Crap, crap, crap!!

Cripes.

Supreme Court Won't Take Up Farm Ban - AP

"LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's 25-year-old corporate farming ban, the last of its kind in the country, was dealt a fatal blow Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an appellate court's decision last year that ruled the ban violated the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause, which prevents states from enacting laws that disrupt interstate commerce."

Crap, crap, crap!!

Cripes.

Supreme Court Won't Take Up Farm Ban - AP

"LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's 25-year-old corporate farming ban, the last of its kind in the country, was dealt a fatal blow Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an appellate court's decision last year that ruled the ban violated the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause, which prevents states from enacting laws that disrupt interstate commerce."

Colonialism, Colonialism 2.1 and Post-Modern Privatization

Ms. Klein always has interesting things to say, imo. Courtesy of Democracy Now! via YouTube.com. Comments on the Davos Dilemma [2] and the Guns to Caviar Index (as measured by jet fighters vs. corporate jet sales).

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Colonialism, Colonialism 2.1 and Post-Modern Privatization

Ms. Klein always has interesting things to say, imo. Courtesy of Democracy Now! via YouTube.com. Comments on the Davos Dilemma [2] and the Guns to Caviar Index (as measured by jet fighters vs. corporate jet sales).

Hurrah for France!

One way of trimming back on global warming commuter plane action in the future.  Distant future for those of us in the train anemic States.

Aboard the Fastest TGV in the World - The Times (UK)

"As the only British journalist on board, I was determined not to show how frightened I was. The assembled French media, politicians and rail bosses seemed to love every second and showed no trace of fear.

But then they have absolute faith in the safety of their high speed lines, with no passenger fatalities in 26 years of operation. I have reported on six crashes which have killed 60 people on Britain’s so-called fast lines in just the past decade and none of the trains was going faster than 125mph."

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"A camera on the roof showed white flashes on the overhead powerlines, from which we were drawing 19.6 megawatts, more power than all the cars which start a grand prix race.

The sense of being on the edge of a void was heightened by the knowledge that, in test runs, this train had taken 10 miles to stop after the brakes were fully applied at just 514 kmh."

Hurrah for France!

One way of trimming back on global warming commuter plane action in the future.  Distant future for those of us in the train anemic States.

Aboard the Fastest TGV in the World - The Times (UK)

"As the only British journalist on board, I was determined not to show how frightened I was. The assembled French media, politicians and rail bosses seemed to love every second and showed no trace of fear.

But then they have absolute faith in the safety of their high speed lines, with no passenger fatalities in 26 years of operation. I have reported on six crashes which have killed 60 people on Britain’s so-called fast lines in just the past decade and none of the trains was going faster than 125mph."

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"A camera on the roof showed white flashes on the overhead powerlines, from which we were drawing 19.6 megawatts, more power than all the cars which start a grand prix race.

The sense of being on the edge of a void was heightened by the knowledge that, in test runs, this train had taken 10 miles to stop after the brakes were fully applied at just 514 kmh."