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Obama’s half brother charged for marijuana possession January 31, 2009
George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said Saturday. Inspector Augustine Mutembei, the officer in charge, said Obama was arrested on charges of possession of cannabis, known in Kenya as Bhang, and resisting arrest.
Pot farm found on Google map January 30, 2009
You can’t hide from Google Earth – some marijuana growers in Switzerland found that out. While using Google Earth, Swiss police just happened to find a two-acre marijuana plantation hidden inside a corn field.
Google: Our Green Data Centers Got a Lot Greener January 30, 2009
Google prides itself on the power efficiency of its data centers, and now it has a lot more to crow about. The company recently released figures that show its already efficient data centers just got a lot greener
The Amazing Story Behind Tho Global Warming Scam January 30, 2009
The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax we citizens for our carbon footprints. Only two details stand in the way, the faltering economic times and a dramatic turn toward a colder climate.
Very Efficient Vertical Wind Turbine Once Thought Impossible January 29, 2009
As wind industry claimed that vertical turbines are ineffective, inventor Adam Fuller developed a project to prove this theory wrong.
Cheap, Super-Efficient LED Lights On The Horizon January 29, 2009
Compact fluorescent bulbs may soon follow incandescent bulbs into history – the material needed to build LED lamps has just gotten cheaper.
Obama’s Victory — A British view January 28, 2009
Obama’s Victory — A British view
An editorial from the London Daily Mail
Obama’s Victory
A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.
A victory for Hollywood, the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.
Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition.
A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers’ unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity.
A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.
Congratulations America! God help you!
Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade January 28, 2009
In this economic crisis, many people will be changing directions on their career. Here are ten sustainability-focused career paths to a new work life.
Why Are Both Parties Out Of Touch On Marijuana Law Reform? January 28, 2009
It is hard to imagine liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and conservative Minority Leader John Boehner as soul mates on any discernible level, however, on the issue of marijuana law reform, for entirely different reasons, they’re two peas in a pod.
Renewable Energy Accounts For Largest Increase On U.S. Grid. January 27, 2009
For the first time, renewable energy sources accounted for the biggest share in the increase of US’s electrical capacity. This means that, thanks mostly to the burgeoning wind power industry, more renewable energy sources sprung up in 2007 than environmental ne’er do wells like coal-burning plants.
DEA Must End Raids on Medical Marijuana Providers January 26, 2009
Several marijuana law reform groups, including Americans for Safe Access and MPP — as well as national media outlets — are urging concerned citizens to contact the new administration in opposition to the DEA’s actions.
Climate Change Killing America’s Trees at Ever Faster Rates January 23, 2009
Trees in western North America are dying at faster and faster rates, and climate change is likely to blame. The mounting deaths could fundamentally transform Western forests because tree reproduction hasn
’t increased to offset losses, according to a new study published Thursday in Science.
Ecologists warn the planet is running short of water January 23, 2009
The world has to confront a natural limit on something once considered virtually infinite.
Abrupt Climate Change Goes Both Ways, Warns Scientist January 22, 2009
The “Little Ice Age” Argument: Too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction.
Hope for Rainforest: Congo Cancels 60% of Timber Contracts January 22, 2009
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has ended 65 logging contracts in order to stamp out corruption and to enforce legal and environmental standards. While ending huge concessions to almost untaxed logging companies, the move will reduce the rainforest’s exploited timber by almost half and pave the way to real development for local communities.
Sperm may be affected by marijuana January 22, 2009
Human male fertility may be impacted by long-term exposure to marijuana, researchers in the United States and Japan suggest.
Intel Unveils Solar Powered Data Center January 21, 2009
Intel has begun testing using solar energy to power a data center in New Mexico, with a photovoltaic array generating 10 kilowatts of power. But it will be years, if ever, before solar power comes into widespread use as the sole means of powering data centers.
19th Century Meets 21st Century Wind Power January 20, 2009
They make a pretty couple…don’t you think?
A Post-Inaugural Prayer, Courtesy of Islamists January 19, 2009
A Post-Inaugural Prayer, Courtesy of Islamists
by David J. Rusin
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 at 11:15 AM
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In a discouraging signal of the incoming administration’s attitude toward Islamist lobby groups, Barack Obama’s inaugural committee has announced that Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) president Ingrid Mattson will participate in a January 21 prayer service at the National Cathedral. Though the event aims to promote “tolerance, unity, and understanding,” ISNA goes zero for three in these categories. Excellent critiques of Mattson have been offered by Win Myers and Robert Spencer; the following is a primer on the organization she heads.
Founded in 1981 as an offshoot of the Saudi-backed Muslim Students Association, ISNA is the largest Muslim group in the U.S. Furthermore, its subsidiary, the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), holds the deeds to many of the country’s mosques, which gives ISNA a powerful role in shaping the tone of Islam being preached there. Because that tone often reflects the Wahhabi worldview, Islamic scholar Stephen Schwartz describesISNA as “one of the chief conduits through which the radical Saudi form of Islam passes into the United States.”
