_dastardly_of_the_wall_street_pigs/


Single Payer is the Only Health Care Solution

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/05/singlepayer_is_nationalized_he.html


Transparency Absolutely Required

http://www.businessinsider.com/momentum-builds-for-ron-pauls-fed-transparency-act-2009-5?ref=patrick.net


The Eternally Lingering Questions Concerning KAL Flight 007 Over a Quarter Century Later
http://www.rescue007.org/


Good Publicity for Arapahoe Downs

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12432544


Stalwart Advice Concerning The Economic Collapse

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22756


Global Warming Impact on Mount Everest Evident

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/25/appa-sherpa-warns-mount-e_n_207398.html


Saturn and Its Looming Demise for One Person

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_12442849


Another Colorado Political Online Reference

http://www.jeffcopols.com/


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World War II : Behind Closed Doors -- on PBS

John McCain's Mother Smacks Limbaugh

Thursday 14 May Links

The Best Replacement for Incandescents: LED

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/11led.html?em


Speeding Up Your Computer

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/five-controversial-ways-to-speed-your-pc/?em


The Twists and Turns of "Lost"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/arts/television/13lost.html?hpw


Excellent Educational Society Benefits Analysis Online Tool

http://liveunited.org/forecaster/


Rapid Radical Changes Being Observed in Spring Globally

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/04/breaking-the-silence-about-spring/


The Best Basis for Dividing Up and Partioning the United States

http://www.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php


Chrysler Shutting Down 1/4 of its Dealerships (Full List)

http://media.westword.com/3383547.0.pdf

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/05/at_least_three_metro-area_chry.php#more

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7587553&page=1&nwltr=WN_topstory_hed


Norway Doing it Right

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/business/global/14frugal.html?em


Former Rocky Mountain News Staffers to Start New Online Journalistic Enterprise

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/rocky-mountain-independen_n_203709.html

http://www.rockymountainindependent.com


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Very Bad News with Dire Future Consequences

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/story?id=7575268&page=1&nwltr=WN_topstory_more

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Wednesday 13 May Links

The Tragic Obscene Injustice Placed upon Libby Montana

http://www.newwest.net/city/article/who_failed_libby/C8/L8/


Designated Health Care Tax on Soda Pop, Other Harmful Beverages and Foods

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124208505896608647.html


Social Security and Medicare Crisis Looming (?)

http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/12/news/economy/SocSec_Medicare_trustees_report/index.htm

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/13/20090513entitlements0513.html

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/05/truth-behind-social-security-and.html

http://andrewgbiggs.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-robert-reich-probably-should-never.html


30 Year Missing Boy Case Still Ongoing

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/13/grace.coldcase.patz/index.html


Target to Open Mini Grocery Stores

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/05/11/daily46.html


Compensation from Cold War Era Nuclear Contamination

http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_12352778


Immigrants, Foreclosures Link Made

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/13/foreclosures-immigration-linked/


AT&T I-Phone Finally Coming to Rural West

http://www.trib.com/articles/2009/05/13/news/wyoming/7017863555cdbfd2872575b4000383d8.txt


New North Phoenix Freeway Construction Underway

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/13/20090513newloop0513.html

http://www.azdot.gov/Highways/Valley_Freeways/Index.asp


Attempting to Save an Endangered Southwestern Frog

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/13/20090513env-frogs0511.html


Sensibility on Commuter Rail

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/invest_in_commuter_rail_only_where_it_makes_sense/C37/L37/


New Afghanistan Commander McCrystal Tainted By Tillman Death Coverup

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090512/ap_on_go_ot/us_afghanistan_general;_ylt=An5iUq6BPVK5zLbugo0_wD.yFz4D


Ongoing Concern in Energy Rich Central Asia

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175071


The Upcoming Decade Promises to be Grimly Ugly, Stagnant, and Lost

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE54A0WU20090511


More on the Ugly Limbaugh

http://pavlovianobeisance.com/limbaugh_line.htm


Insufferable Local TV News to Strongly Worsen without Newspapers

http://bulldogreporter.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=2436B6EB9392483ABB0A373E8B823A24&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&AudID=213D92F8BE0D4A1BB62EB3DF18FCCC68&tier=4&id=7A5DBD63236D4AFEAAE6ABDAF0E63205


Planting Gardens Due to the Economic Collapse

http://www.examiner.com/x-7312-Miami-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m5d12-Americans-are-planting-seeds-of-hope-in-recession-gardens


Ventura on Coleman, Cheney, more

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/jesse-ventura-coleman-a-h_n_202629.html


Ten Biggest Tech Blunders of Last Ten Years

http://247wallst.com/2009/05/12/the-ten-biggest-tech-failures-of-the-last-decade/#more-34145


Solar Powered Hot Water -- For Toronto ! ? !

