Archive for June, 2008

The complicated web that is oil prices.

Shane June 29th, 2008

“The Markets” is just a synonym for “The Mob Mentality”.

Could it be Bush is banging the war drums for Iran to drive up oil prices?

Mo-ther F**ker.

Shane June 28th, 2008

A honeybee on an apiary, cooling by flapping its wings. Location: Tübingen-Hagelloch.Image via WikipediaStupid, stupid, stupid humans.

In case you missed it, bees are dying.

So… few governments seem to be worrying about it, and it gets little press. The linked article states there may be a link between Genetically Modified Corn, and the Bee issue, called Colony Collapse disorder. Recent articles are starting to sound more alarming. When do we say ‘hey, without bees, we die. Maybe someone should look into this?’

I think, at some point, we need to say ‘Capitalism just does not work.’ We are modifying our food to make more profit!

Think about this for a second. Producing food more efficiently creates population growth. Do we really need more people on the planet? In the last year I have read that: we are in danger of a natural gas shortage in the US. We have world oil supply problems (Peak Oil). OPEC nations are likely inflating their oil reserve numbers. It is likely that US Coal deposits are less than expected (Peak Coal). We are having water problems all over the world (Peak Water). Australia is looking at desalinization. California has major problems. Hmm. Oh, there will likely be a shortage of Helium soon. Most helium comes from Texas, and they are running out. Helium is used in making electronics, if I remember correctly. That will suck, won’t it, to find out that electronics will get expensive because we like our balloons to float? Admittedly, I only read this once, and do not remember the source.

Where do I submit my own theory on how the universe started?

Shane June 27th, 2008

Make the Stupid People Shut Up!I think the average American needs to understand something. If you are a science buff this is basic stuff, but people need to hear it, so bear with me for a couple of paragraphs.

Evolution: Evidence has been provided - a shitload of evidence - to back this theory. Scientists call it a theory because if they found evidence contradicting their theory, they would look at that new evidence and try to figure out what the real truth is. As Richard Dawkins has stated “there are few if any scientific theories that have more evidence than Evolution does.”

Intelligent Design: No evidence. No data. Just an idea - “Hey, maybe some godlike being started it all! Maybe God created evolution”.

Not to be a sycophantic blogger but… this George Carlin video says it all. RIP George.

Shane June 24th, 2008

Carlin always cracked me up, and as I became more ‘radical’ (You know, that people should be free, the government should serve the people, that we should get out of Iraq….) I listened a little more to his messages.

This video on war, again not to be a sycophantic schmuck but… this video says it all.

He probably wouldn’t have liked me much, but he was insanely funny.

This is another interesting video made to a Carlin bit.

“It’s a big club - and you ain’t in it”

So it turns out Bush was talking about invading Iraq before 9/11

Shane June 22nd, 2008

I have heard this for… probably a year or so, but had never read or seen a video that was a reputable source.

Well I found one.

Bush’s Secretary of The Treasury Paul O’Neill has stated that ten days - TEN DAYS after Bush was inaugurated into office, in his first National Security Council Meeting, Bush wanted to know how they could get into Iraq. The video shows a memo (apparently from Jan 31st 2001) that talks about a ‘plan for post Saddam Iraq’.

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