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Turn Out the Lights
May 12, 2015 0

Turn Out the Lights

By News Desk

Tweet While the proposed $300 million budget cuts to NASA Earth Science emerging from the House Science Committee have been receiving a lot of press , the knives of science denial are out for other agencies that study climate issues. DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research program gets a cut of 42 million from its current $592 million, and the proposed $612 million.  The BER program support climate research at such places as Lawrence Livermore and other DOE labs

IMF Works on Contingency Plans for Greek Default; Greece Says Deal Difficult; Timeline of Obligations
May 11, 2015 0

IMF Works on Contingency Plans for Greek Default; Greece Says Deal Difficult; Timeline of Obligations

By News Desk

The Wall Street Journal reports IMF Works With Greece’s Neighbors to Contain Default Risks . The International Monetary Fund is working with national authorities in southeastern Europe on contingency plans for a Greek default, a senior fund official said—a rare public admission that regulators are preparing for the potential failure to agree on continued aid for Athens. Greek banks are big players in some of its neighbors’ financial systems.

Capitalism for Me, Socialism for Thee; Progressive Capitalism?
May 11, 2015 0

Capitalism for Me, Socialism for Thee; Progressive Capitalism?

By News Desk

A self-proclaimed "progressive capitalist" (hypocrite) store owner in San Francisco complains about Proposition J which voters passed with a 77% approval rate hiking the minimum wage to $15. Capitalism for Me Socialism for Thee The National Review details the plight of Brian Hibbs, owner and operator of Comix Experience, an iconic comic-book and graphic-novel shop on San Francisco’s Divisadero Street, of the city’s new minimum-wage law. Hibbs says that the $15-an-hour minimum wage will require a staggering $80,000 in extra revenue annually.