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Oil Survey Says Arctic Has Riches - NYTimes.com

The Arctic may contain as much as a fifth of the world’s yet to-be-discovered oil and natural gas reserves, the United States Geological Survey said Wednesday as it unveiled the largest-ever survey of petroleum resources north of the Arctic Circle.

Oil companies have long suspected that the Arctic contained substantial energy resources, and have been spending billions recently to get their hands on tracts for exploration. As melting ice caps have opened up prospects that were once considered too harsh to explore, a race has begun among Arctic nations, including the United States, Russia, and Canada, for control of these resources.

Green Issues a Tough Sale at the Newsstand - Media Blog - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Portfolio.com

Green Issues a Tough Sale at the Newsstand
As global warming was first becoming a cause c駘鐫re a few years ago, many serious environmentalists worried that green was in danger of becoming a fad -- something that would inevitably recede from consciousness after overtaxing our limited pop-cultural attention span.

Sad to say, that prediction shows signs of coming true. Last week, The New York Times noted that the advertising industry is pulling back from green-themed marketing, having "grasped the public's growing skepticism over ads with environmental messages.

Painter given ｣30 fine for smoking 'at work'...in his own van | Mail Online

For painter and decorator Gordon Williams, his van is simply a means of getting from A to B.
But council officials chose to give the vehicle a more lofty status.
When they spotted him behind the wheel with a cigarette, they handed him an on-the-spot fine of ｣30 - for smoking in his place of work.

LAT bans its bloggers fromdiscussing Edwards charges. - By Mickey Kaus - Slate Magazine

What Bush and Batman Have in Common - WSJ.com

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RealClearPolitics - Articles - Obama Faking It

Fake it till you get elected... then break it all to hell.

FOXNews.com - Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dennis Kucinich's quest to impeach President Bush is got an unofficial airing in the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.
The Ohio congressman's single impeachment article is not expected to move forward, but critics of the Bush administration were taking the opportunity in a House Judiciary Committee hearing to push for removing the president from office.
Kucinich got a rock star welcome of whistles, hoots and clapping as he walked into the hearing room, holding hands with his wife, from hundreds of anti-war, anti-Bush people crammed into the room and lining the hallways outside. T-shirts reading "Arrest Bush" and "Veterans for Impeachment" illustrated the sentiments of many.

About what's going on with the Polywell experiments is that there's very little known about what's going on with WB-7. They're not putting out press releases on a daily basis - though that would be real nice - and the folks who actually know what's going on are pretty quiet.

But over at talk-polywell.org,

Talk-Polywell.org :: View topic - Are there Line Cusps in the Polywell?

Tom Ligon: Wait until publication. I think you'll see a clear answer.

Austin Bay :: Townhall.com :: Challenges of the Muslim World: Oil, Testosterone and War

No matter how much energy any nation conserves, no matter how quickly anyone develops alternative energy sources, the data shows oil and natural gas will power the world economy through the first half of the century (and probably beyond).
The predominantly Muslim Middle East's vast oil reserves mean what happens in these Muslim lands matters and will continue to matter. The authors write, "A peaceful and stable Muslim world is key to stable and growing oil markets."
However, demographic change and economic development (or lack of it) impact "world peace and prosperity." We move to sex -- growing populations and the deadly "bifurcation" between the modern and the Muslim world: "The Muslim world seems unable to improve the standard of living for the majority of its populations even with the enormous wealth generated by precious energy resources."