The book Ministry of the Future is still rattling around in our collective WLBOTT heads. How can people not see the undeniable? Author Kim Stanley had to place himself in a very dark place to understand the “burn it all down” attitude. He understands Our Republican Friends’ response to climate change: “The Götterdämmerung Syndrome, as […]
Category: Late Stage Capitalism
Interesting article in today’s New York Times concerning carbon capture. The first US commercial carbon capture plant (Heirloom Carbon Technologies) went on-line in California. This reminds me of an Onion article: “Top 10 Products to Battle Consumerism.” Kim Stanley Robinson, in The Ministry for the Future, give us so much to think about: It is […]
Courchevel Altiport (French: Altiport de Courchevel) (IATA: CVF, ICAO: LFLJ) is an altiport serving Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres (1,762 ft) with a gradient of 18.6%. There is no go-around procedure for landings at Courchevel due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. […]
In the year 2525, if academic scholars are still alive, WLBOTT predicts that the movie Office Space will be required viewing for all students studying the collapse of western civilization. Today we will limit our exploration of this movie to the sound track of the closing credits, “Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee”: Note that in this YouTube […]
[ed. note: “Vortex of Immorality” is a quote from Mark Dixon, referring to Unilever’s corporate behavior.] Today WLBOTT presents the first DPOMLATMIR[1] award. [1] DPOMLATMIR – Don’t Pee On My Leg And Tell Me Its Raining This is in response to an opinion piece by Catherine Bennett in yesterday’s Guardian. Ms. Bennett…. So…. Unilever, maker […]
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[Thanks to UC#3 for today’s topic] UC#3: I’m light on tour stop posts, so I’ll have to get to work on that. This is State Fair time in the US, so need to scout interesting exhibits to add to our list. State Fair food is a target rich environment, but a bit like shooting fish […]