Is It Better to Buy or Rent? – NYTimes.com (tags: finance housing)

Spot five naked-eye planets – but not all at once – Space.com- msnbc.com Some superb planet watching for the rest of February 2009 (tags: astronomy planets)

Welcome to the Technate! Thumbnail sketch of Technocracy Incorporated – early 20th century cult based on the technological elimination of capitalism, replacing market-based systems with an energy-based one, and having engineers run the whole damn thing. Somehow they gather together … Continue reading →

Drill Sergeant Joe B. Frick's 28 Rules For A Gunfight – Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring four times the ammunition you … Continue reading →

Unfriendly Skies – Volume, Crisis • February 2009 on Flickr Skies and cloudscapes from several decades of disaster/dystopia movies. (tags: weather film photography) Otto the octopus wrecks havoc A octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks … Continue reading →

Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in “Electronic Run On the Banks” It gets good about two minutes into the video. (tags: economics depression)