The group’s conventions proceed along the same lines. Terrorism expert Steven Emerson has noted that one year after 9/11 — and back when Mattson was the organization’s vice president — “speakers at ISNA’s annual conference still refused to acknowledge bin Laden’s role in the terrorist attacks.” In addition, ISNA onceextended an invitation to extremist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who supports suicide bombings and justifies theexecution of homosexuals.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which seeks global Islamic rule under a new caliph, recognizes ISNA’s place in this master plan. In a 1991 document, the Brotherhood identifies ISNA as one of its allies that can help Muslims “understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands,” thus clearing the way for Islam’s ascendancy.
The U.S. government listed ISNA as an unindicted co-conspirator in the recent trial and retrial of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a charity charged with covertly funding Hamas. Last November the defendants wereconvicted of all 108 counts. Prosecutors rejected ISNA’s request to have the designation removed, citing “evidence establishing both ISNA’s and NAIT’s intimate relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood … and the defendants. … They were intimately connected with the HLF and its assigned task of providing financial support to Hamas.”
Obama’s team might excuse its invitation to Mattson by pointing out that its predecessor likewise had friendly dealings with ISNA. Indeed, the record of the Bush White House is nothing to brag about in this regard. During the Bush years, senior State Department officials addressed ISNA’s conventions and heaped praise upon Mattson in particular; the group also was permitted to exert influence in the Pentagon.
But after campaigning on the promise of change, Obama has picked an exceedingly poor area in which to stay the course.
Liquid Wood Is Plastic of Tomorrow, Say Scientists January 19, 2009
Plastic was one of the great innovations of the 20th century, but German scientists believe a new invention, liquid wood, could soon supplant the chemical in terms of everyday usefulness
Back to the Future – Racist Democrats January 19, 2009
As a Black Conservative, I’m beginning to feel like my parents and grandparents must have felt back in the 50s and 60s, when Blacks were being oppressed by Democrats and their racist policies. Because today, Democrats are going “Back to the Future” in the oppression of Conservatives.
BrightBuilt Barn January 17, 2009
The BrightBuilt Barn, located in Rockwood, Maine, is one of the super energy-efficient prefab designs of the year. A highly covetable structure, this barn/studio is not only a net-zero house — meaning it strives to leave no carbon footprint — it is also seeking LEED Platinum certification.
County Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Ban CA Medical Marijuana January 17, 2009
San Diego County filed papers this week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to erase California’s medical marijuana law, arguing that federal prohibitions outlawing the substance supersede California’s law allowing sick people to use it. The county is asking the nation’s highest court to overturn a state appellate court’s July decision upholding voters.
History of Double Standards: Clinton Touted as Sturdy-Jawed Icon; Bush’s Speech Paired with Funeral January 16, 2009
History of Double Standards: Clinton Touted as Sturdy-Jawed Icon; Bush’s Speech Paired with Funeral
Media Mudballs Unlikely for Obama Inaugural
The news media are giddy with excitement as Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day approaches (see box), but it would be a mistake to think reporters are always so worshipful of new presidents. While most presidents do start with a media honeymoon, a review of the past 20 years finds reporters are more celebratory when Democrats are taking over the White House, while coverage of GOP inaugurals has included a fair number of anti-conservative stinkbombs:
■ 1989. TV reporters chose to salute the incoming President George Bush by slamming the more conservative Ronald Reagan. ABC’s Richard Threlkeld went to Overtown, a riot-scarred area of Miami, for Inauguration Day: “After eight years of what many saw as the Reagan administration’s benign neglect of the poor and studied indifference to civil rights, a lot of those who lived through this week in Overtown seemed to think the best thing about George Bush is that he is not Ronald Reagan,” Threlkeld claimed on the January 20, 1989 World News Tonight. “There is an Overtown in every big city in America — pockets of misery made even meaner and more desperate the past eight years.”
On NBC, anchor Bryant Gumbel praised Bush’s speech as signaling “a new activism, a new engagement in the lives of others, a yearning for greater tolerance….Basical ly a rejection of everything that the Reagan years had been about.”
■ 1993. Bill Clinton’s arrival was touted with the same fervor now bestowed on Obama. The New York Times asked in a January 3, 1993 headline: “Clinton as National Idol: Can the Honeymoon Last?” Newsweek magazine ran TV ads touting its commemorative edition “that’s sure to be a collector’s item because it covers the most important inauguration of our lifetime.” Wall Street Journal reporter Jill Abramson — now managing editor of news at the New York Times — confessed: “It’s an exciting time to be in Washington….People are excited. They’re happy about change….I think you’re going to see crowds for these inaugural events the likes of which we haven’t seen in Washington ever.”
■ 1997. Clinton’s second inaugural inspired just as much hero-worship. Howard Rosenberg reviewed Clinton’s speech for the Los Angeles Times: “His sturdy jaw precedes him. He smiles from sea to shining sea. Is this President a candidate for Mt. Rushmore or what?…In fact, when it comes to influencing the public, a single medley of expressions from Clinton may be worth much more, to much of America, than every ugly accusation Paula Jones can muster.”
