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
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
1 of world's biggest banks prepares for massive layoffs
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns "We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons"
According To This, 2016 Is Set To Be The Most Volatile Year On Record
Chesapeake's AIG Moment: Energy Giant Faces $1 Billion In Collateral Calls
Economic Recovery? 13 Of The Biggest Retailers In America Are Closing Down Stores
JOHN MCAFEE: The US may be violating the 13th amendment if it forces Apple to create a back door
At least 5 reportedly dead, including gunman, following standoff in Washington
1 of world's biggest banks prepares for massive layoffs
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns "We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons"
According To This, 2016 Is Set To Be The Most Volatile Year On Record
Chesapeake's AIG Moment: Energy Giant Faces $1 Billion In Collateral Calls
Economic Recovery? 13 Of The Biggest Retailers In America Are Closing Down Stores
JOHN MCAFEE: The US may be violating the 13th amendment if it forces Apple to create a back door
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil
Now It's China's Turn To Crash: Shanghai Plunges 6.4% Overnight
In Biggest Victory For Saudi Arabia, North Dakota's Largest Oil Producer Suspends All Fracking
Norway Warns Sweden Will Collapse, PM Will Defy Geneva Convention To Protect Border
We Just Found Out The Real Reason The FBI Wants A Backdoor Into The iPhone
Detroit Teachers Face "Payless Paydays" As Dilapidated School District Faces Financial Reckoning
What Could Go Wrong? Brazil Plans To Kill Zika With Gamma Radiation Burst
The 14 best places to go if the world is going to end
The writer of apocalyptic political satire 'Idiocracy' thinks the movie has 'become a documentary'
$16 Water Filter Could Save 100,000 Lives A Year
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil
Now It's China's Turn To Crash: Shanghai Plunges 6.4% Overnight
In Biggest Victory For Saudi Arabia, North Dakota's Largest Oil Producer Suspends All Fracking
Norway Warns Sweden Will Collapse, PM Will Defy Geneva Convention To Protect Border
We Just Found Out The Real Reason The FBI Wants A Backdoor Into The iPhone
Detroit Teachers Face "Payless Paydays" As Dilapidated School District Faces Financial Reckoning
What Could Go Wrong? Brazil Plans To Kill Zika With Gamma Radiation Burst
The 14 best places to go if the world is going to end
The writer of apocalyptic political satire 'Idiocracy' thinks the movie has 'become a documentary'
$16 Water Filter Could Save 100,000 Lives A Year
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Half of Gay Black Men Are Projected to Get HIV
Who Said This Blog Was All Bad News? Department
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Hillary Clinton Is Backed By Major Republican Donors
The Canadian military developed 'green' ammo that won’t poison drinking water
The Canadian military developed 'green' ammo that won’t poison drinking water
Phew. Now we can kill people with our environmentally sensitive consciences intact. - JO
The South China Tiger Is Functionally Extinct. This Banker Has 19 of Them
And...
Monday, February 22, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
From Jenna Orkin
Multiple Suicide Attacks Rock Shiite Strongholds In Syria; Dozens Killed, Hundreds Wounded
Caught On Tape: Ukraine Nationalists Trash Offices Of Russian Banks; Police Refuse To Intervene
Muslims Should Be Executed With Bullets Dipped In "Pig's Blood," Trump Says
Prescription drugs are increasingly facing shortages — and the consequences could be 'disastrous'
Banks are hiring former CIA agents to spy on their employees
Exclusive: Mitt Romney To Endorse Marco Rubio
Poland's Lech Walesa was communist spy: secret police file
Beijing Is Banning All Foreign Media from Publishing Online in China
‘See Something Suspicious Online? Homeland Security Wants to Know About It’
DARPA: ‘Stentrode’ Obtains Neuron Signals from Inside Blood Vessels Near Brain
Multiple Suicide Attacks Rock Shiite Strongholds In Syria; Dozens Killed, Hundreds Wounded
Caught On Tape: Ukraine Nationalists Trash Offices Of Russian Banks; Police Refuse To Intervene
Muslims Should Be Executed With Bullets Dipped In "Pig's Blood," Trump Says
Prescription drugs are increasingly facing shortages — and the consequences could be 'disastrous'
Banks are hiring former CIA agents to spy on their employees
Exclusive: Mitt Romney To Endorse Marco Rubio
Poland's Lech Walesa was communist spy: secret police file
Beijing Is Banning All Foreign Media from Publishing Online in China
‘See Something Suspicious Online? Homeland Security Wants to Know About It’
DARPA: ‘Stentrode’ Obtains Neuron Signals from Inside Blood Vessels Near Brain