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Politics

SNOW JOB

Ohmygod – how much more blatant can the Media-ocracy be! Yesterday, President Bush named Tony Snow, a talking head from Fox News, as his new press secretary. A corporate sponsored mouthpiece for a corporate sponsored administration. How painfully appropriate! Just another slash to the wrist of American Democracy, just another nick in the death of […]

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Food

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

Today we ate these: As opposed to this: Need I say more?

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Politics

HUEVOS GRANDES

Depending on which country you are speaking Spanish in, huevos can mean either eggs or, er… cojones (meaning “balls” or a brash attitude.) If there was any way to connect the two, it might be with the story of the European Common Cuckoo. This bird lays a huge egg in the nest of another species […]

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War and Peace

HAPPY SATURDAY

If yesterday was Good Friday and tomorrow is Easter Sunday, what it today? How about: A Good Day To Wish For An End To Armed Conflict Day. The United States has been actively involved in a continuous string of wars and military operations since World War II. For 65 years, the Americans public has been […]

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Food

THE FASTER WE GO, THE FATTER WE GET

I was chatting with our small town liquor store owner about what this tiny town is doing to plan for the future doubling in population over the next 20 years, and he pointed out that there were no fast food joints here. I was thinking what a good thing this was but apparently, his customers […]