Sunday, November 30, 2008

Things I Love

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Someone reminded me today of Gabriel García Márquez and I remembered a short story of his that, I think, is probably one of the most beautif...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Humanure Toilets

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I've started researching the composting of human waste. In underdeveloped countries, pathogens from human waste going directly into wat...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Vegan Recipes in the News

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The St. Catharines Standard has a couple of scumptious sounding recipes from cookbook author and vegan blogger Laurie Sadowski, whose focus...

The more things "change"...

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It looks like lobbyists for biotech companies like Monsanto are going to be pleased with Obama's stint in the White House. According to...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

What Tofurky Day Means for Animal Rights

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With Thanksgiving being just around the corner for my American friends, I've been doing some nosing around through some of the articles ...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Veganism in the News

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Switzerland issued new rules for enlistment in its army around a week ago . It seems that although you can serve in the Swiss army if you ...

Got Sick? How's Your Credit?

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Articles like these give me the creeps . There's apparently a new movement in the US where hospitals -- especially those who ordinarily...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

South Park Does Obama

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I just watched a US election themed South Park episode that was aired less than 24 hours after the results were announced. It was a sort o...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tom Traubert's Blues (live 1977)

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This song sounds as sad to me today as it did when I first heard it around twenty years ago.
Monday, November 17, 2008

Japan's "Scientific Research" Whaling Program

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It looks like Japan's sending more ships out to Antarctica to conduct "scientific research" by catching and killing up to 850...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Vegetarianism Does Not Equal Eating Animals

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Yes, every little bit helps. That being said, vegetarianism -- by definition -- excludes the eating of animal flesh. Asserting this isn...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Once the Post-Election Giddiness Subsides

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I've found myself regularly checking out the Breaking News section of Matt Savinar's Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash website. ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Keith Olbermann on California's Prop 8 and on Marriage in General

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Keith Olbermann comments quite passionately on marriage and hate, in response to the passing of California's Proposition 8, which rescin...
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Sharon Astyk's new book Depletion and Abundance

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I'm hopping over to my favourite local book store after work to order Sharon Astyk's new book, Depletion and Abundance . I've r...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Media-opoly

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This got me snickering a little; I'd never seen this before. I've been cable-free for two and a half years now, so I don't get ...