As the final hours run out for two big races in California, some sleuthy types over at The Wrap have discovered that the rare species known as the Hollywood conservative is apparently not doling out the big bucks to help either Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman win at the polls. Related Entries November 1, 2010 The World Is Safer Without a Republican House October 31, 2010 GOP Ideas
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A Republican dogging allegations he lied about his military service faces a Democrat who is accused of lending money to criminals. The battle for Illinois’ US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama is all coming down to trust. (Nov. 1)
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By Juan Cole A Republican victory has the potential to keep the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan, derail the beleaguered peace process and worsen U.S. security. Related Entries November 1, 2010 The World Is Safer Without a Republican House October 31, 2010 GOP Ideas
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This guest post was written by Peter Glatzer, film producer and founder of SHFT.com. When Adrian Grenier and I founded SHFT.COM we made a deliberate choice to be apolitical. Our mission was to position sustainable ideas and designs and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Gibson ‘s been riding the wave of tech for quite a while now — launching several “robot” guitars featuring things such as a fully automated tuning system. For that, we give them credit: guitar purists are a tough bunch, and one that is most definitely resistant to change. So we can’t help but welcome (on principle alone) the Firebird X, even if our standard Firebird is way, way better looking. The Firebird X — which will retail for about $5,500 when it launches in December — features the robo-tuning head found on the Dark Fire , and a seriously sick range of vuilt-in effects, including modulation, echo, reverb, compression, EQ, and distortion. Hey, purists may grimace at that non-Firebird headstock, but let them: you’ll be jamming with some sweet effects. Gibson announces $5,500 Firebird X robot guitar originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: eli.pousson , Flickr, Creative Commons The LA Times just ran a good — if frightening and totally unsurprising — piece about the GOP’s post-election plans in the environmental arena . Mostly, it plans to try to burn that entire arena to the ground. Republican party leaders say that they plan on attacking not only the EPA and its plan to regulate the nation’s largest greenhouse gas polluters, but also climate scientists who say t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Halloween Was Not Scary Enough. Let’s See If Tomorrow’s Treats Do The Trick.
November 1, 2010 No CommentCastle in a pumpkin. Image credit: photo by John Laumer With Halloween 2010 only a day behind us and the mid-term elections tomorrow morning, likely-voter polls indicate Americans are up for a good ‘ hate it when that happens ‘ kick in the pants. Let’s think about some of the key outcomes of the coming Congressional turnover. Just from the standpoint of how we enviro-freak socialist pinko liberals will experience them (a tongue-in-cheek self deprecation, in case that was not obvious). Look below for my list of predetermined outcomes. Thoughtful comments welcome…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …HolyCoast will be on wall-to-wall election coverage tomorrow with a special post that will go up about 3pm PDT, when the first polls start closing in Indiana and Kentucky.
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The glaring weakness of the cargo shipping system has been laid bare by the Yemen-based mail bomb plot, but the cost of fixing it may be too high for governments, airlines and shippers to stomach during a global downturn. (Nov. 1)
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One of the more egregious results of the Democrat-controlled Congress skipping town without passing a budget, thus failing to address the issue of whether scheduled income tax increases will really go into effect for everyone, the highest income-earners, or no one at all, is that the Internal Revenue Service and employers have been left in the lurch with no idea of how to prepare for next year. As I understand it, at a minimum this is the first time in a very long time that something like this has occurred, and it may be unprecedented. The issue is getting a half-decent amount of play in the business press , but as a general news item, it's going almost nowhere, even though some employers are already telling employees they will have to withhold more starting on January 1, 2011 if no action is taken in Washington. At the Associated Press's main web site, the one story about the withholding issue written by Andrew Taylor that went up early this morning plays a shady game of “Y'know, it really won't be all that bad if the increases are only in effect during the early part of next year.” See if you can detect what I'm referring to in the following excerpt: read more
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