November 2011
1 post
Video of Police Pepper-Spraying U.C. Davis... →
HEADWATERS FOREST DEFENSE v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
“[Offending officers] are not entitled to qualified immunity because the use of pepper spray on the protestors’ eyes and faces was plainly in excess of the force necessary under the circumstances, and no reasonable officer could have concluded otherwise.”
October 2011
2 posts
WatchWeathering Fights: Science - What’s It up to? (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) (by Comedy Central)
Lawrence Lessig: Forum | KQED Public Media →
Lessig: “Buddy Roemer would be the only Republican candidate I’d vote for over Barack Obama.”
September 2011
1 post
We’re Rich! (In Nature.) - NYTimes.com →
“Republicans have proposed opening more than 50 million acres of federal lands to logging, grazing and other uses… Bruce Babbitt, the interior secretary under President Bill Clinton, has described the Republican bill as ‘the most radical, overreaching attempt to dismantle the architecture of our public land laws that has been proposed in my lifetime.’”
July 2011
2 posts
A Plug-and-Play Plan for E.V. Batteries -... →
We’re being left behind.
More Weight on Less Meat - NYTimes.com →
“Today the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released “Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health,” a comprehensive report that suggests what’s become a common refrain here and elsewhere: we all need to eat fewer animal products – not just meat, but dairy as well.”
June 2011
2 posts
A Clear View of the Troubled Oceans - NYTimes.com →
“Choosing a sustainable fish for supper isn’t enough. … [T]he only way to deal with that threat is with strong international rules to end all unsustainable fishing.”
Our Fantasy Nation? - NYTimes.com →
“… [D]eveloping countries, from Congo to Colombia[,][are] typically characterized by minimal taxes, high levels of inequality, free-wheeling businesses and high military expenditures. Any of that ring a bell?”
May 2011
1 post
P90X’s Campaign to Conquer Living Rooms -... →
“[Tony Horton, the developer of the P90X fitness DVDs] is 52 years old — and probably buffer than you’ll ever be. * * * He rarely eats meat.”
April 2011
3 posts
“Fan: Did you ever imagine? …
Keith Richards: I imagined everything. I...”
– Life by Keith Richards
Let Us Eat Fish →
“After all, if fish are off the menu, we will likely eat more beef, chicken and pork.”
I have an idea! Why don’t we eat less fish AND less beef, AND less chicken AND less pork.
Iowa’s Attack on Animal Rights Groups and the... →
“Iowa’s solution? Criminalize the whistleblowers.”
March 2011
1 post
Pay Teachers More →
“When governors mock teachers as lazy, avaricious incompetents, they demean the profession and make it harder to attract the best and brightest. We should be elevating teachers, not throwing darts at them.”
December 2010
1 post
Watch“I’m going to cut to the chase. I think there are two basic rules, or maybe three, of diet: One is, eat as few animal products as you’re comfortable eating… . Two, eat less processed food… . The third is, whenever you can eat a plant, an unprocessed plant, you’re doing the right thing… .
“Does that mean become a vegan? I feel veganism is a...
June 2010
1 post
UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet... →
“A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.”
April 2010
1 post
Europe Finds Cleaner Energy Source by Burning... →
“In Horsholm[, Denmark] only 4 percent of waste now goes to landfills, and 1 percent (chemicals, paints and some electronic equipment) goes for “special disposal” in places like secure storage vaults in abandoned salt mines in Germany. Sixty-one percent of the town’s waste is recycled and 34 percent is incinerated at waste-to-energy plants.
February 2010
1 post
On the Farm - A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of... →
[I]f current fishing practices continue, the world’s major commercial stocks [of wild fish] will collapse by 2048. …
Nearly one-third of the world’s wild-caught fish are reduced to fish meal and fed to farmed fish and cattle and pigs. …
The ocean has an incredible amount of productive capacity, and we could quite easily and simply stay within it by limiting fishing to what it can...
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
5 posts
Homeless Organization Is Called a Fraud →
WatchMILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES (via Vimeo)
Op-Ed Columnist - The Wrong Side of History -... →
“[T]his year those same accusations [against Medicare in the 60s] are being recycled in an attempt to discredit the health reform proposals now before Congress… only this time they claim to be protecting Medicare.
New Turn in Debate Over Law on Marriage →
“[T]he Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the [D.C. same-sex marriage] law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and health care.”
Unhealthy America →
“[T]here is one American health statistic that is strikingly above average: life expectancy for Americans who have already reached the age of 65. At that point, they can expect to live longer than the average in industrialized countries. That’s because Americans above age 65 actually have universal health care coverage: Medicare. Suddenly, a diverse population with pockets of poverty is no...
October 2009
4 posts
David Byrne’s Perfect City →
The New Untouchables →
“Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait.”
Wall Street Smarts →
‘We Are Devoting Too Many of Our Best Minds to’... →
—Antonin Scalia, Justice of the Supreme Court
Too true.
September 2009
2 posts
PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100... →
Taiwan ex-president jailed for life for graft →
August 2009
1 post
Japan relaunches trials by jury →
“At least one of three professional judges presiding over the trial must agree with the jury’s decision for it to stand.”
July 2009
3 posts
Society: Hipster Subculture Ripe for Parody →
“Take your grandmother’s sweater and Bob Dylan’s Wayfarers, add jean shorts, Converse All-Stars and a can of Pabst and bam — hipster.”
Women are getting more beautiful →
“Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful, while men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors.”
My suspicions confirmed!
June 2009
3 posts
Suitcase With $134 Billion Puts Dollar on Edge →
SnagFilms →
Watch documentaries free and legally.
May 2009
5 posts
in Bb 2.0 →
Will BigLaw Slash Hiring by 90 Percent? - Wall... →
Not a good time to be coming out of law school, is it?
It’s not. But it’s really not a good time to be a 2L. They’re going to get hit the worst, I think.
Car-Free in America? →
I hope I live to see the day when New York City is car free. It cannot happen soon enough.
April 2009
4 posts
DOS AND DON'TS OF PHOTOGRAPHY →
Do: Nature photographers … Don’ts: Nan Goldin …
— I’m glad someone finally said it.
The Supreme Court takes aim at the Voting Rights... →
“[Justice Scalia] insists that the judgment of Congress is not to be trusted because when it came to reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, ‘they get elected under this system. Why should they take it away?’ Oh. My. God. You mean legislators are self-interested!?! That must mean the court is free to substitute its judgment for that of Congress.”
Money for Nothing →
“From the 1930s until around 1980 banking was a staid, rather boring business that paid no better, on average, than other industries, yet kept the economy’s wheels turning.
“So why did some bankers suddenly begin making vast fortunes? It was, we were told, a reward for their creativity — for financial innovation. At this point, however, it’s hard to think of any major recent financial...
“I play scales, but with the accents totally disconnected from the time signature...”
– JF
March 2009
8 posts
Going Abroad to Find Affordable Health Care →
Financial Policy Despair →
“[T]he Geithner scheme would offer a one-way bet: if asset values go up, the investors profit, but if they go down, the investors can walk away from their debt. So this isn’t really about letting markets work. It’s just an indirect, disguised way to subsidize purchases of bad assets.”
