Tuesday, May 16, 2006

From July Iran will require oil payments in euros

TEHRAN, May 15 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Friday that in July Iran will abandon dollar payments for its oil and natural gas exports in favor of euros.

Click here for a previous post about this topic last January.

Monday, May 08, 2006

3C warmer

Three Degrees is the point when malarial mosquitoes will be able to breed permanently in Britain, cement-eating termites move into your cellars and the green police take over.

Friday, May 05, 2006

White House Correspondents Dinner

President George W. Bush with impersonator Steve Bridges


at the White House Correspondents Dinner, click on the QuickTime clip link

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

20 Years Ago


Thursday, April 20, 2006

Words of Caution from Robert Kiyosaki

ALL BOOMS BUST!
Words of Caution from Robert Kiyosaki

Lately, I have been asked if we are in a real estate bubble. My answer is, "Duh!" In my opinion, this is the biggest real estate bubble I have ever lived through. Next, I am asked, "Will the bubble burst?" Again, my answer is, "Duh!" Click here from the article

He also published a follow up to the above 'all booms bust' article

Farmers to produce all the energy they need from what they grow

The device -- about the size of a credit card -- pumps vegetable oil and alcohol through tiny parallel channels, each smaller than a human hair, to convert the oil into biodiesel almost instantly

The microreactor under development by the university and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute eliminates the mixing, the standing time and maybe even the need for a catalyst.

Farmers can turn some of their crops into homegrown fuel to operate agricultural equipment.