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Greening Dubai
Friends making the world a better place...Once again, my friend Magda is working on killer stuff. She's bringing energy efficiency to Dubai (yes, Dubai!) with a great energy-efficient neighborhood has connected rooftops, gardens, and terraces. It's a green neighborhood... in Dubai. Shit, you should all check it out. My friend's firm is named... um ( Read more... ) -
The Great Depression vs. The Long Depression; which one are we?
The Great Depression vs. The Long Depression;
which one are we?
What I worry about is not that we are at the precipice of another Great Depression, ala 1927. What I worry about is that we are at the precipice of another Great Depression, ala 1873.
The "Long Depression" (which is what we call it; the people who lived through it called it "The Great ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Picture Post: Goffs, Ca.
Goffs!Until a few days ago, I've been in Needles, and not Goffs. Needles is were I went to school; Goffs is where I grew up. Needles has about 5,000 people and Goffs has about 23. Needles and Goffs are super redneck-y, but Democrat-lovin' as well. God, guns, family, and Democrats. Oh, and crystal meth, beer, fighting, and motocross ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Picture Post: Needles, Ca.
Needles, Ca.This is an impromptu trip. I was originally going to fly to Mexico City, hang out with a friend, and then the two of us were going to drive down to Central America. After about a month, I would fly back to Las Vegas and visit my parents in Goffs and Needles, California ( Read more... ) -
Unemployment
The Unemployment Rate
So everyone is making a big deal about the 8.5% unemployment rate, which is a big deal, but it's also a bit of a lie. Our real unemployment rate is 15.6%, and is what the government terms "U-6." As the government says, U-6 includes the "total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for ( Read more... )
