The specter of free energy and its implications for the World

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Saturday January 28, 2012 · 10:28 AM PST

2012/01/28 · 10:28

"Money for Nothing and your Chicks for free..."
Dire Staits

Chances are really good that you've never heard of Andrea Rossi or Defkalion.

However, IF what they have to sell turns out to be the real goods, you certainly will get to know who they are. In fact, by the time the dust settles, (and it won't be long) there will not be a child over six who will not be familiar with what will become household names.

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Well? What do you think?

55 votes Vote Now!

Well? What do you think?

Too early to tell

17 votes

I'm ready! It's happening!

12 votes

Utter rubbish

26 votes

Coming collapse of the Oligarchy. So?

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Sunday December 11, 2011 · 10:35 AM PST

2011/12/11 · 10:35

"Goodbye Mr. Chips" by Author

We who live in 'Western Civilization' have witnessed the opening volleys of what will become a struggle between citizenry and oligarchic government(s).

A great many of us have come to agree with this appraisal, but it leaves us nowhere.
That an overthrow of this dead-end consumerist lunacy may be possible, merely leaves a vacuum that ushers in the next group of bozos to play the power game with our lives.

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Leaders? Politicians? Do we really need them?

29 votes Vote Now!

Leaders? Politicians? Do we really need them?

No! We're done with that.

15 votes

Yes. Without leaders and politicians nothing could happen.

9 votes

I really don't know. I'll have to think about it.

5 votes

We, the Online People.gov

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Saturday November 12, 2011 · 1:49 PM PST

2011/11/12 · 13:49

"...The important thing
is to pull yourself up by your own hair
to turn yourself inside out
and see the whole world with fresh eyes..." ~ Peter Weiss's "Marat Sade"

The Wall Street Protests should be seen a bellwether, warning us of coming political change. It must be the impetus for us to seriously consider if the time is not right for major governmental reform, that we carefully review this machinery of decision-making in such a spirit that our freedoms be safeguarded, that a more perfect union be always foremost in our minds.
Considering the high degree of popular dissatisfaction that has been building, could it be that the need for professional politicians has ceased to become an effective means of governance?
And if so, what may we do about it?

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13 votes Show Results

What do you think of an online electorate with no politicians?

13 votes Vote Now!

What do you think of an online electorate with no politicians?

Let's do it!

7 votes

It'll never work

6 votes

Reading the Tea Bag leaves

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Friday October 21, 2011 · 3:04 PM PDT

2011/10/21 · 15:04

It is not often a soothsayer of political predictions has the satisfaction of watching his musings unfurl just the way he envisaged - especially when it is the herald of good tidings. Consequently, I am feeling as smug and self-satisfied as the Cheshire Cat.
The Tea Party in its many varied fantastical manifestations, together with those more reasonable Republicans who went-along-to-get-along are finding the road ahead increasingly more bumpy than they did a year ago. Although this may be in part due to their actual objection to sustaining the government's ability to maintain roads, the unending tea Party circus has traveled oh-so-much further.

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The Wall Street Protests...

21 votes Vote Now!

The Wall Street Protests...

...Will wither and die...

2 votes

...Will fundamentally change our concept of government...

9 votes

...anyone's guess...

10 votes

US and the "Gee Willikers effect"

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Tuesday May 31, 2011 · 8:04 AM PDT

2011/05/31 · 08:04

As an English child of the '50's, I was in awe of American culture. England was still trying to pick up the pieces of a shattered infrastructure and struggling with an post-war economy that seemed to go nowhere. Culturally, the British Empire had eclipsed and there was nothing to take its place. Simply put, there was no cultural direction, except perhaps a vague longing for some sort of idealized pre WWII condition.
But there was light. Rock'n Roll was seeping in, occasionally bullying its way onto the stuffy British radio. My generation drifted into our teenage years, and the magnificence of American materialism hit us like a cultural LSD sledge-hammer. Suddenly there was a future, the Beach Boys, space shots, fantastic cars, hot dogs, chewing gum, Coca-Cola, Twiggy. My generation didn't know where we were going, but we were loving the journey. The British Isles emulated this cultural dynamo, the results of which are so obvious today that we don't even think about it.

