From Jenna Orkin
With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Friday, January 29, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Saudi Arabia Conducted 119 Airstrikes Against Civilian Targets In Yemen, UN Panel Finds
Saudi Arabia Hemorrhages $19.4 Billion In Reserves During December
This $250,000 Caterpillar Bulldozer Can Be Yours For The Low, Low Price Of $55
17-Year-Old Girl Fined For Pepper Spraying "Rapefugee" In "World's Best Country For Women"
"The Level Of Alarm Is Extremely High" As Zika "Spreading Explosively" WHO Warns
9 Billion Barrels Of Crude At Risk In Massive Nigerian Oil Shakeup
HSBC Halts Mortgage Options To Chinese Nationals Buying U.S. Real Estate
Record Foreign Central Bank Demand For Treasuries In Today's 7 Year Auction
Sweden To Deport 80,000 Refugees Amid Security Fears
Another Town Just Got Caught Covering Up Lead Contamination In Its Water Supply
State Gave Its Workers In Flint Clean Water As It Assured Residents Taps Were Safe
America Has 'Millions' Of Lead Pipes Like The Ones That Poisoned Flint
First Engineered 'Autistic' Monkeys Spark Excitement And Concern
And...
Scientists teaching computers to recognize sarcasm
Saudi Arabia Conducted 119 Airstrikes Against Civilian Targets In Yemen, UN Panel Finds
Saudi Arabia Hemorrhages $19.4 Billion In Reserves During December
This $250,000 Caterpillar Bulldozer Can Be Yours For The Low, Low Price Of $55
17-Year-Old Girl Fined For Pepper Spraying "Rapefugee" In "World's Best Country For Women"
"The Level Of Alarm Is Extremely High" As Zika "Spreading Explosively" WHO Warns
9 Billion Barrels Of Crude At Risk In Massive Nigerian Oil Shakeup
HSBC Halts Mortgage Options To Chinese Nationals Buying U.S. Real Estate
Record Foreign Central Bank Demand For Treasuries In Today's 7 Year Auction
Sweden To Deport 80,000 Refugees Amid Security Fears
Another Town Just Got Caught Covering Up Lead Contamination In Its Water Supply
State Gave Its Workers In Flint Clean Water As It Assured Residents Taps Were Safe
America Has 'Millions' Of Lead Pipes Like The Ones That Poisoned Flint
First Engineered 'Autistic' Monkeys Spark Excitement And Concern
And...
Scientists teaching computers to recognize sarcasm
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Ammon Bundy Admits Defeat, Calls On Remaining Oregon Occupiers To "Stand Down, Go Home"
Germany Has Repatriated Over 366 Tonnes Of Gold From New York And Paris
How Do You Know When Your Society Is In The Midst Of Collapse?
Showdown Imminent: FBI Sets Up Checkpoints Around Oregon Refuge
FBI Arrests Oregon Militia Leader, Six Others; One Shot Dead
France's Highways Descend Into "Chaos & Lawlessness"
A Japanese news agency is reporting that North Korea may be readying a long-range missile launch
The U.S. Is Driving Less And Yet Building Ever More Highways
Google Achieves AI ‘Breakthrough’ by Beating Go Champion
Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops:
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why
And...
Someone Stole A Ton Of Very Valuable Bull Semen
Ammon Bundy Admits Defeat, Calls On Remaining Oregon Occupiers To "Stand Down, Go Home"
Germany Has Repatriated Over 366 Tonnes Of Gold From New York And Paris
How Do You Know When Your Society Is In The Midst Of Collapse?
Showdown Imminent: FBI Sets Up Checkpoints Around Oregon Refuge
FBI Arrests Oregon Militia Leader, Six Others; One Shot Dead
France's Highways Descend Into "Chaos & Lawlessness"
A Japanese news agency is reporting that North Korea may be readying a long-range missile launch
The U.S. Is Driving Less And Yet Building Ever More Highways
Google Achieves AI ‘Breakthrough’ by Beating Go Champion
Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops:
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why
And...
