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ACORN closing up shop.

In one fell vote. We gots us some healthcare! No, not really. We gots us some health care insurance reform! Again, not really. We gots us a law that forces people to buy health insurance at the point of a … Continue reading →

“We haven’t actually gone down this road before,” said Sally Clark, who chairs the Seattle City Council’s land-use committee. “Most [regulatory] systems are not built for innovation.” From here

Courtesy of Marko, we learn of this lovely gent, who, at the time of writing this, should be discussing his significant failings as a decent & intelligent human being with whatever higher power he subscribes to, by way of fatal … Continue reading →

Boeing completes preliminary design work on a Free Electron Laser for the Navy.  I remember when lasers a bare fraction of this kind of power took whole buildings to house.  Gotta love technology.

The Caspian Sea Monster in Drydock, a Russian Wing-in Ground Effect vehicle.  Gotta love those Russians, they sure did like to build ’em big and ugly and tough as bricks.

New foam based on a frog’s nest uses photosynthetic bacteria to capture CO2 and produce fuel. Shove it into an exhaust stack and make sugar (fuel).

Via report here. I can’t tell how much of the growth is residential or industrial installations (IMHO residential installations is where PV belongs), as the report that would likely tell me this is $4K.  Still, growth in that industry means … Continue reading →

If our civilian & police leadership faced the career realities our military leadership did, maybe we’d have a better civilian leadership. Command “To trust a man with the lives of other is a grave thing. Only three things make it … Continue reading →

Stuart Island Energy, up in the San Juans here in WA.