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Japan’s Wireless, Power-Generating, Solar Satellite Inhabitat
Japan has serious plans to send a solar-panel-equipped satellite into space that could wirelessly beam a gigawatt-strong stream of power down to earth and power nearly 300,000 homes.
The satellite will have a surface area of four square kilometers, and transmit power via microwave to a base station on Earth. [...]
We clicked over to Zero Hedge last night for a brief check-in on the decline and fall of civilization. We found these two beauts.
As with many reports in this genre, the logic is weakened by the dismissiveness and arrogance of the rhetoric, but the reports make some excellent points. They’re also a fun contrast to [...]
A Cure for an Ailing Economy: Taxing the Rich
By Shamus Cooke
Healthcare isn’t the only social ill in the U.S. that needs a serious remedy. The list is long and growing: state budget crises, unemployment, infrastructure, education, housing, food assistance, etc. These are all things that must be paid for, but the money seems to be in [...]
The Federal Reserve chief fights for his future. Why is he bothering?
Brian Doherty | July 30, 2009
In the past weeks, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke has taken the prior reputation of the high priesthood of history’s mightiest central bank—august, oracular, mysterious—and devalued it as surely as his bank has devalued the dollar over the past [...]
by Mark Yannone
Oops! This wasn’t supposed to happen. We were supposed to be slaves to petroleum and corn, but algae can yield at least 1000 times more oil than corn, and it can be customized. Investments in algae production could pay handsomely, leading to a reversal of the tide of campesinos moving across Mexico’s [...]
Mylow’s lawyer brought an unidentified, intimidating man with him last night, taking his motor, all his papers, leaving him with a note of warning — only to return the items this morning. Mylow defiantly posts another video, calling it his last.
by Sterling D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News
Mylow’s replication of Howard Johnson’s magnet [...]
Change for the Worse
By Paul Craig Roberts
March 02, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — -President Obama has presented the most irresponsible budget in US history. His fiscal year 2010 budget projects federal spending of $3.5 trillion and a federal deficit of $1.75 trillion. In other words, 50 percent of the government’s budget consists of red ink.
And [...]
Superintendent Hartshorn fears there could be ‘mass protest’ at rising unemployment Photo: GETTY
Supt Hartshorn, who heads the Metropolitan Police’s public order branch, said he feared there could be “mass protest” at rising unemployment, failing financial institutions and the downturn in the economy.
The officer that “known activists” were planning returns to the streets, and intelligence revealed [...]
Brzezinski fears class warfare. Not Mika. Zbigniew. And not Barney-Frank-on-Meet-the-Press class warfare. Real, blood-in-the-streets riots.
Jimmy Carter’s former National Security Adviser expressed his concern about the possibility of riots on Morning Joe today. To stave them off, he proposes the creation of a voluntary National Solidarity Fund, whose contributors would be those who made out [...]
‘URGENT’ $TIMULUS ON HOLD FOR BAM’S WEEKEND OFF
After pushing Congress for weeks to hurry up and pass the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway.
Obama arrived at his home in Chicago on Friday, and treated wife Michelle to a Valentine’s Day dinner downtown last night. The couple [...]
by Ciaran Walsh
The scarcity of fossil fuels and the threat to our climate from carbon emissions have focused attention on alternative energy sources. In recent years, biofuels have led the way. But in the rush to embrace this new solution, have we made a huge mistake?
It is already a huge business. The United [...]
The appointment of US Marine General James Jones
Lost amid the national and international fanfare accompanying the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States is attention to the person who is slated to be the next major foreign policy architect and executor, retired US Marine General James Jones.
In nearly identical phraseology that cannot be [...]
by Dr. Krassimir Petrov
The mainstream media and Wall Street have reached the consensus that the current credit crisis is the worst since the post-war period. George Soros’ statement that ”the world faces the worst finance crisis since WWII” epitomizes the collective wisdom. The crisis is currently the ultimate scapegoat for all the economic evils [...]
America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make America Energy Independent and until now has largely gone unnoticed. Thanks to new technology the Bakken Formation in North Dakota could boost America’s Oil reserves by an incredible 10 times, giving western economies the trump card against [...]
In view of the recent Ukrainian ploy in joining the Americans to attempt at boycotting Russian gas transportation to Europe, Moscow could study and implement a new strategy and logistics for its gas sale to its European consumers, experts said to WorldFutures.info. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday Russian media reports that Kiev was [...]
US Intelligence: A Review of Global Trends 2025
by Andrew G. Marshall
Introduction
The United States’ National Intelligence Council has released a report, entitled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World“. This declassified document is the fourth report of the Global Trends 2025: The National Intelligence Council’s 2025 Project,
The report outlines the paths that current geopolitical and economic [...]
EDF bought a half interest in Constellation’s nuclear power plants, including Calvert Cliffs in Southern Maryland. (By Mark Gail — The Washington Post)
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 18, 2008; Page D01
The fight over the fate of Constellation Energy Group ended yesterday with a big French utility agreeing to pay $4.5 billion for a [...]
Baron David de Rothschild, the head of the Rothschild bank. The Rothschilds have helped the British government since financing Wellington’s army to fight the French in 1815.
“We provide advice on both sides of the balance sheet, and we do it globally. There is no debate that Rothschild is a Jewish family, but we are proud [...]
NEW YORK (Fortune) — While Congress and Bush administration officials have been working to complete a bailout plan and stem the financial contagion on Wall Street, a different kind of economic crisis emerged across the South this week: A severe, hurricane-related gasoline shortage has curtailed trucking from Atlanta to Asheville, N.C., and created a wave [...]
TOKYO – Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday amid growing fears of a global financial crisis as investors reacted to the demise of two of Wall Street’s biggest names, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 5.3 percent to 11,560.66 in mid-afternoon trading, while Hong Kong’s blue-chip Hang Seng Index shed [...]
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