Germany’s Trains Going Carbon-Free
(Reuters) Germany’s Deutsche Bahn announced today that it intends to have the German rail system carbon free by 2050. “Deutsche Bahn says it wants to raise the percentage … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
The Iceland Solution
From La Muse Verte. Link to full original source at the end. An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our … Read more
Signs And Portents
What with the economy and the abrupt end of the Aztec calendar come next December at the solstice, there’s a lot of talk about the End of the … Read more
Lost Journal: Singing the Phrases of the Olive Garden
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: June 25, 1993 (age 24) Everyone should be required to wait tables at some point in his or her life. You have no … Read more
Forlorn Shipwrecks Of The Desert
When I was a boy learning geography, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. Even then its salinity was so high that it was … Read more
In Germany, The Fishermen Joust
In Bavaria, each Assumption day (August 15), The fishermen take to Lake Staffelsee to engage in the time honored sport of Fischerstechen, or Fishermen Joust. From Wikipedia: … Read more
Corn Syrup For The Mind
I went to see the film “Captain America” the other day. Several of my friends had been raving about it and the trailer looked promising. I was pleasantly … Read more
An Exercise in Absurdity
American politics seems to be an exercise in absurdity these days. The recent self-made crisis regarding the debt ceiling is a perfect example. With unemployment hovering officially around … Read more
B.F. Skinner & The Pigeon-Guided Missile
During World War II there was great interest in finding a way to reliably steer a missile to a target. However, the guided missile was still in the … Read more
Brother can you spare 2 million jobs? Emergency Jobs Bill
Excerpted from a post by jwjnational,on August 15th,2011 Responding to the continuing massive jobs deficit,Chicago Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky proposed to create 2 million jobs,introducing the “Emergency Jobs to … Read more
