My county turns trash into energy

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Wednesday April 04, 2012 · 5:14 AM PDT

2012/04/04 · 05:14

I picked up this morning's Asheville Citizen-Times and was delighted to see that Buncombe County is converting landfill-produced methane gas into energy. And...selling it back to French Broad Electric Membership Cooperative at an estimated $500K a year.

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Friday December 16, 2011 · 4:20 AM PST

2011/12/16 · 04:20

I was recently laid off from a mismanaged mess of a company. The cherry on top of 10 years of trying to make the operations end of this company work was a botched dismissal with no severance.

I've been unemployed for about 5 weeks, and am using the time to figure out where I go from here. I've decided this is an opportunity, and I want to get it right.

As part of the process, I've been writing a blog, "A Life Recrafted". If you feel so inclined, pop on over there, and let me know what you think.

Today's diary is reposted from one of my blog entries, and is more than a little tongue-in-cheek. I know many of us here are in despair over joblessness. But follow me after the great orange thing-a-ma-bob to see the silver linings.

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Wednesday December 14, 2011 · 3:36 AM PST

2011/12/14 · 03:36

Why should the quality of my healthcare, and its cost to me, be employer-based?

If I were a conspiracy theorist (some days I have that tendency) I could easily think that employer sponsored health insurance was a corporatist plan to keep employees tethered to jobs. I might imagine that this linkage makes workers less mobile; less likely to move from job to job in search for the most rewarding position, the perfect fit for them, but somewhat inconvenient for their employers.

I might even think that support for this crazy theory is found in the widespread corporate opposition to single payer (read "portable") healthcare. Taking it one baby step further, I could imagine that describing single payer healthcare as socialism, is a carefully crafted scare tactic designed to keep us exactly where we are.

Stuck.

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 11:15

I received one of those emails that have been going around - you've seen them, packed with lies about how we're all going to hell in a handbasket if Obama is elected President. It went to most of the people in my neighborhood and complained that we're all going to suffer with higher taxes. There were gross distortions with tiny kernels of truth. I would guess maybe 20% of my neighbors pull in $250K+ and 80% of them are social conservatives. While a couple of courageous, thoughtful people answered, refuting the email, most responses were shallow pile-ons: "Yeah, and he supports abortion, too!" and "We're gonna be screwed if he's elected President."

So...I couldn't resist. Follow me to the flip for my answer...

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Wednesday July 12, 2006 · 7:08 AM PDT

2006/07/12 · 07:08

The Washington Post reports this morning that the US Army is ending it's sweetheart deal with Halliburton. Apparently the wasted (and misplaced) money combined with criticisms of war profiteering, non-competitive contracts and inept management have taken their toll.

It brings tears to my eyes...how about you?:

The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide, a decision that could cut deeply into the firm's dominance of government contracting in Iraq.

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Friday June 16, 2006 · 4:12 AM PDT

2006/06/16 · 04:12

Some disturbing news in an itty-bitty York Times article today. Follow me to the other side for some key points:
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Stock Market Tanking: DJIA down 214 points

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 2:24 PM PDT

2006/05/17 · 14:24

The administration's sole remaining claim to competence - that the economy is booming, as evidenced by stock market performance - was blown out the window today.

I'm not an economist or a financial guru, but I know there are lots of you out there who can add some words of wisdom. Apparently a sharp rise in this month's Consumer Price Index is responsible for today's tumble. In other words, inflation.

What are the factors that contributed to the, um, unexpected rise in the CPI?

Half of the increase in the core price index was because of rising shelter costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, with increases in the cost of apparel, medical care and education also contributing.

In words that are so very familiar, "who could ever have anticipated that??" Read More

Big Tampa News: Sami Al-Arian Acquitted on 8 of 17 Counts

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Tuesday December 06, 2005 · 1:36 PM PST

2005/12/06 · 13:36

And the jury deadlocked on the remaining counts.

This is big news.

Please see my earlier diary for the saga of Al-Arian's harrassment by the FBI and Justice Department.

It is significant that he was acquitted on the KEY CHARGE that he helped lead a Palestinian terrorist group. Al-Arian was supposed to be the poster boy for how the USA Patriot Act will help nail terrorists. Even with the latitude provided, and a crazy trial, the prosecution wasn't able to make the case. As the AP reports, "His indictment in 2003 was hailed by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft as one of the first triumphs of the Patriot Act, which was enacted in the weeks after Sept. 11."
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Justice Denied in Tampa: Trial of Dr. Sami Al-Arian

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Sunday November 06, 2005 · 5:10 AM PST

2005/11/06 · 05:10

Human rights and legal precedent are at stake this week in Tampa.

Monday marks the beginning of the end of the Dr. Sami Al-Arian trial, described by human rights activists as a travesty. That's when closing arguments will begin in the trial of Dr. Al-Arian, former University of South Florida professor, and three co-defendants, accused of conspiring to raise money for Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Defense attorneys say the funds went for charity in the occupied territories.

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St Pete Times: "The American people have been had"

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Sunday June 12, 2005 · 5:00 AM PDT

2005/06/12 · 05:00

This gives me hope - maybe the tide is turning, the tipping point is upon us, corporate media are re-thinking their complicit role in the whole mess.

Granted, the SPTimes has a liberal reputation, but even the so-called "liberal" print media have buried or ignored this story as old news.

Philip Gailey, Editor of Editorials, sticks it squarely to the Bush administration in his weekly column.

No equivocating here:

Seven months before the "shock and awe" bombing began in Baghdad, the Bush administration was bending intelligence to suit its purpose, which was to go to war come hell or high water.

Who says so? The head of British foreign intelligence, that's who.

Here's the kicker:

Some will ask: What's the point of bringing up the Downing Street memo now, two years after the invasion and at a time when terrorist suicide bombers are making life hell not only for U.S. troops but the Iraqi people? The point is this: President Bush didn't level with the American people before going to war. And he still hasn't.

Read the entire column.

And send him an attaboy.

A challenge from a Republican Congressman (Texas!)

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Wednesday January 26, 2005 · 12:01 PM PST

2005/01/26 · 12:01

I just finished listening to Ron Paul (R-TX) on CSPAN. He was on the floor of Congress challenging this administration's foreign policies.

Here's a sample: "The arrogance of some politicians, regulators, and diplomats actually causes them to become even more aggressive and more determined to prove themselves right, to prove their power is not to be messed with by never admitting a mistake. Truly, power corrupts!"

Here is a link. to a provocative - and damning - critique of Bushco's policy decisions and actions.

I know nothing about this guy - maybe he's a crackpot! - but a lot of this sure made sense.

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Big Tampa News: Sami Al-Arian Acquitted on 8 of 17 Counts

Justice Denied in Tampa: Trial of Dr. Sami Al-Arian

St Pete Times: "The American people have been had"

A challenge from a Republican Congressman (Texas!)