July 13, 2016

I am waiting for M$Greedia to explain how the man who pushed the

birther movement and whistled loudly about Obama being a Muslim now stands up on a platform and says that Obama divided the country and he will be the healer in chief .

Until someone from said media has the balls to shout STFU you divisive racist LIAR - they can all fuck off.

July 13, 2016

This - How did Denmark become a leader in the food waste revolution - versus This -

Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/how-did-denmark-become-a-leader-in-the-food-waste-revolution
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Bach and a group of volunteers sell to 100-150 locals each week, and are at the grassroots end of Denmark’s battle against food waste, which is one of the most concerted in the world, and has cut waste by a quarter since 2010.

“Customers include those on benefits, refugees, low-income families – anyone really,” says Bach. “We don’t ask their background as many people need help these days with cutbacks. There’s also a big focus on the environment in Denmark – plus we have really high taxes. Danes love to save money and if they can help the planet at the same time, it’s win-win.”

Up the road is Horsens’ Visionary Kitchen where volunteers prepare free meals from shop-donated food that has reached its sell-by date. At volunteer-run food bank Kolding Madhjælp, pallets of supermarket produce that have been wrongly marked and might otherwise be destroyed are stocked alongside surplus food from a nearby hotel. Copenhagen’s first food waste supermarket, Wefood, has been such a success that a second is planned for Aarhus in 2017.

Startup Too Good To Go tackles waste from Danes’ favourite weekend institution: the all you can eat buffet. An app pairs customers with outlets come closing time, allowing them to fill a box with food at knock-down prices. And at Denmark’s 103 Q8 service stations staff recycle imperfect pastries into romkugler, or rum balls.

Denmark has more initiatives against food waste in Europe than any other state – from awareness campaigns and partnerships to government subsidies for food waste projects. This is largely thanks to Stop Spild Af Mad - Stop Wasting Food – a lobby group set up by graphic designer Selina Juul.

and the US

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect
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Americans throw away almost as much food as they eat because of a “cult of perfection”, deepening hunger and poverty, and inflicting a heavy toll on the environment.

Vast quantities of fresh produce grown in the US are left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly from the field to landfill, because of unrealistic and unyielding cosmetic standards, according to official data and interviews with dozens of farmers, packers, truckers, researchers, campaigners and government officials.

From the fields and orchards of California to the population centres of the east coast, farmers and others on the food distribution chain say high-value and nutritious food is being sacrificed to retailers’ demand for unattainable perfection.

“It’s all about blemish-free produce,” says Jay Johnson, who ships fresh fruit and vegetables from North Carolina and central Florida. “What happens in our business today is that it is either perfect, or it gets rejected. It is perfect to them, or they turn it down. And then you are stuck.”

Food waste is often described as a “farm-to-fork” problem. Produce is lost in fields, warehouses, packaging, distribution, supermarkets, restaurants and fridges.

By one government tally, about 60m tonnes of produce worth about $160bn (£119bn), is wasted by retailers and consumers every year - one third of all foodstuffs.

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bangs head

July 13, 2016

I would rather attend the public hanging of a good friend

ReTHUG Will Ritter on not attending Don the Con's convention - quoted by Rachel Maddow

July 13, 2016

This Eugene guy on Chris Hayes is part of the problem

He didn't even understand the fugging speech at the memorial. I cannot believe I am hearing this crap

July 12, 2016

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - I love you

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-faker/
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she declined to retreat from her earlier criticism of Donald Trump and even elaborated on it.
"He is a faker," she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, going point by point, as if presenting a legal brief. "He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. ... How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that."

Ginsburg's comments came in a previously scheduled interview related to my research for a book on Chief Justice John Roberts. I took a detour to raise the reverberations from her criticism of Trump to The Associated Press and New York Times in recent interviews. "I can't imagine what this place would be -- I can't imagine what the country would be -- with Donald Trump as our president," she had said in the Times interview published Monday.

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Justices never made a vow of silence. Go Ruth Ginsburg!!! No apology is needed

July 12, 2016

Live Coverage from Dallas memorial

http://www.c-span.org/video/?412570-1/president-obama-delivers-remarks-memorial-service-slain-dallas-police-officers&live

July 12, 2016

And so Bernie endorses Hillary n/t

July 12, 2016

Has Congress ever asked the DOJ let alone the Attorney General

why someone wasn't charged?

Where does separation of powers begin and end?

July 12, 2016

ReTHUG Rep. Mark Sanford said Friday that Donald Trump has a "callous disregard for details" t

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/08/politics/sanford-questions-trump-constitution-gaffe/index.html?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion
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Republican Rep. Mark Sanford said Friday that Donald Trump has a "callous disregard for details" that was on full display when the GOP presidential candidate told a private meeting of House Republicans he would fiercely defend articles of U.S. Constitution that don't exist.
"I think what a number of us have been concerned about is a pattern of laxity with regard to details," Sanford told CNN in an interview, explaining that details are critical to good governance, one day after he was part of a group meeting with the presumptive Republican presidential candidate. "It is the details that really matter in impacting people's lives. It is the details that matter frankly in any legislative negotiation."
The South Carolinian lawmaker, who has been critic of Trump, said that lack of respect for details could make it difficult for the businessman to be a successful president.
"I wasn't particularly impressed," Sanford told reporters after Thursday's meeting at an event. "I think it was the normal stream of consciousness that's long on hyperbole and short on facts. At one point there was mentioned -- somebody asked about, you know, Article I powers and what would you do to protect them and you know, I think his response was 'I want to protect Article I, Article II, Article XII -- go down the list.' As we both know there is no Article XII."


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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Please proceed Don the Con

July 11, 2016

Attention Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow

One of you needs to repeat the entire press conference from Parkland Hospital today.
That deserves prime time.