■ 2001. After the long recount, reporters applied an asterisk to Bush’s first inaugural. NBC’s Maria Shriver emphasized “millions of people who felt disenfranchised by this election, who don’t feel that he’s their President yet.” On ABC, George Stephanopoulos warned Bush to avoid conservative policies: “With a 50-50 Senate and a tiny margin in the House, and a majority in the country who actually voted against President Bush, he’ll be able to fulfill that central promise of unifying the country only if he’s willing to compromise.”
■ 2005. Bush’s second inaugural was met with far more hostility, with reporters attacking the $40 million price tag as obscene. “In a time of war and natural disaster, is it time for a lavish celebration?” ABC’s Terry Moran doubted. The AP’s Will Lester calculated that the money spent on Bush’s inaugural could vaccinate “22 million children in regions devastated by the tsunami….Do we need to spend this money on what seems so extravagant?” (Obama’s inaugural will cost $45 million.)
The day before Bush’s swearing-in, ABC’s Web site pleaded for tips of “any military funerals for Iraq war casualties scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 20.” Sure enough, then-ABC anchor Peter Jennings got his wish to report how “just about the time the president was speaking, there was a funeral for a young Marine reservist: 21-year-old Matthew Holloway was killed in Iraq last week by a roadside bomb.” Don’t look for the networks to use such tactics to sour Obama’s celebration. — Rich Noyes, MRC Research Director
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Revealed: The Times Made Up That Stuff About Google January 13, 2009
Yesterday an article in The Times of London set the web abuzz over new findings that every Google search contributed 7 grams of CO2 to the atmosphere – half the amount produced when heating a tea kettle (heaven forbid!). I criticized the article for being overly alarmist, with a lack of perspective and possible bias. Google also responded…
Two Google searches ‘produce same CO2 as boiling a kettle’ January 11, 2009
Making two internet searches through Google produces about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle, it has been estimated.
Solar and Wind Powered Portable Charger Unveiled at CES 2009 January 11, 2009
Not to be mistaken for a solar powered desk fan (which it sort of looks like), the crafty Kenisis K2 is a solar and wind powered 2-in-1 charger for all your USB needs.
January 9, 2009
From the FIXITIPS Press Center:
Paint-by-Number Color Plan for Your House
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Sarah Palin Responds to the Media January 9, 2009
Excerpts from an exclusive Sarah Palin interview on how the media treated her and her family.
January 8, 2009
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Garage Invention Could Turn Restaurants into Power Plants January 8, 2009
A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants’ deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. Put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt and its creators promise that it will generate about five kilowatts of power.
World’s smallest fuel cell promises greener gadgets January 7, 2009
Portable devices could be hydrogen powered if fuel cell technology could be made smaller
Al Qaeda message blames Obama, Egypt for Gaza violence – CNN January 7, 2009
An audio message reportedly from al Qaeda’s deputy chief vows revenge for Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza and calls the Jewish state’s actions against Hamas militants “a gift” from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
Brazil Sending 30,000 Troops to Protect Rainforest January 7, 2009
Brazil
’s government has announced plans to increase their soldiers in the Amazon Rainforest from 17,000 to 30,000 over the next 9 years, as well as build new forts and improve others. Why have they chosen to invest $488.6 million in this plan?
Inventor: Geo-Engineer a Worldwide Refrigerator Using Oceans January 6, 2009
Bailing out the entire human race might turn out to be cheaper than bailing out Wall Street: Spray gigatons of seawater into the air, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, and let Mother Nature do the rest, suggests inventor Ron Acer in a patent petition for “a colossal refrigeration system with a 100,000-fold performance multiplier.”
Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea. January 6, 2009
Bell-bottoms… Designer jeans
… Disco… Big hair… Gas shortages. Some icons of the 1970s are emblazoned in the memories of those old enough to remember. A few styles, to the dismay of many, have come back in vogue—oil-related crises among them.
6 Factors Shaping the Renewable Energy Industry in 2008 January 1, 2009
Many industries experienced turbulence this year and renewable energy was no exception. 2008 was really a mixed bag for the industry, with lots of good and bad news.
Climate Change Issue Heats Up With Coldest Year On Record January 1, 2009
2008 is tipped to be the coolest year of the century which beckons the question: Is global warming really an issue, or is it a misleading theory?
Arabs turn against ‘megalomaniac’ Hamas January 1, 2009
The bitter Israel-Hamas conflict has touched off Arab-Arab conflicts almost as bitter. Leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Saudi Arabia has put the responsibility for current violence squarely on Hamas. Critics accused Hamas of megalomania saying it has behaved like a superpower.
Steven Chu Discusses the Ultimate Fuel Technology January 1, 2009
Steven Chu discusses a needed breakthrough in creating fuel: creating technology that creates energy like plants do. Chu has been nominated by Barack Obama to become his Secretary of Energy in his cabinet.
