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12 November 2009
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Another Reason to Eat Locally: Agribusiness is destroying everything
Jonathon Safran Foer
Factory Farming
Makes food more expensive (the government taxes you to pay for the cost)
#1 cause of air pollution
#1 cause of water pollution
#1 cause of loss of biodiversity
it makes all of our antibiotics less effective
it created swine flu
See more reasons to eat locally. Including baby chicks.
Factory Farming
Makes food more expensive (the government taxes you to pay for the cost)
#1 cause of air pollution
#1 cause of water pollution
#1 cause of loss of biodiversity
it makes all of our antibiotics less effective
it created swine flu
See more reasons to eat locally. Including baby chicks.
11 November 2009
Corporations want slavery
Conservatives worry that the U.S. might limit imports of slave labor.
Chomsky recently blew my mind by saying that corporations are totalitarian states. Makes sense. At work you have no rights but those which the company gives you. At work, you have no 1st amendment right to gather together to discuss grievances. So corporations are like tyranny zones, places within the U.S. where our constitutional rights are nullified.
Chomsky also argues that slavery has not ended in the U.S. (Warning: He takes a long time to say anything, but he's worth listening to.)
In sum, there are two forms of slavery: wage and chattel. Under chattel slavery, the slave master owns his slave, and therefore has an incentive to take care of him so that he'll last longer. Under wage slavery, the slave's life necessities are not the master's concern. If the slave dies, another can easily take his place.
Which is why corporations protested giving us health care for so long. Poor people are cheap. If one dies, there's always another one.
From Crooks and Liars
Chomsky recently blew my mind by saying that corporations are totalitarian states. Makes sense. At work you have no rights but those which the company gives you. At work, you have no 1st amendment right to gather together to discuss grievances. So corporations are like tyranny zones, places within the U.S. where our constitutional rights are nullified.
Chomsky also argues that slavery has not ended in the U.S. (Warning: He takes a long time to say anything, but he's worth listening to.)
In sum, there are two forms of slavery: wage and chattel. Under chattel slavery, the slave master owns his slave, and therefore has an incentive to take care of him so that he'll last longer. Under wage slavery, the slave's life necessities are not the master's concern. If the slave dies, another can easily take his place.
Which is why corporations protested giving us health care for so long. Poor people are cheap. If one dies, there's always another one.
Mormons in the news
Mormon church allows Utah homosexuals some rights, not marriage.
Perv seminary teacher guilty of bad poetry—
Lyrics to the song Michael Pratt wrote and sang to the alleged victim:
Marine thinks Greek Orthodox Priest is a terrorist, hits him in the head with a tire iron. Oops.
Chicago comes down hard on crime by arresting middle-schoolers for assault and battery with food. Food fights are now a crime. “They were handcuffed, slammed in a wagon, had their mug shots taken and treated like real criminals.”
And a guy who looks like a terrorist tells us about synchronized hamster menstrual cycles, and other commonalities between humans and animals.
Perv seminary teacher guilty of bad poetry—
Lyrics to the song Michael Pratt wrote and sang to the alleged victim:
You are the sunlight, I am the moon
Joined by the gods of fortune
Spin the wheel see what we'll be
You are the one who sees me
The one who believes in all I can be
Not just for now, but for eternity
And all the things I believe are here right now
And if you'll open up your heart, he'll show you how
We both know that I just won't ever deserve the girl I'm with
Sometimes it makes me sick of who I can be
You are the sunlight, I am the moon
Joined by the gods of fortune
Spin the wheel see what we'll be
Marine thinks Greek Orthodox Priest is a terrorist, hits him in the head with a tire iron. Oops.
Chicago comes down hard on crime by arresting middle-schoolers for assault and battery with food. Food fights are now a crime. “They were handcuffed, slammed in a wagon, had their mug shots taken and treated like real criminals.”
And a guy who looks like a terrorist tells us about synchronized hamster menstrual cycles, and other commonalities between humans and animals.
09 November 2009
I need to watch more women's soccer
Brutal. This kind of violence is only rivaled by NASCAR or hockey.
Violent cheating notwithstanding, BYU won 3-0.
Eat it, ELIZABETH LAMBERT (boo. hiss.).
Sports, like zombie apocalypses, allow us an outlet for violence.
