Finally…someone who can talk about oil and energy and leave both parties in the dust…
Paul Roberts sets the record bullet straight in this clear, concise and myth shattering analysis of oil, money and feel-good-ery. Read it and feel the cobwebs blow out your backside.
Good news for consumers! @JRosenworcelFCC announced she's circulating the cable/satellite "anti-junk fee" item for a vote this meeting. Hopefully we can get 5-0 on honest billing!
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-398618A1.pdf
When we speak of successful U.S. industrial policy, my first answer is the 1956 AT&T antitrust consent decree, which spurred American general computing (eg, IBM) AND more or less created a US semiconductor industry. My second pushing the IBM unbundling of software.
The @FCC took action to help survivors of domestic abuse separate from shared phone plans. As @NicholasPGarcia explains, "One of the horrors of abuse is isolation... these rules help ensure that our comms services work to protect & empower survivors." đź“°:
Today we take a necessary step forward in protecting our nation’s survivors. By creating connections through Lifeline and providing an opportunity to reach out for help without being tracked, we are extending critical assistance during a time when help is most needed.
All items adopted unanimously. So what's behind the curtain Johnny?
David:
I agree.
Many of his arguments are familiar to me because they resemble those of Tom Athansiou, of EcoEquity.org (on my blogroll). The more reality injected into this discussion, the better, because much of what passes for national discourse on these topics is batshit crazy nonsense, viz, McBush & Hillary’s call for a gas tax moratorium. Sheesh.