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Sunday December 12, 2010 · 10:08 AM PST

2010/12/12 · 10:08

Since WikiLeaks proprietor Julian Assange, who has been disseminating sensitive US State Department documents to the International press, was arrested in Britain on the thinnest pretext, a Wikibattle, has started to rage.
In response US government pressure - denied of course - Mastercard, Visa and Paypal were falling over themselves to comply with this 'alleged' order to desist from dealing with Wilileaks, shutting down its ability to receive funds.
This is how such things were dealt with by the 'old school' world governments, and despite the obvious communications paradigm shift, they have been unable to assimilate fast enough. Such muzzling of information was - and apparently still is - considered par for the course. Perhaps the US State Department was not paying attention when Iran attempted a similar black-out of information earlier this year.

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Thursday December 02, 2010 · 10:22 AM PST

2010/12/02 · 10:22

In the light of mankind’s seemingly natural escalation of exploration and technological progress, the last forty years marks the non-appearance of a giant white elephant which few seem to acknowledge or comment on much: How has it come about that Mankind’s thirst for new frontiers has come to a screeching halt?

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Friday November 05, 2010 · 8:13 AM PDT

2010/11/05 · 08:13

Image: Do pets make good swing voters?
While many of my fellow libs are hand-wringing after the successful power-grab by the Tea Party activists and the GOP, I'm calmly settling down to watch the entertainment that will inevitably lead to their downfall. It is one thing to be cheered on by Fox News and the scared, angry individuals that worship their gospel, but it will be quite another matter when they start to trim so-called government fat and attempting to destroy the fledgling health care system and other such fatuous acts.
I will enjoy the arrogant posturing, priceless foot-in-mouth comments, two years of absurd carnival, while the Party of NO slowly devalue their currency to a point where the voting citizenry is primed for a little sanity.

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42 votes Show Results

Kick back, or placate the GOP?

42 votes Vote Now!

Kick back, or placate the GOP?

Let 'em hang themselves...

29 votes

No! Let us one-up them. We must be tough on those in need...

8 votes

Hmmm. Not sure...

5 votes

Space Elevator - The Strategic Argument

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Tuesday March 23, 2010 · 12:41 PM PDT

2010/03/23 · 12:41

"General Sickles, this is in some respects higher ground than that to the rear, but there is still higher in front of you, and if you keep on advancing you will find constantly higher ground all the way to the mountains."
-Major General George Meade, Commanding the Army of the Potomac, July 2, 1863

"Space elevator" ...since Google Alert became available, I have been informed whenever someone comments on this topic, providing they publish it on the web. In all that time I have never come across the obvious, darker side as to why the space elevator will be an imperative to powerful nations that are continually seeking a strategic advantage over their perceived adversaries.

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Friday March 05, 2010 · 10:03 AM PST

2010/03/05 · 10:03

Perhaps I'll finally see my dream of a "RatBurger(tm)" come true.
Throw enough advertising dollars at it and the American public will become 'acclimatized' to the idea. And why not? It worked for the health care insurance industry.
After all, if the health care insurance industry can spend a like amount of money and get the citizenry to forget about a public option in the health care reform package, (presently limping its sad, sad, way into a blurry existence) - why - then they'll swallow anything - like my RatBurgers(tm) for example...

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17 votes Show Results

RatBurger(tm) or Hamburger?

17 votes Vote Now!

RatBurger(tm) or Hamburger?

Gimmie a RatBurger9tm)! It only costs a bit more and, damn! - That looks juicy!

8 votes

Um... I'll just have an ordinary hamburger if you don't mind...

9 votes

Wavering battle line

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 2:00 PM PST

2010/01/22 · 14:00

In the battle for some kind of health reform, Obama has perhaps one, maybe two weeks to mount the bully pulpit and say it like it is. If he does not, it's all over for him and the Democratic Party.
It is hard to understand how playing nice with the forces of evil can in any way lead to a positive outcome. In our cups, my gathered friends were wondering if they somehow missed some subtle nuance - is the administration attempting some fiendishly subtle tactic that we were unable to comprehend?

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Is appeasement with the Republicans working?

24 votes Vote Now!

Is appeasement with the Republicans working?

Yes. We need to get everybody on board

5 votes

No. Democrats need to go for the throat

18 votes

Obama Land - through the mirror - and back!

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Monday May 11, 2009 · 8:01 AM PDT

2009/05/11 · 08:01

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Were you to look around for my recent diary entries, you will find none. Why?
I blame President Obama.
They say you can blame anything and everything on a president, and in the Bush era that sure wasn't hard. I would often wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat having dreamt of having watched "Thirteen Days" starring the George Bush administration.

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