How Times Have Changed
October 13, 2011 at 2:11 am | Posted in environment, politics straight up, transportation | Leave a commentTags: Alabama, Georgia, patriotism, politics, public transportation, Tennessee
In 1943 it was patriotic to take the bus.
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Hailing a Macon-bound bus on the highway in Georgia. 1943 September. Esther Bubley, photographer. (Library of Congress)
Occupy Your World
October 11, 2011 at 11:25 am | Posted in Economy, environment, health, Labor, Occupy, politics straight up | Leave a commentTags: #OWS, 99%, Occupy Together, Occupy Wall Street, politics
Trade Union procession for Triangle Waist Co. fire victims, 1911. (Library of Congress)
(NYT) The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, as it is commonly recorded in history books, was one of the nation’s landmark disasters, a tragedy that enveloped the city in grief and remorse but eventually inspired important shifts in the nation’s laws, particularly those protecting the rights of workers and the safety of buildings.
I’ve added a new category to the side bar — Occupy! — where you can find links to various and sundry Occupy websites. If you know of one that you think I should include, please leave me a note in comments.
Welcome to the United Corporate States of America
July 2, 2010 at 11:48 pm | Posted in environment, journalism, Reality Bites | Leave a commentTags: BP, C.S. Muncy, Grand Isle, Louisiana, oil spill
(NOLA.com) The Coast Guard has put new restrictions in place across the Gulf Coast that prevent the public – including news photographers and reporters covering the BP oil spill – from coming within 65 feet of any response vessels or booms on the water or on beaches.
This video was shot just prior to the unofficial rule being made official:
It’s raining oil.
June 26, 2010 at 1:12 pm | Posted in environment | Leave a commentTags: BP, Louisiana, oil spill, raining oil
At this rate nowhere within hundreds of miles of the Gulf coast will be habitable.
BP: “We do business right!”
June 24, 2010 at 10:53 am | Posted in environment, politics straight up | Leave a commentTags: BP, Kindra Arnesan, Louisiana, oil spill
Kindra Arnesan is one of the “little people” from Venice, Louisiana. She has been allowed to attend operations meetings in her area. This is her report. It’s horrifying but not surprising.
FU BP
June 20, 2010 at 3:19 pm | Posted in environment | Leave a commentTags: Atlanta, BP, Georgia, graffiti
Atlanta, Georgia: You’re doing it right!
The Gulf is going to need a lot of therapy
June 17, 2010 at 12:58 pm | Posted in environment | Leave a commentTags: centrifuge, Gulf oil spil, Kevin Costner, Ocean Therapy Solutions
BP is reportedly “excited” about Ocean Therapy Solution‘s “high-tech oil cleanup device” that separates oil and water, signing a letter of intent to purchase 32.
(OTS) Just one of the company’s V20 machines can clean up to 210,000 gallons of oily water per day. There are 3 V20 centrifuge machines currently operational in the Gulf. Ten more should become operational within weeks. ”Once production at our factory in Nevada ramps up in July, OTS will be able to produce 10 machines a month,” said Pat Smith, Chief Operating Officer for OTS. ”We are currently ramping up production of new machines with a goal toward deploying the machines along the entire coast,” he said.
Boom Fail
June 4, 2010 at 12:07 pm | Posted in environment | Leave a commentTags: booms, BP, British Petroleum, ecological disaster, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, politics
This video contains appropriately strong language:
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