Organic White House Garden Puts Some Conventional Panties in a TwistThe fact that the chemical industry is considered conventional and the use of ages-old gardening techniques is considered radical says way too much about our world.
| Today's QUOTES: | ... I wish news reporters knew how to do things like simple math, if they did, they might take less of a cheerleader stance for the Feds. --Ahà Vamos de Nuevo by Michel Marizco, borderreporter.com |
Thank you for nothing, Obama-baby.
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| Today's QUOTES: | It's over — we're officially, royally fucked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally went one step too far. It happened when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was forced to admit that he was once again going to have to stuff billions of taxpayer dollars into a dying insurance giant called AIG, itself a profound symbol of our national decline — a corporation that got rich insuring the concrete and steel of American industry in the country's heyday, only to destroy itself chasing phantom fortunes at the Wall Street card tables, like a dissolute nobleman gambling away the family estate in the waning days of the British Empire. --The Big Takeover by MATT TAIBBI, rollingstone.com AIG scandal vividly reveals how corrupt and self-interested are the people who are still exerting primary control over this process, which is why our establishment class is so eager to demand that everyone look away. For months, Americans have been told that they must sacrifice and trust the Government to engage in extraordinary actions if they want to stave off another Great Depression, only to watch as hundreds of billions of dollars fly to the very people who are the prime culprits. ... --The virtues of public anger and the need for more by Glenn Greenwald, salon.com What is so depressing is that the goal still seems to be to save banks when it should be to save the economy. --depressed by Jerome a Paris, dailykos.com They chose to go down with the ship. Can’t they stay drowned? --Conservatism as Urine by John Cole, Balloon Juice |
The GOP media machine openly questioned whether it was appropriate for President Barack Obama to travel to Los Angeles this week, when his "business" should be on the economy, the implication being that Obama was not capable of multi-tasking.This is what Democrats get from Republicans. Democrats do this to Republicans also but Democrats don't have the same access or control of the media loudspeaker that the Republicans usually have. This overwhelming Republican access only breaks down on occasion (such as when McCain and his pard' became scarier than even a Democrat to the rich and malign).
Food makers gear marketing to tough timesNot to worry. Their customer's health will be no more an issue in bad times than they were it good times. Chemicals will continue to fill the bill.
Just what heartiness will you find in one of Jimmy Dean Skillet meals (other than the eggs you add yourself? Here's the list of ingredients as listed on the package:[Sara Lee Corp] is emphasizing the value of its Jimmy Dean Skillet product, Barnes said, noting that a consumer just has to add eggs and can feed a family of five a hearty breakfast for about $5.00.
POTATO CUBES (POTATOES, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OILS] AND/OR VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER OILS], MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEXTROSE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE AND DISODIUM DIHYDROGEN PYROPHOSPHATE [TO MAINTAIN NATURAL COLOR]), COOKED CHORIZO SAUSAGE (PORK, SEASONING [CHILI PEPPER, SUGAR, PAPRIKA, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, DEXTROSE, BHT], SALT, WATER, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR), SWEET CORN, BLACK BEANS, RED BELL PEPPERS, PASTEURIZED PROCESSED MONTEREY JACK CHEESE WITH CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPERS AND NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR (MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM, ANTI-CAKING BLEND [POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE, NATAMYACIN {NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR}], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPER, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), ONION, GREEN BELL PEPPERS.Potato cubes with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Don't you just luv the fact that these 'food' makers don't even know what kind of oil they are going to use: could be soybean or perhaps cottonseed. Then they leave the option that they may not use just partially hydrogenated oil. They may combine it with non partially hydrogenated oil (how sweet of them). You realize these makers of 'food' know that partially hydrogenated oil is harmful. Well not to worry, a country that has transferred all the wealth to a very few can't complain about what's left, poisonous food not with standing.
MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, DEXTROSE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE AND DISODIUM DIHYDROGEN PYROPHOSPHATE [TO MAINTAIN NATURAL COLOR])and
SUGAR, PAPRIKA, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, DEXTROSE, BHT], SALT, WATER, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR),Corn and or black beans would be nice, but a little broccoli might be better. Cheese, too if it appeals to you. But why use this processed gunk. A little grated cheddar, Monterey jack, longhorn cheddar, swiss, gouda, whatever sprinkled on the top of the dish would be nice. That way you can skip the
ANTI-CAKING BLEND [POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE, NATAMYACIN {NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR}],Such a meal would taste very good with much less salt than the 670mg per recommended serving (four servings per packages). Adding your own fresh green pepper and/or onion if you wish, and whatever spices you prefer. I would use turmeric on the potatoes, no pepper but generous use of anaheim chili peppers (that is before I quit eating chili peppers and tomatoes because of arthritis).