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/solar-hot-water-for-toronto-homeowners/


More on Arizona Solar Power Project

http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/13/concentrated-solar-thermal-power-csp-with-storage/#more-6593


US Federal Government Credit Rating Imperiled, May be Downgraded

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5534bd04-3f27-11de-ae4f-00144feabdc0.html


A Clear Explanation of the Economy at This Point

http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/five-economic-storms-raging-now-2-33662


A Question of Human Rights

http://www.miller-mccune.com/business_economics/economic-rights-human-rights-1169


Texas A&M University Cemetary Marketing

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/if-you-love-your-alma-mater-to-death/


Universal Health Care Would Save Medicare

http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/05/medicare_is_going_to_bankrupt.php


More on Universal Health Care

http://www.epi.org/analysis_and_opinion/entry
/a_public_plan_option_as_backup_insurance_for_all_americans/#When:17:53:26Z


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Tuesday 12 May Links

Northeast Arizona Wind Farm Development

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/12/20090512biz-windfarm0512.html


Local Foods and the Local Economy in Montana

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/the_buck_stays_here_chapter_2/C564/L564/


The Future of Journalism

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/11-11


High Speed Rail Corridor the Full Length of the West Coast

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/67712.html


Legitimate Concerns and Worries ?

http://www.apj.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2386&Itemid=2


Bob Herbert on the coming months and years for the US Economy and More

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/opinion/09herbert.html?_r=1


Greater Government Intervention on Personal Diets and Lifestyles

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/health/policy/10health.html?th&emc=th


The Silence on Torture

http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/05/09/news/local/doc4a05f1a7ef6f9463929297.txt


Wealthy Continue to Get Wealthier

http://www.toomuchonline.org/articlenew_2009/april20a.html


Latest on Wi-Max

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/05/11/wimax-challenges-wi-fi/


List of Nation's Highest Rated Tech Center Cities and Metros

http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/05/11/daily19.html


Alternative Energy Resources are Ample and Plentiful

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/harnessing-natures-power_b_201605.html


The Disaster that was Glass-Steagall

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/11/glass-steagall-act-the-se_n_201557.html


Playboy in a Struggle for its Existence

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-playboy-magazine-pla,0,1213400.story


Daring Entrepreneurship

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carlos-watson/why-i-started-a-business_b_202031.html


Progressive Joe Sestak to Challenge Arlen Specter in '10 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary ?

http://www.squarestate.net/diary/8071/pasen-netroots-overwhelmingly-support-a-draft-sestak-effort

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22385.html


Its Happening if You Listen or Look Close Enough

http://words-of-power.blogspot.com/2009/05/climate-crisis-is-advancing-invisibly.html


One Form of Deflation Already Present

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/11/AR2009051103607.html?nav=rss_email/components


An Environmental Travesty, Tragedy, and Disaster

http:/en.wikipedia/.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch


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Monday 11 May Links

Learning Where Your Food Comes From

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/global-grocer


Boise and the Economic Collapse

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/business/economy/10boise.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=all


Richard Cheney Confirms the Iran - Contra Coverup by the Reagan Administration

http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002952.html


GOP Ignoring Young Adult Citizens and Voters

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-winograd-hais10-2009may10,0,7848392.story


Pawlenty Doing Significant Wrong to Minnesota Citzens

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/is-t-paw-taking-one-for-team.html


Perceptions of Climate Change

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/forecast-on-climate-change-cooler.html


2010 US Senate Elections Outlook

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/senate-rankings-may-2009-edition.html


Directory of Conservative Colorado Blogs

http://www.facethestate.com/blogwrangler/list


Budget Shortfalls, Tax Increases Across All but Three US States Nationally

http://www.lvrj.com/news/44703612.html


Monorail in Dubai

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/getting-there-is-half-the-fun-on-the-dubai-palm-monorail/


Honesty on Social Security

http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2009/05/mechanics-of-northwest-plan-for-real.html


End Nears for Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae ?

