I was reading “After Glow of Games, What Next for China?” in this morning’s New York Times and the following paragraphs caught my eye: Meanwhile, eight Americans were among a group of foreigners jailed after they tried to demonstrate about China’s Tibet policies. The authorities released the Americans on Sunday and placed them on a […]
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WAITING FOR THE CRASH
Here’s a great little video exploring the possibility of the U.S. Dollar tanking that was snipped from a documentary recently aired on Dutch National Television: If you think it can’t happen, think again. Just this week, the Federal Reserve rescued the stock market again. Here is how James Howard Kunstler described it in his blog […]
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$1.5 BILLION DOWN THE TUBE
This just in: The Federal Government has earmarked 1.5 billion dollars, not for education or health care, but to help consumers continue watching television. According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle,, after ordering broadcasters to shift from analog to digital television to clear the airwaves for emergencies, the federal government has earmarked $1.5 […]
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GREAT WHITE UTOPIA
One of the highlights of our road trip through the south was to be a visit to Seaside, Florida, one of the first examples of New Urbanism. Planned by Miami architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Seaside was to be a recreation of the traditional main street town. After reading several of James Howard Kunstler’s […]
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CARDBOARD HOLIDAY
In the best interests of our Sacred American Economy, Christmas has become an exercise in conspicuous consumption. Walk by any recycling center the week after Christmas and you will see the aftermath of the holiday shopping frenzy. Mounds of cardboard are all that’s left of the Christmas spirit as people hurry back to their busy […]