is it safe to say that Bev Perdue has already established herself as one of the worst governor's in the history of our fair state?
Just reading the article about our Superintendent of Public Schools, and wow. That's a very Nixonian play by Mrs. Perdue there; the old "I know you're the elected official, but I've created this appointed position with the exact same powers as yours, so you can just go along now" play.
I'm not even sure I understand all of the financial stuff she's doing right now (the taking of cash from various coffers to pay for different governmental programs), but she sure seems to have pissed a lot of people off really early in her tenure.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Hmmm.... not sure how to feel about this
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
From MY limited experience, the reason I doubt the veracity of this is that most of the SCADA networks are not physically connected to even the private networks.
Maybe I'm wrong.
From MY limited experience, the reason I doubt the veracity of this is that most of the SCADA networks are not physically connected to even the private networks.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Expiration date politics
Last week:
"Today, we've learned the lessons of history," President Obama said yesterday in London, sounding like the staunchest free-marketer denouncing the government's protectionist response in 1930, which deeply worsened the Great Depression.
"We have rejected the protectionism that could deepen this crisis," he said. "History tells us that turning inward can help turn a downturn into a depression."
Today:
United States Imposes Tariffs on Softwood Lumber from Four Canadian Provinces Due to Canada’s Failure to Comply with the Softwood Lumber Agreement
"Today, we've learned the lessons of history," President Obama said yesterday in London, sounding like the staunchest free-marketer denouncing the government's protectionist response in 1930, which deeply worsened the Great Depression.
"We have rejected the protectionism that could deepen this crisis," he said. "History tells us that turning inward can help turn a downturn into a depression."
Today:
United States Imposes Tariffs on Softwood Lumber from Four Canadian Provinces Due to Canada’s Failure to Comply with the Softwood Lumber Agreement
I cannot fathom what kind of idiots we have in charge of our lives.
The idea that we can get 100% of our energy from wind is such lunacy I dont even know where to start.
How would the power get transmitted efficiently from tens of thousands of windmills to individual homes?
How would the power get generated when its needed? There is currently NO way to efficiently store electricity, thats why its so expensive to produce "peak" energy.
How would damn dirty hippies react to the idea of tens of thousands of windmills out in the ocean or solar panels in the desert killing wildlife???
We are so fucked.
How would the power get transmitted efficiently from tens of thousands of windmills to individual homes?
How would the power get generated when its needed? There is currently NO way to efficiently store electricity, thats why its so expensive to produce "peak" energy.
How would damn dirty hippies react to the idea of tens of thousands of windmills out in the ocean or solar panels in the desert killing wildlife???
We are so fucked.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Everything he says should come with an expiration date
Barack Obama goes ahead with missile defence shield despite disarmament pledge
Telegraph [UK], by Toby Harnden & Bruno Waterfield
The United States would continue to develop a missile defence shield until Iran abandoned its nuclear ambitions, President Barack Obama said in the Czech Republic. "As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defence system that is cost-effective and proven," he told a crowd of about 20,000 gathered in Hradcany Square, next to Prague Castle.
Just days before the expected launch of a North Korean missile in violation of the spirit if not the letter of every agreement Pyongyang has ever signed with the international community, Barack Obama's Pentagon will release a budget that guts the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
Telegraph [UK], by Toby Harnden & Bruno Waterfield
The United States would continue to develop a missile defence shield until Iran abandoned its nuclear ambitions, President Barack Obama said in the Czech Republic. "As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defence system that is cost-effective and proven," he told a crowd of about 20,000 gathered in Hradcany Square, next to Prague Castle.
Just days before the expected launch of a North Korean missile in violation of the spirit if not the letter of every agreement Pyongyang has ever signed with the international community, Barack Obama's Pentagon will release a budget that guts the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
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