http://www.pastpeak.com/ Cause for Alarm en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:16:17 -0600 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:08:19 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I don't have time to summarize it now, but this report from Robert Parry is a doozy. Read it and weep.... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/where_our_democ.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/where_our_democ.htm Black Ops Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:16:17 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/wednesday_gumpa_150.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/wednesday_gumpa_150.htm Gumpagraphs Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:04:54 -0600 This morning, in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned Washington, DC's ban on handguns! Wooo! Finally, the residents of Washington, DC have the right to defend themselves. From each other, one assumes. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/todays_joke_33.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/07/todays_joke_33.htm Humor & Fun Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:00:59 -0600 We all know that private contractors and others have been siphoning off billions of dollars in Iraq, but nobody has really tried to put a number on the total. Now the BBC thinks they have the number: $23 billion. With... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/war_biz.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/war_biz.htm War and Peace Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:17:05 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/tuesday_gumpagr_155.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/tuesday_gumpagr_155.htm Gumpagraphs Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:16:02 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/todays_mccain_j.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/todays_mccain_j.htm Humor & Fun Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:14:07 -0600 People talk about the long, hard-fought Democratic primary season having been good for McCain. On the surface that seems true, but the primary campaign also pushed the Obama team to build organizations (and raise money) all over the country. The... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/obama_plans_50s.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/obama_plans_50s.htm Politics Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:33:45 -0600 The average price of gas here in the US has reached $4 a gallon for the first time. Crude oil is at $138.54 a barrel, up almost $11 in a single day Friday, with Morgan Stanley predicting $150 a barrel... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/state_of_the_un_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/state_of_the_un_1.htm Economy Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:14:16 -0600 Our vice president, our old friend, Dick Cheney got in some trouble, made a joke. Did you hear about this? Made a joke about West Virginia, but he apologized. He did apologize for the joke he made about West Virginia.... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/todays_joke_32.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/todays_joke_32.htm Humor & Fun Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:09:45 -0600 http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/sunday_gumpagra_119.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/sunday_gumpagra_119.htm Gumpagraphs Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:01:27 -0600 Obama. What a night. What a speech. I know real change will be hard to come by, but tonight I choose to be inspired. Tonight I choose to hope. The man has greatness.... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/what_a_night.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/06/what_a_night.htm Politics Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:40:05 -0600 CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin, discussing Scott McClellan's new book on Anderson Cooper's show: JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: When the lead-up to the war began, the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives, frankly, to make sure that... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/cnn_corresponde.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/cnn_corresponde.htm Media Thu, 29 May 2008 22:54:38 -0600 Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens just bought $2 billion worth of wind turbines from GE. Sign of the times. The Street (via Cryptogon): Mesa Power, a company run by well-known energy investor T. Boone Pickens, has ordered nearly 700 wind... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/buy_wind.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/buy_wind.htm Peak Oil Thu, 29 May 2008 22:39:37 -0600 My apologies for not posting lately, and my thanks to everyone who has inquired about my health and sent well wishes. It has meant a lot to me. I'm doing fine. I finished my chemo two weeks ago today, and... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/doing_fine.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/doing_fine.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 22:20:58 -0600 BookForum has a lengthy excerpt from Rick Perlstein's new book, Nixonland. For anyone who remembers 1972 and the McGovern campaign, it's a fascinating read. Meanwhile, oil hit $122 a barrel today. It's remarkable how little talk there is in the... http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/miscellany_1.htm http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2008/05/miscellany_1.htm Politics Tue, 06 May 2008 17:31:54 -0600