This is the latest bad news regarding the XL Keystone Pipeline. Elizabeth Bast wrote in Oil Change International, “Emissions from tar sands extraction and upgrading are between 3.2 and 4.5 times higher than the equivalent emissions from conventional oil produced in North America.On a life-cycle basis, the average gallon of tar sands bitumen derived fuel […]
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My Wednesday Guest today is Slim Randles and his friend, Billy. Enjoy. The problem was Billy, you see. Billy’s our town dog, ever since Sally passed away quietly on Doc’s porch, and Billy’s owner, Stewart Simpson, died two weeks later. The people who inherited Stew’s house didn’t particularly enjoy having Billy around, and Billy appeared
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Have you heard that AIG filed a suit against the Federal Government for what they claimed was unfair terms of the 2008 bailout? In case you’ve forgotten that debacle, AIG is the insurance company that made multibillion-dollar bad bets on mortgages and put us on the brink of financial collapse. They were given $182 billion
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Rules of CrimeLJ Sellers Paperback: 294 pagesPublisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 26, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1611098068ISBN-13: 978-1611098068 In this latest Detective Wade Jackson mystery, he is called by his daughter, Katie, who tells him his ex-wife, Renee, is missing. Jackson doesn’t tell Katie, but he suspects that Renee may have fallen off the wagon and has
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I’m still working on the history book and my deadline keeps getting closer and closer. Things keep interfering with my plan, like getting the flu a couple of weeks ago. Then my writing partner got sick last week and was still feeling poorly early this week. More delays. UGH! But you know what? The world
On Monday I was supposed to put up a post about a terrific new cover for Solomon’s Compass by Carol Kilgore. It was part of a fun “cover reveal” that had a number of bloggers sharing her excitement over this awesome cover. My apologies, Carol, and even though it is a bit late, I did
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines Paperback: 256 pagesPublisher: Vintage; 1 edition (September 28, 1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0375702709ISBN-13: 978-0375702709 A Lesson Before Dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is present at a liquor store shoot out that leaves three men dead, including the white store
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Here in East Texas protestors are still trying to halt the expansion of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline. They block construction sites, chaining themselves to equipment and/or trees, but it is not a fight they will probably win. Too bad. We need to take seriously the dangers of this pipeline, as well as other environmental
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This darn flu is really kicking my butt. I am still not able to do very much, either mentally or physically, so today I will share a couple of links to book review sites that I thought you might like. First off is Kevin R. Tipple’s blog, Kevin’s Corner, that features book reviews and more.
I know the politically correct thing to say at this time is Happy Holidays, lest we offend someone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but I feel like being a rebel today. Besides that, I don’t get the least bit offended when someone says Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzaa. Those wishes mean something special to the folks