Obama as Henry V?
I've been beating the drum that it's time for Obama to unleash hell. Let loose the dogs of war, once more into the breach, and all that jazz.In retrospect, I think it was smart not to fight McCain's...
View ArticleMcCain: I Know All There is to Know about The Lying Game
It's nice to see that the "pants on fire" meme is taking hold in certain, saner quarters of Idiot Media:CBSNY TimesNewsweekWhich is ok, as far as it goes.But, unfortunately, it doesn't go very far....
View ArticleWANTED: Polling Discussion, *or* Why So Desperate, McCrud??
I'm not fooled that once a politician of McCain's, ahem, maturity gets a shot at the White House, he'll do anything to win when the chips are down. And maybe that's udnerstandable in a slithering,...
View ArticleObama Supports UFW and Feedlot Workers
On August 4 of this year, Barack Obama sent a letter to Beef Northwest (a slaughterhouse in Oregon where a unionization push has been underway for over a year), urging him to honor the results of an...
View ArticleKO Punch to Coleman? Ad: The Andersons
Too early to tell how effective this ad is, slamming Sen. Norm Coleman for his Iraq war vote (via TPM):But...wow. Wow.My heart just aches for that mama. When she breaks and can't keep talking, I really...
View ArticleDaddio vs. Tax Cut Culture
I'm a dad with a kid who's suddenly in kindergarten. So, yeah, I'm kind of EDGE right now, ok? Kind of a LOT on edge.Part of why I'm edgy (beyond simply facing the end of my boy's early childhood) is...
View ArticleMinneapolis Obama Fundraiser: Sat. 10/18
When the threat of Minnesota going red starts getting under our pasty white skins, Minnesotans take action.Recent polls have been tighter than anyone around here is comfortable with, so my buddy...
View ArticleDairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary: MN Feedlot Declared a Public Health Hazard
File this one under Very Dubious Distinctions: Excel Dairy is the first feedlot in Minnesota to be declared a public health hazard. Fun, huh? The whole filthy story is behind the jump...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann Provokes a REPUBLICAN to Re-Enter Race!
Last Friday, Michele Bachmann, uber freak of Minnesota's Sixth District, opened her fat trap for one two many minutes on Hard Ball, as we all know, spurring her Democratic opponent's fundraising to new...
View ArticlePostville Iowa: A Humanitarian Crisis?
Postville, Iowa, is reeling at the moment.On May 12, 2008, the largest single immigration raid in the country at the time was conducted against Agriprocessors, a kosher slaughterhouse and meatpacking...
View ArticlePostville and Agriprocessors Finally Gain National Media Attention
The Associated Press's Henry C. Jackson gets the nod and big kudos for finally lofting the most recent chapter of the Postville and Agriprocessors story into the big national spotlight and the New York...
View ArticleACTION NEEDED: Draft Jim Riddle to the USDA!
Unsatisfied with names that the President Elect has floated for the position of USDA Secretary, we've decided to offer another name for consideration over at Fair Food Fight.Fair Food Fight wants to...
View ArticleMackey's Betrayal of the Whole Foods Brand
Part of what's going on in this shopper's revolt against Whole Foodsis some VERY interesting dynamics in the kind of healthy lifestyle "brand" that Whole Foods has so successfully created for itself....
View ArticleAustin's Wheatsville Co-op on Whole Foods, John Mackey, and Health Care
Hoping to get some insights about the recent Whole Foods hubbub, I called General Manager Dan Gillotte of Wheatsville Co-op in Austin, Texas.Wheatsville is like a scurrying rodent/mammal in the Age of...
View ArticleWill Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey Convert Conservatives to Local, Organics?
Our buddy Zachary Adam Cohen of Farm to Table wrote a terrific piece about a month ago called Where are the Conservatives in Local Foods? that was reposted all over the solar system. In it, he smartly...
View ArticleDems Win War of Attrition with Food Safety Bill Vote
In a surprise vote, the Senate passed the dead/reborn/dead-again food safety bill Sunday night, making it the first overhaul of regulations in the US food system since the Great Depression.The bill...
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