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more about #oil more comments → Claire Buoyant: This proves that only dinosaurs listen to rock music. #america more » Rozelle’s Bagman: So do the Alberta oil sands explain the annoying persistance of Rush? #america more » allyzay: Does this have anything to do with this? #america more » Unsolicited Advice: Conclusion: great rock songs used to be made of American light sweet crude. #america more » perich: Awesome! Could the originator of that graph get some credit too, plz? [www.overthinkingit.com] more » skahammer: Was 1985 really that bad for music? #america more » flossy: Alternately, this could read as a graph of US Oil Production vs. Cultural Relevance of Rolling Stone Magazine. #america more » Airvault: Scratch my snark. That article is terrifying. One wonders just how in the hell we're ever going to pull off such a rapid and relatively immediate swit... more » Aaron Altman: Aaaand so T. Boone Pickens's wind power obsession was all... quixotic? more » Alaska Miller: Hey, Pareene, this was a shoddy post. You should have hit on: 1. Pickens Plans in Texas was about water rights: [www.treehugger.com] 2. How GM is fuck... more » depardoo: I heard that the land Pickens intended to use for this project was overrun by barking spiders. more » depardoo: The problem with wind energy is that it can be silent but deadly. more » depardoo: This makes for a real ripper of a read. more » depardoo: He simply couldn't cut it. more » kneetoe: I speak for the poors; my daddy worked his whole life at a wind mill. more » -
#coverlies
Going Vogue: Anna Wintour Meets Alaskan Winter
Question: What do Sarah Palin's new book and Vogue magazine have in common? Answer: Both are glossy, insubstantial, and full of lies. [Jezebel] -
#chartsgraphs
The Shake, Rattle, Decline and Fall of American Empire
This graph is the key to everything and it will soon be a book from HarperCollins. ("Everything" means Jann Wenner, Baby Boomers, mass culture, and the death of liberal consensus and middle class stability.) [Overthinking It via Colin via Maura.] -
#recessionomics
A leading energy economist says that worldwide oil supplies are rapidly running out.
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#energy
T. Boone Pickens Gives Up on Wind
It's a sad day for America, and for wind: T. Boone Pickens, the vile old conservative billionaire oilman who somehow sold himself as an important environmentalist last year, is abandoning his giant wind farm plan. More » -
#sarahpalin
Little-Known Alaska Governor Has Tax Problem
Hey, Sarah Palin owes back taxes, and she didn't even get a cabinet appointment! What a rip-off. Good thing she can claim so many dependents, right? More » -