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SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPER, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]),
Venezuela's Chavez calls Obama "ignoramus"And after reading this
President Barack Obama on Saturday stepped up his weeklong defense of much-criticized Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, saying he would not accept his resignation even if it was tendered.perhaps he's right. Certainly my appreciation of Obama's intelligence has taken a nose dive as I watch him emulate BushCo's lead in the financial crisis. Don't know what to do, just turn the problem over to a crook. Just like Bush, Obama's mind is made up and he don't need no stinking input from no real economists. Specially those who predicted the mess we are in. Obama plans to stick like glue to the crooks, liars and robber barons who got the US (and the world) in this mess, thank you very much.
... Some $600 Trillion were handed out to any and all comers. So is the world in hock to the masters of the universe for this immoral, and frankly fraudulent gamble? Thus far, it looks like the answer is yes. ...Most of Obama's CHANGE comes in the form of more, more, more of the same ...
What is depressing is that people are again being steamrolled into "bailouts" - 5 years after being steamrolled into a war against mushroom clouds by essentially the same people - and the Serious People are still wrong, utterly wrong.
U.S. law chief open to antitrust aid for newspapersYah, save the newspapers but not the news. Why not just one Orwellian Republican governmental propaganda source. We don't have far to go as it is. Oh, that's right, the profit must be in the private hands of a few.
You can't spend six months frightening people by warning them that they're headed into a Great Depression and then be surprised when they're "outraged" that hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money are being shoveled into the pockets of those who helped bring the situation about. ...One wouldn't think this would not be a difficult concept.
| Today's QUOTES: | "I want change I can believe in," he told me in an interview late yesterday. "I don't think I have change I can notice." --Dem Rep. Miller Interview: No 'Change I Can Notice' At Obama's Treasury by Elana Schor, talkingpointsmemo.com ... Isn't it funny how "reform" always means citizens get less while corporations get more? --Here We Go Again: Does Malpractice 'Reform' Mean Less Protection for Victims? By Susie Madrak, crooksandliars.com This was bad analysis, bad policy, and terrible politics. This administration, elected on the promise of change, has already managed, in an astonishingly short time, to create the impression that it’s owned by the wheeler-dealers. And that leaves it with no ability to counter crude populism. --AIG by Paul Krugman, NY Times |
And to make matters worse, now the administration wants us to believe that Obama was only told about the AIG bonus payments last week. Either the administration is flat-out lying, or Tim Geithner is incompetent and should be fired. ...I think this behavior follows from an attempt to continue to project the image that Obama believed in his claims during the campaign with his capitulation to monied interest of the banking industry, the insurance industry, etc.
GlobalNews: 11 Mar 09 AM Africa IMF/Madoff plea/Afghanistan heroin/France binge drinkingrefers to a binge drinking problem that has developed in France, mostly among the young I gather. There are open bars in France, like all-you-can-eat specials here in the US.
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"The role of government in the modern era has become rather clear to me: it acts as a broker for the transfer of public money to private hands. There is no actual governing."Certainly, Obama-baby is proving her point. So far Obama has lied about most things he professed that he would do or that he believed in and for the rest he has Rahm Emanuel to ensure that his fake proposals to Congress get sabotaged. Being personally less offensive than Torturer Bush doesn't make Obama a good-guy by default, no matter how much one may wish it so. Obama may not have taken up the torture-banner completely yet but he is in the process, or at least very close, to doing so. Since open-government Obama appears to relish secrecy almost as much as Bush did, it's possible that Obama has already done so.
Jim Cramer Interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily ShowIn the United States of America the truth can only be told on a comedy show ...
"The point that can't be emphasized enough is that this isn't a matter of past history. Unlike Cramer -- who at least admitted fault last night and said he was "chastized" -- most establishment journalists won't acknowledge that there was anything wrong with the behavior of the press corps during the Bush years. The most they'll acknowledge is that it was confined to a couple of bad apples -- The Judy Miller Defense. But the Cramer-like journalistic behavior during that period that was so widespread and did so much damage is behavior that our press corps, to this day, believes is proper and justified."---------------------
"He just doesn't get the joke. None of them do.
"If you doubt that, here's Cramer's reaction on his own show to Stewart's smack down."
| Today's QUOTES: | The real goal [of the actions of Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and others in scuttling the Charles Freeman appointment], as always, was to ensure that there is no debate over America's indescribably self-destructive, blind support for Israeli actions. ... --The agenda of Chuck Schumer by Glenn Greenwald, salon.com |
| Today's QUOTES: | ... Real justice doesn’t allow someone with vast resources to ‘freely’ use them while the opposition has no such resources. Any judge that pretends they are administering justice in such an unequal match is a fraud. A real justice system would make certain that the resources brought to bear in legal cases were the same. --Real Freedom is Dependent on Equality by Anthony McCarthy, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES |
