Posted in Germany, cheeseburger, vegans on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Cheeseburger In a Can–Courtesy of Zee Germans
If a worldwide apocalypse had forced us to live in underground bunkers just a few months ago, our diet would have consisted of dehydrated foods, canned beans, and vegans. Now, thanks to zee Germans, you can add cheeseburgers to that menu.
And not just any cheeseburger–canned cheeseburger. [...]
Posted in Brazil, California, Corn, EPA, Iowa, Israel, Korea, Meat, New Yorkers, UN, chicken, dairy, deforestation, dietary, eggs, grain, greenhouse gases, hogs, obesity, oil, pigs, pollution, soy, tropical rain forests on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
This feed lot in in California can accommodate up to 100,000 head of cattle.
A Sea change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn’t oil.
It’s meat.The two commodities share a [...]
Posted in ABC, CDC, Eli Stone, Walt Disney Co., autism, immunization, lawyer's, pediatricians, thimerosal on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
(Warning, Story includes spoiler.)
The ABC network said on Monday it will go ahead with plans to air an episode of its new legal drama “Eli Stone” despite objections from pediatricians who say the show may discourage parents from having their children immunized.The debut episode features the shows’ title character and hero, a trial [...]
Posted in Blue Ribbon Sushi, EPA, Environmental Defense, FDA, Fairway, Gourmet Garage, Mercury, New Jersey Mercury Task Force, New York Times, Noby Next Door, Rutgers University, Sushi Seki, Sushi of Gari, Tim Fitzgerald, breast feeding, cardiovascualr disease, neurological symptoms, sushi, tuna on January 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Recent laboratory tests found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants that at most of them, a regular diet of six pieces a week would exceed the levels considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Tuna sushi
Sushi from 5 of the 20 places had mercury levels so [...]
Posted in Jeanna Wortham, MySpace, Simon Owens, You were shit, banner ads, delete accounts, hal-nude women, spam, underwire on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Jenna Wortham over at Underwire posted this yesterday. FYI - This article relates my own exact feelings about MySpace. I won’t be joining those who flee from this once popular networking site as I did that long ago. Three cheers to all of you who tell MySpace to cram it.
“MySpace users fed up with glitchy [...]
Posted in changed feedback system, ebay, increase in fees, retaliatory on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Betsy Shiffman over at Wired Blog Network authored this piece yesterday and I thought you might like to read it.
“EBay users are mad as hell and they’re not going to stop complaining about it.
“After a fairly challenging year, John Donahoe, who takes over as eBay CEO at the end of March, unveiled plans [...]
Posted in Archivist, Britney Spears, Catholicism, Chavez, Clinton, Germany, Holocaust, Morrison, Obama, Patholgist, Scientology, Theft, Tom Cruise, VA Deaths, Venezuela, bras, kidney, racket on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Rather than post timely articles, one-by-one, I’ll just give you headlines and links to these stories. Yeah, I’m being lazy.
Spears has ‘mental issues,’ friend says
Pathologist admits to being self-taught
Morrison endorses Obama for president
Niece of Scientology’s leader backs Cruise biography
Obama isn’t ‘the black candidate’
When Catholicism was the target
Don’t put public figures on the [...]
Posted in National Institutes of Health, diabetes, kidney problems, obesity, renal failure on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
THE FACTS
It is well known that too much soda can increase the risk of diabetes and obesity. But when it comes to kidney problems, is there a difference between colas and other kinds of soda?
Colas contain high levels of phosphoric acid, which has been linked to kidney stones and other [...]
Posted in FAA, Joseph Bellino, Louisville International Airport, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, O'Hare International Airport, crashes, danger on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
A new ground radar system designed to prevent runway collisions at the nation’s busiest airports loses accuracy during snowstorms at O’Hare Airport and can fail to see snowplows, baggage carts and other vehicles, the president of the local air traffic controllers union warned on Thursday, January 24, 2007 in a report by [...]
Posted in California, Lake Tahoe, Olympics, Sierra Nevada Range, Squaw Valley, Truckee, snow, tourists on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I have a treat for you, well maybe not a treat, but some personal information to share with you, like it or not.
Cindy, my wife, and I live in a small town called Truckee about 30 miles west of Reno, in California. The reason we moved here 12 years ago was to get out [...]
