Monthly Archives: July 2009
UPDATED: Republicans degenerating into fascist tactics: instigating disruptions at townhalls
This is brown shirt stuff, people. It worked in 1994, and they’re going at it again. ThinkProgress This morning, Politico reported that Democratic members of Congress are increasingly being harassed by “angry, sign-carrying mobs and disruptive behavior” at local town … Continue reading
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Dog Eared Books in the Mission
900 Valencia, at 20th. A good place; good selection of books, local flavor, events. This is the kind of bookstore that I would hate to see go under. BUY FREAKIN BOOKS, people.
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Huffington Post: Politics and Snake Oil
Arianna Huffington may have a great business model, but it doesn’t include a very critical analysis of “medical” therapies. If you like enemas and hate vaccines, it’s the place to go… link …when it comes to health and wellness, that … Continue reading
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China closes 7500 coal-fired power plants
china IS trying to do something about pollution. link BEIJING – China has taken advantage of a drop in electricity demand due to the global financial crisis to speed up a campaign to close small coal-fired power plants and improve … Continue reading
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UN environmental center to be located in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Hunters Point Shipyard – so toxic it’s listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a Superfund site – will be the future home of a U.N.-sponsored think tank to study solutions to global warming and other environmental … Continue reading
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Breaking: Iraq renames itself? or is Fox News wrong?
Back when I was in school, Egypt was in Africa, and Iraq was between Syria and Iran. h/t Dependable Renegade.
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Making ghee the easy way
Ghee is really great stuff. It’s one step beyond clarified butter, and tastes sort of like roasted nuts but also like butter, and won’t turn brown or smoke at high temperatures. There are many uses, from omelettes to Indian cuisine, … Continue reading
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Ocean temps now highest ever recorded.
.Sea levels are probably the best long term indicator of the degree of global warming/climate change, along with ocean temperatures. The world’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for June, breaking the previous high mark set in 2005, … Continue reading
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Why “free market” health insurance doesn’t work
The U.S. healthcare “system” works only for insurance companies. The rest of us are being crushed by premiums, deductibles, denial of coverage, expulsion from plans, and bankruptcy. The only people who think it works, are those who haven’t been seriously … Continue reading
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