Wednesday, March 21, 2012

This is what happens when you don't put your siding on the house.

In Burnsville, MN, siding on a house is no laughing matter.

R.N. Carew Hunt

This quote is from his book, The Theory and Practice of Communism, Penguin Books, 1963.

"In the West there has been a tendency to stress the political aspect of democracy rather than its economic aspect, and although at times this may have been carried too far, the fault is on the right side, seeing that a people which surrenders its political rights in return for promises of economic security will soon discover that it has made a bad bargain, as it is helpless if the promises are not kept."

How to Beat Fabian Cancellara in a 300 km Bike Race.

Fossil Fuel?

Monday, March 19, 2012

One-time Chicago Tribune ink-stained wretch

and presidential svengali David Axelrod explains that it's the government that determines how energy fits into the economy. No free market for this guy.

Monday, March 5, 2012

SPARTACUS!


Swiss powerhouse Fabian Cancellara successfully makes a solo breakaway and finishes a minute ahead of his closest pursuers in the 2012 edition of the Strade Bianche, ending in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy on March 2.