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/05/option-to-shut-down-fannie-freddie.html


New Ford Fusion Hybrid Auto Gets over 80 Miles Per Gallon

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/how-to-get-815-mpg/


Obama Administration Coming Up Short Significantly on Health Care Reform

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/05/obama-on-health-reform-dog-that-didnt.html


Motor Vehicle Purchasing Advice for Young People

http://blogs.chron.com/carsandtrucks/2009/05/buying_a_young_person_a_car_wh.html


Faux News Paid by Bush Junta to Hype Iraq War

http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-much-was-fox-paid-to-shill-bushs.html


More Happy People in Social Democracies

http://www.americablog.com/2009/05/why-do-socialists-love-happiness.html


New Generation of Samsung LCD Monitors

http://www.gizmag.com/samsungs-70-series-lcd-monitors-perfect-for-work-and-play/11653/


Television on Your Computer

http://www.dtv4pc.net/mktlv/long/main_nflf/se/index.php


An Utter and Complete Crime Happening Widely Across the Nation

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/05/no-country-middle-aged-men


Recycling: Who is not Doing it

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/05/recycling-curb-your-enthusiasm


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Facebook Links Posts From SUN 10 May

WR Grace Corporation and its Executives Get Away with Murder and More in Montana

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12326687

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/10/news/state/59-grace.txt

A clear case where a corporation and its executives got away with murder and destroying many lives and a small town. A major injustice and a deep tragedy.


The United States Navy is Hurting for Funds and Cash ?!

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/09/1n9cuts015649-will-cash-crisis-leave-navy-high-and/?military&zIndex=96587

This news is disgusting embarassinge, and another striking example of the corruption and ineptitude of the Bush administration.


Huge Solar Storms Coming with Effects on All of Us

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/HealthandScience/Future-solar-storms-will-test-Earth-technology

Solar storms of this magnitude and greater are likely to occur in the next decade after the current ongoing period of record solar calm ends in the coming months to next year.


The Incredible Numbers of People Now Unemployed and Underemployed

http://www.mybudget360.com/24700000-unemployed-or-underemployed-americans-job-losses-accelerate-with-6-million-unemployed-over-last-year-real-unemployment-rate-now-at-158-percent/

Actually the number is in excess of 30,000,000, and probably 40,000,000 if being honest.


A Toxic Stain Across Cities in Wyoming, as well as Elsewhere

http://www.casperstartribune.com/articles/2009/05/09/news/wyoming/1beed348730ac9ea872575af008281e6.txt

There are about 20 of these payday loans reptilian businesses in Cheyenne, about the same total number as convenience stores or the big five fast food outlets it seems.


Arguments Against Cars for Clunkers

http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2009/05/07/car-sick?page=full

In spite of drawbacks, I want to see this come about so I may be able to participate in it. I want to have worry free transportation. And this proposed program is about the only way someone in my economic circumstances can hope for that.


Free TV No Longer an Option For Spectator Sports Fans

http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/hey-wait-minute/2009/05/07/cheapskate-sports-fans-guide?page=full

There is always the radio, and friends and perhaps family....


The Less Money, The More Christians on a State by State Basis ?

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/03/30/most-christian-states-are-least-wealthy/

I am unsure if this correlation is really true....

A Heads Up - Getting Yourself a Passport Now a Requirement

http://www.lvrj.com/living/44667742.html

Another noteworthy marked decline in our freedom.


Chiricahua National Monument Geological Sights and Sites

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/accent/292114

A place worth visiting and experiencing.


Some Rattlesnake with Your Broccoli ?

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2009/05/08/20090508ODDsnake-head0508-ON.html

The question is what kind of snake is it and is it native to the Dallass area or where the brocolli is harvested.


Good Comedy that Stands the Test of Time

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_12335406

Cheech and Chong still doing their act almost 40 years after it started --- a record length of time for any comedic duo act.

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Facebook Links Posts From SAT 9 May

Chacaltaya Glacier in Bolivia All but Vanishes

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/67807.html

Also see: http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/08/bolivia-chacaltaya-glacier-gone/


"Business Journalism": An Unquestionable Oxymoron

http://coloradoindependent.com/28549/starkmans-list-analyst-counts-the-ways-business-journalism-fails

As if there were any doubt, most "journalists" covering business and government that is supposed to be overseeing, supervising, and regulating business and corporations are utter failures; and lackeys, stooges, cheerleaders, and hacks for corporations.

