Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
For those who don't know me personally and may read this blog or posting I wanted to offer a little insight into why I blog about politics and issues that I believe are important.
This may be insightful for some of you who do know me as well, as I know ...
Posted in Activism | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin along with Senators Rockefeller and Byrd announced a project today for the construction of "the nation's first modern coal-to-liquids plant" in West Virginia's northern panhandle.
Manchin said that "technological solutions like this plant... will lead to more environmentally friendly ways use our coal".
That sounds awesome-tastic!!!
And if ...
Posted in Environment | No Comments »
Friday, July 18th, 2008
The blogosphere was abuzz over the past 2 weeks with discussions on comedy, satire, racism and stupidity all thanks to a single video skit about a supposed lack of Black bloggers on the Internet titled "TechNigga", and Verizon's decision to dump the media content provider from their service as a ...
Posted in Near Misses | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Ireland and Scotland are looking to their offshore winds as a viable renewable energy source.
Scotland has committed to an ambitious target of supplying 50% of their total energy from renewable sources by 2020, and this is 1 more step towards that goal.
The 2 countries have partnered on a study that ...
Posted in Environment, Oil and Energy | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Imagine logging on to your Internet account and checking your email. You reply to a few messages and then decide to visit YouTube and watch that funny video your cousin emailed you a link for... but when you get there you find that the video is playing choppy, like Satellite ...
Posted in Near Misses | 3 Comments »