Golf Courses

"President Hugo Chavez said some of Venezuela’s golf courses should be expropriated and used for other purposes."--Bloomberg News

President Chavez's show, Alo Presidente.

In a time when oil is scarce, golf courses will either revert to wilderness or be converted to farms, with or without the government commandeering the land.

Happy Halloween from Bluebeard Cod.

Cockburn vs. Proyect

In his column praising the TEA Party, Alexander Cockburn slags Louis Proyect:

"Who says these days that in the last analysis, the only way to change the status quo and challenge the Money Power of Wall St is to overthrow the government by force? That isn’t some old Trotskyist lag like Louis Proyect, dozing on the dungheap of history like Odysseus’ lice-ridden old hound Argos, woofing with alarm as the shadow of a new idea darkens the threshold."

Proyect responds:

"This is the kindest thing I have heard from a Nation Magazine writer ever since Marc Cooper called me a 'prolific buffoon'. ...
I should add that I spotted Alex’s fulmination not 5 minutes after sending in $25 to the Counterpunch fund-drive."
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As for myself, I'm taking CounterPunch's appeal (below) in stride. As of day eleven, 605 donors have given a total of $32,500. At this rate, CP should meet or even surpass its goal in three weeks.

"CounterPunch needs your financial support! Either we meet our fundraising goal of $75,000 over the next three weeks or we'll be forced to drastically curtail the operation of our website.That’s the bottom line reality for us, every year. We’re not sitting on big reserves. We operate on a very thin margin."

Instead, I'm more inclined to feed Swans. As I learned from another Louis Proyect post, Swans is also holding a fundraiser for $2,500 (a mere 3.33% of CounterPunch's goal).

Some background on Swans.

Arizona

The Tea Party Disconnect

Juan on Juan

Here.

French Unrest Provides a Glimpse of Post-Oil Future

as gas stations are deprived of their fuel.

  Hawaii Time

  New York Time

  Texas Time

  Berlin Time

  Mumbai (Bombay) Time

  Seoul Time

Bret Easton Ellis to Appear on "Che Tempo, Che Fa"

As he tweeted, "On the final night of the Imperial Bedrooms world tour I find myself on an Italian talk-show with...Phil Collins. Somehow this makes sense."

The website of the talk show, Che Tempo, Che Fa.

Yelle-"Tristesse Joie"

Blog Updates

I added Baptist Planet to the Politics section of the list of links. Professor Zero is now a private blog. Since it's still online, it will stay in the Politics section. Professor Zero, who now goes by Huehueteotl, has a research blog, Seminario for short, which I have added under the Education section.

Alternative Fuel for Jets

Discussed at Aviation Week.

I may have posted this, "Peak Oil: The Coming Global Crisis and the Decline of Aviation", but if not, here it is.

"Aviation After Peak Oil: Is There a Future?"

Further reading:
Aviation – 387.7

Let the Teeth-Gnashing Commence!

Muslim superheroes come to American TV.

Joseph Sobran Has Died

His Wikipedia page.

Growing Too Many Vegetables?

Get Out of the Car

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-08-19/film-tv/get-out-of-the-car-dystopia-by-the-dashboard-light/

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Yesterday I saw Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Although it's not as good as the original, it explains the financial bubble of 2008 very well.

(Factoid: Oliver Stone's son Sean, who played Gekko's son Rudy in the original movie, has a cameo as "Hedge Fund Trader #1.")

Full Bore to the Vanishing Point

Discussion of the movie here.

Dealbreaker's articles on the movie.

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Rick Sanchez didn't check himself.

Link Update: FindLaw's Writ

I just added FindLaw's Writ to the BLAWgs section of my list of links.

Seedy Rahm

http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10012010.html