Also see: http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/the_list.php

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Facebook Links Posts From FRI 8 May

Dom Dimaggio, 1917 - 2009

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9551602/Former-Red-Sox-great-DiMaggio-dies-at-92

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_DiMaggio

Joe's older brother who was a pretty darn decent player himself. A part of an America past largely idealized but probably better than what we have today, including baseball. Dom Dimaggio, who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame along side his brother.


April Unemployment Statistics Worsen As Expected

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/business/economy/09jobs.html

The number was understated, and will be adjusted upward to at least 9.1 % in the coming weeks. And of course, the actual real number (U-6) is around 16 - 17 % as can be seen in this report:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm


Greider: We Can Do Much Better

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090525/greider/single?rel=nofollow

These ideas expressed here by the esteemed Greider are simply outstanding and absolutely what needs to be done.


Hightower Explains what Populism Really Is

http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/1987

Hightower nails it once again.


A Sizable Island of Plastic Floating in the Pacific

http://blog.buzzflash.com/analysis/739

The manmade floating island of plastic pollutants and other trash and waste is here for good and will only continue to expand, killing more birds and sealife. It probably should be added to maps and globes.


Looking at the Small Changes Already Here From Global Warming

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/guest-column-a-world-out-of-time/

The effects and ramifications of global climate change occurring today on a generally unseen micro level.


Unprecedented Flooding in The Last Frontier

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124173392622498125.html

So nice to see global warming having a profound effect on a state where the governor is a bimbo and a denier...


More on the New Star Trek Film

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/05/star-trek.html

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-05-07-star-trek-quiz_N.htm

http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_12310496?_requestid=7400333

More interesting information about what is included in the new Star Trek film...


Eternal Litigation Continues Concerning Wolves

http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/05/07/the-gray-wolf-heads-back-to-court/

Common sense when it comes to wolves seems to be in short supply most everywhere and that is very disappointing.


Exciting New Solar Energy Technology in Israel

http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/28/in-israel-solar-power-that-wont-need-subsidies/

Very fascinating.


A Great Local Effort For Alternative Energy Fuels

http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/05/11/story4.html?b=1242014400^1825005

If this discovery can be made into a commercial reality, that would quite fantastic and result in great change.


Distinction and Respect Being Lost

http://www.pubrecord.org/law/887-domenici-under-increased-scrutiny-in-us-attorney-firings-probe.html

A former long serving US Senator from NM is seeing his record of public service being disgraced by his own political chicanery, and perhaps even ethics crimes or worse.


Top Ten Global Inventive Cities

http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2009/05/houston_no_10_o.html

The top 10: San Francisco, Tokyo, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Boise , Seattle, Portland, and Houston.


The Problems and Troubles with Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Compact-fluorescent-bulbs-hit-a/story.aspx?guid={0D7835BA-5CB1-4F80-866A-4C59658C0196}

CFLs are a short term transitory technology like eight track tapes and Beta videocassettes, Besides, the fact is they are more harmful than helpful to the environment. LED is the true wave of the future to replace incandescent bulbs.

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Facebook Links Posts From THR 7 May

Tax Havens Closure Stance a Distraction

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/06-6

Trade agreements like NAFTA as well as others need to go....


Nearly 72 Years in the Game of Baseball Continues

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/sports/baseball/03garcia.html

Nice story. Garcia worked with the Colorado Rockies for a couple of years in the late '90s and early '00s.


Star Trek Film Opens Friday 8 May Across the US

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-05-06-star-trek_N.htm

Anyone that goes to see the movie in the next few days please share your opinion of it.


The "I-House"

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-05-06-i-house_N.htm

Nice idea for modernizing an old concept and one that will be in greater demand in the future.


Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation Lays a Huge Egg

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-05-06-kfc-oprah-free-coupon_N.htm

I did not find out about this freebie deal until a couple of hours after the download coupon offer expired, but maybe its a good thing with all the snafu that occurred at KFC restaurants around the nation.


The End of the Era of Wealthy Tax Cuts May Be At Hand

http://newmexicoindependent.com/26842/faux-tax-cut-populism-wanes-along-with-recent-gop-fortunes

This is a well written and thought-out analysis.


