Peak Oil Rock & Roll

SUBHEAD: "We’re on the back-side of the peak (Hubbert’s Peak) And it’s fallin’, fallin’, fallin’ down (fossil fuel production)".By Dan Allen on 21 January 2010 in Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/51262)Image above: Igor, a former reactor shift supervisor at Chernoblyl Nuclear Plant in better days. He still misses operating the reactor. From (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

Humor Pak Lurah dan Burung nya

Humor yang benar-benar ngakak, FIANZONER sampai tak bisa menahan tawa, salah persepsi bisa jadi salah paham. hahaha... Semoga Anda terhibur :)

Pak Lurah memiliki hobi memelihara burung bermacam macam jenisnya. Pada suatu pagi, burungnya hilang dsemua karena dicuri orang. Merasa ulah si maling sudah keterlaluan maka pak lurah merencanakan untuk membawa masalah ini di pertemuan warga. Sekitar 200 warga hadir.



Setelah berbicara panjang lebar soal moral, si pak lurah bertanya “siapa yang punya burung?”



Seluruh laki laki yang hadir segera berdiri .



Menyadari kesalahannya dalam bertanya pak lurah buru buru berkata ,” bukan itu maksud saya? Maksud saya adalah, siapa yang pernah melihat burung?”



Seluruh warga wanita berdiri.



“Wah. Gawat…” pikir pak lurah.



Dengan muka marah ia berkata, “Maksud saya siapa yang pernah lihat burung bukan miliknya?”



Separuh dari wanita yang hadir berdiri.



Muka pak lurah semakin marah, dan juga makin gugup, ia berkata lagi, ” maaf sekali lagi, bukan kea rah situ pertanyaan saya, maksud saya adalah siapa yang pernah melihat burung saya?”



Segera 5 wanita berdiri.



Pak lurah langsung lari pontang-panting melihat bu lurah berlari dengan membawa sapu lidi.

If a tyrant developed Kauai

SUBHEAD: This is the first time a developer would be granted a "Special Use Permit" to develop commercially on designated agricultural land.On 23 March 2011 by way of Keep Kauai Country - (http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=nphezafab&v=0018iMS5L3VR6N0_ig1Neau394Rw3j6Kjnm1mMEQdoLDnCG03R_eOXSZeJEZjUG9K5_O7D49MxwZ8k3LJ8nmhj_gOKSFMH-Dv1eeP1CZqtGEcfNQxcB1NVdsxxMqIvYF2HI)Image above:

The Story of Citizens United

SUBHEAD: “Corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts and no desires.”By Annie Leonard on 1 March 2011 in Yes Magazine -(http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-story-of-citizens-united)Image above: Still frame from Annie Leonard's "The Story Citizens United vs FEC". See video below.Do you want a healthy environment, good jobs with fair wages, access to affordable

Debtris - Graphic Game of IOU

SUBHEAD: Video depicts proportions of various elements of our spending and obligations.Video above: "Debtris U.S." creates by InformationIsBeautiful.com From (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Pahd2X-eE).Posted by staff on 3 January 2011 on Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/debtris-animation-capture_n_803884.html) The Sunday talk shows this week sparked

Gutless Corporate Media

SUBHEAD: The Fourth Estate is now inhabited with fearful pundits and supplicants working for Big Business.By Ray McGovern on 14 October 2010 for AntiWar.com - (http://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2010/10/13/leakers-beware-the-corporate-media)[Editor's note: Even satire of corporatism requires ad revenue. Be warned this clip may be preceded with a message from the sponsor.]Video above: New live

The End of The End

SUBHEAD: How did Yergin and CERA, Exxon Mobil, and "Government and industry officials" so completely outmaneuver the peak oil prophets of doom? By Mike Bendzela on 2 January 2011 in OpEd News - (http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-End-of-The-End--How-t-by-Mike-Bendzela-110102-802.html)Image above: Poster for "OilPeakapocalypse Now". From (http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news499.htm)."Demand

Abercrombie & the Birthers

SUBHEAD: Some think Neil Abercrombie should rethink his decision to take on the 'Birthers'.By Jason Linkins on 29 December 2010 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/29/neil-abercrombies-should-_n_802294.html)Image above: Orly Taitze staged Birther demonstration in New York against Fox News. From (http://gawker.com/5402300/fox-news-is-ready-for-your-protest).Newly elected

Rubik Cube Mosaics

SUBHEAD: Artist breaks world record with 12,090-Rubik's-Cube mosaic composition.By Keith Thompson on 28 December 2010 in Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-thomson/artist-breaks-world-recor_b_801831.html)Image above: 'The Last Supper" Rubik's Cube mosaic. From (http://www.sunnybalanga.com/2010/10/13/rubiks-cube-cube-works).In October 2009 Toronto-based artist Josh Chalom, 51,

Reindeer on Psychedelics

SUBHEAD: Scientist claims reindeer, and other animals get high on magic mushrooms.By Staff on 23 December 2010 from Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/23/reindeer-magic-mushrooms_n_801006.html)Image above: Amanita muscaria - it is one of the most potent psychedelic mushrooms known. From (http://www.myspace.com/wasted187/blog/519966483).Turns out the myth of flying reindeer

John Lennon at 70

SUBHEAD: Imagine there was no shooting. It’s easy if you try. No Mark Chapman. Only John, a bitter old guy.By Mark Beech on 8 December 2010 in Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/imagine-there-was-no-shooting-grumpy-john-lennon-turns-70-mark-beech.html)Image above: Detail of drawing by Patricia Mitchell of John Lennon at 70. From (http://www.lostateminor.com/tag/

SuperBus vs StaddleBus

SUBHEAD: California's proposed high-speed train system will be replaced with a fleet of buses that will rocket along highways at speeds up to 165 mph.By Ken Garcia on 4 December 2010 for the SF Examiner - (http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/columnists/2010/12/high-speed-rail-project-shaping-be-ghost-train#ixzz17AxH6VBr)Image above: American SuperBus proposed to replace High-Speed Rail. See video

Why is the bird a Turkey?

SUBHEAD: It's a similar reason that indigenous Americans were called Indians. Columbus was lost.Image above: Illustration by Stephen Messenger from a related article (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/how-an-american-bird-became-known-as-a-turkey.php)By Robert Krulwich on 27 November 2007 for National Public Radio - (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97541602)Here's the

Pre Post Mortem

SUBHEAD: Don't worry folks, that sound of heavy breathing you hear is the exhalations of the big banks reviving on their IV drip lines of financial liquidity.Image above: Story illustration by Juan Wilson of SUV meeting CSX by the light of approaching meteor.By James Kunstler on 8 November 2010 in Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2010/11/pre-post-mortem.html)The poetry of dynamic

Heaven & Hell

SOURCE: Andrew McInnes (drew3489@aol.com)SUBHEAD: Saint Peter, "Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."Image above: Detail of painting of "Satan Before the Lord" by 18th-century Italian artist Corrado Giaquinto. From (http://www.creationtips.com/unpardonable_sin.html).While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a

The Sustainability Gap

SUBHEAD: If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny... or was it the other way around?Image above: Still from Jon Stewart clip on oil independence. see below for video. By Roger Valdez on 11 October 2010 for Daily Sightline - (http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2010/10/11/the-sustainability-gap-a-laughing-matter?)While on Facebook I happened across this bitterly funny bit on The Daily