February 2011
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Isn't it pretty to think so?
walkerthis:
NEWSFLASH: @MayorEmanuel found our Dems!
Axelrod and I just loaded the Civic up with beer. We’re heading out to Rockford to fucking party with the exiled Wisconsin Democrats.
Here’s to hoping he found Wisconsin’s lost transit funding & jobs, too.
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An Open Letter to Wisconsin
Dear fellow Wisconsinites:
As many of you know, there is currently a fight between Governor Walker and unions. In an effort to cut through the partisan noise so that you can make an educated, clearheaded decision about where you stand, I’d just like to present some facts.
Fact: There will be a $130 million shortfall this fiscal year, which will end on June 30th. Most of this...
June 2010
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March 2010
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February 2010
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I did a little talk on hunger last night as part of a “Taste of Limmud” event focused on Purim and Hunger and it was all tweeted by Rabbi Yonah Bookstein. Here’s the tweet-script of my talk, which is basically the hunger talk equivalent of “Thriller.”
rabbiyonah We throw away 100 billion pounds of food each year #fedupwithhunger
rabbiyonah Help end hunger this...
WatchFormer FDA Commissioner David Kessler and Eric Schlosser talk to Katie Couric about the modern food system.
December 2009
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Movies of the Decade
With the exception of 1 and 10, in no particular order:
1) There Will Be Blood
Brokeback Mountain
In the Mood For Love
The Royal Tennenbaums
Gosford Park
The Departed
Zodiac
Wall-E
25th Hour
10) Jackass/Borat
October 2009
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BAD: Hunger and Climate Change
Here is my whole, unedited post for Blog Action Day 2009 which originally posted at the Give Life Meaning blog. This version includes a line about shooting oneself, an important discussion about nitrogen and this handsome chart about the nitrogen life-cycle.
It’s Blog Action Day 2009, a day when the bloggers unite online for a cause. It’s sort of like USA for Africa’s “We are the World,”...
Seed a new economy →
July 2009
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Calling All New Yorkers →
Today is call in day to support “FoodprintNYC,” a citywide initiative that would establish climate-friendly food policies and programs, financial and technical support, a public awareness campaign…
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“I don’t think our goal should be to make all food in America as cheap as cheap...”
– Michael Pollan, in an interview on The Splendid Table (via Grist)
Say it ain’t so, Bono →
I’ve been a wee bit worked up about The Casey-Lugar Global Food Security Act (S.384). If you’re on my email list or have been following my Facebook status updates, you’ll know that it aims to reform…
Oppose The Casey-Lugar Bill (S.384), Part II →
More details and resources for you on the well intentioned but wrongheaded Casey-Lugar Global Food Security Act, aka The Monsanto Bill.
To quote myself:
90% of US soy and 70% of US corn is already genetically modified and yet there are still over 30 million people in America hungry. If biotech and the power of American industry can’t solve hunger here at home - a shameful policy disaster on...
Oppose The Casey-Lugar Bill (S.384)
There is a bill in Congress now called the Casey-Lugar Global Food Security Act (S.384). It aims to reform the way America gives food aid to developing countries by shifting from direct food aid (which only expands the market for US grain, destroying local markets, etc.), to helping farmers develop their own agricultural systems. This is long overdue, HOWEVER, the bill also mandates funding for...
50% is an "F"
Western medicine is great at two things: dealing with acute trauma and prescribing “easy” solutions to very complex problems.
June 2009
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"S" is for save me
While in Boston, my buddy RC and I would often break into a duet of “Stop! (The Love You Save)” by The Jackson 5 while riding the T. It was sort of our version of Maverick and Goose’s “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” from Top Gun.
He lives in New York now and I live in Hellay.
This morning, we shared this text exchange:
RC: My condolences. Our train...
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Fats are good →
(via Food Renegade)
Not only does cutting fat force you to eat more of something else (sugar and carbs, as the article points out) in order to reach your caloric intake, essential food nutrients are fat soluable. As the nation decreased its fat intake, we were also decreasing our absorption of food nutrients. Not only were we becoming less healthy as a product of weight gain, we were also...
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“I’m a Catholic. We’re taught that sex is a dirty, vile, disgusting act that you...”
– Paul Begala on “Real Time w/ Bill Maher,” June 19
The World According to Monsanto →
I’m a stickler for sound in movies. I’ll sit through a movie shot by a colorblind cinematographer but I’ll walk out of a movie with just kind of shitty sound. Sync problems - flubby lips - are the…
After Food Inc., I found this doc: http://bit.ly/gmhai (in 10 parts). It’s riveting, terrifying and a must-see. Monsanto must be stopped.