Quote: “Greenpeace conducted an analysis of the latest SIPRI report and the organization examined the quantities of healthcare items that could be purchased for the unit price of various pieces of military hardware. For example, a U.S. Navy Virginia class nuclear powered attack submarine … Read More

If you’ve never listened to Tony Rice … it’s time. You have choices – bluegrass, jazz, folk or dawg. I don’t care which but you’ll be surprised regardless. Bryan Sutton, another very fine player, put together a tribute if interested. … Read More

Walking along the bike trail around the mill race … which in places looks like this (sadly) These geese were sitting on top of a very tall cut tree looking, looking majestic (at least for geese) A lonely woodpecker was … Read More

Grist out today with an article on ‘Cascadia’ and how well we’ve done wrt our carbon reduction pledges, quote: “Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and epic battles, … Read More

Sometimes something really cool crosses the feeds and it’s one of those ‘V-8 should’ve thought of that’ moments. In an article in Grist this am, they highlighted an effort in Ireland to repurpose old turbine blades for construction projects. There … Read More

Eugene is just one of those places you do not want to leave Other folks left their nests behind, but will be coming back soon (Great Blue Heron) This below is one of three osprey nests around Autzen Stadium. Unclear … Read More

The Guardian posted an article yesterday and it’s showing elsewhere too. The lease auction was expected to generate $900m, but alas the state of Alaska bought most of the leases for a total of $14m. It was always a bad … Read More

Cold morning ramble around Spencer Butte on Christmas Eve morning Earlier in the week, the moonrise was perfectly clear And another day, the sunrise painted a dirty sky red and orange above our neighbor’s house

Every once and awhile the US Government surprises with outstanding output that is scientifically sound, interesting and necessary – meeting that age-old measure of ‘necessary AND sufficient’. Here’s a snapshot from the site, which is dynamic for different scenarios or … Read More

One of the better FX commentators on Seeking Alpha published a great piece on the dollar’s history since 1971 and where his team sees it going in the intermediate term. This chart is key to the post Key to the … Read More