This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Dallas, TX — A Dallas man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly walked into a downtown police station parking lot and smashed the windows and windshields of a dozen patrol cars with a sledgehammer. Police say 58-year-old Gregory Simpson entered the lot of the Dallas Marshal’s Office at around 5 a.m. Sunday morning, proceeding to inflict thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to the squad cars. According to local reports, an unnamed officer was alerted to Simpson’s actions and made the arrest. Simpson is being charged with...
Trump's Twitter Account Being Deleted Was Actually Bigger Than You Think
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. The mainstream media went batshit Thursday night when it was reported that a rogue Twitter employee on his or her last day on the job shut down the Donald Trump’s personal account for 11 minutes. The fact that the well-established though unofficial mouthpiece of the president of the United States was taken from him, albeit temporarily, gave journalists and analysts myriad options to choose from when commenting on the story. Popular topics ranged from Twitter’s internal security — as in how this happened in the first place — to First...
Trump’s Twitter Account Being Deleted Was Actually Bigger Than You Think
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. The mainstream media went batshit Thursday night when it was reported that a rogue Twitter employee on his or her last day on the job shut down the Donald Trump’s personal account for 11 minutes. The fact that the well-established though unofficial mouthpiece of the president of the United States was taken from him, albeit temporarily, gave journalists and analysts myriad options to choose from when commenting on the story. Popular topics ranged from Twitter’s internal security — as in how this happened in the first place — to First...
Tesla Just Turned the Power Back on at a Children's Hospital in Puerto Rico
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. San Juan — Amid controversy over how the Puerto Rican government is handling the recovery process following Hurricane Maria, it was reported this week that Elon Musk is making good on his promise to help rebuild the U.S. territory’s energy grid. On Tuesday, Tesla’s Twitter account posted that the “first of many solar+storage projects” in Puerto Rico had gone live at a children’s hospital in San Juan. Photos accompanying the tweet showed dozens of solar panels and several Tesla Powerpack units being installed. The system, which can generate 200...
Tesla Just Turned the Power Back on at a Children’s Hospital in Puerto Rico
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. San Juan — Amid controversy over how the Puerto Rican government is handling the recovery process following Hurricane Maria, it was reported this week that Elon Musk is making good on his promise to help rebuild the U.S. territory’s energy grid. On Tuesday, Tesla’s Twitter account posted that the “first of many solar+storage projects” in Puerto Rico had gone live at a children’s hospital in San Juan. Photos accompanying the tweet showed dozens of solar panels and several Tesla Powerpack units being installed. The system, which can generate 200...
China's Plan to End the Petrodollar
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Financial analysts are increasingly pointing out that China has some very grand plans when it comes to petroleum markets, and that if those plans succeed, the U.S. could see the dollar threatened as the top global currency. From CNBC on Tuesday: “China is looking to make a major move against the dollar's global dominance, and it may come as early as this year. “The new strategy is to enlist the energy markets' help: Beijing may introduce a new way to price oil in coming months — but unlike the contracts based on the U.S. dollar that...
China’s Plan to End the Petrodollar
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Financial analysts are increasingly pointing out that China has some very grand plans when it comes to petroleum markets, and that if those plans succeed, the U.S. could see the dollar threatened as the top global currency. From CNBC on Tuesday: “China is looking to make a major move against the dollar's global dominance, and it may come as early as this year. “The new strategy is to enlist the energy markets' help: Beijing may introduce a new way to price oil in coming months — but unlike the contracts based on the U.S. dollar that...
The World's First Floating Wind Farm Just Started Delivering Electricity
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Scotland — Fifteen miles off the coast of Scotland, anchored to the floor of the North Sea, the world’s first floating wind farm began delivering electricity to the Scottish grid on Wednesday. Statoil, the Norwegian energy company that developed the project, says that at peak production the system will provide power to 20,000 households. The Hywind Scotland project consists of five giant wind turbines, each extending nearly 600 feet above the water and over 250 feet below it. The turbines, which were installed in August and began...