On AlterNet: victorville

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "victorville"

Dr Pepper's Wet Dream: Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. September 8, 2009.

A bottling plant in the middle of the desert? In the warped "pro-business" logic of a sprawling, bankrupt desert city in California, the plan made perfect economic sense.

Home Loan Scamming Is Still Going Strong -- and Now You're Paying for It

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. June 16, 2009.

Welcome to subprime swindle 2.0: the feds' desperate attempt to reinflate the popped housing bubble.

There's No Ammo on the Shelves -- Is It the Gun Nuts' Fear of Obama-lypse?

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. May 7, 2009.

A trip to the L.A. exurb and desert city of Victorville tells you all you need to know about why it's so hard to buy ammunition these days.