Math Lessons for Locavores

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

It takes about a tablespoon of diesel fuel to move one pound of freight 3,000 miles by rail; that works out to about 100 calories of energy. Eating locally grown produce is a fine thing in many ways. But it is not an end in itself, nor is it a virtue in itself.

economy, food, environment, political

US Chamber: Equal Pay "a Fetish for Money," Women Should "Choose the Right Partner at Home"

Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:58 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

In a blog post this morning, Chamber blogger Brad Peck called women's fight for pay equity to be nothing more than a "fetish for money," and said women complaining about their pay should focus instead on "choosing the right partner at home."

money, politics, feminism, equality

Afghanistan says finds 1.8 bln barrel oilfield

Seeded on Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:33 AM EDT (http://www.dawn.com)

Afghanistan said on Sunday it had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in the north of the war-ravaged country, where US and other foreign forces are trying to tame a Taliban-led insurgency.

afghanistan, politics, tags-afghanistan

A Brief Note On Immigration

Seeded on Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:35 AM EDT ()

One of the many tropes associated with the illegal immigration debate is that these people have somehow "jumped the line", as if USCIS maintains a list with millions of non-college educated Mexicans, Guatemalan, El Salvadorians, Somalis, Chinese, and so on.

immigration, politics

Recovery effort falls vastly short of BP's promises

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:17 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

In the 77 days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day.

us-news, deepwater-horizon, response-program, marine-spill-response, but-marine-spill-response

Alan Grayson (D) wants to send critic to jail for five years

Seeded on Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:53 AM EST (The Orlando Sentinel)

In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S.

florida, politics, grayson

Mule Gives Birth

Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:37 PM EDT ()

High up on the Mesa, in the Grand Valley town of Collbran, a tiny four legged wonder sticks close to its mothers side. It is the latest addition to the ranch owned by Larry and Laura Amos. But this is a once-in-a-million, genetically impossible occurrence of a mule giving birth.

odd, news, odd-news