Wednesday, June 28

the Bus Stop of Life

He's a humble and wise sharer. When I was 13 or so I stumbled across a copy of his collection of WWII conversations, The Good War. I ate it, and then his book on Race, up!
Studs Terkel (93!) on Our National Amnesia

Friday, June 23

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has been brought to you by fish

Brewin' Views: Mad or Dead [inside]?

Office workers unite! Teamwork, you want?!?

On the Western Skyline

As I read in Michael Pollan's An Omnivore's Dilemma, one contributor to global warming is actually flatulance. No, not your(s) truly. You see, cattle have eaten grass for eons, yet in our wisdom we currently forcefeed corn (and hormones, antibiotics) into a singularly fantastical digestive system that cannot handle it. One outcome is that the average cow lasts less than eighteen months fattening for slaughter, no more (most are nursed there, unhealthy). The other is that they get tremendously bloated, and the 'outcome' of this is methane. Tons of it. Diligent scientists have been working for decades to solve the problem technologically, (all the while) ignoring that it is our addiction to corn (and beef) that is the problem.

Round and round and round we go (a wall to hem us in, It won't be long...)

262 times the pay of the average worker, is the CEO's pay. Jon Stewart recently pointed out that Congress' rejection of the recent raise of (the federal) minimum wage is overshadowed by the fact that IN NINE YEARS THEY HAVE RAISED THEIR OWN PAY NINE TIMES. And you know $5.15 ought to be enough to raise a family in our great country.

Happy Summer! Got Air?

Friday, June 16

Nuff to worry?

Edited out of An Inconvenient Truth?
This is an area where there is little 'known'--not a lot of research or even scientific thought. For obvious reasons (culturally speaking), it lies in the worst-case-scenario bin. Might make Hollywoods wolves in Manhattan a reality...
Word on the street

Monday, June 12

Commencements, NYT

David McCullough,Historian, Bates College
However little television you watch, watch less. Read. Read for pleasure. Read for happiness.

To Iraq
The Constitution. 'Give them ours. It was written by a lot of smart guys, worked well for 200 years — and we're not using it any more.'
Love, America
--Jay Leno

To: Young Americans
Advice given by the former C.I.A. director Porter J. Goss the day after his dismissal last month.
The Toledo Blade reported that Mr. Goss told graduates at Tiffin University in Ohio: "If this were a graduating class of C.I.A. case officers, my advice would be short and to the point: Admit nothing, deny everything and make counteraccusations."

--From Your Conservative Leaders

Weekend Digest: Truth Serum. What can I say? I help people find something to read!

What's Unsettling, Bamboozling, Disconcerting, Lightweight and Unpredictable? ;)

Probiotics

Looking Ahead: De-Salinization

Care Bears, all grown up?

We got work to do. Even if it takes an Olympics, China facing the facts. Excellent report on the country of over a billion. Not any easier for no. 2...
We could use some 'slapping ourselves on the face'. The report is in, edits finished(don't ask the White House), the well is running dry and there's a red house over yonder. Drink up, America. While the water still costs less than wine(but more than gas!).
Excerpt:" The State of the Rockies 2006 Report Card made headlines because its modeling strongly shows that with more greenhouse gases, linked to the burning of fossil fuels, pumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, precipitation patterns and temperatures will dramatically change. The Northern Plains of Montana is expected to experience the most extreme rise in average annual temperature between 1976 and the year 2085, climbing about 6.5 degrees CELSIUS." 43.7f
Your whats for Dinner

Seen an Inconvenient Truth yet? Quibbles:(George) Will he?

Iraq: Cost of a Life

Energy Chessboard Informative, more so than American press. I guess the world press is also responsible for mainstreaming phrases such as "ripping into" and "slamming".

Speaking of which, this country needs tougher penalties for 'mowing down' bicycle riders. R.I.P.
Ashes to ashes.
Don't make me take my pants off.

Wednesday, June 7

News and Views

Cellars well When USA today does 'a special', the party may soon be over. Check out the map, and see the 5o year forecast for your neighborhood. Clammy yet?

Corporate Welfare awash, ye maties!

An interview with Michael Pollan author of The Omnivore'e Dilemma and the Botany of Desire

Your Town! Sustainability Rankings

the Genghis in You

Pretty cool! History is EvrYwhere!

On the Couch

One of my guilty pleasures of this century has been 'The Sopranos'. Most of all, a half dozen seasons (a relationship!) of one paricular set of scenes--more than all the other gummahs, violence, and family schtuff. Just a man and his therapist.

Listen. She rocks anyhoo....

Britain Still Has a Free Press

And they can report on Global Sea Changes

Oops, truth out!

Saturday, June 3