Archive for October, 2009

Imports dive at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — latimes.com

Posted in October 29th, 2009
by yoda in China, Peak Oil, The economy, trucking

 
Imports dive at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
They report their worst combined import statistics in nine years for September, which is often the busiest month at the nation’s biggest port complex.

A crane lifts a container at the ITS Terminal at the Port of Long Beach. (Christina House / For The Times / October [...]

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Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger

Posted in October 28th, 2009
by yoda in Politics, The economy

 
Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger

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by Michael Arrington on October 28, 2009

There is absolutely no way I’ll be able to make this relevant to tech. But I’m posting it anyway. Our Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a California legislative finance bill – AB 1176. The letter is terse and to the point. And [...]

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Facebook | Your Videos: The Ol Sarge hood

Posted in October 28th, 2009
by yoda in A day in the life, ooida, personal, trucking

 
Facebook | Your Videos: The Ol Sarge hood
 

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Malthusia • View topic – Really prepping means forgetting about self sufficiency

Posted in October 20th, 2009
by yoda in Peak Oil, education, morals and ethics, personal

 
Yeah isn’t it interesting to find out that even tho we think we speak the same language, and our word usage is similar, we might be actually visualizing different realities with sentences that seem to say the same thing. That’s what forums are good for, exchanging ideas until we think we [...]

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Revised formula puts 1 in 6 Americans in poverty – Yahoo! News

Posted in October 20th, 2009
by yoda in News, The economy, morals and ethics

 
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – Tue Oct 20, 8:41 am ET
WASHINGTON – The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed.
A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than [...]

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