Category economics
On Brooklyn Culture Jam Radio–the Gulf 5 years after BP
Tonight on the Brooklyn Culture Jam, I’ll be talking to Telley Madina about the state of the Gulf Of Mexico five years after the BP disaster. Mr. Madina is the Sr. Gulf Coast Policy Officer for Oxfam America is featured in the Documentary VANISHING PEARLS, about the African American fishermen in Louisiana who have not […]
BP Oil Spill commemoration/performance next Monday!
Dan’s notes: I will be performing a really new monologue at this event, during which I might (or I might not) blow blues harmonica. The basis of my play–imagine the Seventh Seal if they cast Jimmy Buffett instead of Max Von Sydow and re-imagined it as a Harold Ramis comedy. check out the events page […]
The search for a man on horseback
Noam Chomsky has just crossed a Rubicon. In a recent interview with Chris Hedges, Chomsky lays out his fears for the US and what is happening here: “I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime,” Chomsky added. “I am old enough to remember the 1930s. My whole family was unemployed. There were far […]
An Easter wish of sorts (and defending the faith)
This is a year when Easter and Passover converge more or less. So it’s probably as good a time as any for this post. Full Disclaimer–four days out of seven I consider myself Christian on some level. I was fully invested in the faith last decade until my congregation blew up, and a good sermon […]
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FARKING WEATHER!!
As I type this, we here in Brooklyn are ‘enjoying’ (pardon the usage) temperatures a good 20 degrees F below normal for this time of year. There have been weeks upon weeks of snowstorms every week, with below-average temperatures. I broke out my famous V-Rex bicycle in anticipation of spring, only to find that exertion […]
anybody else feel this way?
First the political, then the personal. Anybody else feel this way lately– like your brain is being eaten? That it ain’t the heat, it’s the stupidity? That there are too many dumb and-or crazy things going on to address? The inspiration for this essay came to me a few weeks ago, when it was announced that […]
Confirmation: toxic oil covers floor of Gulf of Mexico
Per a news article in Live Science from February 2nd (yesterday), there’s this news about the poisoning of the Gulf of Mexico as an ongoing legacy of the Deepwater Horizon disaster: Up to 10 million gallons (38 million liters) of crude oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has settled at the bottom of […]
Is this how die-off starts?
I’ve been posting about near-term human extinction for several months now–ever since I became aware of the work of Dr. Guy McPherson. I was acquainted with his theories after the death of Michael C Ruppert, a fabulous hot mess of truth and conspiracy who told it like he saw it and had some amazing insights. […]
Cheap gas and economic collapse
I was hoping to keep this short when I started writing it back in early December, but (to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson), “things are in the saddle and ride mankind.” Oil prices have fallen off a cliff in recent weeks, declining some 45%. It has been a good time for motorists–and for the peak […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 