December 2011
3 posts
The Big Fib Newton →
Three will get you seven (roughly) at Intrade right now if Newton Leroy Gingrich becomes the Republican nominee for President. Looks like a good bet. He’s up to a 55% chance in Iowa ($5.50 gets you…
Catskill Mountains Sunset Pictures →
Upstate New York Catskill Mountains Sunset PictureOn a trip into the northern Catskill mountains, Robin Supak took these Catskill Mountains pictures of a great upstate New York sunset!…
3 tags
October 2011
2 posts
The Best Elements in the Country Are Not on the... →
“We are free today substantially but the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few. A republic…
Kickstarter - Occupy Wall Street Media →
Help support the Occupy Wall Street protesters with their own media project!
April 2011
5 posts
The federal government should spend when times are... →
…and cut when times are good.
I’m so dismayed that otherwise progressive people (like some of my union brothers) are calling for cuts in federal spending in the middle of a huge recession. The…
Chicken hawk racists →
Not only are a lot of Republicans racists, they’re afraid to say so to non-whites. This article makes me think there are still a lot of Bell Curve believers out there who hide their racism. So,…
The Confederate Party is Busy Rewriting History →
“Our new government is founded upon … the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and moral condition.”—…
New York Natural Skin Care Products →
The mud is almost dry enough to get out there and start working some horse manure into the soil. We used to go to Nectar Hills Farm to bag our own manure, but I’m a lazy gardener and…
4 tags
New Natural Skin Care Web Site Client
Over in Cooperstown NY, Ellen White Weir runs a New York Aromatherapy and Skin Care Products business called Goldpetals.
Goldpetals aromatherapy and skin care products include salves, creams, sprays and botanical oils infused with golden calendula flowers. Ellen uses only high quality essential oils, and the flowers are grown without pesticides.
Ellen also runs the Goldpetals Nature Camp for...
February 2011
4 posts
Republicans are victims of their own bullshit... →
As long as there are political donations pouring into Republican coffers from dirty industries like coal and oil, they will never admit to the truth about global warming and the climate change it…
We say they're heroes... →
but we treat them like chumps.
People just don’t know what the laborers of this country went through before unions fought back. Google “The Battle of Blair Mountain” sometime. Why that’s never…
I bet this happens all the time →
How much organic fraud goes undetected? Considering the premium on the price of organic food, I’m really surprised we don’t hear more of this going on, and not just from China.in reference to:
…
8 tags
LA Catering Client Getting with the Times
Our long-time client Culinary Delight Catering has been catering in the Los Angeles area for over 30 years, so it’s about time they got up to speed with a Twitter feed, a Facebook page, and a mobile page.
If you’re in LA and not familiar with Culinary Delight Catering, you should check it out! They provide full service catering for any size event, and they’re famous for their...
January 2011
1 post
2 tags
Good Reading
Besides the occasional posting at Backstage w/ Supak, you can see all the best of what I’m reading at my shared items feed. Example? How about this from Thers of Whisky Fire:
…wingnut rhetoric has directly led to mind-boggling numbers of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan; it’s ruined the American economy; it’s made torture routine; it has succeeded in preventing the nation...
December 2010
3 posts
Hitchens at his best →
It’s articles like these that I’m going to miss when Hitch is gone. In this case, he scratches the scratch-n-sniff and we get a whiff of the rotting underbelly of the right wing in America—a…
Manure Futures →
This is an interesting article on the future of manure as fertilizer. I would like to see a web site that listed local sources of manure so farmers could easily and less expensively use organic…
3 tags
Special on Maui Hawaii Lodging
Cherie is running another special on her Maui bed and breakfast lodging: 15% off from Dec. 12 - 25th, 2010. So, if you’re looking for a last minute pre-holiday getaway…
October 2010
6 posts
Maui Hawaii Homes for Sale →
Our friend Cherie Attix, who owns and operates the Hale Hookipa Inn Bed and Breakfast in Makawao, Maui, has gotten her real estate license and now has listings of homes for sale on…
Blaming Bush's Budget Busters on Obama →
Not only did we make money on the bail outs, but Obama’s spending is dwarfed by Bush’s. Stopping runaway spending by electing more Republicans is like stopping a runaway train by putting grease on…
Who? Me? →
It’s a good thing recession is keeping our emissions down, because if it was up to the people there’d be a lot of bumbling around wondering WTF? Learning about something takes effort, and effort…
Put on your hip boots and pity the poor →
Because of all the science-flunky climate change deniers (with more to come in the new tea party house), we are all fucked. Now we’re officially giving up on slowing down the warming, and we’re…
Supreme Court Rules for Bush Again →
The Bush Five still have their lips planted firmly on Bush’s flight-suit bulge. The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by two people who were ejected from…
3 tags
Nectar Hills Farm Meats at the Redneck Barbeque
The Redneck Barbeque in Cooperstown NY will feature Nectar Hills Farm grass-fed and organic meats tonight!