Someone Stole A Ton Of Very Valuable Bull Semen
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Here Come The Blackouts: Largest Ever Muni Restructuring Falls Apart As Puerto Rico's Power Authority Balks At $9 Billion Deal
Norway's Biggest Bank Demands Cash Ban
Norway's Biggest Bank Demands Cash Ban
This wouldn't have a military application by any chance, would it?
A Scary New Superbug Gene Has Reached at Least 19 Countries
And...
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Tying It All Together: Rifle Lost During "Fast And Furious" Found In El Chapo's Hideout
War On Cash Escalates: China Readies Digital Currency, IMF Says "Extremely Beneficial"
War On Cash Escalates: China Readies Digital Currency, IMF Says "Extremely Beneficial"
Magnetize it; both oil and magnet may be reused.
The "Historic" Winter Blizard Was Just Upgraded To A "Potentially Epic Winter Blockbuster"
The "Historic" Winter Blizard Was Just Upgraded To A "Potentially Epic Winter Blockbuster"
Climate change gets 'em where they live.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
What Could Go Wrong? China Builds A Floating Nuclear Power Plant
The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Fed for Infrastructure Funding
China's Housing Is Recovering, Just Ignore The 10 Billion Square Feet Of Vacant Housing
Mission Accomplished? The U.S. Spent Half A Billion On Mining In Afghanistan With "Limited Progress"
The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Fed for Infrastructure Funding
China's Housing Is Recovering, Just Ignore The 10 Billion Square Feet Of Vacant Housing
Mission Accomplished? The U.S. Spent Half A Billion On Mining In Afghanistan With "Limited Progress"
Bonus
Sunday, January 17, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Wells Fargo's Problem Emerges: $17 Billion In Junk Energy Exposure
Exclusive: Dallas Fed Quietly Suspends Energy Mark-To-Market On Default Contagion Fears
SHERIFF OF WALL STREET: We're no longer able to bring certain insider trading cases
The US prisoner swap with Iran shows that the landmark nuclear deal 'wasn't a nuclear deal at all'
Bombshell Oxfam report reveals just 62 people control same wealth as half world's population
Russia to vote on anti-gay bill that would jail people for kissing
Europe's Foul Plan on 'Clean' Diesel
With Soylent Sales Up 300 Percent, Its Founders Have Eyes on Europe
As Mike would say, "Google, 'Soylent green is people!'"
Wal-Mart to Shut Hundreds of Stores, Affecting 16,000 Jobs
From the, "Et tu, Brute?" Department
The "Putin Is Isolated" Meme Officially Dies As Japan Calls For Closer Ties With Russia
"China Banks Seem To Be Doing Whatever They Can To Avoid Paying Anyone In Dollars"
Taiwan's Tsai Vows Economic Fix While Keeping Peace With China
A New Dawn for Taiwan and China
Wells Fargo's Problem Emerges: $17 Billion In Junk Energy Exposure
Exclusive: Dallas Fed Quietly Suspends Energy Mark-To-Market On Default Contagion Fears
SHERIFF OF WALL STREET: We're no longer able to bring certain insider trading cases
The US prisoner swap with Iran shows that the landmark nuclear deal 'wasn't a nuclear deal at all'
Bombshell Oxfam report reveals just 62 people control same wealth as half world's population
Russia to vote on anti-gay bill that would jail people for kissing
Europe's Foul Plan on 'Clean' Diesel
With Soylent Sales Up 300 Percent, Its Founders Have Eyes on Europe
As Mike would say, "Google, 'Soylent green is people!'"
Wal-Mart to Shut Hundreds of Stores, Affecting 16,000 Jobs
From the, "Et tu, Brute?" Department
The "Putin Is Isolated" Meme Officially Dies As Japan Calls For Closer Ties With Russia
"China Banks Seem To Be Doing Whatever They Can To Avoid Paying Anyone In Dollars"
Taiwan's Tsai Vows Economic Fix While Keeping Peace With China
A New Dawn for Taiwan and China