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Surplus to requirements
via ericmortensen: rainblog:
You may have noticed that the Gulf of Mexico and the Louisiana shoreline are in the process of turning black. You may have noticed that tens of thousands of people have died over the past few years in a Middle Eastern war whose initial motivations had at least something to do with US dependence on foreign oil. You may have seen that the US is often obliged to make...
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“Depending on where you live, eating baby spinach or arugula is almost like...”
– Gidon Eschel, a geophysicist who studies the greenhouse gas impact from food. He suggests cabbage instead. (Via Boing Boing) (via dbreunig) (via ericmortensen) (via mikehudack)
It is not easy to forego arugula, tomatoes, and strawberries during winter. By mid-March, I start to go a little crazy....
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Hunson Is Groovy: Buffet and Gates's Secret... →
Buffett and Gates’s Secret Campaign to Get Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Money
Fortune has a fascinating article detailing how, over the last few years, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates have been convening secret meetings of billionaires. Their aim: to convince them…
Wow.
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“Sometimes the struggle to live in New York makes you think you’re actually...”
– -Tina Fey (via nogreatillusion)
…and this is why I have to leave new York. New York ALWAYS wins.
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This is why I might not ever leave New York City. What’s the point of life if it’s easy? I’ll do the easy things when I am old and deserve the break. Then I...
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De-oiled birds: good for BP, bad for birds
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lyrianfleming:
It is articles like this that make me shudder at the word “spin” - while best practice PR is certainly getting better at doing things, well, better, there is still a long way to go.
99% of the rescued and cleaned birds will die, usually within about seven days, and it will be a more painful death that takes longer than if they’d just been left alone. As...
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Don't boycott BP. Consume less oil.
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ericmortensen:
It’s not just cars. It’s plastic bottles. It’s CDs and DVDs and records. It’s paint. It’s film. It’s diapers. And thousands of other products.
If you want to make a difference, walk or ride a bike. Stop buying bottled water. Never, ever let anyone put your purchased products in a plastic bag. If you want to punish the oil industry, use less of their product. Giving your...
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“Knowing that my father died fighting the Nazi regime in Germany, that I lose him...”
– AZ Governor Jan Brewer
Brewer’s father died in California in 1955. During the war he was a civilian supervisor for a naval munitions depot in Nevada.
She clearly has no problem using her dead father to deflect criticism. So why do I feel a little dirty for calling her on it?
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