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A Man’s Home is His Castle
The old saying goes, ‘A man’s home is his castle’ but when Jim Bishop started building a meager stone cottage in the Colorado mountains in 1969 he had no idea how true this would turn out to be. Using stone from the adjacent national park (with a permit, of course), his attempts at building a stone cottage soon had passers-by commenting on its likeness to a castle.
Continue reading...The Terror Blob Strikes Venezuela!
Monday, August 4, 2008
The roads are deathly quiet. Antonio Perez's shabby old taxi carefully makes its way along the main highway into Caracas. Yet terror is only yards ahead. A looming shape becomes visible through the gloom and Perez, who drives these roads every day, knows exactly what it is - he swerves, losing control of the car, sparks go flying...
Continue reading...Hypocrisy 101: A Brief Review Of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Image from josh Miller As the death toll from the terrible cyclone that struck Myanmar climbs past 100,000, I keep thinking of the press conference that was held at the White House on Monday. First Lady Laura Bush, who from what we can tell is a fairly [...]
Continue reading...Get the D@mn Government Out of the Way
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Every month, I receive an Eco-Sense Update from Ann and Gord Baird. Canada is becoming more like America every day. Image by François Detemmerman The Bairds are building their own home, with their own hands, and they decided to do so in as sustainable a way
Continue reading...God Smiles on Stoners, Eases Drought in Kentucky
Friday, February 29, 2008
For those of you who remember hearing about how the drought affecting the Southeast United States was bad for marijuana production last summer– or maybe you just, ahem, noticed– there’s been some fine developments for our very mellowed-out friends. Many Phish fans are alleged to have smoked marijuana. [...]
Continue reading...Google Might or Might Not Keep Your Medical Secrets
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oh, the fun the UK-based readers miss out on by not having privatized healthcare. Google, who we all know and love and may have serious privacy concerns about, is getting into the business of storing, distributing, and making searchable (to you and your medical professionals) your [...]
Continue reading...Global Warming Effects Could Kill 10,000 in the UK by 2012
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A report released by the British government warned the country’s National Health System to expect thousands more deaths and complications from heatwaves, malaria, and contaminated water as global warming effects progress in the next five years. Heat shimmer image by Mila Zinkova The report, “Health Effects of Climate Change [...]
Continue reading...Government Greenwashing: “Green” Tax Rebate Goes to Just 6 Households
Sunday, February 10, 2008
A tax rebate for those who purchase eco-homes has been called a con after it was revealed that only six households in the entirety of Britain benefited from the rebate. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. Image by Antonio Cruz The initial government plan involved giving back the [...]
Continue reading...State of California Wins Major Fight Against Auto Industry
Saturday, December 15, 2007
US environmental groups have reasons to cheer. In a ground-breaking ruling last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii, of Fresno, declared that, ‘California has the authority to limit cars’ emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and that
Continue reading...Canada at Bali: Oh, the Shame
Saturday, December 8, 2007
I am a Canadian, and I am ashamed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is from Canada. How far has democracy fallen, when we have a majority of the population that favors action on averting
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Friday, January 23, 2009
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