AP Report Says What Ex-Food and Energy Inflation Is, But Not the Overall Number
October 14, 2010 No CommentThis paragraph from an Associated Press report by Christopher Rugaber on today's economic news should at a minimum strike readers as odd: A third report noted that prices at the wholesale level remained tame outside a sharp rise in food and energy costs. Excluding those two volatile categories, core wholesale prices rose just 0.1 percent, the Labor Department said. So we're left hanging. Gee Chris, what was the overall change in the Producer Price Index? He never says, at least not in his 11:44 a.m. version of his report. read more
Continue reading …More Evidence that Two Coal & Oil Billionaires Mobilized the Tea Party (Video)
October 14, 2010 No Comment
Photo via Daily Gotham , Creative Commons The Koch brothers, a pair of billionaires who run the company that bears their name, have been extremely influential in cultivating the anti-regulatory and anti-climate science ideology now rampant in the United States. By directing millions of dollars worth of funding towards groups that help organize grassroots movements that advance their aims — a pro… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” say their show combines the franchise’s usual drama and conflict with a fair share of Hollywood glamour. (Oct. 14)
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After five years, bank robber turns himself into a Mississippi police department to clear his guilty conscience. (Oct. 14)
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The Washington Wizards fined guard Gilbert Arenas an undisclosed amount after he revealed that he faked an injury so a teammate could get more playing time during a preseason game Tuesday night. (Oct. 14)
Continue reading …The Old Spice Super Bowl ad inspires another effort, this one from Joe Miller in Alaska: Good stuff.
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photo: amboo who? / Creative Commons There’ve been a number of studies calculating just how little the average American knows about the science of climate change , and here’s another which lays out the ignorance pretty clearly: Yale University found that if we were getting letter grades, just 8% would get an A or B, 40% would rec… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via Greenopolis Greenopolis is a company that started up a way for people to earn rewards as they recycle. By taking cans and bottles to a recycling kiosk and scanning them as they deposit them, the recyclers can earn points redeemable for coupons for restaurants, theaters and retail shops. It’s a slightly more interesting way than taking the same bags of cans to parking lot containers and getting cash in return. The company has extended the idea of earning rewards for recycling to a new game launched… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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After making recent headlines for his legal troubles, Rapper TI is garnering some positive press for a good deed that by all accounts saved a man’s life. (Oct. 14)
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Image Credit: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners Inhabitat shows a lovely slideshow of the Masdar Institute by Foster and Partners, including these terracotta mashrabiya screens that provide both ventilation and privacy. Unfortunately, it is going to take longer to finish, and will be less green, than was originally planned. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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