High Rail Corridors Perspective

http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/richard_florida/2009/05/mega-regions_and_high-speed_rail.php

A good deal of historical perspective here in creating the argument for this massive infrastructural investment that needs additional lines added to it to make it a reality and worthwhile.


It Cannot Get This Bad, Can It ?

http://seekingalpha.com/article/134820-the-worst-case-scenario-someone-has-to-say-it?source=hp_mostpopular

This article encapsulates largely what my beliefs are for the economic and social short term and into the long term to a large degree.


Wi-Fi Everywhere

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07pogue.html

I believe most everyone will be jumping on this new connection technology within the next 2-3 years or so.


The Exploding Twitter Phenomena

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07basics.html

Information on Twitter, which is the next step beyond Facebook which many of us will get aboard on in the coming months.


An Outstanding Historical Series Begins on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/

I watched the opening episode of this broadcast on Wednesday evening, and highly recommend it. Parts Two and Three are going to be shown on the next two Wednesday nights, 13 and 20 May, at 8pm MDT on PBS; check your TV listings. The first episode could be rerun sometime in the coming week. You might call KNME and find out; or you could watch it on pbs.com on your computer.

Also see this link for more on the production:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/arts/television/06war.html?ref=television

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Facebook Links Posts From WED 6 May

The War on Salt Escalates

http://www.casperstartribune.com/articles/2009/05/05/features/health/c560b206920db74b872575ac005f35e3.txt

This is a large battle for most people with all the pre-prepared foods in our diets nowadays as well as lives that are fast paced and very busy. I remember the battle my mother had with this and she was overall successful at it with self-discipline and good choices.

Faux News and Flatulent Flim Flam First Party Secretary Demographics

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2009/05/05/average-age-of-fox-news-viewer-is-65/

This affirms what most of us knew already: Faux News and the portly waddling flatulating flimflam First Party Secretary are almost entirely watched by rich old men and their mousy wives. Granted it is a politically powerful demographic, but they are old, spent, and largely out of touch with modern realities...

See more of the blatant arrogance and stupidity of the fat portly waddling flim flam First Party Secretary at:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/05/limbaugh-mocks-recession/

Cash For Clunkers Gets Closer to Reality

http://www.katu.com/news/business/44378387.html

I want to be part of this. I am ready to drive a newer vehicle than one that is older than majority of people I know.


Seven Successful Habits of Highly Successful Slackers !

http://www.examiner.com/x-3040-Minneapolis-Life-in-the-Cubicle-Examiner~y2009m5d4-The-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-slackers?goback=.hom

1. Don't volunteer yourself for anything.
2. Always send emails when making a request to another employee.
3. Never inform people that you finish things early.
4. Follow the instructions on How to sneak out of the office early (and often).
5. Never skip lunch or eat lunch at your desk.
6. Never allow others to take credit for your work.
7. On especially lazy days, if your office has wifi, book a conference with other effective slackers (probably your fellow work members) for the entire day.

How Detroit Crashed into the Dumper

http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2009/05/how-detroit-committed-suicide.html

The cold hard facts....


A Redefining of "Full" Employment

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOhkusQ9LifQ&refer=home

More cold hard facts. Don't expect to see "official" unemployment rates below 6 % again for at least 4-5 years at the earliest.


Dirty Cops and District Attorneys

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/texas.police.seizures/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

A multitude of cases that are literally highway robbery. Teneha is about 13 miles from the Louisiana border along US Hwy 84 just west of Mansfield LA and southwest of Shreveport. The basis of the town's existence is plain and simple robbery of anyone passing through.


Banks Sucking at the Federal Trough Just Cannot Continue

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124147831175584985.html

Most excellent advice for the administration to follow.


Hamilton Coyotes ? Or Still the Phoenix Coyotes ? Stay Tuned....

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/bob_mckenzie/?id=277696

A seventh NHL club in Canada, probably based in either Hamilton, London, or in Toronto proper or a suburb, seems to be more likely as each day passes as the Phoenix Coyotes are a financial mess. If the Coyotes do relocate to Ontario, the Colorado Avalanche could be switched to the Pacific Division to replace the departed Coyotes as soon as this upcoming season.


Gulf of Tonkin Incident, '09 Version ?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6233796.ece

This is not good. Things could get serious rather quickly.

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