September 2010
16 posts
Republicans Are Liars →
I’m shocked, shocked to hear that Republicans are lying…in reference to:
“The Republican “Pledge to America,” released Sept. 23, contains some dubious factual claims: It declares that “the…
Cheney-Bush-Rumsfeld lied us into Iraq (and some... →
This is why I won’t even talk to Republicans. They’re liars who don’t care about facts. They have caused the deaths of millions, and won’t even admit they were wrong. Wrong about war. Wrong about…
Creating Jobs →
Great article on the value of Facebook’s super users, and the potential for a business built on paying its users what they’re worth.in reference to:
“If we awarded 4/5 ths of the value of…
GOP So Wrong and Yet So Loud →
Krugman says it best… Suppose you had spent the last five years actually believing what you read from the usual suspects — the WSJ opinion pages, National Review, right-wing economists, etc…..
10 tags
Calling all locals
You may have a farm near you that needs your help. Get to know the people who produce your food and join a CSA (community supported agriculture) program today. Local Harvest is a web site that has a CSA finder, so you can just plug in your location and find farms near you that need your help.
Up here in upstate NY, we support Nectar Hills Farm, which produces organic grass-fed meats, eggs,...
Record Hurricane Season Already →
Funny that we haven’t heard more about this… Obviously being powered by very warm surface temps in the ocean, hurricanes are both very powerful this year, and very numerous. Now, what were…
Best Practices for Your Area →
All gardening is local. Duh. So, if you want to be a great gardener, one of the best ways to start is to do what your neighbor does. This list of gardening blogs is broken down by state, so you can…
That Sound You Hear at Oak Ridge Cemetery in... →
…is Lincoln rolling in his tomb over the recent turmoil regarding religious freedom in this country.
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” —Abraham Lincoln
Popular Abstract iPad Wallpapers →
Statue of Liberty Night Light Web Page BackgroundApparently, Robin’s abstract photographs are popular with the iPad owners, who are downloading them for use as iPad wallpaper. Today,…
And we're worried about Koran Burning →
Now if someone really wanted to start some shit, they could pile up all the religious books they could find, from every religion, and turn them to ash with a giant flamethrower. Or, they could…
Income Growth Rates under R vs. D Presidents →
Via Ezra, from Slate:
A great graphic on income.
Clowns to the Right of Me! →
Got a great letter from an old friend (aka Sargent PSOPS) the other day… I went to the Berlin Contemporary art museum today. The had a retrospective of artist Bruce Nauman. I’ll call his work…
Mort Mather's Garden Spot →
Back in 1996, I was contacted by Mort Mather about publishing his organic gardening articles on line. I was just in there cleaning up some things and I got to reading some of the articles….
15% Off a B&B Stay in the Month of September →
Save 15% on a September 2010 stay at this historic old plantation home (photo circa 1924)–the Hale Hookipa Inn, a Maui Bed and Breakfast in upcountry Maui, Hawaii, near Haleakala…
Perfectly Safe... →
How long until some Republican says (again) that offshore drilling is perfectly safe, we don’t need a moratorium, and anyone who says we do is a commie bastard? It sickens me to think of all the…
5 tags
Save on a stay at a Maui B&B
This month only: save 15% on a stay at this historic old plantation home (photo circa 1924), now known as the Hale Hookipa Inn, a Maui Bed and Breakfast in upcountry Maui, Hawaii, near Haleakala National Park and Maui’s famous north-shore beaches. Volunteer on Vacation while on Maui and get another 5% off, plus 5% donated to the cause for which you volunteer!
August 2010
7 posts
4 tags
New Los Angeles Budget Catering Menu
Our friend Emma Tate, owner/operator of Culinary Delight Catering in Los Angeles, has a new Los Angeles Budget Catering Menu for all you folks who need to feed your crew in LA. She can make your food organically, if you want! We’re talking comfort food at a good price here!
Fun with the Rude Pundit on the Beck-Us Festival →
The only attention I’ve paid to the thousands of people who rode buses cross country to listen to Beck/Palin gobbledygook is reading the hilarious and interesting blogging picking apart the scab that…
7 tags
Addiction Treatment Central →
Where addiction treatment professionals share thoughts, frustrations, challenges, and strategies relevant to treating addictions.
Civil War Monuments →
I live in a town with a monument to the Civil War dead from here. Many towns in upstate NY have them. I even see bumper stickers for daughters of the Civil War—that’s how seriously people up here…
Getting organic matter into the soil →
I’ve started organic gardening, but my soil isn’t very good. I have found multiple ways of getting organic matter into my soil, but my garden is huge 50’ x 150’. In your opinion what would be the…
Time to start hording hay and manure →
The only ripe tomatoes I’ve gotten this year are the cherry kind and I’m already thinking about winter. Maybe it was the 48 degree night we had last week, or maybe it’s the old joke from a few posts…
July 2010
9 posts
Government that at least tries →
“The last time any president did this much in office, booze was illegal. If you believe in policy, if you believe in government that addresses problems, cheers to that.”—Rachel Maddow
More Backgrounds for iPad Wallpaper Pictures →
Lightning captured by Robin Supak for iPad WallpaperRealizing that small screens mean less room for flash and a need for backgrounds that are meant to be in the background, we’ve come out…
