Monthly Archives: April 2008

UN Marxist Calls for Food Uprising When UN is at Fault

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Thanos

To demonstrate the effect of Energy on the ability to grow sufficient crops once more, we have this report from IAASTD (International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development ) Scroll through it — you will find that energy is the key component. It’s needed for fertilizer, transport, cultivation, and improved water resources. In a low energy future the world faces chronic famine, in an abundant energy future the world is fine and wealth grows across the board. Continue reading →

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Marines Turn Tables on Code Pink

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Thanos

Test Ok I’ve been fiddling with my server, WP 2.5.1 (with the new patches) and .htaccess files for hours now trying to get the gallery and pic upload features of wp to work, all to no avail. So I might … Continue reading →

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Test of Gallery Embed

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Thanos

I’ve just patched up to the beta 2.5.1 fix for the gallery, and I’m trying out a gallery embed with a few random pics.  

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Al Qaeda on the Ropes

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Thanos

The Khyber pass battles continue, and along with that the agit prop is continuing from all sides. There are a few things that are clear however. The first is that there aren’t many foreigner fighters, or Arab Al Qaeda, left alive in … Continue reading →

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Huffpo on Hunger

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Thanos

The left has begun to notice the hunger, but it took riots and multiple articles to get them there. At Huffpo Richard Walden wants to obfuscate the real issues with Global Warming — right on cue. You see, Global Warming has somehow … Continue reading →

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Barack’s a Liar Again

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Thanos

Please stop by Hot Air for the latest prevarication.

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Biofuels Under Debate

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Thanos

Government “subject matter experts” attempting to plan the future often create unintended consequences through heavy-handed regulation. They sometimes attempt to solve problems that don’t exist, and sometimes offer solutions in search of a problem while ignoring the truly pressing issues before us this century. Having … Continue reading →

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Like it or Not We Live in a High-Energy Society

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Thanos

Like it or not we are a high energy society – the world is too much with us for we are billions in number. Those billions of humans and ecology are mutually exclusive in a low-energy world. In a low-energy society their waste can’t be cleaned, clean water won’t exist for them, their air will not be clean, their food will be scarce, and their work will be scarcer. Life will be brutal, grueling, and short. Continue reading →

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9 Officials Kidnapped in Khyber Agency; Operation Mounted

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Thanos

The papers are saying that there will be an operation in the Khyber Agency after 9 Khassadar officials were kidnapped. Right now it appears to be the usual gunship drive, but without a campaign such as the one mounted in … Continue reading →

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Code Pink ‘Bama Bundler

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Thanos

Frontpage is reporting that one of Barack Obama’s big bundlers is Jodie Evans, one of the founders of Code Pink. From Frontpage:

According to Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen, Evans has bundled “at least $50,000” in donations for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. “Bundling” is a process in which people turn over a large number of “individual” political contributions as a group, in the hope of exerting greater influence if their candidate is elected. Continue reading →

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