When the high price of gas starts to bother me, I try to keep things in perspective. After all, I am truly a privileged person. People are being forced to go with out electricity so that I can have gas.
You see, oil is something everyone wants, but not everybody can have. So some people Click Here to continue reading.
If you are looking for something to worry about, read this paper called China’s Global Quest for Energy by Cindy Hurst (a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve). It is a bit of dense read, but well worth the time if you have not been keeping up on China has been doing lately.
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I am allowed to drive a car. I am allowed to use a chain saw. If I so choose, I can climb a mountain. But I am not allowed to drink raw milk (h/t Path to Freedom Journal)….
Richard Hebron, 41, was driving along an anonymous stretch of highway near Ann Arbor, Mich., last October when Click Here to continue reading.
This recipe for a cubed steak sandwich reminds me of the way that venison was served to some of us on a certain job. Man was that good. It was the best venison that I have ever had, although that may have had something to do with post hole digging and demo work we had been doing that day….
For those who don’t know, Darfur is a place that people have leaving in droves. Arab thugs have been killing every black man that they can find in Darfur. Naturally, the residents of Darfur who posses a personal coloration darker then the average Arab have fled the area. So when I saw the headline that Click Here to continue reading.
M&T bank happens to be a bank that we in the Ethereal Land have some familiarity with. So it was of great interest to me to come across this post from Calculated Risk(be sure to read the comments). The post by CR called to my attention this Reuter’s news story…..
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A lot of things have gone horribly wrong in Iraq. In many ways it can be justifiably considered a disaster. But if you compare it to similar invasions and occupations of other countries, the US military has been doing a pretty good job.
For comparison’s sake, look at how Russia as been doing in Chechnya. Click Here to continue reading.
If Stuart Staniford is wrong, he is making one of the most rigorous wrong arguments I have ever seen. He now has a third essay up making the case that Saudi Arabia is facing involuntary cuts in production.
You would think that his last two essays would have covered all there is to cover with currently Click Here to continue reading.
Maybe it’s just me being too tired from working to much over time, but it seems to me that Tyler is letting his emotions cloud his judgment. I just can’t think of any other reason why he would approvingly quote this on his blog…..
But remember, the tech bust devoured about $9 trillion in corporate equity; Click Here to continue reading.
There is a certain amount of irony in the fact that the land that produced Richard Dawkins has such a touching faith that the government will take care of you. But of course, the good people of Great Britain are not content to have faith in their government. No, they feel it necessary to impose Click Here to continue reading.