If professors were allowed to tackle students who made inane comments, they'd make the big bucks too.
Violent cheating notwithstanding, BYU won 3-0.
Eat it, ELIZABETH LAMBERT (boo. hiss.).
Sports, like zombie apocalypses, allow us an outlet for violence.
If professors were allowed to tackle students who made inane comments, they'd make the big bucks too.
05 November 2009
Stop and hear the roses
From Listen and Learn: "Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children.. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. The questions raised: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?"
Our society is obsessed with being on time and getting things done. Most jobs would punish you for being late, even, say, if you did something like this.
Interesting that children wanted to stop and watch. They hadn't yet had curiosity and an appreciation for art beaten out of them.
4 minutes later:The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children.. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. The questions raised: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?"
Our society is obsessed with being on time and getting things done. Most jobs would punish you for being late, even, say, if you did something like this.
Interesting that children wanted to stop and watch. They hadn't yet had curiosity and an appreciation for art beaten out of them.
03 November 2009
Mormon Cop: Weed's not so bad
Ron Paul also encourages you to fight for your right to party. Though Paul has never smoked weed, he knows that the war on drugs is bad for America.From BoingBoing
01 November 2009
School Kills Creativity
For all of you who were told to stop doing what you wanted because you would never make a buck. By Ken Robinson.
Leftover Links
They took away internet access at work. With less time to blog, you're going to have to fill it what I would have said about these stories yourself.
We perceive people we torture as being guilty.
Goats are hired for landscaping.
The UN condemned the U.S. embargo against Cuba. (Hurrah for Chomsky)
An argument against voting.
A cartoon slideshow about the recent coup in Honduras [there was a coup in Honduras?]
And another movie about how we're all going to die:
A former post on torture.
We perceive people we torture as being guilty.
Goats are hired for landscaping.
The UN condemned the U.S. embargo against Cuba. (Hurrah for Chomsky)
An argument against voting.
A cartoon slideshow about the recent coup in Honduras [there was a coup in Honduras?]
And another movie about how we're all going to die:A former post on torture.
Coke is not good for you
Remember how Coke bribed doctors? Turns out some doctors have morals.
A group of doctors quit the bribed American Academy of Family Physicians in protest of the unhealthy alliance.
A group of doctors quit the bribed American Academy of Family Physicians in protest of the unhealthy alliance.
Bill Moyers: Bring back the draft
Another voice preferable to Limbaugh.
"An Afghan villager recently told a correspondent for the 'Economist:' 'We need security. But the Americans are just making trouble for us. They cannot bring peace, not if they stay for 50 years.'"
"Listen, too, to Andrew Bacevich, the long-time professional soldier, graduate of West Point, veteran of Vietnam, and now a respected scholar of military and foreign affairs, who was on this program a year ago. He recently told "The Christian Science Monitor," 'The notion that fixing Afghanistan will somehow drive a stake through the heart of jihadism is wrong. …If we give General McChrystal everything he wants, the jihadist threat will still exist.'"
"If our governing class wants more war, let's not allow them to fight it with young men and women who sign up because they don't have jobs here at home, or can't afford college or health care for their families."
"Let's share the sacrifice. Spread the suffering. Let's bring back the draft."
"An Afghan villager recently told a correspondent for the 'Economist:' 'We need security. But the Americans are just making trouble for us. They cannot bring peace, not if they stay for 50 years.'"
"Listen, too, to Andrew Bacevich, the long-time professional soldier, graduate of West Point, veteran of Vietnam, and now a respected scholar of military and foreign affairs, who was on this program a year ago. He recently told "The Christian Science Monitor," 'The notion that fixing Afghanistan will somehow drive a stake through the heart of jihadism is wrong. …If we give General McChrystal everything he wants, the jihadist threat will still exist.'"
"If our governing class wants more war, let's not allow them to fight it with young men and women who sign up because they don't have jobs here at home, or can't afford college or health care for their families."
"Let's share the sacrifice. Spread the suffering. Let's bring back the draft."
Why? Limbaugh v. Paul
Do people listen to this guy?
Main Point: Obama doesn't care about Afghanistan.
Instead of this guy?
Main Point: There is no reason for the war in Afghanistan.
Main Point: Obama doesn't care about Afghanistan.
Instead of this guy?
Main Point: There is no reason for the war in Afghanistan.
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