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In Landslide Vote, US House Joins Senate In Defying China, Backing Hong Kong Protesters
In Landslide Vote, US House Joins Senate In Defying China, Backing Hong Kong Protesters One day after the Senate unanimously passed a Bill backing Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, and spawning a wave of complaints and threats from China which warned it would retaliate, moments ago the U.S. House of Representatives followed in the footsteps of […]
Realizing the Full Implications of the Forthcoming Catastrophe
Realizing the Full Implications of the Forthcoming Catastrophe Delivering Tomorrow’s Curses Roman poet Virgil penned these words in his epic, The Aeneid, roughly a generation before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. They can be loosely translated to, “the descent to hell is easy.” Those who’ve traversed this passage can attest to the veracity of this […]
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure Russia has been trying to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence U.S. energy policy by using Russian operatives to troll social media platforms with divisive and inflammatory posts, a report by House Republicans has revealed. The report—issued by the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology—includes […]
House Passes Legislation Renewing Controversial NSA Surveillance Program
House Passes Legislation Renewing Controversial NSA Surveillance Program Update 3: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been renewed by the House of Representatives. Originally enacted in 1978, the act outlines the lawful procedure for collecting foreign intelligence. FISA Section 702 allows the US government to pull in communications from foreign nationals but does not permit […]
Why the Grid is getting less reliable. House Hearing 2013.
Why the Grid is getting less reliable. House Hearing 2013. House 113-40. May 9, 2013. Grid reliability challenges in a shifting energy resource landscape. U.S. House of Representatives. 176 pages. Mr. Jonathan A. Lesser, President Continental Economics, Inc. [This is a really good introduction to how the grid works and the problems caused by intermittent wind […]
Alternative fuels to replace transportation oil. U.S. House hearing 2012
Alternative fuels to replace transportation oil. U.S. House hearing 2012 House 112–159. July 10, 2012. The American energy initiative part 23: A focus on Alternative Fuels and vehicles. House of Representatives. [ Excerpts from this 210 page transcript follow ] MIKE BREEN, Vice President of the Truman National Security Project. I am also proud to be one […]
Understanding peak oil theory, 2007 U.S. House hearing
Understanding peak oil theory, 2007 U.S. House hearing House 109-41. December 7, 2005. Understanding the Peak Oil theory. U.S. House of Representatives. [What follows are excerpts from the 95 page transcript of this hearing, the only one about peak oil and the possibility that peak production may happen soon. And also the only hearing where most of […]
The Re-enserfment of Western Peoples
The Re-enserfment of Western Peoples The re-enserfment of Western peoples is taking place on several levels. One about which I have been writing for more than a decade comes from the offshoring of jobs. Americans, for example, have a shrinking participation in the production of the goods and services that are marketed to them. On […]
Yellen Tells Congress Negative Interest Rates Are Possible
Yellen Tells Congress Negative Interest Rates Are Possible Reuters has reported that Yellen told a House of Representatives committee when testifying before Congress: “Potentially anything – including negative interest rates – would be on the table. But we would have to study carefully how they would work here in the U.S. context.” Yellen may have been placating […]
If the U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine, “the EU Will Break Up … and the American Century Will Have Ended In Shame, Disgrace and Defeat”
If the U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine, “the EU Will Break Up … and the American Century Will Have Ended In Shame, Disgrace and Defeat” Is the U.S. Digging Its Own Grave? In response to the news that the U.S. House of Representatives has just voted to send weapons to Ukraine, guest writer Eric Zuesse send me […]
US House Votes 348-48 To Arm Ukraine, Russia Warns Lethal Aid Will “Explode The Whole Situation”
US House Votes 348-48 To Arm Ukraine, Russia Warns Lethal Aid Will “Explode The Whole Situation” Yesterday, in a vote that largely slid under the radar, the House of Representatives passed a resolution urging Obama to send lethal aid to Ukraine, providing offensive, not just “defensive” weapons to the Ukraine army – the same insolvent, […]
